MVP working around the clock in the name of horror.
Welcome back to another bombastic edition of Fridays With MVP!!! Horror is alive and well as Underworld Awakening and The Grey hit the box office last week with The Woman In Black hitting theaters today. Retro Classics is showing a double feature of The Wolfman and Dracula tonight at the Carolina Theatre in Durham and their annual Nevermore Film Festival is just around the corner.
After a long week suffering under the thumb of a bad cold, Streebo is back in the land of the living to fill his Friday typing quotient with news, rumor, gossip and gospel. Video production has lagged just a hair as we’ve hit the wall of late. I’ve been working on getting more video and article content out to you all but haven’t had the energy to work late at night as per my usual modus operandi. I am hopeful that a long weekend of rest will see a return to form.
Not to be left alone to hog the suffering spotlight, Brento’s wife Nancee stepped up to the plate this week when she horribly burned her leg in an accident requiring brief hospitalization. She’s doing better now and is being given around the clock TLC by Brento. Please join MVP in sending her a collective “get well” via Facebook, Twitter, or even in person if you like.
Unless you’ve been living under an internet rock you should have heard the official announcement about the Mad Monster Party Film Festival this March. Since you come here for some insider info I may as well give you a few tidbits. I’ve been in talks with the promoters of Mad Monster Party for a couple months now about the possibility of hosting a film festival at the Mad Monster Party so I am very happy to see it come to fruition.
This week on Trailer Park Tuesday we are featuring another indie gem the sexy black comedy Spades written and directed by the multi-talented Vanelle. Spades was conceived and shot for the Made In Charlotte Short Film Contest hosted by the Charlotte Film Community in the fall of 2010. Spades stars the lovely and talented Jodi Essex opposite the always charming Michael Sharpe fresh off his directorial debut with Monomaniacal as a couple that loves each other so much it hurts.
Check out the full trailer for Spades below and visit the official website for Magic Tribe Pictures by clicking here.
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Welcome back to another edition of Mutantville Mondays, my faithful droogies! We had another wild and productive long weekend in the editing suites of the Mutantville Mothership. Brento and I were locked inside the Editing Thunderdome for the entire weekend to battle it out with L-cuts, overlays and more after effects work than you can shake a boomstick at! Post-production is wrapping up nicely on G.H.O.S.T. in anticipation of a special screening for the cast and crew for Halloween.
It’s Fridaaaaayyyyyyyyy with MVP!!! We’ve had another wild week here on the Mutantville Mothership! Take a minute to get caught up on the MVP blog entries from Geo, Brento and myself or stop by Trailer Park Tuesday to see what is playing this weekend. Hitting theaters this weekend is the long awaited Kevin Smith horror film Red State which has been playing on VOD for the past few weeks.
Welcome back to another edition of Fridays With MVP! There’s so much going on that it’s hard to figure out where to begin. There are more horror films hitting theaters this weekend, Turner Classic Movies has posted their Halloween schedule and The Carolina Theatre is gearing up for the Escapism Festival.
(Get your weekly MVP and horror news fix after the leap or go leap off a cliff!)
Welcome back to another edition of Mutantville Monday, oh faithful Mutants! We’ve come through another long and productive weekend aboard the Mutantville Mothership so it’s time to give you a rundown on the latest happenings in the worlds of speculative fiction – as seen through the eyes of independent filmmakers. We have a steaming hot load of MVP News for you this morning followed by the Box Office Report with Contagion topping the charts and crazy rumors from around the web – so let’s get started!
(Get your mind and your noses blown after the leap!)
Welcome back to Mutantville Mondays my lovely mutants! We’re still terribly busy aboard the Mutantville Mothership so there’s little time for updates. In case you have been under a rock on the moon for the past week, the Mutantville Players just returned from the Fright Night Film Fest and Fandom Fest in Louisville, Kentucky. To celebrate we’ve decided to launch the new Mutantville Productions fanpage on Facebook.
Facebook changed the rules on groups over the past few months so we’ve decided that the fanpage is the best operation model for Facebook. To that end, we’re giving you one place to go on Facebook when you need to know about MVP. We’re doing our best to give you one stop horror and science fiction shopping no matter where you are on the worldwide-web. Be sure to “like” the new fanpage because we’re going to be loading it with more videos and exclusive interviews than a bantha can carry!
NC CHARLOTTE FILM COMMUNITY NEWS!!!
Last weekend at the Fright Night Film Fest in Kentucky with guest of honor John Carpenter in attendance, North Carolina’s own Ghost Trek won the Corman Award for Best Comedy 2011. MVP would like to send out a round of congratulations to the Ghost Trek crew helmed by Michael Plumides, Robert W. Filion and Anne Saunders. For more information on Ghost Trek please visit the official Facebook fanpage.
Happy Independence Day, my fellow Mutants! It’s been a hot weekend aboard the Mutantville Mothership as we’ve fired up the grill, threw on some steaks, and shot off some fireworks to celebrate the very awesomeness of the United States. We have a really big announcement coming for the Mutantville Players very soon but until then we’ll have to leave you guessing.
Fret not – for we have some cinema magic to sooth your soul. This July Fourth pop in that seminal shark classic that made everyone afraid to go into the water – Steven Spielberg’s JAWS! It’s the premiere summer holiday movie about a small town sheriff who tries to keep the populace under control as a great white shark intends to use the vacationers of Amity as his personal Fourth of July buffet!
Michael Sharpe, star of Devil’s Crossing, Split and Scarecrow At Midnight, was recently interviewed on the Creepture Feature Horrorshow podcast. Michael has had an exciting start to his career in the Charlotte Film Community over the past year starring in a wide range of productions from Split to Devil’s Crossing to MVP’s own Scarecrow At Midnight. Not only did Michael win “Best Actor” award from the CFC for his performance in Knowing, but he somehow found time to write and direct two independent short films over the past year entitled Monomaniacaland Deviling.
Head on over to thecreepturefeaturehorrorshow.com and join the fun as Gregamortis, Dr.Shock and the Pumpkin King discuss the Scream series and the upcoming Scream 4. Michael Sharpe joins the show at approximately 1 hr 15 min. They discuss his career acting in in such indie horror flicks as Devil’s Crossing and Scarecrow At Midnight as well as his career behind the camera directing his own scripts for Monomaniacaland Deviling.
Download the podcast directly from the Creepture Feature Horrorshow by visiting their website here.
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The long awaited and much anticipated zombie/western from writer/director James Ryan Gary – Devil’s Crossing – is playing this Friday Feb.18th at 7:30pm at the Silver Spur Saloon & Cafe in Love Valley. Devil’s Crossing stars Michael Sharpe (of Scarecrow At Midnight and Knowing), Patrick Keenan, Michael Ruff and many of our friends from the Charlotte Film Community. Devil’s Crossing tells the story of a stranger that finds himself caught between a small town and a horde of devilish zombies. What’s not to love?
Tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at the door. For more information, please visit the official website for Devil’s Crossing by clicking here. For ticket information, please visit the Showclix site by clicking here.
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