It was 1968. George A. Romero and a group of his friends and co-workers pooled their money and resources together to make a horror film. That horror film was Night of the Living Dead and it changed the course of horror forever by ushering in the modern age. George A. Romero celebrates his 71st birthday on February 4th. Mutantiville.com and the Mutantville Players would like to wish Mr. Romero a happy birthday. Mutantville.com would like to award Mr. Romero the Inspirational Filmmaker of the Month award for February 2011 for his influence on and undying dedication to the genre we all love. Thank you for the many amazing movies and here’s to hoping for many more.
Francis Ford Coppola set the mold for what an independent filmmaker should be. Over thirty years ago, he gathered together a group of his friends, grabbed the best cameras and technology that he could find, found money wherever he could and set out to create his movies – his way. Francis started his career with a guiding hand from Roger Corman and in turn helped launch the careers of many a young filmmaker such as john Milius and George Lucas.
Check out this fantastic article on Coppola on 99%.com by clicking here.
The saga of Kevin Smith and Red State started almost 20 years ago with the release of a little black and white film called Clerks. This week, Kevin Smith made his triumphant return to Sundance film festival and to his status as a true “independent filmmaker” (in his own words) when he screened his new horror film Red State for receptive audiences at Sundance. To everyone’s surprise – Smith decided to turn down offers from studios and go it alone. He will take Red State out on a road show across the country and show it to the people without benefit of advertising and the other expensive overhead incurred by the big studios. Kevin Smith’s decision to self-distribute his horror film Red State earns him the distinction of being MVP’s Inspirational Filmmaker of the Week! You can learn about his reasoning for this decision here and find out if Red State is coming to your town by clicking here.
Sam Raimi didn’t start out at the top directing three of the highest grossing blockbusters of all time with Spiderman. He started at the very bottom going door to door with his aspiring actor buddy Bruce Campbell, asking dentists to invest their Vegas money in a little project called “Book of the Dead.” That obscure project went on to become one of the most lauded horror films of the eighties and helped start the entire video nasty craze in England under the more well known name of “Evil Dead.”
Check out this great clip from Jonathan Ross’ Incredibly Strange Film Show as Raimi discusses the horror roots of his filmmaking career.
For more on Sam Raimi and the Evil Dead, be sure to check out Geo’s great article on Evil Dead here.
Sure this is old news to some of you, but we thought we’d share this with you anyway. Over the past few years, one of our favorite directors and one of the Patron Saints of Guerrilla Fillmmaking, John Carpenter, has been hard at work on his latest full length feature entitled The Ward. Carpenter has been responsible for such unforgettable horror classsics as Halloween, The Fog, The Thing and In The Mouth of Madness. Carpenter has completed work on The Ward and has hit the convention circuit with a few special screenings. At the recent Toronto International Film Festival – Carpenter screened the movie to a ravenous audience. Check out these exclusive clips below:
Mutantville Productions is embarking on a journey to shoot three short horror movies in October. We need your help in making this happen. Check out our page at Indie Gogo for more details!
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.
Dario Argento’s film “Suspiria” is one film I always remember from my crash course in horror films from Streebo. During pre-production, production, post production of “C for Chaos”(and even now), Streebo has educated me on horror from around the globe. While filming we would sometime let me be really intense with the colored light. He would often cite “Suspiria” as a source of inspiration. So I was looking around and thought I’d provide some information about the film to those that may not be familiar with it or those wanting to hear other’s opinions.
Susperia, directed by legendary Italian horror director Dario Argento, is the first film in the Three Mothers trilogy along with Inferno (1980) and La Terza Madre (2007). Argento, along with Goblin who wrote the musical score, …
Suspiria is considered by many to be the best work ever by Dario Argento. The use of lighting, camera angles, close-up and music (performed by The Goblins with input from Argento himself) create a sinister and surreal shroud of dread …
He’s a great director but I don’t think any reimagining will match the 1977 masterpiece that is Dario Argento’s SUSPIRIA. If you haven’t seen this horror classic for some reason, take a chance on it and watch it more than once. …
Since the horror world was stunned by the amazing news that the uncut version of Nightbreed has not only been found – but will be screened at the upcoming Horrorhound convention in Indianapolis – what better time to show our love for Clive Barker by revisiting a few of his interviews from years gone by?
It was 1968. George A. Romero and a group of his friends and co-workers pooled their money and resources together to make a horror film. That horror film was Night of the Living Dead and it changed the course of horror forever by ushering in the modern age. George A. Romero celebrates his 71st birthday on February 4th. Mutantiville.com and the Mutantville Players would like to wish Mr. Romero a happy birthday. Mutantville.com would like to award Mr. Romero the Inspirational Filmmaker of the Month award for February 2011 for his influence on and undying dedication to the genre we all love. Thank you for the many amazing movies and here’s to hoping for many more.
