We had another productive weekend aboard the Mutantville Mothership. Streebo spent most of the week doing fine edits on the assembly of G.H.O.S.T. Friday night, Streebo and Brent had a marathon poster designing session which resulted in the creation of not one – but two new one sheets for SCARECROW AT MIDNIGHT. Sunday, Streebo and composer Alex Maudlin...
Sticky: Michael Sharpe Wins Best Actor Award for “Knowing.”
Last night the Charlotte Film Community held the awards ceremony for the Made In Charlotte film contest. Filmmakers from across the state entered the contest with the only caveat being that every film had to use the queen of spades in a meaningful way. MVP’s own Michael Sharpe (“Daniel” in Scarecrow At Midnight) appeared in several short...
Classics Corner: Carnival of Souls.
George A. Romero is often credited with being the godfather of modern horror and rightfully so. However, there is a little known horror film that came out a good six years before Romero’s Night of the Living Dead and served as a big inspiration on Romero’s work – Carnival of Souls. Carnival of Souls is a creepy, atmospheric horror movie...
iPhone Horror from Oldboy Director Park Chan-wook
Apparently shooting on film just isn’t good enough for some filmmakers. Park Chan-wook – renowned Korean director of such modern horror/action classics as Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, and Thirst has just finished shooting a his latest horror film. The 30 minute short, entittled Paranmanjang, was shot entirely on his iPhone 4! It’s nice...
Kevin Smith Releases Trailer to Horror Film: “Red State”.
Kevin Smith has long been one of the voices of my generation. Over the years he has said all there is to say about Generation X and it’s place in America in films such as Clerks, Chasing Amy, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Smith returns to his more subversive Dogma-like ways in a genre that’s new to him – horror. Kevin Smith has released...
