Last House on Dead End Street
The original three-hour-long version of the film, titled "The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell", was screened in 1973, and purportedly caused theater riots in New York City and Chicago. It was claimed that the theater in Chicago was burned down. The following year, the film had a brief release under the title "The Fun House". In 1977, it was released yet again, through Cinematic Releasing Corporation, under its most widely known title, "Last House on Dead End Street", a play on the title of the Wes Craven film "The Last House on the Left" (1972). Both of these later releases of the film were significantly shorter, running 78 minutes, as opposed to the original 175 minutes.
Larry Fessenden
Fessenden has worked as a mentor to young directors, such as Jim Mickle and Ti West. He has been a producer on projects including Ilya Chaiken's "Liberty Kid" (2007), Kelly Reichardt's "Wendy and Lucy" (2008), James McKenney's "Satan Hates You" (2010), West's "The House of the Devil" (2009) and "The Innkeepers" (2011), Joe Maggio's "The Last Rites of Joe May" (2011), and Rick Alverson's "The Comedy" (2012). Under his low-budget horror banner ScareFlix, Fessenden has produced films including West's "The Roost" (2005) and "Trigger Man" (2007), Glenn McQuaid's "I Sell the Dead" (2008), Maggio's "Bitter Feast" (2010), and Mickle's "Stake Land" (2010). More recently he has produced for prolific horror auteur Mickey Keating with "Darling" (2015) and "Psychopaths" (2017).