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Christopher R. Mihm

House of Ghosts

March 16, 2012 by robertforto 3 Comments

The world premiere of House of Ghosts is drawing near!

If you are a fan of the drive-in and the ultra-cool, albeit sometimes cheesy, sci-fi thrillers of the 1950’s then you will love the films of Christopher R. Mihm.

Mihm is the undisputed master of the new-age black and white genre that has been known to draw fans from far off lands.

Making his films on a shoe-string budget and cranking them out once a year (or so), it does not dimish their impact. These films will have you hooked from the very beginning and I can promise you, you will be heading over to his website to complete your collection.

Visit Saint Euphoria films now!

Do you want to see this film in person and meet the cast and characters, live in the flesh and even score a piece of cake? You can still buy tickets to the world premiere if you hurry up. Then you can tell you friends you attended an honest-to-goodness red carpet event and rubbed elbows with the (soon-to-be) rich and famous!

Buy your tickets to the premiere before they sell out!

 

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Attack of the Moon Zombies World Premiere!

May 31, 2011 by robertforto 1 Comment

All of us like good entertainment. But would you fly 3000 miles and have your wife drive 15 hours and almost 1000 miles to meet you for a secret rendezvous in the Twin Cities just to go to a movie?

We did.

To be fair it was part of a meeting with an editor friend for a book project that I am working on and a road trip to Deadwood, South Dakota and then home to Denver for a couple weeks before I head back to Alaska.

The movie was the world premiere of Christopher R. Mihm’s Attack of the Moon Zombies!

Moon Zombies premiered at the Heights theater in Columbia Heights, MN. The Heights is one of those cool old school-type theaters that our great country is losing at alarming rate, giving way to I-Max, 3-D and twenty screen stadium seating multiplexes. What a shame.

There was a line around the block waiting to get into the sold out performance and even included reporters Bob and Rob asking us what we were wearing and asking goofy questions. They weren’t Joan and Melissa Rivers but close…

Before the show Dr. Ivan Cryptosis emceed introducing the film and the man behind the madness, Christopher R. Mihm.

[Listen to Attack of the Moon Zombies Interview on Dog Works Radio]

The movie was everything that we would expect from Mihm. True to form bringing back some of his characters from previous films and that quirky 50s drive-in horror/sci-fi style that kept the sold out audience on the edge of their seats.

Moon Zombie’s peppered humor with some serious acting from Sid Korpi (Administrator Ripley), Mike Cook as Dr. Vincent Edwards and the fan favorite, Michael Kaiser as Glen Hayes.

What would a 50s-style B-Movie be without a damsel in distress? Of course Moon Zombies covers this with a brilliant performance my Shannon McDonough and her screams!

Of course we have to have a monster. In Moon Zombies we have plenty of cabbage-headed zombies lurking around that scoop up their victims as quick as you can toss a salad. With Mihm’s trademark bug eye’s the monsters paid a great homage to those creatures from the films of yesteryear. While the effects are cheesy and low budget (they are supposed to be) they work!

After the film they gave out schwag and a meet and greet with the stars and a reception followed with cupcakes and an ultra-cool Moon Zombie’s themed cake that would give Food Network’s Ace of Cake’s a run for their money.

Even though I was going on 24 hours without sleep at the time of the movie I would have to say that this movie kept my attention and was some of Mihm’s best work.

This type of filmmaking is what the world needs these days. It is just plain fun. Fun for the whole family in fact. Yes, the effects are corny and the million dollar sets and CGI of today’s big budget features are in a far off land, but that doesn’t discourage Mihm. Moon Zombie’s was filmed almost entirely in Mihm’s basement.

The Mihmiverse is deliberate and out of this world. You have to check this guy out. You can buy all of his work on his website for less than 10 bucks a piece. Few independent filmmakers have put out a movie a year like Mihm has since his first effort in 2006 with The Monster from Phantom Lake. I would venture to guess that few have been as successful as Mihm in his passion and it shows.

Filed Under: Daily Post, Horror, Road Trippin, Robert Forto, What Rocks Tagged With: attack of the moon zombies, Christopher R. Mihm, Horror, mihmiverse, robert forto, Sci-Fi, sid korpi

Attack of the Moon Zombies on Dog Works Radio

May 5, 2011 by robertforto Leave a Comment

On the latest edition of the Dog Works Radio spoke about our OTHER passion: Horror and Sci-Fi movies.

I know, I know this is supposed to be a dog show right? But sometimes its refreshing to talk about something else. On today’s episode we spoke to renowned filmmaker and the man behind the madness of films like Cave Women on Mars, The Monster from Phantom Lake, and the upcoming Attack of the Moon Zombies—Christopher R. Mihm.

If you are a fan of the classics like The Creature from the Black Lagoon and those campy 1950s drive-in style features you have to check out this show!

Listen to Dog Works Radio: Attack of the Moon Zombies here!

The Dog Works Radio Show is hosted by well respected canine behaviorist, Robert Forto and is brought to you by Twine Group Media and Dog Works Training Centers. The Dog Works Radio Show demonstrates through guests, call-ins, chats and social media how dog owners can have a balanced relationship with their dogs.

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Dr. Robert Forto is a canine behaviorist and the training director for Dog Works Training Centers. Dr. Forto is a musher currently in Alaska training for his first Iditarod under the Team Ineka banner and the host of the popular programs, Dog Works Radio and Mush! You Huskies.

Filed Under: Daily Post, Dog Works Radio, Horror, Pop Culture Tagged With: attack of the moon zombies, Christopher R. Mihm, dog works radio, Horror, postaday2011, robert forto, saint euphoria, Sci-Fi

Film Review: The Monster of Phantom Lake

April 5, 2011 by robertforto 2 Comments

All of my friends, fans and rabid readers know by now that I am a huge horror fan.

On my blog I write about our yearly October Tradition at Forto’s Fort on our 31 Days of Horror where we watch a different horror movie each night during the scariest month of the year.

Recently, I was introduced to the works of Christopher R. Mihm and his genius in the horror/sci-fi genre by a friend of mine, Sid Korpi.

I jumped at the chance to watch Mihm’s movies as soon as I heard about his work and ordered his first movie: The Monster of Phantom Lake (2006).

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The Monster of Phantom Lake flick is everything you would expect from Mihm. This B-movie is intentionally made to look like the cheesy drive in movies of the late 1950’s with corny dialogue and low budget set design.

It works!

My favorite is the musical score. As they say in the film industry, movies are made in the editing room. Mihm and his crew hit the mark with great editing and beautiful syncing of music to entice the viewer into the story. Kudos!

Plot

The Monster of Phantom Lake is set in the 1950s (I assume, but they don’t say) at a lake in Wisconsin. It follows a weekend camping trip of a group of teen-agers that just graduated high school, and a guitar picking, love-lusting Professor Jackson (Josh Craig) and is love interest/graduate student, Stephanie (Leigha Horton) as they are all thrust into the terror from a monster!

The Monster is brought to life by a special form of algae, a crazed wife-killing World War  2 psycho-path, and a toxic mixture of Atomic Waste that is illegally dumped into the picturesque lake. It then becomes a race for survival for the teens and the Professor and his ever-willing pupil.

Review

While the plot sounds like the fear factor propaganda horror movies of the cold war era, The Monster of Phantom Lake brings its deliberate corny style to the 21st century in a style rarely seen in today’s films, replete with their billion dollar budgets and CGI special effects.

I had no idea what to expect when I pressed play on the DVD but Mihm hit the mark with me. I loved the film and can’t wait to see the next one as soon as it arrives in the mail.

Up Next: Destination: Outer Space

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Robert Forto is a musher training for his first Iditarod under the Team Ineka banner and the host of the popular radio shows, Mush! You Huskies and Dog Works Radio Shows


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