The Mutantville Players are proud to announce that we’re gearing up to head back to the best horror convention on the east coast this summer – the Fright Night Film Fest on July 22-24th, 2011! This year, promoter Ken Daniels is scouring the land to bring together the best selection of guests that one could shake a boomstick at! The convention is heading back to the Fern Valley Hotel and Conference Center in Louisville, KY.
The guest of honor is the one and only John Carpenter director of such horror classics as Halloween, The Thing and In The Mouth of Madness. This year’s event is reinforced by a second event that weekend in the form of the Fandom Fest with guest like “The Fonz” Henry Winkler, ”Boba Fett” Jeremy Bulloch, and will feature reunions from the cast American Grafitti and Revenge of the Nerds.
We’re still months away from the event so more guest announcements are sure to come! The anticipation is killing us all – but the wait will be worth it. For regular updates on the convention, please check out the official fanpage on Facebook by clicking here.
Be sure to check out MVP’s multi-part interview with Ken Daniels about the upcoming show by checking out the Mutantville Players Youtube Channel.
Just in time for the Academy Awards, it’s the MVP Playa Awards! Last night, Streebo finished his last review of the mainstream horror releases of 2010 when he went to see Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan. Mutantville.com has tallied the votes and now we are ready to present this year’s MVP Playas Awards.
Streebo began reviewing all the major mainstream horror releases during their theatrical run back in 2004 on the IMDb Horror Board in the topic: Diagnosing the Problems and Celebrating Modern Horror. Streebo’s First double feature review was a back to back viewing of Saw and The Grudge. The topic was eventually locked on the IMDb due to exceeding the allowed number of responses which at one point numbered almost 800 in total.
Streebo has kept the tradition alive since 2007 when he changed the title to Celebrating Modern Horror and began posting v-log reviews as opposed to written essays. He spent all of last year watching the latest releases and reviewing them for you and today we are proud to announce the winners of 2010′s MVP Playas Award.
MVP Playa for Best Horror of 2010: Splice:
MVP Playa for Scariest Movie: Paranormal Activity 2:
MVP Playa for Best Horror Comic: Crossed
MVP Playa for Worst Original Horror: My Soul To Take:
MVP Playa for Best Remake: The Wolfman.
MVP Playa for Worst Remake: A Nightmare on Elm Street:
MVP Playa for Best Horror Documentary: Graphic Sexual Horror
MVP Playa for Best Horror Artist: ScottRa Monster Art (Robert Scott)
MVP Playa for Best Horror Talk Radio (or Podcast): DEADPIT.COM
MVP Playa for Best Gore: Piranha 3D.
MVP Playa for Best Surreal Horror: Black Swan.
MVP Playa for Best Horror Franchise: George A. Romero’s “Dead” Films: Survival of the Dead
MVP Playa for Best Sequel: Saw 3D The Final Chapter
MVP Playa for Best Fanfilm: Judith
MVP Playa for Best Film Festival/Series: Retrofantasma at the Carolina Theatre in Durham
MVP Playa for Best Convention: Fright Night Film Fest with Roger Corman
MVP Playa for Best Horror Event: Horrorhound screens Clive Barker’s Nightbreed Uncut
Join Streebo on the set of Michael Sharpe’s Deviling as he talks to fellow filmmakers about the notion that “Horror is dead.” Special guests in this video include Robert W. Filion, Kenny Caperton, Mac Allen, Johnny Priest, and Michael Sharpe. Be sure to leave comments below and let us know you you think! Is horror really dead?
There have been rumblings about an official trailer for MVP’s supernatural thriller coming from the Mutantville offices for the past month. Fans on Facebook have been privvy to constant updates about work on a “trailer” for weeks on end with little else being offered in the way of explanation. This morning – a video marked “G.H.O.S.T. trailer” has appeared on the Mutantville Players Youtube channel and the internet seems all abuzz about this sneak peek at the latest full length feature from the MVP team.
No official word yet on a release date as writer director J.T.”Streebo” McRoberts states that “there are still a lot of visual FX and music to be done – but we’re making progress every day. The performances we captured were amazing and we’ve put every little horror movie trick we could think of in the movie. In the end – it will be worth the wait.”
G.H.O.S.T. stars Kathy Butler Sandvoss, Clint Jones, Dave Tunik, Jack Stecher, Scott Thomas, Jason Wheeley, Kayli Tolleson and Matthew Ewald. Check out the offical trailer at the link below:
Kevin Smith has long been one of the voices of my generation. Over the years he has said all there is to say about Generation X and it’s place in America in films such as Clerks, Chasing Amy, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Smith returns to his more subversive Dogma-like ways in a genre that’s new to him – horror. Kevin Smith has released the first trailer to his horror film – Red State.
Ever since I first heard about Smith’s desire to ride the horror wave of popularity, I questioned whether or not he could create the proper tone and atmosphere needed in a horror film. Smith’s movies have always been about laughs – but horror is about scares. After viewing the trailer you can color me impressed because I think Smith has chosen the perfect horrific subject matter with his violent religious zealots.
Red State should make a nice entry into the rural horror sub-genre that has it’s foundations in the disturbed graves and sizzling stoves of Ed Gein. I look forward to seeing the final product. Party on, Mr. Smith. Let the screaming begin.
The is an audio excerpt from the New Year’s 2011 Mutantville Player’s Club podcast. Streebo and Absolute Zero brought in the New Year with a few resolutions of their own. The complete podcast is available for download at Mutantville.com.
The latest Tales From Mutantville V-log has been posted over at MVP’s Mutantville Players Youtube account. Click on over to get the latest behind the scenes footage of the making of Scarecrow At Midnight. Don’t forget to pre-order your digital download copy of Tales from Mutantville by donating $10 over on our Indie Gogo page which you can find by clicking here.
Mutantville.com – Mutantville made it to the Fright Night Film Fest in Louisville, KY this year (2010). Listen to Streebo as we gear up for the festival. We had a great time! Tweet along with the Mutantville Players at Twitter! http Be our cyber-budd…
Description: Mutantville.com – We caught up with CK & Uncle Bill at Fright Night Film Fest. You may be familiar with the dynamic horror talk radio duo from Deadpit.com Tweet along with the Mutantville Players at Twitter! twitter.com Be our cyber-budd…
Mutantville.com – While at Fright Night Film Fest, we were lucky enough to meet Horrorhound magazine editor, Nathan Hanneman. Horrorhound offers fans great information on the horror genre. They provide retrospectives, film facts, exclusive photos, in…
Mutantville.com In this video, Streebo recalls MVP’s trip to the Fright Night Film Fest 2010 to meet Roger Corman. Our wildest dreams came true as we were able to watch Deathrace 2000 with Roger Corman as well as talk to him at the cocktail party bef…
Mutantville.com – The first night of the 2010 Fright Night Film Fest, we headed to the Georgetown Drive-In to watch Death Race 2000 and to meet Roger Corman. It was awesome because shortly after we shot this the line died down and we were able to go …
Mutantville.com – We caught up with Sean Clark at Fright Night FIlm Fest. You may be familiar with him as the writer and associate producer on “The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond.” He is also the producer of “Horror’s Hallowed Grounds” which you can che…
Mutantville.com – Sunday afternoon at Fright Night Film Fest, we were lucky enough to track down Michael “Slipcase” Felsher for an awesome interview. We actually broke it into two parts. Entertaining stuff! Tweet along with the Mutantville Players at…
Mutantville.com – Sunday afternoon at Fright Night Film Fest, we were lucky enough to track down Michael “Slipcase” Felsher for an awesome interview. We actually broke it into two parts. Entertaining stuff! Tweet along with the Mutantville Players at…
Mutantville.com – Streebo and Michael Felsher discuss the trash talking of George A. Romero’s most recent films Diary of the Dead and Survival of the Dead. In these 2 videos they lay some knowledge down for all the trash talkers. What did you think a…
Mutantville.com – Streebo and Michael Felsher discuss the trash talking of George A. Romero’s most recent films Diary of the Dead and Survival of the Dead. In these 2 videos they lay some knowledge down for all the trash talkers. What did you think a…
Mutantville.com – Saturday evening at the Fright Night Film Fest, Mutantville caught a screening of the documentary, “Graphic Sexual Horror.” It was very interesting to say the least. It was about the owner of an S&M site online that at one point had…
Mutantville.com – The Saturday at Fright Night Film Fest, we were walking the isles and were lucky enough to run into horror artist extraodinaire, Joel Robinson. If you’ve seen Horrorhound magazine, then you’re familiar with his work. Awesome stuff! …
Let’s set the wayback machine for 1991 as we check out an early Mutantville Production written and directed by our very own make-up FX jedi Todd A. Britt and starring none other than a bodacious young Brent Bowers as the titular Vampire Narc! This is exploitation filmmaking at it’s finest.
Welcome to Mutantville Productions MVP Blog. Join Streebo, Brento, Geo & the rest of the Mutantville Players as they set sail on the high seas of guerrilla filmmaking in their ongoing quest to bring you the finest in genre entertainment.
The Mutantville Players are proud to announce that we’re gearing up to head back to the best horror convention on the east coast this summer – the Fright Night Film Fest on July 22-24th, 2011! This year, promoter Ken Daniels is scouring the land to bring together the best selection of guests that one could shake a boomstick at! The convention is heading back to the Fern Valley Hotel and Conference Center in Louisville, KY.
