The Charlotte Film Anarchists will hold first meeting in May.
Welcome back to another weird and wild Monday on the Mutantville Mothership. It should go without saying by now that it’s been a busy weekend for the Mutantville Players. Post-production has been ongoing for several projects including G.H.O.S.T. and Tales From Mutantville and we are set to shoot the final scene for Muticia’s Movie Morgue tonight! Tonight’s shoot will be interesting as it features a live musical performance from Absolute Zero with band members Brent Bowers, Todd A. Britt and Jeremy Mullis. The biggest event of the weekend was the sudden announcement and subsequent launch of the filmmaking mastermind group the Charlotte Film Anarchists.
The Charlotte Film Anarchists is a group founded by Ghost Trek creator Michael Plumides and MVP co-founder J.T.McRoberts. The goal of the group is to provide Charlotte area filmmakers a chance to come together for a mastermind group once a month and talk to like minded individuals in the NC film industry. The Charlotte Film Anarchists is in no way meant to replace the existing group Charlotte Film Community – but rather to supplement it by giving actors and filmmakers that want to be more proactive a chance to meet and talk with others that have the same goals in mind.
What sets this group apart is the fact that there are no membership dues and no meetup fees. We are all struggling filmmakers that have to put so much of our own individual resources into our productions that at the end of the day it doesn’t always work out where we can scrounge up additional fees so we can simply meet and talk with our fellow filmmakers. Kill The Music author and Ghost Trek creator Michael Plumides started the ball rolling by finding a venue that would allow us to meet once a month to do our best to create positive proactive filmmaking partnerships.
Thank Muticia, it’s Fridayyyy!!!! Stop your grinnin’ and drop your linen – it’s Fridays with MVP!!! It’s been another wild and whooly week with MVP as we are one week from the official announcement of the Mad Monster Party Film Fest and the entries have avalanched into the Mutantville Mothership. We’re currently fielding entries from across the country including the work of noted indie filmmakers such as Scott Goldberg, Patrick Rhea, Michael Sharpe, Robert W. Filion, Tara Nicole Azarian and the list goes on.
Since we’re still in the selection process for the coming month we won’t be able to make an official announcement on the selections until the first week of March. Make sure you take advantage of this opportunity. MVP and the Mad Monster Party want to screen your movie! We are looking for the best indie films around. We want new, original works that are not afraid to reach for the stars and dare to be different.
Exploited Cinema talks Mad Monster Party this week!
This week on Streeborama – your humble narrator joins the Grease Fiends at Exploited Cinema to discuss the upcoming Mad Monster Party Film Festival this March. This episode of Exploited Cinema is primarily a clip show featuring unheard clips from your favorite episodes with Bat32, Jdog, The Changeling, Teeshirtjoe and even MVP’s own Streebo. I join Bat32 for an outro to put out a call for entries for the Mad Monster Party Film Fest and talk independent horror. It’s a greasy good time from beginning to end so download it now and pour some greasy talk into your ear drums. It’s Exploited Cinema on Streeborama!
Mutantville Productions would like to take a moment of silence to honor the passing of Bill Hinzman the man famous for portraying the first zombie seen in George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. MVP would like to send our sincere condolences to Hinzman’s friends and family.
This week on Trailer Park Tuesday, we’re going to do something out of character – we’re going to talk about ourselves. I know! Crazy, right?
It’s been a long hard road from pre-production in 2009 to the conclusion of post-production at the end of 2011 for G.H.O.S.T. (2011). G.H.O.S.T. (2011) started as an idea for an original television pilot and along the way grew and morphed into a full length feature. It was a labor of love from beginning to end and was only made possible by the contributions of so many talented individuals from North Carolina and specifically the Charlotte area.
Work is still ongoing on the final score for G.H.O.S.T. but after that it’s but a few steps away from the DVD release. Beyond that we do have some cool things planned for the future so stay tuned for an official announcement soon. MVP would like to send out a round of thanks to everyone involved in the making of G.H.O.S.T. (2011).
Without all of you, it wouldn’t have been possible. So without further ado – check out the trailer for the supernatural thriller G.H.O.S.T. (2011) starring Kathy Butler Sandvoss, Matthew Ewald, Steven D. Tucker, Clint Jones, Dave Tunik, Jason Wheeley, Jack Stecher, Kayli Tolleson and more local talent than you can shake a EPK monitor at! Featuring fashion designs by Luis Machicao and special make-up FX by Todd A. Britt, you won’t believe your eyes.
Harlan Ellison's Demon With A Glass Hand - one of the most memorable episodes. Art from evilking.net
There’s a lot of activity going on behind the scenes on the Mutantville Mothership this week. I originally thought to do another Streebo v-log for Streeborama today because I have a lot of things I want to get off my chest about indie filmmaking and horror fandom in general. I was tied up doing readings last night for an upcoming project at MVP so I didn’t have time to shoot my incindiary v-log yet.
Instead, I am going to share a gentler, kinder video of my Outer Limits unboxing. Back at Halloween I scored a complete set of the original Outer Limits television show on VHS. I shot the special unboxing to share the sights and sounds of it all with you.
I’ll work on my crazy v-log for next week – but this week you can enjoy a nice gentle unboxing. Cheers to ya.
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.
An American Werewolf In London (1980) cover art from weirdposters.blogspot.com.
Thank Muticia it’s Fridayyyyyyyy!!!
Welcome back for a holiday edition of Fridays With MVP! Streebo here with you to give you a quick update on the land of MVP and all things Mutantville.com. The Mutantville Players have been very busy as we’ve been racing get several projects through the final phases of post-production to beat festival deadlines and our own goal for the DVD release dates. Busy times are good times.
RETROFANTASMA RETURNS WITH AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON & DEATH SHIP!!!
Streebo is off to the Carolina Theatre tonight for Retrofantasma as they feature a double bill of An American Werewolf In London and Death Ship in glorious 35mm. There will be blood and beer and MVP will be on hand as we donate a good copy of BLOODY BEST OF FANGORIA to tonight’s door prizes. Check out the trailers below.
An American Werewolf In London (1981) – Trailer
(Get the rest of your weekend update after the leap!)
It’s time for another Monday morning Mutantville Player roll call! Streebo! Geo! Brento! Toddo! No wait that’s not right. I think he’s Mega-Todd or Dr.Savini or something like that but it breaks the name-plus-o convention that we have going. Anyway – we’re all here and accounted for after another long hard weekend making the best in genre entertainment that the Planet Earth has to offer.
When I hold up my Majic Spyglass I can see all the Mutants sitting at home with us. I see Kathy and Catherine. Jason and Dave. There’s Super-K and Angela. Oh – I see Kayli and Meghan and Janice and Ruff. Hey – there’s Kat and Matthew and I even see you! Looks like we’re all accounted for.
Now let’s strap in and put our bits in place because the Mutantville Mothership is about to blast off. We’re headed for the five oblong corners of the Internet and there’s no coming back. Since it’s easy to get lost along the way – here’s your Mutantville Signal Watch with built in Quantum Compass to help you no matter which plane of existence that you find yourself currently residing. Here. We. GO!!!
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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.)
