Since the big horror box office release this week is the remake of Tom Holland’s 1985 classic vamp film Fright Night, we thought we would honor the occasion by sharing an original vampire film – 30 Days of Night. If you are not interested in remakes – then check out this modern classic from the mind of writer Steve Niles (Mystery Society, Criminal Macabre, Remains). 30 Days of Night tells the story of a small town in Alaska that is plunged into thirty days of night for winter and invaded by vampires who have come to feast.
As you have probably noticed, there is a new version of Fright Night being released now. I thought it’d be cool to do a post on the 1985 version.
Fright Night was directed by Tom Holland and released in 1985. It stars Chris Saradon, William Ragsdale and Amanda Bearse. Fright Night is about Charlie Brewster. Charlie has two men move next door. All of his horror movie experience tells him that one man is a vampire and one is his undead day guardian. He finds a has-been actor, Peter Vincent to help him.
So…What do you think about the remake? Have you seen it? Did it need a remake? Let us know in the comments below! Continue Reading…
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In 2002, Neil Marshall exploded onto the scene with a wild werewolf movie called Dog Soldiers. Dog Soldiers tells the story of six British Army soldiers dropped into the Scottish Highlands to perform routine training exercises only to discover that something much more sinister is afoot – approximately seven afoot tall to be exact – with ears, fur and big pointy teeth! Find out what happens by watching the movie below.
Now that the Fright Night Film Fest has passed, our celebration of John Carpenter has come to end – an end that is until we make the trip out to see The Ward at the theater when it comes to North Carolina. This week we thought we’d get back to the basics with one of Streebo’s favorite directors – the Mexican Madman himself – Guillermo Del Toro and his first American studio effort! Mimic tells the story of Dr. Susan Tyler (Mira Sorvino) and her quest to stop the genetically altered super insects she created to that have gone on a mission to destroy humanity!
In honor of the the upcoming Tales From Mutantvilleshoot with MVP’s own Muticia the Movie Goddess, the producers at Mutantville Productions thought this would be a good time to take a look at the history of horror hostesses through the ages. It would take a book length essay to properly cover this subject, so for the purpose of this discussion, we’re going to keep it simple. We’ll take a look at the roots of Horror Hostess-dom starting with it’s originator - Vampira, then we’ll take a look at the rise of Elvira into 80′s pop culture stardom, and lastly we’ll visit our good friend and self-made horror hostess extraordinaire – Miko Macabre.
The origins of the horror hostess are as murky as the smoke filled stages they haunt. There is some dispute as to whether the woman named Maila Elizabeth Nurmi was born on December 21, 1921 or on December 11, 1922. What is not in dispute is that she would one day find inspiration in the character of Morticia Addams from Charles Addams’ The Addams Family comic strip and create the persona of Vampira.
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In 1978, John Carpenter brought us his film “Halloween.” This movie sticks out in my mind because it’s the first movie Streebo watched with me when we started preproduction on our film “C for Chaos.” We watched lighting, camera movement, pacing and story telling.
This film is about Michael Myers a psychotic killer that has been in an institution since he was a kid. His doctor, played by Donald Pleasance, searches the streets for him to find him before he hurts someone. Obviously he doesn’t find him before he hurts anyone or it wouldn’t be a horror movie…and it would be a short movie.
This movie also stars Jamie Lee Curtis. I believe this was her first feature film. She did some television work prior. The film also stars Nancy Kyes (credited as Nancy Loomis). She was also in “Assault on Precinct 13″ and “The Fog” which were directed by John Carpenter as well. Continue Reading…
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The good scribes over at Slasher Studios have just posted a link to an interview with Eli Roth from the Daily News Los Angeles in which he discloses a list of his favorite horror films. Some of his choices seem to be no-brainers but a couple might surprise you. Check out the trailers to his choices below and then hop over to Daily News Los Angeles to read the complete interview with Mr.Roth.
“Sleepaway Camp” (1983): Ah, “Sleepaway Camp.” I remember watching this film at a sleepover with Lenny Mead and a bunch of friends in the mid-’80s, and when the movie ended we literally stood up out of our chairs and screamed at the top of our lungs until we ran out of air. I will not say why – and don’t go looking up the spoilers on the Internet because that will take all the fun away. Treat yourself to a wonderful surprise.
Welcome to Classic’s Corner! Today we’re going to cover “Rosmary’s Baby.” This Roman Polanski film is based on the novel by Ira Levin. If’ you’ve listened/read “The Kid Stays in the Picture,” you’ve heard Robert Evans talk about the making of this film. This film stars Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes and Ruth Gordan. The cool thing about this is that it always makes top horror movie lists but it doesn’t have all the gore that most people associate with horror.
What is it about the personification of evil that makes for such terrifying horror films such as The Exorcist and Rosemary’s Baby? In a way, the idea that a creature from hell acquires power in this world by taking on human or …
The reason, for me, that Rosemary’s Baby fails as a horror film is the fact that the character of Rosemary is an idiot. She is stupid. An air-headed twit. Director Roman Polanski tells the story from her point of view. …
Film starring Mia Farrow, directed by Roman Polanski. Interviews include Polanski, Evans and Richard Sylbert (Part II of II)
I’ll end with a cover of the theme song by Fantomas with none other than Mike Patton (Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Tomahawk, Peeping Tom), Buzz Osborne (of The Melvins), bassist Trevor Dunn (of Mr. Bungle) and drummer Dave Lombardo (of Slayer).
John Carpenter first exploded onto the horror scene in 1978 with the seminal slasher flick Halloween. He directed the movie for very little money with a small cast and crew and the final result became nothing less than horror movie history. John Carpenter’s Halloween was at one time the most profitable independent movie ever made and inspired films and filmmakers for generations to come.
Since then, Carpenter has gone on to a roller-coaster ride of triumphs and failures throughout a 30 year career which has brought us such classics as The Fog, The Thing, Carrie, and In The Mouth of Madness. After years of feeling stifled and held back by studio executives, Carpenter walked away from Hollywood in 2001. He returned briefly for the television series Masters of Horror on Showtime and directed John Carpenter’s Cigarette Burns which was voted best horror of 2005 by Mutantville.com.
Away from the cinema since his 2001 release of Ghosts of Mars, Carpenter, like his predecessor George A. Romero, has finally returned to his indie roots by going his own way and making his latest horror film, The Ward. The Ward tells the story of Kristen (played by Amber Heard) who is confined to a mental institution after allegedly setting a house aflame – only to discover that the vengeful ghost of a former patient is killing off the residents one by one.
In discussing his decision to return to filmmaking with The Ward, in a recent interview with Empire Online, Carpenter states “This was the first one that came along that had a small cast, a small budget and a reasonable shooting time in a simplified physical space. In other words, it all took place in one area [and] that was just right for me. That was what I was looking for.”
You can read the rest of Empire’s interview with John Carpenter by clicking this link. Be sure to join the Mutantville Players as we set off on the road to meet John Carpenter at the Fright Night Film Fest in Kentucky this summer! Our first stop on the way to Fright Night – the Nevermore Fundraiser at Retrofantasma tomorrow night. They’re playing a double feature of John Carpenter’s The Thing and James Cameron’s Aliens in 35mm! See you there.
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Carrie White is the girl that everyone loves to hate. She is the creepy girl who lives in the creepy house with her wacko mom. Carrie wishes she could be forgotten until the night she will never be forgotten for.
Of course I wouldn’t be able to watch Brian Depalma’s 1976 adaption of Carrie until several years later. It was a bittersweet experience to listen to my peers discuss the movie that they had seen in theaters because the film was rated R …
Carrie (1976). Carrie Screenplay by Lawrence D. Cohen Based on the Novel by Stephen King. Carrie White is a shy, diffident teenager who is the butt of practical jokes at her small-town high school. Her blind panic at her first …
Carrie (1976) – Brian De Palma. October 30th, 2010. Carrie was not at all scary in the way a horror movie is usually scary. I felt incredibly sorry for Carrie the entire film; constantly getting picked on and having to deal with her …
Movie : Carrie 1976. carrie1. Rating: ★ ☆. Whoa! I’ve read the book a long time ago (as with most of King’s books) and forgot about the fact that there was a movie at all. This was the movie that made Brian Depalma a great director, …
Carrie (1976). Should I see it? Nope. Brian De Palma’s adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic gave society the iconic scene of Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) becoming the victim of the cruel prank of having pig blood is dumped on her …
Since the big horror box office release this week is the remake of Tom Holland’s 1985 classic vamp film Fright Night, we thought we would honor the occasion by sharing an original vampire film – 30 Days of Night. If you are not interested in remakes – then check out this modern classic from the mind of writer Steve Niles (Mystery Society, Criminal Macabre, Remains). 30 Days of Night tells the story of a small town in Alaska that is plunged into thirty days of night for winter and invaded by vampires who have come to feast.
