Mutie the Mutantville Mutant rocks the cashbah with some undead friends on the set of Muticia's Movie Morgue.
Welcome back to another edition of Mutantville Mondays here on Mutantville.com! It’s been a wild and wooly 2012 for MVP so far as we’ve been everywhere from the Nevermore Film Festival to the Mad Monster Party and have been working on building the final DVDs for not one – but two MVP projects G.H.O.S.T. and Tales From Mutantville – in addition to prepping for the Metatron Files webseries and shooting the first episode of Muticia’s Movie Morgue. Whew. Did you get all of that? Well don’t worry – we’ll continue to remind you each day.
Happy Eat-All-The-Chocolate-That-You-Want Day from MVP!
Welcome back to another edition of Mutantville Monday! It’s a post-Easter Monday so there weren’t a lot of updates from over the weekend. It was one of those rare times when we actually just took a few days off and spent time with our families.
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Muticia the Movie Goddess and Mutie are ready to watch some movies in 2012!
Get ready for a Good Friday throwdown with MVP! Welcome back mighty Mutants! It’s time for your end of the week update here at Mutantville.com. We’ve had quite a wild ride since the beginning of the year as we’ve been prepping for as well as promoting everything from the Nevermore Film Festival to the Mad Monster Party to Muticia’s Movie Morgue. We’re catching our breath for a moment before we start the mad rush to our last big convention appearances of the year including Charlotte’s own ConCarolinas and the big Lousiville slugger of a convention – the Fright Night Film Fest and Fandom Fest! By catching our breath that means we’re taking a break from promoting to focus on actual filmmaking.
Last weekend we shot 75% of the first episode of Muticia’s Movie Morgue. We knew going into it with a cast comprised of Vanelle, England Simpson, Patrick Simpson, Mutie the Mutantville Mutant and Todd A. Britt that we were in good hands. Well – maybe putting Todd in front of the camera was a big gamble – but in the end it paid off. He managed to bring his role as the ornery makeup FX artist to believable life. I guess all those years as an ornery makeup FX artist on MVP sets really paid off. Who knew it was method training all along?
The cast and crew of Muticia's Movie Morgue.
Our cast put on a stellar performance backed by a strong and dedicated crew and we managed to put some really fantastic footage in the can. We have but a handful of minor scenes left to shoot before Muticia’s Movie Morgue episode one is ready – starting with a massive shoot next Sunday April 15th as MVP and Muticia’s Movie Morgue unleash ZOMBIE DAY on the unsuspecting masses. We’re meeting in Albemarle again to shoot a really cool skit for the show that features Muticia as a news reporter reporting from the site of the initial zombie outbreak in George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. Grab your kids, drag your wife along and wheel grandma on down to the Mutantville Productions Studios and get lathered in grey greasepaint so you can all spend the day staggering around a cemetery. It’s going to be a wacky day and we need all the zombies we can get so come out and let your inner ghoul out for the day!
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Welcome back to Mutantville Mondays, oh faithful mutants. The Mutantville Mothership was abuzz with activity over the weekend as we made it through day one on the set of Muticia’s Movie Morgue Episode One: George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. We were able to shoot through thirteen scenes with countless setups over the course of the day on Saturday and we couldn’t be happier with the final results.
The footage looks spectacular and we’re sure that you will all enjoy what you see. The first hurdle has been cleared so we’re setting our sights on the next one. Join us again in two weeks on Sunday April 15th for Zombie Day on the set of Muticia’s Movie Morgue. We’ll be putting an undead horde of zombies to work on the set that day so make sure you don’t miss it.
Thank you all for making this weekend’s shoot so special. It was one of the smoothest and most fun shoots we’ve had at the Mutantville Productions Studios in ages. Enjoy your rest this week and spend some quality time with your family.
We’ll see you all in two weeks for Zombie Day! Spread the word. Join the fun. Keep it MVP.
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Dark Tales Chronicles presents In The Dark (2006) from Godbout Entertainment.
Over the past few years, Mutantville.com and Scary Movie Saturdays have become a horror fan’s number one source for discovering the latest and greatest horror films being made by independent filmmakers today. The Patrick Rheas, Scott Goldbergs and Jaysen Buterins today’s indie film scene are tomorrow’s John Carpenter, George A. Romero and Robert Rodriguez. Now you can add Gerald Godbout III to that list.
Mutantville.com and Scary Movie Saturday are proud to present another horror diamond in the rough independent wasteland waiting to be discovered and enjoyed. This week, Godbout Entertainment’s Dark Tales Chronicles presents In The Dark (2006). From the Dark Tales Chronicles comes the first story in the series about a boy and his imagination and his babysitter who learns what it means to fear the dark.
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Thank Muticia, it’s Fridayyyy!!!! Stop your grinnin’ and drop your linen – it’s Fridays with MVP!!! It’s been another wild and whooly week with MVP as we are one week from the official announcement of the Mad Monster Party Film Fest and the entries have avalanched into the Mutantville Mothership. We’re currently fielding entries from across the country including the work of noted indie filmmakers such as Scott Goldberg, Patrick Rhea, Michael Sharpe, Robert W. Filion, Tara Nicole Azarian and the list goes on.
Since we’re still in the selection process for the coming month we won’t be able to make an official announcement on the selections until the first week of March. Make sure you take advantage of this opportunity. MVP and the Mad Monster Party want to screen your movie! We are looking for the best indie films around. We want new, original works that are not afraid to reach for the stars and dare to be different.
Mutantville Productions would like to take a moment of silence to honor the passing of Bill Hinzman the man famous for portraying the first zombie seen in George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. MVP would like to send our sincere condolences to Hinzman’s friends and family.
Next weekend, Retrofantasma at the Carolina Theatre is featuring Stephen King’s The Shining. This week they are in the middle of their Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for an historic exhibit. MVP wants to play along so we’re featuring a different work by Stephen King – The Dark Half.
To be fair The Shining is perhaps more a work of Stanley Kubrick while The Dark Half was a collaboration with George A. Romero. According to legend, Romero had a lot of conflict on the set with star Timothy Hutton. To be fair – Hutton puts on a tour de force performance in the dual role of George Stark and Thad Beaumont.
Watch The Dark Half this week. Donate to the Carolina Theatre’s Kickstarter tomorrow. Go see The Shining next Friday at Retrofantasma.
I’ll see you there. Today, it’s The Dark Half on Scary Movie Saturday! Get busy watching – or get busy dying.
The Walking Dead season two mid-season finale closed with a bang.
The number one drama on television – The Walking Dead – has hit it’s mid-season point for it’s sophomore season. The Walking Dead mid-season finale aired this past weekend and has left everyone on the edge of their seat as some questions were answered, some guts were munched and some new questions sprung up to take their place.
What will happen between Ric, Shane and Lori? Will the survivors leave the farm? Will Merle come back for revenge?
There are so many possibilities and we all have to wait! The Walking Dead will be on hiatus until February 2012! While you’re waiting – join Streebo for a discussion on the progress of the season so far. This week we’re talking The Walking Dead on Streeborama.
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Welcome back, Muties. If you’re tired of the onslaught of remakes and found footage horror – then the Doctors of Horror at MVP have the cure. This week, we’re featuring an indie gem called Among The Fallen from filmmaker Jay Shatzer. In my journeys across the Internetz, I often critique independent horror films that are posted online. It’s an exercise that keeps me sharp, keeps me in touch with the community, and best of all introduces me to true ground level no holds barred indie horror.
This week, I had the good fortune to watch Among The Fallen which tells the story of a writer struggling to survive the night when besieged by his personal demons and a horde of ghouls. Among The Fallen features gorgeous cinematography, Fulci-like ghouls and a story that everyone can identify with.
