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Guillermo Del Toro would like to introduce you to the short film MAMA, which inspired him to produce the feature!
Hey folks, Harry here... When Universal approached me to see if I would like to play MAMA at Butt-Numb-A-Thon, I instantly said I'd need to see it first. That was before I knew it was Guillermo Del Toro's production. I'd heard the title before, but it didn't stick. Then I saw the film and fell madly in love with it. Until just a bit ago, I hadn't seen the original short film which hooked Guillermo up with MAMA's director Andy Muschietti. I'm the kind of Horror fan that as I watch a horror film, I try to imagine being the characters and living through the story. In MAMA, the character I mainly associate with is Jessica Chastain's. I love her character. She's a part of a rock band, doesn't really wants children... In a relationship with this wonderfully handsome artist that is obsessed with finding his missing nieces. And he finds them. And they are haunted. And scary shit is in abundance. I love good scary films. The MAMA short is a good scary little short, but realize the dynamics between the kids and MAMA are a bit different in the final film - and there's a lot more to the finished film, which plays like a modern Grimm's Fairy Tale with a bittersweet heart. I'll write up a full review closer to release. For now, here's Guillermo:
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That was scary.
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...to produce my films?
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Dec. 28, 2012, 5:17 p.m. CST
Hellooooooo buddies, I have a very happy story to tell you!
by ajit maholtra
When I was in high school there was one fellow named Prem who was very good-looking, and all the girls loved him. I hated him! Even the girl I was in love with named Shefali was in love with Prem. Prem dated the most beautiful girl in the school named Sonali but even then all the other girls waited and hoped that he'd eventually date them, including my Shefali. She eventually let him enter her phuddi. Now today I found out on facebook that Prem is a gay!! Heheheheheheheheheheheh. Im soooooooo happy! Now Shefali will know that she had sex with a gay! LOL
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Big mama that is, Once martin Lawrence steps down. Imagine the money the producers would save on prosthetics
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http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/12/20-12-pl_blackangel/ http://www.wired.com/relicwranglers/2011/12/challenge-update-roger-christian-hears-our-twitter-support/ Fucking awesome news !
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They should have at least let Vicki Lawrence and Ken Berry make cameos.
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Jumped the shark Kicked off Hobbitt cant make " mountains of madness" for 100 mil and because prometheus ? Producing crappy horror movies His new move looks like transformers vs Godzilla. Long way from blade II
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Actually I did. Ambush Bug posted it in AICN Horror awhile back. :)
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Totally agree, for being 2 minutes long that was pretty awesome!
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Yep - still no obituary on the site. Poor.
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Dec. 28, 2012, 6:53 p.m. CST
^ hey blue your mouth too full of cocks to notice im telling the truth - itchy bum
by ro foster
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Dec. 28, 2012, 7:43 p.m. CST
Not bad for how short it was. The MAMA short felt more like a little scene out of a larger film really...
by lv_426
I do still need to see the feature MAMA. I don't care what anybody says, Del Toro knows how to pick some good scary stories for low budget ghost flicks.
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Dec. 28, 2012, 7:43 p.m. CST
eard in your face get out patricia while and fatty stop calling her yoko you aint john lennon pall speaking of mamas hows yours harry extra crispy?
by ro foster
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Dec. 28, 2012, 7:45 p.m. CST
cavejohnson -- I've never heard of BLACK ANGEL, but I checked out the wired link
by lv_426
I need to see this thing right now! I love that early 80's era fantasy film style and atmosphere (as the article mentions, Excalibur and Legend, two of my favorites). Hopefully they'll remaster it and release it in some form. Even an HD download off of iTunes would be cool as we'd get to see the film.
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...and that Magnum PI episode too.
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Driving a big bad ass mech while wearing a Hawaiian shirt.
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...standing at the foot of the mech, looking up and doing his "oh...My...GOD!" Although I had to laugh at the way the mech was controlled by the pilots. The one scene where they move in tandem, reminded the arcade version of Dance Dance Revolution. Maybe if Pacific Rim fails they can just reboot it as a 'Last Starfighter' reboot with the DDR machine.
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Dec. 28, 2012, 10:53 p.m. CST
That youtube link cuts off the actual ending of the short.
by ufoclub1977
It goes on to a whole conclusion a moment later.
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That was pretty fucking creepy.
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Oy ve...
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The final scene is missing. Maybe Guilermo didn't want to spoil the end of his movie by showing us the complete short movie. Head over to Youtube, and watch the full version.
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not much more but there's the one with the end
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Creepy as fuuuck
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He always creates a great visual aesthetic and atmosphere... but, he also falls short on story and emotional delivery... there's always an odd disconnect. It's hard to describe. Sure, I'll probably check it out.
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Dec. 29, 2012, 8:51 a.m. CST
My review of "Mama" is up on the Louisville Halloween website if anyone is interested. Link to follow:
by The Reluctant Austinite
http://www.louisvillehalloween.com/mama-2013/
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If there's anything "Mama" is guilty of, it's not emotional disconnect. I thought "The Orphanage," also produced by Del Toro, generated a great deal of emotion, and I think there is at least at much audience empathy created in "Mama."
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Dec. 29, 2012, 9:31 a.m. CST
The Del Toro mantra - Start many projects finish very few
by Jones Jonez
plus his monsters are lame... "throw an eye on here".. "remove an eye from here".. garbage
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-20845407
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stdfGvii3j4
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Is every bit as freaky as you'd want it to be. I REALLY dug the hell out of it. Glad to finally see the short that kicked it off! Freaky stuff.
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First I thought, "Why she pick up that fishbowl?" Oh, 'cause the girl wants to protect her pets. That's cool. Why'd the filmmaker make that choice? Maybe so the fishbowl could shatter on the scare? A bit cliche, but okay. So when Mama starts her crazy ass run (very nice, btw) and the girls scream and haul it up the stairs, the fishbowl is gone. C'mon it's a short being praised for tight execution - a little sloppy, don't you think?
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Watch "Genie, secret of the wild child". It's on you tube and its captivating and sad, but you won't be able to look away
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I remember seeing this short film a few months ago after seeing an animated GIF of the first chase scene on Reddit. The fact that Senor Del Toro was inspired to do a feature film version of this short means that while At The Mountains of Madness never got made, he's still not afraid to do Lovecraftian horror.
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Dec. 29, 2012, 9:28 p.m. CST
Not the Mama! [bonk] Not the Mama! [bonk] Not the Mama! [bonk]
by Nasty In The Pasty
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Whenever black angel gets a release, I wanna know.
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Dec. 30, 2012, 9:46 a.m. CST
Ultratron, are you calling me Life of Pi? Im not slumdog millionaire Im not Life of Pi you madarchod.
by ajit maholtra
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Dec. 30, 2012, 11:10 a.m. CST
ajit_maholtra why dont you stay in curry land where you belong your not one of us and never will be ps im not gay but i notice you have real problem with gay people did daddy shove his cuurry pipe up your wazoo too many times?
by ro foster
jobbie time
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Dec. 30, 2012, 11:12 a.m. CST
ps i love the fact you cant correct spelling mistakes here so 1995 yea toy story just came out great flick
by ro foster
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Dec. 30, 2012, 11:20 a.m. CST
Rofoster, Im here because you are too stupid to do the work that America needs done so they need smart people like me. You keep talking rubbish on the internet where you belong loser.
by ajit maholtra
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You must be expert at making Mcdonalds french fries. Heheheheheheheheheheh.
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Dec. 30, 2012, 12:52 p.m. CST
But I can tell from the way you talk that you grew up without a father
by ajit maholtra
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Dec. 30, 2012, 1:05 p.m. CST
You grew up with a father? Wowowowow. That means your father must be a real loser if you turned out this way.
by ajit maholtra
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Dec. 30, 2012, 1:05 p.m. CST
I can tell from what you write that you have a low education and are very dumb, and that your parents are ashamed of what you are.
by ajit maholtra
If they are not ashamed, it's because they are scum just like you.
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Dec. 30, 2012, 1:13 p.m. CST
LOL this rofoster has lost his mind. When have I ever insulted anyone here? And now I'm not brown??? Its official. rofoster is a retard.
by ajit maholtra
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Dec. 30, 2012, 1:25 p.m. CST
so your flipping burgers again? good luck with that i see you insulting people around hereyour name ajit_maholtra sounds brown to me "Boy"
by ro foster
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