MUTANTVILLE PRODUCTIONS

MVP Presents the Patron Saints of Guerrilla Filmmaking: Mario Bava.

Hop over to Youtube and take a look at Italian Maestro Mario Bava’s amazing science fiction effort that went on to inspire later works such as Ridley Scott’s Alien and The X-Men movie.

missclassics00 writes -

“Ok and now for My first film uploaded on this new channel I bring everyone a classic Italian Sci-Fi Horror film from 1965 intitled (Terrore nello spazio) or as it became known in America as (Planet of the Vampires).

This film is a true classic and aside from all the goofs and cheese of that era, one must respect it for it’s wonderfully creepy atmosphere and the great use of fog and camera work that makes the low budget effects seem not so horrible.

The plot I must say for 65 in a movie of this genre was pretty tightly contructed and is free of alot of the cliches common to that era of filmmaking.

So now please enjoy this Mario Bava directed classic and more info and facts to be included in later portions of this film.”

via YouTube – Planet of the Vampires (Part1).

Auditions & Crew Call This Weekend in Charlotte!

This is your chance to join the MVP Team.  Come meet with us and discuss all things filmmaking at the Carolina Actors’ Studio Theatre this Saturday from 12 PM to 3 PM.
Click on the tags “auditions” for more information or read over the information posted on the pages for G.H.O.S.T. or Muticia’s Movie Morgue.

The Good Critic Dr. Geoff Klock Defends Tarantino’s Latest From the Evil Critics.

Dear David Denby,

In discussing the way Inglourious Basterds invokes film and filmmakers — Goebbles, the Art Deco theatre, the cinemaphile characters (including actors and actresses, theatre owners and projectionists, and critics) and the Basterds themselves (”A kind of Jewish Dirty Dozen”) you write, “Tarantino has gone past his usual practice of decorating his movies with homages to others. This time, he has pulled the film-archive door shut behind him — there’s hardly a flash of light indicating that the world exists outside of a nutbrain fable.”

I don’t understand why creating what Tolkien called a “secondary world” should be such a problem. I understand that that is a different project from trying to make a film “about something” (rather than a film that “is that something itself”); I fail to see why the former is necessarily better than the latter. I am also puzzled why of all people a film critic should be so bothered by a film that is soaked in films. It seems to cater to those of us that love film. Also: there are so many plays about plays for example, including Midsummer Night’s Dream — are they all deficient on principle as well?

(Read the rest of Geoff’s defense over at his blog – Remarkable.)

FANGORIA PROFILES: The Music & Cinema of Rob Zombie

A certified Fango Fiend and winner of a 2006 FANGORIA CHAINSAW AWARD for his “Killer Film”, THE DEVIL’S REJECTS, Rob Zombie has built an impressive career in multiple creative mediums.

Now, with his second visit to Haddonfield set to arrive in U.S. theaters this Friday, FANGORIA takes a look at the music and cinema of Rob Zombie, from White Zombie to HALLOWEEN II.

via FANGORIA PROFILE: The Music & Cinema of Rob Zombie.

The WolfmanTrailer.

The Wolfman in HD Video by Trailer Park – MySpace Video.

Streebo’s State of MVP Address 2009. Good Times.

Unboxing Horror Volume 3 – part 2

Johnny Brento offloads another shipment of VHS Horror Classics to the MVP Vault

Unboxing Horror Volume 3 – part 1

MVP Presents the Patron Saints of Guerrilla Filmmaking: Orson Welles.

Streebo’s State of MVP Address Part Four: Muticia’s Movie Morgue.