The other day while perusing the nefarious types of websites a person like me frequents, I ran across a poster for a movie called Slasher House. The tagline for it was "Four killers. One girl." While I usually prefer my movies to have the opposite ratio I decided to check out the trailer. The fact that the girl on the poster had red hair also helped. God knows, I love a redhead, real or fake. Take that last part anyway you want to.
As it turns out the trailer was pretty impressive so I dropped the folks at Mycho Films (CLICK CLICK) an email to see when the movie was coming out. I immediately received a reply from Mycho head honcho MJ Dixon, who, judging from the speed of the reply, spends a lot of his day at a computer doing nothing, much like the head honcho of this site (that being me). Through our email exchanges I expressed my desire to get a free copy of his movie and he reciprocated with his desire to get the word out about Slasher House. Even though he came across a lot like a fat girl at a high school dance, lonely, desperate and slightly hungry, we came to a mutual agreement; I'd help him out by letting him star, if that's the proper word, in this issue's 20 Questions section and in return he'll hopefully send me a copy of Slasher House. See how I keep using the title in bold print? That's called reinforcement, it's an example of me helping spread the word about the movie. My screener better be in the mail as soon as they're ready.
So here's MJ Dixon, owner and supreme commander of Mycho Films. Besides having fancy hair he's also very creative; not only does he make movies and videos for rock bands, but he also sings in a metal band called Session 7 (CLICK CLICK). Look another plug, I'm on fire today! If you have some time on your hands, I'd suggest going to the Mycho site and watching their videos from the oldest to the newest, it's an interesting progression. In the six year period since they came about they've gone from making barely watchable z-grade shorts to making slick, polished indie features. In fact, the trailer for Slasher House is one of better looking idie productions I've seen in a while. I honestly can't wait to see how the whole film turns out.
Here's MJ Dixon. Enjoy.
1. Would you rather go a year without bathing but be able to change your clothes, or a year without changing your clothes but able to bathe?
Well considering shooting Slasher House we spent three week in an abandoned prison WITHOUT working showers and a limited supply of clothes I have a bit of a leg up on this one I think. But I think I would go for bathe and same clothes. There's nothing in the contract that says 1. I can't bathe in said clothes therefore cleaning them or 2. Wash the same clothes every couple of days. ;)
2. Who's the hottest, most do-able, cut-off-your-pinky-toes-to-have-sex-with, starlet in the world? In other words, who would you dump your fiancée to have sex with in a heartbeat? If you say you wouldn't you're a big, old pussy. Besides, it's just a hypothetical question.
As its only hypothetical, I have always had a thing for Christina Ricci. And before people start going on about eww... shes like a child actor blah blah blah, she the same age as me. SHE'S THE SAME AGE AS ME!!!
3. Let's say you and your significant other have a kid. This child turns out to be the joy of your life and the shining spot in your world. A year after this bundle of joy is born you find out that there was a mistake at the hospital; your child and another one were switched at birth. After one year do you go and get your proper baby back?
Well knowing my look the original child would some kind of Omen child and this would the beginning of a great Slasher Movie. So yeah lets go get Damien back from the family it only took him a year to kill. Pussies :)
4. Would you be willing to become unbearably ugly if it meant you would live for 1,000 years at any physical age you chose?
That all depends. Do I get to fight ninjas whilst looking like The Toxic Avenger? If so then Ugly me up. Its strange that adding 'Fighting Ninjas' into any scenario will get the same answer. lol.
5. A marginally benevolent magical being appears one day and tells you that if you personally crush the heads of one thousand kittens, he will cure the world of cancer and and make it impossible for anyone to ever get it again. Do you do it?
You had me at "Crush Heads". But yeah. For Sure. Hang on, I'll gets me stomping boots.
6. Who's the least attractive, most sexually unappealing person you can think of?
Hugh Grant. Oh and Sarah Jessica Parker..... and their illegitimate love cild.
7. Fuck/Marry/Kill: An average looking and moderately pleasant woman with herpes, an extremely attractive and very cool woman with HIV (not full blown AIDS) and a very attractive but very unpleasant woman with Hepatitis C.
Fuck, thats a lot to think about. Ok. Marry the herpes girl so that when I 'Kiss the bride' I catch it, Kill the Hep C chick so the blood gets in my system and I get that. Then Fuck H.I.V girl so at least then we both come with the 'Full Package'.
8. Lets say we throw Megan Fox, Angelina Jolee, Kate Beckinsale and Elizabeth Hurley into a pit and make them fight to the death. For discussion sake let's say their hands are tied behind their backs and the only offensive weapon they can use is head butting. Oh, and they're naked. Who wins?
Well lets really look into this shall we? It all depends on a series of factor. Height. Body weight. Muscle mass. Who has had more stunt training from thier action movies. Who has the longest running career. So who wins?Hmm... I would say....ME!!! Because I get to watch them bash each others heads in.
9. The six young children living next door are being horribly abused by their parents. The only way to stop the abuse is to adopt the children and care for them in your home. Do you do it?
Are they more Damien kids. Is this another Slasher Movie? Yeah bring em over.
10. If you could hire anyone to be the permanent soundtrack composer for your movies, who would it be?
John Carpenter. But before all that crap about Vampires and Ghost on Mars. Urg :$
11. One night while you're sloppy drunk a friend confesses a casualinterest in an acquaintance of yours. The acquaintance (who is extremely attractive in a dirty sex sort of way) confesses interest in a very casual relationship (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) with you. Assuming you're single and more than willing and able to do the deed, do you hook up with the lady and pretend not to remember your friends confession (due to your sloppy drunkenness) or do you put your friends feelings first? Remember, you're really, really drunk and she's really, really hot.
Let him have her. She's probably that chick that with H.I.V that some dude also gave Hep C and Herpes to.
12. Recently Amazon pulled a book called "The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-lover's Code of Conduct" from its shelves. As a person who makes extreme horror movies and plays an extreme style of music, I'm sure you're against censorship. Do you feel the author of this book has the right to say what he feels and the right to sell his book in a public forum?
Well each to their own and all that. BUT!! To quote South Park "Yeah Dude! But you have sex with kids!!". So to answer you're question. When can I set this guy on fire? But to make it relevant to horror movies, there is a line between fantasy and reality. To write about the subject matter is different to encouraging it.
13. You're trapped in your basement with no food due to some horrible survival situation, think zombie uprising or nuclear war. In order to survive, would you be able to eat a beloved family pet and if so, how hungry would you have to be? Keep in mind; it's this or a long, painful death by starvation.
Yep. Nom Nom Nom. Ok who's next on the food chain? Little Jimmy? Oh he'd go nice with a summer salad.
14. The person you picked in question number two calls you one day expressing an interest in having sex with you. However, it can only be in the form of a threesome with the person you picked as your answer to question number six. Are you interested?
A couple of punches to the face, for any of the people mentioned in question 6 and they would be unrecognizable. Then tape an extra Christina Ricci mask on them and I'm away. Yes, I'm aware I could have just put the mask on em in the first place.
15. After an evening of hard drinking you go home for a night of drunken, carnal lust with a pretty lady you just met at the pub. The next morning she informs you that until recently, she was a he. On a scale of 1 to 10, how freaked out are you?
11...teen. That shit is not cool. Although no one else knows right? Hmm... Well one more night couldn't hurt. Could it?
16. In your opinion, what's the best movie ever made?
Halloween. It is the movie that started my journey into making my own. That forged my style. That I watch more than any other movie. The Slasher Movie at its most stripped down and therefore its most perfect.
17. If someone maliciously killed your fiancée, would you go after them for revenge or would you let the law handle it?
I'd be in cellar making myself a four barreled shotgun. Phantasm style!!
18. A scientist contacts you one day and says that because of your genetic make-up you are the only person in the world suitable for testing a vaccine that will cure a horrible childhood disease. The experiment will pay you $10,000,000 (that's about 6,223,000 GBP for you Brits) but there's a 50% that you'll never be able to speak or sing again. Are you interested?
So you're saying there's a chance? Life my friend, is about taking risks... and fighting super, hard ass ninjas.
19. What's your most embarrassing moment involving a member of the opposite sex? Be honest.
Oh dear. There have been so many. I would say it was this one though. We were out in our local rock club about 6/7 years ago and I'm standing there and there is this 'Mature' woman stood over in corner, all gothy looking just stood staring over at me. So over half an hour or so, we exchanged a few smiles and eventually I figured "Lets have a chat with her" so I start to walk over to her and as I get closer I suddenly realize how dark the corner she's standing in is and that I never got a really good look at her face. Or should I say 'HIS' face. Yeah. It was a guy in drag. Who must have thought it strange that my cocky strut turned into me making a bolt for the cloak room. Bad times indeed. lol.
20. Who's the most overrated band of all time?
Rob Zombie. Ruining music. Ruining movies... and fightin' round the world. Another little South Park reference for you there. But seriously. Rob Zombie.
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