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Interview with Mike & Ike
Nearly everyone will have heard of Mike and Ike the chewy, fruit flavoured fat-free candies and most will have heard of Mike and Ike the budgies of so many hilarious YouTube videos. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem that enough of you know about Mike and Ike the entertainment gurus for the neo-millennium and the officially acknowledged unofficial spokeswhores for Evil Dead-The Musical. Well you should as society would benefit from their fame! Here is why they hate budgies but can still tolerate candy.
Steve: Firstly by way of introducing yourselves can you let me know who’s not Mike, who’s not Ike, what do you do and why do you do it?
Mike: (English accent) Well, there are a lot of Mikes.
Ike: (Southern accent) There are a lotta Ikes.
Mike: There are even more not Mikes.
Ike: Ditto.
Mike: But we are the ONLY Mike & Ike.
Ike: Except for the candy.
Mike: (Short pause) We are the ONLY Mike & Ike that matter.
Ike: And what do we do?
Mike: We smoke an exceptional amount of pot, we watch an exceptional amount of entertainment, and, in the long term, we are building an all encompassing media empire. In the short tern, we are building an army of higher life forms that appreciate artistic genius and are tired of the continual short comings of overpaid, douche bags. And why do we do it?
Ike: Cause we’re stoned.
Steve: Apart from being the entertainment gurus for the neo-millennium, you are also officially acknowledged unofficial spokeswhores for Evil Dead-The Musical, what is your connection with said musical and what makes you two the spokeswhores?
Mike: We first heard about the show in 2006 before it came to Broadway.
Ike: We knew it had dancin’ zombies, we knew it had a song called “What the Fuck was That”, we knew we had ta see it.
Mike: You know, all this information is available in the archives at Mike & Ike at MySpace
Ike: But since we know you’re a lazy bastard like us, here are the bullet points:
Mike: We heard about the show, we started whoring it before we saw it. Because of our whoring, we got written and video interviewed with both the 2006 Broadway cast AND the 2007 Toronto cast. After that, we asked George Reinblatt, who wrote the book, lyrics, and a lot of the music, if we could give ourselves that illustrious title and he, being a fan, said yes.
Ike: Shameless self whorin:’ There was a production last year here in Ohio. Partially because of us, that became the longest running show in the the-ater’s history.
Mike: Definitely because of us, Mr. Reinblatt came down to Ohio to see the show, and loved it.
Ike: And THAT’S what makes us the officially acknowledged unofficial spokeswhores for Evil Dead-The Musical
Mike & Ike: (Together) THE GREATEST PIECE OF ENTERTAINMENT IN THE HISTORY OF HISTORY PERIOD
Steve: You obviously have a great passion for as well as a great knowledge of some obscure areas of horror. What about the horror genre makes you foamy at the crotch and what horror movies have had the most impact on your state of mental unfitness?
Mike: Humor and horror have a lot in common. There is a set up, there is a punchline, and there is a physical response. The only real difference is the response.
Ike: And we like scarin’ people. We think it’s funny.
Mike: And as for horror films that have unfitted our mentality, here is a brief list: The Exorcist
Ike: George Romero’s Day of the Dead.
Mike: John Carpenter’s Halloween.
Ike: Anthony Spadaccini’s Head Case.
Mike: And Sleepless in Seattle.
Ike: Oh fuck, I forgot about that thing.
Mike: I didn’t.
Steve: Another of your passions seems to be the bountiful herb garden created by our Lord Satan to make us question the existence of God. How do the magical herbs available inspire and influence your quirky methods of film critique?
Mike: Two things: 1. When we’re stoned, it’s a lot easier to notice plot holes and the never ending stupidity of most Hollywood films.
Ike: And B. Half a Falcor and 20 minutes a writin’ and we had the script for Surprise which 15 people now have said scared them more than Paranormal Activity.
Mike: Pot makes you lazy, my ass. It makes you as lazy as you want to be.
Ike: And by the way, Satan did not bless us with pot. Paladine did.
Mike & Ike: (Together) Palido Calib.
Steve: What is in the pipeline for Mike and Ike with regards to world domination of the entertainment industry? What can we expect to have seen from you two in five years time?
Ike: Depends on when someone gives us money.
Mike: Or wider exposure.
Ike: I want the money. If I want exposure I’ll go to the library again.
Mike: Know this. We have a very detailed business plan. All we need is the exposure.
Ike: All we need is the money,
Mike: But until then, Series
Ike: Season
Mike: Two of our webseries will be premiering soon.
Ike: Which is a helluva lot different than season
Mike: Series
Ike: One. But we still got the same production values.
Mike: There is a reason our company is called Very Amateurish Productions. But no matter what we do, you can be sure of one thing. It will either be funny or it will make you want to shower afterward.
Ike: Or both.
Steve: Tell me a bit more about how you plan to outsmart your main competitors in the near future to enable you to become for popular than the already cult status budgerigars and fruit flavoured candy?
Mike: We’ve already outsmarted our competitors.
Ike: No challenge there.
Mike: Again, we just need the right people to notice us.
Ike: And give us money.
Mike: Once we are noticed
Ike: And have money.
Mike: We’ll buy a LOT of pot.
Ike: A lotta shotguns.
Mike: To shoot the budgies
Ike: And a lotta fruit flavoured candy.
Mike: Because we will definitely have the munchies.
Steve: Would you punch a Koala while it slept?
Mike: Only if it was five years old. We DO have standards.
Ike: By the way, in addition ta the myspace page. Ya can find us on YouTube and on Twitter
Mike: And on the walls of several post offices.
Ike: So until they catch us
Mike & Ike: (Together) Namaste.
Still craving budgies and candy? Maybe these will change your mind:
Interview with Monique Dupree
Tromette, Fango regular, pot zombie and singer. Monique Dupree has one of the most diverse C.V’s in cult cinema. She is a constant on the horror convention scene and the darling of ‘B’, indie and horror movies. Monique currently has at least a dozen projects waiting to be released, and is probably most well known for her roles in The Skeleton key 2, Pot Zombies and Bachelor Party in the Bungalow of the Damned. Not adverse to exposing her triple D ‘talents’ in the name of her ‘First black scream queen’ moniker, Monique also has the ability and the personality to back that title up.
Lips: I know this is something you must get asked lots, but how do you personally feel about the term “The first black scream queen” being used to describe you? Do you wish people would stop using it, or have you embraced it?
Monique: Well, I’ve had worse terms used to describe me, lol. But really, at this point, I try to focus on the work and let everything else sort itself out. I love what I do..and no matter the genre, acting is my passion.
Lips: You’re a very striking looking woman, do you find that works to your advantage when auditioning or against you?
Monique: Why thank you much 
I find it difficult to get the roles that I want unless I’m working with a director that’s already aware of my abilities and willing to put me in a role that no one else might think to. I get a lot of offers involving nudity or eye candy..things like that. But I work really hard to showcase my versatility in the acting realm and I’m finally starting to get more offers suited to challenge my abilities. I’m very blessed and thankful to have worked with the talented directors that saw something more in me than just a “face”
Lips: I know that your first break was “Lean on me”, but what was your first foray in to horror movies?
Monique: My first appearance was actually in Pot Zombies. It was such a small part, but a large doorway into horror for me. Working with Lloyd Kaufman himself and really immersing myself in Troma (well, because they’re the best!) It opened so many doors for me in both acting and horror films.
Lips: Being that it is currently Women in horror month, do you feel that there are enough strong female role models in horror?
Monique: Yes, I do. It always comes down to personal opinion and what you FEEL a strong female role model IS in horror or anything else for that matter. But in horror as a whole, I’ve seen plenty of strong female role models and I expect that it’ll only get better with time.
Lips: As most fans of the genre would know and expect, there is all most always a little T&A in horror films, but do you feel that it is a required element to make a horror movie work?
Monique: First I have to say, I don’t frown upon T&A in ANYTHING at all. Having said that, I don’t think that there always HAS to be an element of it in order to make a horror film work. I don’t see where it hurts though, lol. My only critique with that is that sometimes its just too much. I like when some films give you a taste of T&A….to tease if you will.
Lips: You’ve been involved with a few Troma titles, which haven’t been so warmly received as some of you other work. Do you feel they deserve the bashing they get? (The team here at Horror Extreme are big Troma fans).
Monique: Well, I’ll say this if I may: opinions are like assholes, everybody’s got one. I’ve heard some fans tell me how they LOVE Troma films and others that say they suck. Some reviews will be good and some won’t, but all in all, I try not to pay attention to any of it. It clouds the focus..
Lips: Pot zombies looked like a riot, how was it to film, and do you have any plans to work with Lloyd Kaufman and the Troma team again?
Monique: It really was a blast!!! Troma is like my family now. Any chance I get to team up with Lloyd and/or spread Troma’s message to keep independent film alive, I do. I’m teaming up with Brenna Lee Roth & Troma Entertainment to do a workout video called “Scream Your Ass Off” so watch out for it!
Lips: Would you be interested in acting in new wave exploitation/grindhouse films (Such as Death Proof, Planet Terror, Run bitch Run)?
Monique: Oh most assuredly. I’d jump at the chance for that! (hint, hint!)
Lips: What film projects are you currently working on?
Monique: I’m working on quite a few projects including a couple that I’m not allowed to talk about as of yet. I’m doing a film project in a couple of weeks called Avantgarde and the scream queen workout video called “Scream Your ass off” Other projects include: Plan 9 (remake of plan 9 from outer space), Haunting Kira, Love don’t love me, Reptilians and many more.
Lips: Is there anything else you would like to add or promote before we wrap up?
Monique: I’d just like to thank Horror Extreme for taking the time to chat with me a little. It was a pleasure.Anyone wanting more information about me, convention appearances etc. can check out these websites:
http://www.imdb.me/moniquegatadupree
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monique_Dupree
http://www.moniquedupree.com
http://www.twitter.com/originalgata
http://www.facebook.com/theoriginalgata
Interview by Miss Lipstattoo
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Ghouls on Film
Just a quick post (mostly for UK people)… GO TO GHOULS ON FILM!
Here’s the Press Release:
‘GHOULS ON FILM’ TO CELEBRATE INDEPENDENT HORROR FILMS MADE BY WOMEN
On February 20th the first ever ‘Ghouls on Film’ festival comes to The Mixing Bowl theatre in Birmingham, to celebrate horror films made by women. As part of Women in Horror Recognition Month, the event will include short films, two feature-length films and very special guest, cult star Emily Booth.
Ghouls on Film will play host to the UK premiere of the acclaimed Soska Sisters’ debut feature film, ‘Dead Hooker in a Trunk’, as well as a screening of Kate Glover’s outback slasher ‘Slaughtered’. The short films include a brand new short by Maude Michaud and the award-winning film ‘Pop Art’ by Amanda Boyle. Emily Booth, best known for her TV presenting and roles in films such as Evil Aliens and Doghouse will be talking about her career in horror, as well as leading a discussion on the role of women in the horror industry.
The event begins at 3pm. Entry costs only £6, which can be paid on the day or beforehand. This is a not-for-profit event: if any profit is made, it will be donated to charity. For full details, please visit http://ghoulsonfilm.blogspot.com.
Celebrate Women in Horror Month by watching a stereotypical bloke being a douche-bag (that’s how you’ll recognize me). See you there. MWAH!
Mark Macready and the Archangel Murders
Mark Macready and the Archangel Murders is a British independent horror comedy from CM Films with the objective of flipping the whole UK horror short scene on it head… and that is what it will certainly do. Armed with a small crew of very memorable characters, some funky filming techniques, innovative and colorful lighting and a well tuned soundtrack it’s difficult to find something bad to say.
Mark Macready (also producer and writer Ryan McDermott) is the male Mancunian Buffy Summers of the force policing the demon infestation currently terrorizing the area. With less charm and more wit than the Hitman in Sin City and an eyebrow more talented than Roger Moore’s eyebrow when it was cast as the eyebrow of James Bond, Mark Macready AKA The Midnight Warrior is the most unfuckwithable butt-kicker of the supernatural North of Watford Gap.
On the trail of a shape shifting psycho-sexual incubus with a penchant of stealing the heart of women via the lady love tunnel, it gets personal for Mr Macready when his picturesque wife Christina (Charlotte Fellows) goes missing, with all fingers pointing to the Archangel as the kidnapper. The reckless and wild Macready and his crew, with the help of the demonic informant Friday, arm themselves and prepare to release some “Ya Bastards” on the supernatural underworld.
Impeded by higher authorities taking umbrage at his zealous irresponsibleness but determined to save his wife and the city, Macready is unwavering on his mission but will his natural demon awareness protect him from the shape-shiftyness of The Archangel?
The production and direction of The Archangel Murders is reminiscent of a number of recent Neo-noir comic book movie adaptations and manages to capture the atmosphere in a graceful manner and then manages to add a layer of parody over the top without damaging that vibe. The visuals throughout are more stunning than deep-throating a cattle-prod in a puddle, with some exquisite coloring reminiscent of Argento’s creative era and considering the low-budget a lot has been achieved effectwise within the financial constrictions.
Hopefully this movie short will lead on to more opportunities for the cast and crew as they deserve some serious airtime. Check out the official website or Mark Marcready and the Archangel Murders and check out the trailer below.
Mark Macready and the Archangel Murders: Trailer from CM Films on Vimeo.
The Duty of the Living
It’s recently been brought to our attention by the lovely people at Panopticon Films about their upcoming zombie flick called The Duty of the Living. The movie has just ended its pre-production period and is due to drop on the festival scene in early 2010.
Starring Juan Riedinger (Hardwired, Jennifer’s Body, The Day the Earth Stood Still) and about a young soldier’s return home after leaving to go to war during a National Outbreak, it looks like one to watch out for. The trailer doesn’t give away too much but we will be watching out for it with bated breath! (and yes it is bated not baited… from the verb to bate, which has nothing to do with self pleasure… although we are quite excited!)
Check out the official website of The Duty of the Living for the latest news and more information on the cast and crew, and take a peek at the trailer below. We’ll keep you updated as we hear more… you never know we might even get a screener (hint, hint…)
The Duty of Living – Official Trailer from Brandon Hunt on Vimeo.
Surprise!
Another horror short that recently jumped out of my monitor, grabbed my attention and made it smoke a thought-provokingly-enhanced tobacco stick was Surprise! from the limey and hick duo Mike and Ike.
Surprise! is a six minutes of fuckedupness from the perspective of a floor based and accidentally left on camcorder watching a distraught female having an personal moment with that which is behind the door. What is behind the door sounds like a conventional undead or a chronic meat-beater trying to knock out the fifth one of the day, but as the film progresses suspicions are introduced via the choice of blood splattered clothing that the woman is wearing.
Once again I was amazed that six minutes could leave me in the thoughtful silence sometimes an intense horror movie can inspire (although it was a short silence because it was a short movie). Possibly due to the aforementioned happy-stick, I didn’t get the surprise that I was expecting, it wasn’t the kind of surprise that you get when a Chinese businessman jumps out of a bush and tries to sell you supplies!, it was more of a thoughtful surprise that sneaks up on you after the movie finishes and you realise that subliminal messages on the right of the screen made your malleable mind jump to conclusions too early on… or I’ve totally jumped to a conclusion that involves a greater amount of wrong.
Another whole story captured in a few minutes that has inspired me to investigate further the short horror movie scene that I’ve ignorantly ignored.
Bedfellows
Ignorantly I have passed up many an opportunity to take a look at horror movie shorts as I never believed that they could encompass enough horror to get me foaming at the eyes. HOW STOOPID WAS I?
I recently (and belatedly) decided that I could spare 3 minutes out of my heavy schedule of intensive sofa stress testing and individually reviewing every bottle of Kopparberg that I drink. So I watched Bedfellows and was amazed at how much “cool” can be achieved in a few minutes.
Firstly, and probably most importantly in a horror film, Bedfellows definitely sent a frostiness from my lower lumbar to the top of my thoracic. I was genuinely dumbfounded at how much story and tension could be injected into such a small space of time and the fellow in the bed really freaked the faecal fallow flapjacks out of me. It was all of the coolness of a quality independent movie crammed into a space smaller than Hank Hill’s urethra.
The talent behind Bedfellows is director Drew Daywalt of Fewdio fame and I will definitely be checking out some more from Fewdio.com… and more horror shorts.
Due to my tardiness there’s only two days left to vote for Bedfellows as the top chiller in the “Halloween Horror Nights-Chiller Scary Good Film Competition”… so go and watch some movies and vote.
Satanic Panic
Good news for the lovely people at Marc Selz Productions, they’ve just got a world distribution deal for Satanic Panic. Here’s the press release:
Marc Selz Productions, LLC. has just signed a world distribution deal for Satanic Panic with Celebrity Video Distribution out of Los Angeles, CA. CVD is fresh new company that has people with years of experience under their belts and we look forward to working with them. The tentative release date for the DVD/Bluray of Satanic Panic is October 13, 2009. It took our company four years from beginning to end to finish Satanic with a lot of blood, sweat and tears from everyone who worked on the film and we’re thrilled to see it get distribution. A new trailer will be finished next week and we will send it your way as well.
Satanic Panic is inspired by true accounts and the craze that took place in the late 1970′s and early 80′s, follows in the footsteps of classic horror films from that generation. In 1980, ten year old twins Toby and Cindy Richards were abducted by a group of demented satanic cult members. Cindy managed to escape, but Toby was never found. Twenty-five years later, a group of six friends take a canoe trip to re-kindle their friendship, only to find themselves in trouble with crazy, small town locals and the same satanic cult that took Toby years ago. Can the friends make it out of the town of Thornwood alive and in one piece, or will they become victims of sacrifice.
Satanic Panic stars Cyn (Lockout) Dulay, Nikki Taylor Melton, Steve (The Telling) Christopher, The DVD/BlueRay will include 16:9 widescreen presentation, Dolby 5.1 surround sound mix of the film, Director’s commentary, some behind the scenes footage, creature rendering slide show, and trailer. We will have more specifics as the release date gets closer. This will be our third distribution deal for our third independent horror film. We’re really excited and hope that the fans will be looking forward to seeing our film.
We’re looking forward to it and will be posting a review as soon as we get our hands on a copy.
BEG the movie (coming not soon enough)
Excuse me for being over excited for a few minutes but when an independent horror director lets you know that he’s almost finished a movie starring Tony Todd, Michael Berryman, Tiffany Shepis and Debbie Rochon a horror fan can be excused for getting a bit sizzly under the collar.
From the trailer we seem to be in for a classic slasher with some quality splatter, some quality scares and plenty of T&A, which is exactly what I would expect from anything in my slasher flick collection.
Kevin MacDonald’s BEG looks to be one to watch out for if you are a slasher aficionado. Due in the fall of this year check out the short trailer below or view the full trailer at the official movie site.
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