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Junji Ito’s Uzumaki spirals onto Scary Movie Saturday.

This week on Scary Movie Saturday, we’re featuring a modern classic from the demented  mind of the Japanese master of horror – Junji Ito – Uzumaki.

The story concerns the inhabitants of the small Japanese town of Kurôzu-cho as they become obsessed by the occurrences of natural and artificial spirals around them. The result of this obsession is a slow transformation into something other than human, leading to a gruesome, realistically-depicted death.

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The Devil’s Backbone aka El Espinazo Del Diablo takes over Scary Movie Saturday!

“The living will always be more dangerous than the dead.”

This week on Scary Movie Saturday – we thought we would spotlight the work of the man who is arguably the best horror filmmaker actively making horror films today – Guillermo Del Toro.  Most fans are familiar with Del Toro’s mainstream work such as Hellboy, Blade II or Mimic – but we want to take a look at one of his smaller, more personal projects - El Espinazo Del Diablo or The Devil’s Backbone if you prefer the English title.  We’ve discussed Del Toro and his works many times before on Mutantville.com so it is with great pride that we share this film with you today.  This is what Modern Horror filmmakers should aspire to emulate.
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Among The Fallen on Scary Movie Saturday.

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.

(Watch Among The Fallen after the leap!)

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Legends 2 A Halloween Tale comes to Scary Movie Saturday!

This week on Scary Movie Saturday – we’re featuring the work of our friends at Godbout Entertainment – Legends 2: A Halloween Tale. Legends is a series focusing on the legendary horror characters of recent cinema.  The first installment into the series featuring characters from the Friday the 13th series – whereas Legends 2 features the bad boys of the Myers bloodline.

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Day of the Dead on Scary Movie Saturday Halloween Edition!

It’s the darkest day of horror the world has ever known – it’s George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead!  In 1969, George A. Romero changed the genre of horror as we know it and the way films are made as we know it with his seminal zombie classic Night of the Living Dead.  He followed that up almost a decade later with the now equally important Dawn of the Dead which ushered in an era of gore films.  In the 80′s Romero found himself unable to secure the financing he wanted for his third entry in the zombie series and was forced to scale the entire project back.

When Day of the Dead was finally released – fans of his previous two films didn’t know what to make of the bleak nihilistic tale of terror that unfolded before them.  With time – Romero’s Day of the Dead has come to be heralded as another classic in a series filled with classics.  It’s a personal favorite of the Mutantville Players and we’re happy that someone uploaded it to Youtube so that we could share it with you here.

(Witness the darkest day of horror the world has ever known after the leap!)

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Uncanny Horror – A Streeborama Halloween V-Log

While some prefer being jacks of all trades – others strive for greatness in one art form. In this special Halloween edition of Streeborama – we give you a sneak peek into the artistic minds of Mutantville as we strive for greatness in the horror genre. In this video – Streebo reveals his secret to making a great scary movie in this discussion on “uncanny horror.” 

This special v-log clocks in at over an hour and is guaranteed to make your brain bleed.  Somewhere along the way Streebo discusses the works of David Cronenberg, Stuart Gordon, Clive Barker, Guillermo Del Toro and many more. Come dare to be great with MVP as we discuss what it takes to get to the heart of “uncanny horror.”

(Uncanny horrors lie beyond the cut!  Click to watch.)

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Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) Review

Paranormal Activity 3 broke records at the box office this weekend.  Streebo made the trip to the theaters to review the film for you and has returned with everything you need to know about the latest installment of the scariest series of the New Millennium.

Watch the video after the leap to get Streebo’s full review of Paranormal Activity 3!

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Evil Dead 2 Dead By Dawn on Scary Movie Saturday!

Last week, we featured Army of Darkness aka Evil Dead 3 on Scary Movie Saturday – so we thought what better movie to follow that up with than the movie that came before it - Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn!
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Paranormal Activity 3 haunts Trailer Park Tuesday.

Two years ago, the SAW franchise had been dominating the Halloween season for six years and SAW VI was due to hit theaters in one week. Paranormal Activity was a little known haunted house movie – but was talked about in horror circles for the six months leading up to it’s release. Streebo was there on opening weekend, when Paranormal Activity was playing for one weekend only in select cities across the country. Fans were encouraged to vote online to expand the theatrical release and that was exactly what happened. MVP was there leading the way as horror turned the corner from torture to hauntings.

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Army of Darkness conquers Scary Movie Saturday!

Listen up you primitive screwheads, this is Scary Movie Saturday! This week, we’re featuring the Sam Raimi helmed, Bruce Campbell starring, legendary third installment of the Evil Dead series – Army of Darkness!

(Hail to tha King after tha leap!)

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