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The Exorcist with Linda Blair

In honor of Linda Blair’s upcoming visit to Mad Monster Party in Charlotte, NC in March, I thought we’d highlight The Exorcist this week! The Exorcist was written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Fiedkin. It was released in 1973. It stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow and of course Linda Blair. As many of you know, the film is about a child that possessed by a mysterious entity and her mother seeks help from two priests.

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Deviling on Scary Movie Saturday!

Welcome back to another edition of Scary Movie Saturday here at Mutantville.com.   This week, we’re featuring the latest work from our horror filmmaking cohort in crime – the very talented Michael Sharpe.  Deviling tells the tale of mortician Ronald and his attempts to reunite with his estranged girlfriend.  It’s a story that hits close to the heart for a lot of us and believe me when I say the ending will make you shiver in fear. Well you won’t have to wait for the Nevermore Film Festival to see Deviling when you can watch it right here!

So what are you waiting for?  Indie horror is alive and well and you can watch Deviling streaming online – right now – for free!  It’s Deviling on Scary Movie Saturday!

DEVILING trailer (2011) from Sharpe Edge Films on Vimeo.

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MVP Gets Crazy with the Mad Monster Party, Nevermore Is On The Way and Mutant TV Melts Your Brain on Fridays with MVP!

Welcome back to another bombastic edition of Fridays With MVP!!!  Horror is alive and well as Underworld Awakening and The Grey hit the box office last week with The Woman In Black hitting theaters today.  Retro Classics is showing a double feature of The Wolfman and Dracula tonight at the Carolina Theatre in Durham and their annual Nevermore Film Festival is just around the corner. 

After a long week suffering under the thumb of a bad cold, Streebo is back in the land of the living to fill his Friday typing quotient with news, rumor, gossip and gospel.  Video production has lagged just a hair as we’ve hit the wall of late.  I’ve been working on getting more video and article content out to you all but haven’t had the energy to work late at night as per my usual modus operandi.  I am hopeful that a long weekend of rest will see a return to form. 

Not to be left alone to hog the suffering spotlight, Brento’s wife Nancee stepped up to the plate this week when she horribly burned her leg in an accident requiring brief hospitalization.  She’s doing better now and is being given around the clock TLC by Brento.  Please join MVP in sending her a collective “get well” via Facebook, Twitter, or even in person if you like. 

Unless you’ve been living under an internet rock you should have heard the official announcement about the Mad Monster Party Film Festival this March.  Since you come here for some insider info I may as well give you a few tidbits.  I’ve been in talks with the promoters of Mad Monster Party for a couple months now about the possibility of hosting a film festival at the Mad Monster Party so I am very happy to see it come to fruition. 

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The Metatron Files – Project Update on Johnny Brento’s JuJu

This week I was able to kick things up a knotch with HD video and little more production. That won’t always be the case with these Making Metatron videos as they are definitely catch as catch can. Clocking in at 7:54 I like to think that this week’s episode has some excellent content and alternatives to more expensive techniques employeed by the big studios. The pre-production work marches forward and MVP keeps swinging away.

G.H.O.S.T. (2011) Haunts Trailer Park Tuesday!

This week on Trailer Park Tuesday, we’re going to do something out of character – we’re going to talk about ourselves.  I know!  Crazy, right?

It’s been a long hard road from pre-production in 2009 to the conclusion of post-production at the end of 2011 for G.H.O.S.T. (2011).  G.H.O.S.T. (2011) started as an idea for an original television pilot and along the way grew and morphed into a full length feature.  It was a labor of love from beginning to end and was only made possible by the contributions of so many talented individuals from North Carolina and specifically the Charlotte area.

Work is still ongoing on the final score for G.H.O.S.T. but after that it’s but a few steps away from the DVD release.  Beyond that we do have some cool things planned for the future so stay tuned for an official announcement soon.  MVP would like to send out a round of thanks to everyone involved in the making of G.H.O.S.T. (2011).

Without all of you, it wouldn’t have been possible.  So without further ado – check out the trailer for the supernatural thriller G.H.O.S.T. (2011) starring Kathy Butler Sandvoss, Matthew Ewald, Steven D. Tucker, Clint Jones, Dave Tunik, Jason Wheeley, Jack Stecher, Kayli Tolleson and more local talent than you can shake a EPK monitor at!  Featuring fashion designs by Luis Machicao and special make-up FX by Todd A. Britt, you won’t believe your eyes.

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Año bisiesto – That’s Right, it’s Leap Year!

So I was informed that this year is leap year or año bisiesto in Spanish. I started wondering if there were any horror films about leap year and what is the first thing I find? Año bisiesto a film by Michael Rowe released in 2010. It was co-written by Michael Rowe and Lucia Carreras. It stars Monica del Carmen, Gustavo Sanchez Parra and Armando Hernandez. This film looks pretty interesting. It’s about Laura (Monica del Carmen), who lost her father on February 29th. Through this month she has sex with a stranger named Arturo. Their sex becomes rougher and rougher and builds to more S&M then has interesting ending that leaves viewers with a conflict feelings.

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Linda Blair Coming to Charlotte for Mad Monster Party this March!

The Wolf Man (1941) Comes to Carolina Theatre for Retro Classics.

Have you seen The Wolf Man on the big screen in 35mm? Friday February 3rd is your chance at Carolina Theatre in Durham, NC! It will be playing right after Dracula. This is one of the cool things about Retrofantasma at Carolina Theatre, they show 35mm versions of the classic films you love! Retrofantasma and Retro Classics also have these classics coming soon: Child’s Play, It’s Alive, Blue Velvet, Blow Out, This Island Earth, War of the Worlds and many more.

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Clive Barker’s Jericho on Scary Movie Saturday!

We’re changing gears slightly again this week as we focus not on a movie – but a video game. This is the last video game to bear Clive Barker’s name and although there was a planned sequel nothing has come of it meaning that Barker’s fans who want more video games from him will have to make do with Clive Barker’s Undying from 2002 and Jericho from 2007. Clive Barker’s Jericho tells the story of a black ops squad called Jericho consisting of a variety of sorcerous and psychic commandos and their battle to keep the demonic Firstborn from bursting through inter-dimensional gates into our world.

Sounds epic doesn’t it? Well it is epic! You get to play a variety of these black ops agents in what is best described as Gears of War meets Silent Hill on acid. It’s an endless assault from beginning to end and is powered by a great mythology laid out by Barker.

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