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Stephen King’s The Dark Half on Scary Movie Saturday!

Next weekend, Retrofantasma at the Carolina Theatre is featuring Stephen King’s The Shining. This week they are in the middle of their Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for an historic exhibit. MVP wants to play along so we’re featuring a different work by Stephen King – The Dark Half. To be fair The Shining is perhaps more a work of Stanley...

The Carolina Theatre Needs a Kickstart, MVP’s Angela Interviewed and Mutant TV Galore on Fridays With MVP!

Welcome to another edition of Fridays With MVP! This is your humble host and narrator Streebo back with you once again. I’m going to start this edition out a bit differently as I am going to shift the focus over to the Carolina Theatre and their ongoing Kickstarter campaign. They are raising funds to create an historic exhibit inside the Carolina Theatre....

Indie Filmmaking Q & A with Brinke Stevens, MVP & Friends.

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...

The Eye (Gin Gwai): Celebrate Chinese New Year with a Chinese Horror Movie

As Chinese New Year approaches on January 23, 2012, I thought I’d explore a few Chinese Horror movie classics. The Eye or Gin Gwai (original title) was released in 2002. The movie was directed by Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang. They are also known as the Pang Brothers. They also wrote the film along with Jojo Hui. The Eye stars Angelica Lee, Lawrence...

Humanoids From The Deep aka Monster on Scary Movie Saturday!

This week’s Scary Movie Saturday selection comes to us from the producorial hands of the King of the B’s himself – Roger Corman! We’re talking about the infamous JAWS ripoff – Humnanoids From The Deep or Monster as it is known in the UK. Did you know that Corman originally wanted Joe Dante to direct and Rob Bottin to do FX for...