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The Exorcist with Linda Blair

The Exorcist - poster

The Exorcist - movie poster

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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Paranormal Activity (2007) – Modern Day Classic?

Paranormal Activity

Paranormal Activity (2007)

It doesn’t even seem like that long ago when Paranormal Activity was in theaters. I remember it was only released to small batches of theaters at first. I believe only one place had it in Charlotte, NC. This was in 2009 if my memory serves me correctly. It looks like October of 2007 is when Paranormal Activity was shown at the Screamfest Film Festival. I do like how it was marketed. It was very cool to have the fans demand that it comes to their town.

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Kevin Smith’s Red State, Norwegian Ninja & G.H.O.S.T. On The Way On Mutantville Monday!

Kathy Butler Sandvoss and Scott Thomas star in G.H.O.S.T. from Mutantville Productions.

Welcome back to another edition of Mutantville Mondays here on Mutantville.com!  The Mutantville Players had another productive weekend of editing and working on promotional planning.  As of this writing, we’re about three weeks deep into the final cut of G.H.O.S.T. and it’s coming along quite nicely.  We’re anticipating another week or two of steady editing and the movie will be ready for the score and final sound design to be put in place.

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Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Dawn Of The Dead 1978 Trailer

Trailer for dawn of the dead 1978

That’s right MVP, This post is about George A. Romero’s “Dawn of the Dead!” This is probably my favorite Romero film. It has blood, guts, zombies and it’s fun! At the Fright Night Film Fest, we were able to see a panel of actors from the film. It was fun to hear stories about production. Mutantville was also at the George A. Romero Film Festival in Charlotte, NC and were able to hear Romero talk about Dawn of the Dead.

silverferox: DAWN OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero, 1978) – Movie

DAWN OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero, 1978) – Movie Program from Japan. In honour of George A. Romero’s 71st Birthday today, here are some page examples from the movie program for the original cinematic release of the inimitable DAWN OF

Publish Date: 02/04/2011 18:16

http://silverferox.blogspot.com/2011/02/dawn-of-dead-george-romero-1978-movie.html

Attack From Planet B – Dawn Of The Dead (1978) – Where B-Movies

Dawn of the Dead (1978) In this day and age you can’t move for zombies; zombies on the television, zombies at the cinema, zombies in your comics zombies even in your Lego, Christ even flash mob zombies while you’re trying to have a …

Publish Date: 12/23/2010 5:00

http://www.attackfromplanetb.com/?p=1071

Scenes We Love: Dawn of the Dead (1978) – The Moviefone Blog

A camera pulls back from what appears to be a 1970s-style shag carpet. It’s not. It’s the lining in a soundproof room. A woman awakens, shaking, but.

Publish Date: 10/26/2010 18:15

http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/10/26/scenes-we-love-dawn-of-the-dead-1978/

GEORGE A. ROMERO – Interview (part 1) Discussing his Japanese fans and Dawn of the Dead

This is a rare interview with George A. Romero conducted at his home by a visiting Japanese crew. Be sure to visit our website at www.revok.com to check out more rare and hard-to-find DVDs and movie memorabilia. Any questions or comments? contact us …

DEADPIT Interviews: Sharon & Clayton Hill (Dawn of the Dead)

Take from the Fright Night Film Fest this past August

SPOOKY EMPIRE 2010 HARE KRISHNA ZOMBIE INTERVIEW

See the one and only Hare Krishna Zombie from the original Dawn of the Dead at Spooky Empire 2010 being interviewed by his ghoulfriend Deadly NightShade from the show “These Ghoulish Things…remind me of you.

Dawn of the Dead (4.5 / 5) – The Zed Word: Zombie Blog

Finally, Dawn of the Dead remains relevant because of its insightful commentary on consumerism. In 1978, shopping malls didn’t saturate the North American urban landscape like they do today, but Romero saw the concept of the mall as a …

Publish Date: 12/23/2010 22:36

http://zedwordblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/review-dawn-of-dead-1978-director.html

Ok…to finish this out, I have to put one more clip…It’s when we interviewed Dead Pit.com at the Fright Night Film Fest in Louisville, KY. This interview is entertaining…I catch myself watching it…and I was the one holding the camera!

Deadpit interview at Fright Night Film Fest with Mutantville.com

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-buddy on Facebook…

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Directors–Include Publicity Shots in Your Shot List.

ghost-on-set-oct-10-2009By Rodney Robbins from the Charlotte Creative Community Board:

With all those lights and all that great looking talent, you have the perfect chance to shoot stunning, attention grabbing publicity stills. Instead of thinking of these shots as add-ons that slow down your already Super Tight production schedule, I say schedule them in and SAVE time! Do your publicity shots after the last take, before you strike the lights, that way it takes 2 minutes to get a great shot in stead of 20. Here are some shots to consider adding to your Shot List.

Close-up of lead crying or laughing

Two shot of leads arguing or being VERY expressive

Director giving notes to talent on set

Medium shot of actors pointing at lines

Actors playing with (er…um…I mean Rehearsing with) props

DP and producer with camera

Gaffer and DP or director setting lights

Writer and director framing a shot

Talent and director pigging out at craft services

People usually find these “candid,” behind the scenes shots much more interesting than a wide shot of the entire cast and crew. May I also suggest that you go ahead and feature individuals in your shots, make them STARS, but for different media outlets. Let the talent be the stars of main stream newspapers–they love that stuff. PAs can be stars in their college newspaper. Producers can be stars in business journals and newsletters. Directors and photographers can be stars for weekly newspapers and journals. I hope this helps.

Best wishes,

Rodney Robbins

via Directors–Include Publicity Shots in Your Shot List – Charlotte Film Community (Charlotte, NC) – Meetup.com.

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Vote for Julie Laughter as Daisy Duke!

Julis can be our Daisy Duke any time!

Julie can be our Daisy Duke any time!

(Cross posted from Facebook for Amy Laughter:)

Date:
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Time:
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location:
McKoy’s Smokehouse and Saloon
Street:
4630 Old Pineville Road
City/Town:

Charlotte, NC
phone: 7045236330
Email:
http://www.mckoysgotsmoke.com/
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My ever adorable and awesome sister Julie will be competing in a Daisy Duke look alike contest with the winning finalist earning miss november inThe Harley Davidson Calendar. This would be a dream come true for her. But win or lose, having fiends support makes it all worth the while!

It is so hard to get up there in front of so many people…but Julie is a lifelong Dukes and Daisy fan. It would mean sooooo much to have people that she cares about cheering her on. Plus it is a really cool place to hang out and there will be food,drinks games and giveaways. We could make it a fun night.

For all of u that know Julie, the way i do, you know that she is always looking out for others. So now lets rally the supports for her.It would mean a lot to her!!!!She so loves her friends and having u there would brighten her day!

If u have any questions just let me know. I hopw to see you all there and then maybe we can follow Jules TO work and take the party to the BC!

Posted 2 years, 5 months ago at 12:49 pm.

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