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.
Carolina Theatre - Great place to see horror movies in 2012
The new year is upon us which means we’re in for some new horror films as well. So what do we have to look forward to this year?
Find out after the leap… Continue Reading…
Welcome back to another edition of Fridays With MVP! Last Friday night the Mutantville Mothership played host to The Night The Mutants Stole Christmas when MVP screened the completed Tales From Mutantville to a raucous Christmas crowd. Although the Muticia linking segments have yet to be finalized the anthology came across quite well.
There was plenty of cheer, snacks and movies to go around. We started the show with a screening of the classic Christmas episode of Tales From The Crypt entitled “All Through The House.” After that, we plowed through a few classic trailers such as Jack Frost 2, Silent Night Deadly Night 2 and Cheerleader Camp Massacre. Next, everyone was treated to the first private screenings of Indigo Child and Family Fiend as well as enjoying the festival seasoned Scarecrow At Midnight. We rounded out an evening of holiday cheer by watching a classic Monstervision with Joe Bob Briggs hosting Joe Dante’s 80′s classic Gremlins.
Thank you to everyone for coming out to join us. It was great to see you all and share our work with you. Thank you to all of the Mutantville Players out there that have made our projects possible over the years. We wouldn’t have made it this far without you and for that we shall be forever grateful.
Thank you all for being part of a great 2011 – and here’s to an even more amazing 2012. We hope to see you all there!
In 1980, “Christmas Evil” which is also known as “You Better Watch Out” was released. It’s about a boy that loves Christmas and is scarred emotionally. He is a toy maker that snaps and goes on a Christmas killing spree.
Evil Christmas stars Brandon Maggart, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dianne Hull, Andy Fenwick, Brian Neville and many others. It was written and directed by Lewis Jackson. Many people put this as number 1 on their list of Christmas horror movies! What do you think?
Harry Stadling (Brandon Maggart) is obsessed with Christmas! In fact he wants to “be” the authentic Santa Claus, with a real suit, sleigh and reindeer. Ever since he learned the “truth” about Santa, he’s tried to make Christmas a reality. Growing up …
Welcome back to another Mutantville Monday here at Mutantville.com. We had another busy weekend aboard the Mutantville Mothership as we sat down Saturday to record the commentary tracks for the Tales From Mutantville anthology. We sent off a working print of Indigo Child for submission to the 14th Annual Nevermore Film Festival in February.
Composer Martin Bowes of Attrition is still hard at work on the original score for G.H.O.S.T. We’re doing our best to keep ourselves busy on various projects in MVP Land such as completing several interviews we have on hand as well as working up exciting new scripts for future MVP projects. There’s too much to go into detail now so we’re going to leave you with a few videos from the world of horror but before we go – check out this nice write up on Scarecrow At Midnight from the fine folks at Horror Society.
Welcome to another edition of Fridays with MVP! This week we have something special for you as MVP’s own Kathy Butler Sandvoss has started her own fanpage on Facebook. Friends of MVP will know Kathy from the recent trailer for G.H.O.S.T. and all of you will be able to see the amazing performance she conjured up for the making of G.H.O.S.T. when the movie hits DVD and theaters this winter. Check out Kathy Butler Sandvoss’ Corner with the touch of a button. There’s wine and cheese for all.
Welcome back to another edition of Streeborama, my fellow Mutants. It’s Thursday and we’re all still a bit worn out from the tremendous pace we’ve kept up over the past few years. In short – we began pre-production on G.H.O.S.T. in the summer of 2009, began filming in October 2009 and have been busy working steadily since. Only now after we’ve locked in the final cut and FX of G.H.O.S.T. are we ready to slow down and take a bit of a breather.
(Learn the hidden secrets of the universe after the leap – if you dare!)
When I was a young lad, I never watched horror movies. Looking back I had seen some horror movies, I just wasn’t aware they were horror movies and no I’m not talking about that Britney Spears movie Crossroads (not to be confused with the movie with Ralph Machio and Steve Vai). I’m talking about movies like Jaws. I even saw Jaws 3D in the theater. Continue Reading…
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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!
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” which is also known as “You Better Watch Out” was released. It’s about a boy that loves Christmas and is scarred emotionally. He is a toy maker that snaps and goes on a Christmas killing spree.
