“Depravedis a modern take on theFrankensteinstory,” the filmmaker tells EW.
“I grew up loving the old movies and the [Boris] Karloff interpretation.
It’s part of my bloodstream, and my upbringing, and so I made this modern telling.
IFC Midnight
It involves a soldier from the Iraq war trying to right all the wrongs that happened on the battlefield.
He uses his genius to sew a man together and bring him to life.
“I sawan article inThe New York Timesfeaturing Alex,” says the Manhattan-based Fessenden.
I had him audition, and he was fantastic.
He stuck through all the iterations, and I’m so pleased that he stayed with the project.”
IFC Midnight is releasingDepraved, Sept. 13.
Exclusively watch the trailer forDepravedabove, and see the film’s new poster below.
