Special makeup FX illusionist Todd A. Britt reveals latest sculpt for the Metatron Files.
Firstly, my dear Mutants, there’s no video this week. I actually created one but in the excitement of a new contract I just landed which will take me back to my beloved world of Financial Institution IT, the drive holding it got left at home. Not one to disappoint I wanted to forge ahead with a quick article update. I hope that’s ok, my friends. Even Johnny Brento has to succumb to good ole “Real Life” sometimes.
Since you last heard the gleeful voice of ol J.B., I have seen The Avengers, not once but twice. What a movie. Let me say that again to convey my proper level of enthusiasm. WHAT A MOVIE!!!!! If you haven’t yet, be sure to get yourself to the cinema this week sometime to catch it on the big screen. Otherwise, any Marvel fan would really be doing themselves a disservice. The movie was great all the way around! In fact, Streebo and myself spent the bulk of this weeks MVP Mutant Radiobroadcast discussing just that topic.
The Avengers (2012)
There’s also a new “Making Metatron” Vlog update coming your way soon. I’m may double up one day this week just to maintain my “at least one MutantTV video per week” schedule.
In the meantime you can check out an alternate take of Absolute Zero (featuring yours truly and Todd A. Britt)’s performance from Muticia’s Morgue on the official AZ Youtube Channel. The footage has been quickly comped and not in way shape or fashion similar to what you’ll seen in the program. It’s just for fun so check it out if you like having your face melted with original Alt Rock!
Pumpkinhead glow in the dark print from Cinema Overdrive.
We received our weekly update from Matt at Cinema Overdrive this past week and were pleasantly surprised to see that they have two new prints available for your edification. Horror geeks get ready to cream your shorts because this week Cinema Overdrive has not one – but TWO brand new prints for you based on the classic B-movies Alligator and Pumpkinhead. What better time to feature them than on a special edition of Collector’s Corner. Check out the prints after the leap.
Come join the Mutantville Players this Thursday night at the Back Alley Film Series in Charlotte for a special one night only screening of Kill List as part of the Mad Monster Party Pre-Party. The Back Alley Film Series has been bringing the best in genre programming to the Charlotte area for the past year and each show is better than the last.
The Back Alley Film Series is screening the notorious UK thriller for one night only and they want you to be there! Mad Monster Party fans will get in absolutely free! All you have to do is register via email at backalleyfilmseries [AT] gmail.com!
From IMDb: Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.
Muticia the Movie Goddess appearing LIVE Saturday March 24th at the Mad Monster Party.
The Mad Monster Party is less than a week away! Everyone from Rutger Hauer to Brad Dourif and Mary Woronov will be there! Ace Frehley! Marky Ramone! Darth Vader! The list is endless! Download the latest edition of Exploited Cinema to get the full rundown on the Mad Monster Party and the Mad Monster Party Film Festival as Streebo and Muticia the Movie Goddess drop in for a greasy good time with the Kings of the VHS Vault. We go over one hundred and one reasons why you should be at the Mad Monster Party next week. Download and listen now to find out what the madness is all about!
MUTANT TV this week features a selection of Streebo & Brento V-logs and a few other odds and ends. Tune in after the leap!
Exploited Cinema talks Mad Monster Party this week!
This week on Streeborama – your humble narrator joins the Grease Fiends at Exploited Cinema to discuss the upcoming Mad Monster Party Film Festival this March. This episode of Exploited Cinema is primarily a clip show featuring unheard clips from your favorite episodes with Bat32, Jdog, The Changeling, Teeshirtjoe and even MVP’s own Streebo. I join Bat32 for an outro to put out a call for entries for the Mad Monster Party Film Fest and talk independent horror. It’s a greasy good time from beginning to end so download it now and pour some greasy talk into your ear drums. It’s Exploited Cinema on Streeborama!
Welcome back to another edition of Streeborama, dear Mutants. I recently had the honor of appearing as a guest on the Exploited Cinema podcast to discuss American Horror Story. The podcast will drop this weekend so I thought I would get you ready by discussing American Horror Story today.
American Horror Story tells the tale of the Harmon family as they move from Boston to L.A. to try to rebuild their lives. They take up residence in a newly renovated mansion that they later learn is none other than the world famous Murder House. The Murder House has a long history of mysteries, murders and disappearances occurring within it’s walls. Now the Harmons live there unaware that something evil lurks in the shadows around them.
(Get your complimentary rubber suit after the leap!)
In honor of one of my all time favorite horror directors – David Cronenberg – and his return to cinema with A Dangerous Method, we’ve decided to feature one of his classic horror entries from the Seventies. David Cronenberg’s The Brood takes over Scary Movie Saturday! Watch it here and now for free.
There’s a slight chill in the morning air, orange decorations and colored candy highlights the aisles of the local stores, and horror movies are hitting the theater with a vengeance! That’s right – the Halloween season is just around the corner. For a genre that so many fans are claiming is on life support – there sure are a lot of horror films being released over the next two months!
MVP has a busy weekend of us working on post on G.H.O.S.T. so there’s little time to wax poetic on the current state of affairs. With some luck we’ll get a v-log up over the weekend as well as a few more new reviews in addition to releasing a few more cool interviews from the Fright Night Film Fest. We’re here to celebrate horror and give you a few tips on what you need to take the kiddies/mom/girlfriend/BFF to see at the theater this weekend!
Check out this fantastic video about scary occult artist H.R.Giger. His work somehow manages to find the right balance between beauty and horror. Giger has been responsible for designing many fantastic worlds in cinema such as Alien, Poltergeist II and Species.
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In today’s tough economy, it’s hard to get the value out of one’s dollar. It’s equally difficult to find a local theater that offers programming of films from outside the Hollywood mainstream. The Carolina Theatre in Durham and it’s monthly Retrofantasma shows are the solution to both of those problems.
This is part of what makes Retrofantasma at the Carolina Theatre so special. The crew at the Carolina Theatre work hard day in and day out to bring Retro audiences a wide array of classic horror films all year long. Audiences from the Durham area are treated to monthly double features of some of the rarest 35mm horror prints around.
Jim Carl, the program director, states that “Retro was born in November 1998 with a single showing of Friday the 13th Part 2. More than a decade later, we’re now one of the longest-running monthly genre film series in the United States!” The spectacular programing is no accident as anyone that talks to Jim can tell you. He is as big a fan of the genre as one will find.
Retro crowds make every show a treat.
This week marked Retrofantasma’s twelfth anniversary of bringing classic horror and cult movies to the Durham area. The reason for its continued success is simple, Retrofantasma is programmed for the fans by a fan. A quick glance at the list of titles that have played in 35mm at Retro over the past few years reveal just how much Jim and company love genre films: Alien, An American Werewolf in London, Black Christmas, Creepshow, The Exorcist, Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th part 4, Lucio Fulci’s Gates of Hell, The Thing, Monster Squad, Hellraiser, Spider Baby, The Shining, The Howling, Army of Darkness, Night of the Creeps, A Nightmare On Elm Street III: Dream Warriors, My Bloody Valentine, Lifeforce, The Story of Ricky, Jaws, The Road Warrior, Race with the Devil, Prince of Darkness, Pieces, and Killer Klowns From Outer Space.
To celebrate their twelfth anniversary, the Retro team hosted a double feature of slasher classics from the hey day of the genre. Fans may have plunked down their hard earned $8 for tickets to see Happy Birthday To Me and Alice Sweet Alice but what they were treated to was much more than a simple show – it was a party. Balloons, obscure lobby cards and rare one sheets lined the halls to the theater. The crowd was treated to bits of cake on skewers in honor of the infamous shish kebob kill featured on the one sheet for Happy Birthday To Me. On this night, no one was trying to ram the skewers down the crowd’s collective throat – although they were heavily encouraged to sign up for the door prizes which included DVDs, movie passes to the upcoming B-Movie Weekend Marathon and even a pair of tickets to the all but sold out John Waters Christmas show in December.
Congested traffic delayed a lot of the Retro Regulars from making it to the show on time – so Jim and Co. held the curtain for an extra half hour to give everyone time to make it to the show. That gave the crowd more time to fuel up on beer and cake prior to the start of the Retro Ring. For those that are unfamiliar, the Retro Ring is the video montage that opens every Retro show and is comprised of chase scenes, boo scares, and kill scenes from over one hundred movies. As soon as the Me First and the Gimme Gimme’s start their rendition of “Science Fiction Double Feature”, the fans know that they are in for a night filled with more thrills and chills than you can shake a boomstick at!
This weekend, Retro did not disappoint as they played Melissa Sue Anderson’s horror debut Happy Birthday To Me from the only surviving 35mm print and then closed it out with Brooke Shield’s horror and movie debut from 1976 with Alice Sweet Alice. As if these classic slasher films alone weren’t enough to satisfy the raucous crowd, they were also treated to trailers from the respective time periods and then during intermission a new In Memoriam played featuring clips of the celebrities that have passed away in the previous months.
Most moviegoers would be numb from the excitement of watching two classic horror films back to back but the Retro crowds are always energized at the end of the show. The crowd spills out into the night time plaza with a blissful white noise hum filling their heads from an evening that only Retrofantasma can provide. Most would feel fatigued at the prospect of now having to drive home after midnight – but the Retro crowds always leave with a pep in their step and a smile on their faces. They know that they just witnessed a rare event and look forward in great anticipation to next month’s show – or in even greater anticipation to one of the many fantastic weekend festivals coming soon from Carolina Theatre whether it be the Nevermore Film Fest, the Escapism Film Festival or The Groovy B-Movie Weekend Marathon.
Here's to twelve more great years at Retrofantasma!
For twelve years, Retrofantasma has been bringing North Carolina the best in genre entertainment. Through good economies or bad – Jim and the staff at the Carolina Theatre have worked hard to bring you your money’s worth and then some. You need only ask any of the Retro Regulars that make the show a part of their monthly routine and they’ll tel
l you that if you’re in the Durham area, nay if you’re in the Carolinas period, it is ALWAYS worth the drive to the historic Carolina Theatre in Durham for an evening at Retro! There’s only one way you’ll get to see the famous Retro Ring and that is by laying down $8 for a night at Retro that comes with a ticket for two movies but brings a priceless night to remember.
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