The Mihmiverse is back in full swing as principal photography of the next Mihmiverse movie, "The Wandering Creature (and Other Tales)," has OFFICIALLY begun!
As can be seen in the photo above, actors Elliott Mihm & Michael Kaiser were on hand to shoot a scene from one of the film's segments. Subtitled "The Hand That Wouldn't Die," this particular story centers around a pair of characters last seen in "Three Bad Girls Who Find a Gun and Become Vampires." Exactly HOW and why they show up is not being revealed at this time (especially given the events of the film in which they previously appeared), but you can be assured that finding out will be worth the wait when the movie is released next year!
In the meantime, don't forget that contributor credits are available! Making an anthology movie is proving to be a unique and somewhat expensive prospect and, therefore, the production needs all the monetary help it can get! Plus, what true Mihmivite WOULDN'T want to see their name in the end credits of a Mihmiverse movie?!
In the next great Mihmiverse film, writer/director Christopher R. Mihm takes a stab (pun intended) at an anthology movie in the vein of "Twilight Zone: The Movie," "Trilogy of Terror," and "Creepshow," albeit in his signature retro-B-movie style! In a series of linked, short tales-of-horror, an unmanned spacecraft returning from the asteroid Vesta breaks-up upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere and scatters sample containers across Phantom Lake County! Not-so-unexpectedly (particularly for a Mihmiverse movie), contact with the mysterious, otherworldly contents of these canisters create a whole host of terrifying creatures like mushroom monsters, killer garden gnomes, and more! Can the local population survive such shocking encounters, or will this be the end of all life in Phantom Lake County!?
As has been reiterated year-after-year, the Mihmiverse is only made possible by contributions from fans like you. And, as this new project enters the production stage, now is the time when the Mihmiverse needs contributions the most!
For each $25.00 donation, all contributors will be entitled to having a single name of their choosing listed in the contributors section of the closing credits of the film, and a customized, frame-able document certifying their contribution! Credits can even be given as gifts! Imagine the looks on the faces of your loved ones when they find out their names will be immortalized on the silver screen!
A single credit is defined as the name of one (1) person or corporate entity. Any credit requiring the word "and," an ampersand (&), and/or a comma (except when part of a legal company name) will constitute multiple credits and MUST BE paid for separately. Contributors have NO SAY in the decisions or actions taken by anyone involved in the actual production of the film and are NOT entitled to ANY possible future profits earned by the film, derivative works, and/or merchandise created for or featuring elements from the film. Becoming an contributor does not entitle the participant to ANY ownership WHATSOEVER of the finished film or associated elements.
NOTE: Physical media copies of the finished film are NOT included with contributions. If you would like to receive DVDs and/or Blu-Rays of the film when it is released, you MUST pre-order them separately. We reserve the right to refuse any credit we deem inappropriate. All refused credits will be refunded.
If you would like to contribute to "The Wandering Creature (and Other Tales)," go HERE!
MORE EXCLUSIVE PATREON CONTENT!
Last month in this space, we announced "Phantom Lake P.D.," a Mihmiverse Patreon-exclusive reality show parody following Sheriff Hayes as he deals with the uniquely comical challenges he and his small-town police force face while attempting to keep the peace in Phantom Lake County!
In addition, a brand-new Patreon-exclusive monthly feature called Mihmiverse Cheese & Chit-Chat debuted in mid-May! Currently available to all subscribed Basic Monster Members, Mihmiverse Cheese & Chit-Chat spotlights the actors, crew-people, and behind-the-scenes folks who make the Mihmiverse possible—and CHEESE!
In the inaugural episode, hosts writer/director Christopher R. Mihm (the king of CHEESY indie cinema) and actor-extraordinaire Alice Mihm welcomed Jackie Baker, (in)famous for her role as Queenie Bee in the latest Mihmiverse movie, "Three Bad Birls Who Find a Gun and Become Vampires!" Along with sampling a delightful, smoke-infused fromage, they discussed how Ms. Baker ended up mixed-up in the 'verse, alien graveyards, and, naturally, CHEESE!
To entice anyone who may be reluctant to become Patreon Basic Monster Members, writer/director Christopher R. Mihm has given us permission to post the full audio of the first episode for you to hear!
Give it a listen below OR check it out at YouTube by going HERE, and then go to the Mihmiverse Patreon and become a Basic Monster Member to make sure you never miss any future episodes—and all the other exciting content you can ONLY get by being a full-fledged Mihmiverse Patreon member!
"THREE BAD GIRLS WHO FIND A GUN AND BECOME VAMPIRES!"
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It's hard to believe it's already been two months since the release of the latest Mihmiverse film, "Three Bad Girls Who Find a Gun and Become Vampires!" Since its debut, the film has garnered a ton of positive praise and thrilled audiences across the globe! If you haven't seen it, you're missing out on one of the most fun Mihmiverse movies to date. The film is currently available to own and/or rent, both on physical media and digitally.
In writer/director Christopher R. Mihm's ode to "teensploitation" films of the 1950s and the cinematic oeuvre of the Coen Brothers, three female juvenile delinquents obtain a firearm and, just for the thrill of it, start robbing the fine folks of New Berlin. Unfortunately, their crime spree takes an unexpected turn after they mug and nearly murder the gambling-addicted pastor of the local church—who turns out to be an immortal, blood-sucking creature of the night! Hijinks ensue when the vampiric padre hires a pair of hitmen to help him retrieve his stolen cash and seek revenge against the three bad girls responsible!
Both DVDs and Blu-Rays of the film contain a high quality digital transfer of the film and several exclusive special features, including a blooper reel, photo galleries, feature-length commentary with writer/director Christopher R. Mihm, English subtitles, and more!
Feature Run Time: 1 hour, 16 minutes. Black & White, Widescreen, NOT RATED.
Don't forget that in addition to being able to purchase the newly-released Mihmiverse film, "Three Bad Girls Who Find a Gun and Become Vampires," on DVD and Blu-Ray, it's also available to watch (and own) on both Vimeo and Patreon!
In fact, the entire Mihmiverse catalog is available digitally for rent and/or own at the Mihmiverse's Video On-Demand portal at Vimeo and through the Mihmiverse Patreon! AND, as a special bonus, every paying member of the Mihmiverse Patreon is given FREE access to the entire catalog (except, for a limited time, the latest release) as one of the perks!
To check out the "Three Bad Girls Who Find a Gun and Become Vampires" digital release page on Vimeo, go HERE!
To check out the Mihmiverse Patreon, go HERE!
JOIN THE MIHMIVERSE PATREON
Do you love the films of writer/director Christopher R. Mihm? Do you want to help ensure that the Mihmiverse continues to survive and thrive into the foreseeable future?
AND do you want to experience exclusive Mihmiverse content? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you absolutely
MUST join the
Mihmiverse Patreon!
The
Mihmiverse Patreon is fully sanctioned and personally curated by writer/director Christopher R. Mihm. Every
Basic Monster Member is granted access to a treasure trove of Mihmiverse-related stuff, including recurring audio content like
An Oral History of the Mihmiverse,
Mihmiverse Cheese & Chit-Chat, and
Bad Poetry Wednesdays, behind-the-scenes photos and video, first-look news, the ability to watch the entire Mihmiverse catalog, and hosted content like live interviews and film watch-alongs—with more being added all the time!
PLUS,
members will have opportunities to have their voices heard with online surveys, live chats, and interactive events!
The "indie movie biz" is a tough one, and it's getting more difficult to maintain every year. Thankfully,
Patreon is the answer to helping alleviate some of the strain modern filmmakers and artists find themselves under in this increasingly chaotic creative environment. If you're a true fan of the cinematic world writer/director Christopher R. Mihm has created, we highly recommend you join the
Mihmiverse Patreon today!
THE MIHMIVERSE MONTHLY AUDIOCAST
The latest episode of the
Mihmiverse Monthly Audiocast has arrived!
This month, host writer/director Christopher R. Mihm discusses future Mihmiverse-related events, talks about the beginning of principal photography of "
The Wandering Creature (and Other Tales)," and explains
EXACTLY what you may be missing if you're
NOT a member of the
Mihmiverse Patreon!
The
Mihmiverse Monthly Audiocast is hosted by writer/director Christopher R. Mihm and is focused specifically on what's going on
RIGHT NOW in the Mihmiverse. In addition, Mr. Mihm will discuss the monster movie-making process, touch briefly on the future of the 'verse, pontificate on random subjects, and be joined by guests from within and without the Mihmiverse.
PLUS, each episode will include something unique you won't find anywhere else!
The
Mihmiverse Monthly Audiocast is now hosted, free to the public, at the
Mihmiverse Patreon! To download an .mp3 of the latest episode or to listen online, go
HERE!
Let's PAWS for some Trivia!
This month, we're tossing some cheesy cat-based film trivia into the "kitty." Below, you'll find five titles and five descriptions. Match them up "purrrfectly," and you can consider yourself "the cat's meow!" (All right...enough of the puns!)
1. "Frankenstein" (1931)
2. "The Mummy" (1932)
3. "Cat People" (1942)
4. "Bell, Book and Candle" (1958)
5. "
The Tomb of Ligeia" (1964)
A. A beautiful Serbian immigrant fears her homeland's ancient curse will come true, and she will transform into a giant black cat upon after being intimate with her new husband.
B. A little girl named Maria is walking near a lake holding a cat in her arms. When she bends down to pick some daisies, the cat senses trouble... and rightfully so!
C. Imhotep tells his love interest that the goddess Bast must kill the man who loves her. (Bast is a woman with the head of a cat).
D. A man mourning his late wife falls in love with another woman... but then the spirit of his ex shows up as a spiteful black cat. Vincent Price stars.
E. This one features an all-star cast... including James Stewart, Jack Lemmon, Kim Novak, Ernie Kovacs, Elsa Lanchester, Hermione Gingold and a cat named Pyewacket.
Scroll to the bottom of the Mihmiverse Monthly for the answers.
— Mike Cook
In this column, we'll be digging through old issues of the
Mihmiverse Monthly and
Phantom Lake Almanac (which was the original name of this newsletter!) and presenting interesting bits and pieces from the past! After all, this newsletter has been around since the release of "
The Monster of Phantom Lake" back in 2006, so there's a
LOT to choose from!
For a portion of 2018, the first lady of the Mihmiverse, Stephanie Mihm, authored a monthly feature called
Retro Roadtrippin' that chronicled her travels across the upper Midwest in search of small town single-screen movie theaters and nostalgic roadside attractions! The following column originally appeared in September 2018.
This month's journey takes us 61 miles Northwest of the Twin Cities to the quaint small town of Milaca, Minnesota.
Before visiting the town's single screen theater (known simply as the Milaca Theatre), we explored the town and were pleasantly surprised to find several fire hydrants painted as popular modern characters! I did a little online digging into the hyrdants and it seems that when they were slated to be repainted in 2014, the local VFW wanted to decorate five of them to pay tribute to the five branches of the military. Loving the idea, the town decided to get the community involved and asked for ideas to paint the other 30 found throughout town!
It being a beautiful day when we visited, we moseyed on over to the local park where the kids enjoyed some retro playground equipment and Elliott Mihm (
Danny Johnson himself!) quenched his thirst at an old-school drinking fountain shaped like a lion's head! A little more online research revealed that lion's head drinking fountains first started appearing mostly around playgrounds in the 1960s. Though rare these days, they can still be found in random places throughout the Midwest.
As hunger eventually overtook us, we made our way to
Daddio's Drive-in Restaurant. Located across the street from the park, we gobbled up some yummy home-cooked burgers and french fries! We finished our meal with homemade chocolate chip cookies and "
The Giant Spider"-sized rice krispie treats for dessert.
Overall,
Daddio's had a retro "small town family restaurant" atmosphere and, when we were there, we found it clean and the staff friendly.
The single-screen Milaca Theatre was built in 1950 and purposely designed to have a rustic, wood-covered exterior. Falling into disrepair, the theatre was eventually sold at auction in 2009. The new owner at that time cleaned it up and painted murals around the outside of the building. Upon reopening, the theatre showed second run movies at a low price.
The theatre's current owners bought the place in 2015 as an investment for one of their sons and is now open Fridays through Tuesdays. In addition to showing a recent movie for only $5 per ticket, concessions are also
VERY affordable—so much so, you could have a movie date (with popcorn!) for less than $20!
Completely by chance, the night we visited happened to be the one year anniversary of their ownership. They were even giving out free cookies!
The Milaca Theatre was very clean and everything was well kept. We spoke to the owners and found them very kind and exceedingly friendly. Though the movie we saw wasn't very good ("
The Emoji Movie"), the entire family had a wonderful time!
AND, as we piled into the car to head back home, we noticed a Statue of Liberty replica on the grounds of the Milaca City Hall! Truly worth the roadside adventure!
Keep on road tripping!
— Stephanie Mihm
CLASSIC MOVIE OF THE MONTH
Target Earth (1954)
Directed by
Sherman A. RoseStarring
Richard Denning and
Kathleen Crowley
Based on the short novel "
The Deadly City" by
Paul W. Fairman.
After a
failed sleeping-pill-suicide attempt, Nora (played by the beautiful
Kathleen Crowley) awakens to find the city seemingly completely deserted. While wandering the empty streets, she
she runs into Frank (Richard Denning) and, finding him trustworthy, the two band together to survive. The pair run into random people
(including a psychotic killer) and eventually discover that the entire city
has been overrun by a vast robot army from Venus. The film works as
equal parts paranoid-character piece and low-budget, period science
fiction. It's blatantly obvious that the production only had enough
money to construct one very cool looking robot costume, but it's used well and
often to dramatic effect. The film clips along at a brisk pace and
includes some genuine intentional laughs. A great example of
paranoid, classic sci-fi. Highly recommended!
— Christopher R. Mihm
If you're like most people these days, you tend to stream your favorite TV shows and movies, particularly because it's more convenient and you have access in more places! Did you know there are now several places to stream the entire Mihmiverse catalog?
From the movie that started it all, "
The Monster of Phantom Lake," to its musical offshoot, "
The Monster of Phantom Lake: The Musical!," and the newest release, "
Three Bad Girls Who Find a Gun and Become Vampires," everything you need to "visit" the denizens of Phantom Lake County is available for your streaming pleasure!
The
ENTIRE filmography of writer/director Christopher R. Mihm (including "
Three Bad Girls Who Find a Gun and Become Vampires") is available through the Mihmiverse
Vimeo VOD portal!
Every film is presented using the same ultra-high-quality renders used for the official Blu-Ray releases and actually feeds video content to the
Drive-in Monsters Roku channel. Most importantly, the Mihmiverse
Vimeo VOD portal is one of the
ONLY PLACES to legally own the films digitally!
Retro-style monster movies from the wild & weird imagination of cult filmmaker Christopher R. Mihm! From giant, rampaging spiders to alien invasions and bug-eyed horrors, the
Drive-in Monsters channel includes the entire catalog of Mr. Mihm's films, exclusive extras, and long lost special features originally released on currently out-of-print physical media! Explore the worldwide underground cult phenomenon known as the "Mihmiverse" and enjoy the rebirth of the golden age of "drive-in cinema" with the
Drive-in Monsters channel!
As of right now, the channel is free... but, that most likely will not last forever! So make sure to enjoy the
Drive-in Monsters Roku channel while it's still completely free of charge!
Mihmiverse DVDs & Blu-Rays are now available at
SaintEuphoria.com, the online home of the films of Christopher R. Mihm. In addition, exclusive movie posters, collectibles and other merchandise are now in stock. Everything is available in extremely limited quantities, so get yours today before they run out!
The Trivia Corner answers: 1-B, 2-C, 3-A, 4-E, 5-D
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