Clive Barker and the Uncanny Horror of Streeborama.
Nightbreed (1990)
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.
Read the rest after the leap!
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Steven Spielberg with MVP’s Inspirational Filmmaker Quote of the Week.
Steven Spielberg and his most beloved creation - E.T.
“The public has an appetite for anything about imagination – anything that is as far away from reality as is creatively possible.”
~~Steven Spielberg
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Join Mutantville for The Night The Mutants Stole Christmas Tonight on Fridays With MVP!
Come join the Mutantvilel Players for "The Night The Mutants Stole Christmas" - tonight at 7pm!
Happy Holiday Hacking to all you little Mutants out there! Tis the season for giving so why not stab someone with a candy cane this weekend? Or better yet – come join MVP for a holiday night at the movies aboard the Mutantville Mothership.
For one night only MVP is extending an invitation to everyone that wants to see the entire Tales From Mutantville anthology before it’s official release.Tonight at 7pm we will screen Indigo Child, Family Fiend and Scarecrow At Midnight with all of the Muticia introductions in between. Afterward we will screen a classic Christmas edition of Monstervision as Joe Bob Briggs hosts Joe Dante’s Gremlins.
Come join us for what is sure to be a memorable evening of monsters, madness and mayhem with the Mutantville Players. Whether or not you can come to the show we wish you all a safe and happy holiday.
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John Carpenter Interview “It’s All Horror.”
John Carpenter at the Fright Night Film Fest 2011.
I never realized how much of an influence John Carpenter was on my worldview growing up. He was responsible for so many of my favorite childhood movies – Big Trouble In Little China, Escape From New York, Starman and so many more. It wasn’t until I became a dedicated horrorphile that I realized John Carpenter was responsible for those movies and oh so many more of my favorites in the horror genre. Halloween, The Fog, Christine, The Prince of Darkness, In The Mouth of Madness and so many other undeniable horror classics came from his directorial hand.
As a fan and certified horror geek – I knew that Carpenter’s movies shone with greatness but it wasn’t until we started Mutantville Productions in the winter of 2003 – that I began to look at horror films with a more critical eye. I suddenly realized that Carpenter’s works were not only the work of a true auteur – but the work of inspired genius.
(Continue reading the article and watch the interview after the leap!)
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Paranormal Activity’s Oren Peli with MVP’s Inspirational Filmmaker Quote of the Week.
Paranormal Activity 3's Grandfather Oren Peli.
~~Oren Peli
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J.J.Abrams with Inspirational Filmmaker Quote of the Day.
J.J.Abrams has been doing press junkets to get the word out on his splended filmmaking kids on an adventure throwback flick 0 Super 8. In a recent interview with Bloody Disgusting.com, he dropped an interesting metaphor for how he understood the importance of the human element in a movie like Super 8.
“There’s a stupid thing that I do sometimes when I’m doodling, which I’m always doing, which [is] I draw like a circle, and then I…shade it, and draw a little horizon line so it goes from just being this circle to being a…three-dimensional [object]“, he began.
“But then…whenever I draw a little figure next to it of a certain size, maybe very small, suddenly that circle…becomes this thing of scale. It’s weird how suddenly… there’s an importance to it, only because of the person, the figure that’s standing there. There’s a weird thing that happens, when you connect a person to an event…Suddenly the event has [a] different meaning.”
Please visit Bloody Disgusting for the complete interview. Check out our review for Super 8 right here on Mutantville.com.
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Alamo Drafthouse kicks out Texter!
Mutantville Productions would like to take a moment to show our support to the good people at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas. Apparently, they were afflicted by the modern scourge of the movie theater – the self important smart ass girl that likes to text and use the internet during a movie. Well, the fine employees did what every self respecting theater should do and they threw the little brat out the door!
Bravo, Alamo Drafthouse. If MVP had the authority to throw texting twits out during the movies we would have done the same thing. Alamo Drafthouse, we salute you!
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Roger Corman comes to Collector’s Corner!
This week on Collector’s Corner we’re bringing you a selection of very special eBay items from the legendary King of the B’s Roger Corman! We’ve scoured eBay for some of the coolest collectables around and have found a mix of rare and affordable items that will appeal to collectors of all types.
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Limitless – Movies That Don’t Suck According to Brento
If you haven’t made your movie viewing plans for the weekend, Brento recommends a taught little thriller by the name of, “Limitless.” This Bradley Cooper vehicle, directed by Neil Burger and based on the novel by Alan Glynn, begs the question, “What if a pill could make you rich and powerful? ”
In this clever tale, a novelist discovers a top-secret drug which bestows him with super human powers of concentration. As his usage begins to change his life, he begins to consider the drug’s shadowy origins; meanwhile, a group of killers trails his every move.
I went in with lowish expectations and was pleasantly surprised by a solidly written story, great casting, good cinematography including some sweet motion graphics all topped off by some very good acting. If you’re up for a thriller with a fairly original premise, check out, “Limitless” this weekend.
