Clive Barker's Jericho (2007)
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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Nightbreed (1990)
It comes as little surprise to long time Mutantville Players to hear that Clive Barker is Streebo’s favorite horror storyteller. Clive Barker’s work was an influence on me long before I ever realized that I was a true fan and horror geek. Perhaps this influence started with Hellraiser II: Hellbound as I was lucky enough to join a friend who had advance passes to see the movie in the theater.
Hellraiser II: Hellbound would mark only my second venture into horror at the movies and boy did I pick a crazy movie as my sophomore viewing. My mind was simply overwhelmed by the mix of occult madness, flayed villains, otherworldly Cenobites and a near endless variety of unpleasant people committing atrocities on themselves and others. I did not know then but from that moment on I was irrevocably hooked on horror.
Later that same year, I would finally see the original Hellraiser on VHS at a friend’s house. Despite the fact that there is less time spent in the otherworld in Barker’s directorial effort – I found Hellraiser to be much more disturbing than it’s sequel. The perverse love triangle between Julia, Frank and Larry AND the Cenobites if you want to take it that far got under my skin in a way that standard stalk and slash fare could not. The body mutilation and the S&M subculture that is seen in the film also represented a darker set of desires for Barker’s characters than that of the typical teenage babysitter fare.
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Nightbreed stars coming to Charlotte for first convention appearance!
It was announced this past week that the stars of Clive Barker’s Nightbreed Craig Sheffer and Anne Bobby are coming to Charlotte, North Carolina for the Mad Monster Party convention this March. Sheffer and Bobby have been added to an already stellar lineup which includes Rutger Hauer, Angus Scrimm, Bill Mosley, Derek Mears, Brad Dourif, and so many more. Check out the official lineup over at the website or Facebook fanpage.
Rumors are swirling that the promoters aren’t finished with the special announcements yet. Keep checking the official website for daily updates. MVP plans to be at the convention so we hope to see you there!
Christopher Young - composer
This week we’re going to focus on the great film scores of Christopher Young. I’d have to say one of my favorite film scores is from Clive Barker’s “Hellraiser.” It’s just one of those sound tracks I can put on and listen to whether it is driving, working around the house, writing or some other creative process. There is just something about that score.
Christopher Young graduated from Massachusetts Hampshire College with a BA in music. He went on to do post graduate work at North Texas State University. Young was inspired by composer Bernard Herrmann, of Citizen Kane and Vertigo fame. He moved to Los Angeles and attended classes at UCLA where he studied with film composer David Raksin.
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Nightbreed (1990). David Cronenberg as Decker.
This week on Scary Movie Saturday we’re featuring the work of one of Streebo’s favorite horror filmmakers – Clive Barker’s Nightbreed. Go watch it already.
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Happy Halloween from Streeborama!!!
While some prefer being jacks of all trades – others strive for greatness in one art form. In this special Halloween edition of Streeborama – we give you a sneak peek into the artistic minds of Mutantville as we strive for greatness in the horror genre. In this video – Streebo reveals his secret to making a great scary movie in this discussion on “uncanny horror.”
This special v-log clocks in at over an hour and is guaranteed to make your brain bleed. Somewhere along the way Streebo discusses the works of David Cronenberg, Stuart Gordon, Clive Barker, Guillermo Del Toro and many more. Come dare to be great with MVP as we discuss what it takes to get to the heart of “uncanny horror.”
(Uncanny horrors lie beyond the cut! Click to watch.)
It’s Wednesday, Hump Day, or Cut Your Boss Into Little Tiny Pieces And Hide Them In A Box Day! That last one – maybe not so much – but on Mutantville.com, Wednesday means Collector’s Corner! This week, we have found some sweet rarities from the mind of Clive Barker!
Barker’s work has been a huge influence on the Mutantville Players and we even had the honor of meeting him this past year. It pleases us to no end to share the sight of these little goodies with you! First we’ll post the links to eBay so you can bid on these precious items and lastly we’ll share Streebo’s video from last year where he took a look at his own Clive Barker collection – which has grown quite considerably since then.
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This week on Mutantville.com’s Collectors Corner ….watchout! He’s back, and this time not in a re-run. Resident poster and VHS geek Johnny Brento has landed this sweet original Rawhead Rex 1 Sheet as well as an original VHS tape of this Clive Barker gem. In case you missed Streebo’s horrorology lesson from an earlier Collector’s Corner, read up, right here.
The word on the street is that these new grabs might just be featured in a video update coming soon. Ah, so little time, so much cool 80′s crap to collect.
This week on Mutantville.com’s Collectors Corner we bring you two very neat vintage horror collectibles. First up we have the very cool and very rare VHS for Rawhead Rex! Rawhead Rex was based on a Clive Barker story of the same name.
Although it is worth noting that there were significant changes from the short story to the movie – there were several shocking moments that made the leap to celluloid in their full on blasphemous glory. Rawhead Rex still has not been given a proper DVD release in the States so that makes VHS it’s only viable format. This is a real steal for any Clive Barker fan worth his salt. Place your bid or buy it now by visiting eBay at this link.
For the poster hunters out there we bring you the one-sheet to Brian DePalma’s The Fury! Check it out on eBay by clicking here. The Fury starred Andrew Stevens, Kirk Douglas, and John Cassavettes. The one sheet is of Turkish desgin and is full of retro movie poster win! 
The Mutantville Players were on hand for the historic events that unfolded last week at Horrorhound Weekend Indianapolis 2010! That’s right – we talked to George A. Romero, Sid Haig, Elvira, and Clive Barker! We were even on hand for the historic screening of Clive Barker’s Nightbreed UNCUT! So sit back and enjoy our adventures to Horrorhound and back and remember to keep checking with Mutantville.com for your up to the nano-second MVP news!
For a full recap of the Nightbreed screening – be sure to download the MVP podcast here.
