http://mutantville.com/blog The Worlds of Speculative Fiction Through the Eyes of Independent Filmmakers. Wed, 23 May 2012 10:42:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Worlds of Speculative Fiction Through the Eyes of Independent Filmmakers. MUTANTVILLE.COM no The Worlds of Speculative Fiction Through the Eyes of Independent Filmmakers. http://mutantville.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://mutantville.com/blog http://mutantville.com/blog/alfred-hitchcocks-psycho http://mutantville.com/blog/alfred-hitchcocks-psycho#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 15:28:10 +0000 GeoSwanko http://mutantville.com/blog/?p=6194 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is our focus this week on Classics Corner! Whenever I see list of greatest horror movies of all time, Psycho is near the top of the list. Just take a look at this trailer. Psycho Trailer (1960) This is the original teaser trailer for Alfred Hitchcock’s slasher film PSYCHO. I DO NOT [...]]]> http://mutantville.com/blog/alfred-hitchcocks-psycho/feed 0 http://mutantville.com/blog/texas-chainsaw-massacre-poster-deal http://mutantville.com/blog/texas-chainsaw-massacre-poster-deal#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:00:02 +0000 GeoSwanko http://mutantville.com/blog/?p=5954 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } This week was sparked by an awesome deal I found on Amazon. They have a 24″x36″ Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Who Will Survive) Movie Poster for less than $4! Go to convention and try to get a big poster for that. Anyway, finding the poster inspired me to put up some facts about the film and [...]]]> http://mutantville.com/blog/texas-chainsaw-massacre-poster-deal/feed 0 http://mutantville.com/blog/the-exorcist-with-linda-blair http://mutantville.com/blog/the-exorcist-with-linda-blair#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:01:41 +0000 GeoSwanko http://mutantville.com/blog/?p=5211 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } In honor of Linda Blair’s upcoming visit to Mad Monster Party in Charlotte, NC in March, I thought we’d highlight The Exorcist this week! The Exorcist was written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Fiedkin. It was released in 1973. It stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow and of course Linda Blair. As [...]]]> http://mutantville.com/blog/the-exorcist-with-linda-blair/feed 0 http://mutantville.com/blog/ano-bisiesto-thats-right-its-leap-year http://mutantville.com/blog/ano-bisiesto-thats-right-its-leap-year#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:01:16 +0000 GeoSwanko http://mutantville.com/blog/?p=5162 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } So I was informed that this year is leap year or año bisiesto in Spanish. I started wondering if there were any horror films about leap year and what is the first thing I find? Año bisiesto a film by Michael Rowe released in 2010. It was co-written by Michael Rowe and Lucia Carreras. It [...]]]> http://mutantville.com/blog/ano-bisiesto-thats-right-its-leap-year/feed 0 http://mutantville.com/blog/the-seventh-curse-or-yuan-zhen-xia-yu-wei-si-li-2 http://mutantville.com/blog/the-seventh-curse-or-yuan-zhen-xia-yu-wei-si-li-2#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:15:59 +0000 GeoSwanko http://mutantville.com/blog/?p=4996 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } As we move closer to Chinese New Year, I thought we’d focus on the classic Chinese horror movie, The Seventh Curse or Yuan Zhen-Xia yu Wei Si-Li (it’s Chinese title). This film stars a few people that are pretty much household names (well at least to Hong Kong cinema fans like us here at Mutantville). [...]]]> http://mutantville.com/blog/the-seventh-curse-or-yuan-zhen-xia-yu-wei-si-li-2/feed 0 http://mutantville.com/blog/the-eye-gin-gwai-celebrate-chinese-new-year-with-a-chinese-horror-movie http://mutantville.com/blog/the-eye-gin-gwai-celebrate-chinese-new-year-with-a-chinese-horror-movie#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:54:35 +0000 GeoSwanko http://mutantville.com/blog/?p=4922 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } As Chinese New Year approaches on January 23, 2012, I thought I’d explore a few Chinese Horror movie classics. The Eye or Gin Gwai (original title) was released in 2002. The movie was directed by Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang. They are also known as the Pang Brothers. They also wrote the film along [...]]]> http://mutantville.com/blog/the-eye-gin-gwai-celebrate-chinese-new-year-with-a-chinese-horror-movie/feed 0 http://mutantville.com/blog/streeborama-and-the-lost-art-of-the-movie-one-sheet http://mutantville.com/blog/streeborama-and-the-lost-art-of-the-movie-one-sheet#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:54:47 +0000 Streebo http://mutantville.com/blog/?p=4820 http://mutantville.com/blog/streeborama-and-the-lost-art-of-the-movie-one-sheet/feed 0 http://mutantville.com/blog/new-years-eve-horror-with-john-carpenters-classic-film-christine http://mutantville.com/blog/new-years-eve-horror-with-john-carpenters-classic-film-christine#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:33:30 +0000 GeoSwanko http://mutantville.com/blog/?p=4795 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } In honor of New Year’s Eve, I thought I’d do a post on “Christine.” It was directed by John Carpenter and written by Stephen King. Bill Phillips wrote the screenplay. “Christine” stars Keith Gordon which you may also remember from “Back to School” with Danny Elfman in Oingo Boingo (I’m starting a 5 degrees of [...]]]> http://mutantville.com/blog/new-years-eve-horror-with-john-carpenters-classic-film-christine/feed 0 http://mutantville.com/blog/thanksgiving-horror http://mutantville.com/blog/thanksgiving-horror#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:44:28 +0000 GeoSwanko http://mutantville.com/blog/?p=4503 http://mutantville.com/blog/thanksgiving-horror/feed 0 http://mutantville.com/blog/evil-dead-2-1987 http://mutantville.com/blog/evil-dead-2-1987#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:02:42 +0000 GeoSwanko http://mutantville.com/blog/?p=4476 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } As I was driving through Anson County, NC last weekend, I couldn’t help but think of Evil Dead 2. After all, that’s where it was filmed. The Color Purple was also filmed in Wadesboro and nearby Lilesville. Obviously these films are slightly different but still cool for a small town like Wadesboro, NC (census of [...]]]> http://mutantville.com/blog/evil-dead-2-1987/feed 0