Jordan Ladd - Modern Scream Queen?
We all remember scream queens like Jamie Lee Curtis, but who are some other scream queens? After doing a post recently on Cabin Fever, I thought I’d see what people think of Jordan Ladd. Many people are familiar with her mother Cheryl Ladd from the show Charlie’s Angels. In addition to Cabin Fever, Jordan was in the Death Proof part of Grindhouse and Hostel: Part II. She will be featured in the upcoming thriller, Murder on the 13th Floor which is due to release in 2012.
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MVP at the ConCarolinas Indie Filmmaking Panel.
This week on the Indie Filmmaker Spotlight we are featuring a panel from ConCarolinas 2011. The Mutantville Players were honored to be a part of a panel that featured not only legendary scream queen Brinke Stevens, but local filmmakers such as Christine Parker, Michael Ray Williams, Robert W. Filion, and Jaysen Buterin of Mad Ones Films. Topics discussed included everything from filmmaking to networking to how to promote in the digital age. We had some technical difficulties which delayed this video in post but we decided to go ahead and share it with you all anyway.
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The Mutantville Players were on hand this weekend to witness John Carpenter accepting his Lifetime Achievement Award from the Fright Nigh Film Fest in Kentucky. The Master of Horror was honored for a lifetime of dedication to the horror genre as well as for creating such classic works as Halloween, In The Mouth of Madness, Christine, Escape From New York, Big Trouble In Little China, and most recently Cigarette Burns.
We took plenty of pictures and shot tons of interview footage of the event. We chatted with everyone from Jim Kelly to Larry Drake to Addy Miller to a certain man named John . . . Carpenter that is.
MVP would like to send out a big round of thanks to promoter Ken Daniels and Myra Daniels and their crew for putting on not just one – but TWO great shows this year with the Fright Night Film Fest and Fandom Fest. There were a lot of things that happened that were out of their control like the loss of air conditioning and shortage of tables at the convention center but they dealt with it with equanimity and made this past weekend the best con on the East coast so far for 2011!
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“Sometimes nightmares do come true.” This weekend, the Mutantville Players are off to help on the set of Michael Sharpe’s (of Devil’s Crossing, Knowing, Scarecrow At Midnight) new movie – Deviling! Last summer, we were able to join Michael for his directorial debut Monomaniacal (starring the multi-talented scream queen Katie Bearden). We’re very excited to see what happens with Sharpe’s sophomore effort.
Deviling stars Jodi Essex (Family Fiend and Indigo Child) and Michael Haulbrook and features Tommy Allen Taylor (Scarecrow At Midnight). A lot of faces familiar to the Mutantville Players will be on the set including those cats from Last Call Pictures – Mac Allen and Johnny Priest as well as the finest D.P. in the state – Robert W. Filion of Image Impact Group and our good friend Kenny Caperton of The Myers House NC. It should be a fun time for all.
For more information on Deviling please visit the official Facebook fanpage by clicking here.
Keep watching Mutantville.com for your up to the minute MVP news. This weekend – nightmares will come true!
PS – If you’re on Facebook – be sure to wish Katie Bearden – star of Monomaniacal and Scarecrow At Midnight – a very happy birthday!!!
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Make-up FX Maestro Todd A. Britt brings another ghostly creation to life during the wee hours of the night.
Last night, Mutantville Productions wrapped principle photography on G.H.O.S.T. after a long fifteen hour shoot. Kathy Sandvoss earned her final Scream Queen stripes and Super Diva status by battling her way through another challenging shoot. Thanks to our good friend, couture designer, Luis Machicao for lending his tremendous talents in supervising the filming of his costume designs for the finale of the movie. Lead actor Scott Thomas persevered another bloody and bruising shoot to bring our central ghost to life. Clint Jones showed his horror heart by enduring several make-up sessions. Dave Tunik gave his all in taking another bloody bite out of his role and a gelatin prop. Jason Wheely gave a heartwrenching performance as a haunted young TV producer. Jack Stecher pulled out all the stops to give a bravura performance as the crazy caretaker of the opera house.
Special thanks goes out to MVP’S own maestro of make-up FX – Todd A. Britt for bringing all of his Sith talents to bear in creating several macabre make-ups over the course of the fifteen hour marathon. Additional thanks goes to Sylvia and Sierra for lending their talents to the make-up department by resurrecting our supernatural visitors once more. Thanks again to Allan Whitley for toughing out another long night to lend a strong hand and keep our boomstick steady for another night. Special thanks goes out MVP’S own Costume Diva, seamstress and assistant to Mr. Machicao, Angela Pritchett who although unable to attend our final shoot due to schedule conflicts, put in many a long night on the set of G.H.O.S.T., lending her considerable costuming talents to help bring the production to life. Thanks to John R. Sexton for putting on a layered performance as Grandfather last month. Thank you to Kayli Tolleson and her mom Janna for lending their talent, energy and support to G.H.O.S.T. over the course of the shoot. And last but not least a very special thanks goes to my mom, Momma Streebo, for being a beacon of strength and inspiration to me over the years and for dusting off her sewing machine to create Johnny Reb’s jacket in whole – mere days before the first shoot. And to anyone that helped that I may have overlooked here, thank you for your help, we could not have done it without you all. Thank you.
This project has been an amazing journey and I thank you all for sharing it with me. Production may be complete – but post-production begins immediately as we will continue with editing, sound design and shooting final make-up FX shots of the movie. Be sure to keep tuning in to Mutantville.com and Mutant TV for your up to the minute news on G.H.O.S.T., C for Chaos, and MVP.
~~Streebo
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From Final Girl:
Happy Birthday, Elvira!
Long may your haunted hills…err…wave.She rules, plain and simple! Here’s an interview I did with her…man, I had to work to control myself so I wouldn’t geek out severely. I miss Movie Macabre like nobody’s business.
via Final Girl: Happy Birthday, Elvira!.
(Streebo’s Note: Belated Happy Birthday from the Mutantville Players to Elvira and the foxiest set of lungs to ever scream her way across the screen.)
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