Dateline: Kill Devil Hills, NC. Watch video of the Q&A with filmmaker Mike T. Lyddon after a screening of his new film Cuentos de la Bruja (Witch Tales) at the Halloween International Film Festival in Kill Devil Hills, NC.
The interview was filmed by Festival director Matt Artz and the interview was conducted by co-festival director Sue Artz.
Besides talking about his latest indie horror film, Lyddon also talks about the New Orleans made “Zombie! Vs. Mardi Gras” (1999) as well as his previous feature “First Man on Mars” (2016) which is currently available on Tubi TV. Parts of First Man on Mars were filmed in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Click HERE to visit Mike’s indie film page, Reel Progress on FB.
Mike Lyddon’s short horror film THING IN THE SHED is returning to the festival circuit for a short while in conjunction with the new horror anthology book MONSTER PARTY which contains Lyddon’s adaptation of the same story.
The indie film will be playing in Short Block #2 at the 2020 Days of the Dead horror convention in Atlanta, Ga. Reels of the Dead, which is the film festival wing of the show, will be hosting the film early Saturday afternoon.
Thing in the Shed was originally part of Horror Anthology Movie Volume One, and is available on DVD HERE. The anthology was filmed in various locations in Louisiana, Mississippi, and New York.
Monster Party is now available on Amazon and Indiebound Books and contains the short story “Thing in the Shed.”
Mike Lyddon, known for a string of low budget indie genre films shot in and around New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, has recently released a new film made in Peru onto the film festival circuit for 2019.
Cuentos de la Bruja aka Witch Tales (2019) is a feature length horror anthology movie made entirely in Lima, Peru.
More than mid-way through the fest season, the movie has been in 7 film festivals and has picked up 5 awards including Best Feature Film and Best Make-Up Effects at Something Wicked Film Festival in Atlanta, and Best B-Movie and Best Horror Film and Flicks Film Festival in London.
Watch the latest horror trailer for Cuentos de la Bruja on the Halloween Daily News YT channel.
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Reel Progress LLC is pleased to announce that “First Man on Mars,” the new feature length sci-fi comedy by Mike Lyddon has made Philip Smolen’s annual list of eight incredible indie films of 2016 on the popular film site Rogue Cinema.
“I am thrilled that First Man on Mars made the list,” said Lyddon, “but even more amazed that it made a top list of all indie films of 2016, not just genre movies. It’s rare when any horror or science fiction film goes up against mainstream flicks and I’m proud that my little Martian opus made the grade.”
If you want to know more about First Man on Mars and Mike Lyddon, visit the IMDB page.
Mike Lyddon in Lima, Peru with Tomas
Genre filmmaker Mike T. Lyddon has been making no-budget science fiction – horror features for the last 25 years. Beginning back in 1993 with the New Orleans crime thriller CUT UP (1994) up to his last film FIRST MAN ON MARS (2016), Lyddon has managed to craft a small but enduring legacy in the big easy which culminated in last year’s LOUP GAROU Film Festival which showcased FIRST MAN ON MARS as well as an earlier film ZOMBIE! vs. MARDI GRAS Lyddon co-wrote, produced and directed in addition to a short film which was part of the Lyddon production of HORROR ANTHOLOGY MOVIE VOL. 1.
“I had no connection with the festival, but all three films ended up in it.” Lyddon said recently. “It was a real kick seeing three productions of mine at one film festival.”
Click HERE to read the new interview with Mike Lyddon in the January edition of ROGUE CINEMA!
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The feature length Crime Drama Mystery CUT UP is now on AMAZON INSTANT video on demand. Co-written, produced and directed by Mike Lyddon and Jeff Turick, Cut Up is a suspenseful thriller which takes place in 90’s New Orleans.
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Bar Redux in New Orleans, La., is hosting the Loup Garou Sci-Fi and Horror Film Festival from October 21st through the 23rd.
Included on the three day schedule is First Man on Mars (2016), the latest feature film by indy filmmaker Mike T. Lyddon.
On Saturday, you can catch Zombie! Vs. Mardi Gras (1995) which was co-written, produced and directed by Lyddon.
On Sunday, don’t miss the amazing FEAST trilogy! FEAST was the first film done through Ben Affleck’s Project Greenlight show, and we highly recommend the first film and the third film from this trilogy.
Find more info on the festival on the Facebook page or from the official Bar Redux website.
First Man on Mars (2016) science fiction comedy trailer on Vimeo!
This new horror comedy from Mike T. Lyddon and Reel Progress LLC now available on DVD at AMAZON!
Horror Buzz calls First Man on Mars a Great Sci-Fi Throwback and a love letter to classic sci-fi horror B-movies from writer/director/producer Mike T. Lyddon.
First Man on Mars (2016)
Billionaire astronaut Eli Cologne became the first man to land on Mars. After his hopes of getting even richer by finding and claiming the rights to valuable mineral deposits are dashed, he finds what he thinks is gold, but he is horribly mistaken. He is infected by an alien spore and returns to earth a mutated, blood thirsty creature hell bent on murder and destruction in this satirical homage to 1970’s drive-in creature features produced and directed by Mike T. Lyddon.
Shot on location in Louisiana and a ghost town in Mississippi located near Stennis Space center where actual Nasa rockets were constructed.
Click Here to visit the official movie page and buy FIRST MAN ON MARS, now on DVD.
Creepers Movie Review
Excerpts from Denver Johnson’s “31 Days of Horror.”
“Christian Walker adapts Lafcadio Hearn’s short story Of A Promise Broken, and he transforms it into a very moody, melancholy ghost story.Like every other short here, it’s damn well shot, well acted, and while not my favorite of the shorts, it creates a great mood.
Jeremiah Kipp, a director I’ve really been admiring lately, adapts Edgar Allan Poe’s Bernice, and gives the macabre story his usual arthouse bent. It’s another short that favors mood over shock, although it does have a pretty nasty final shot.
Gregory Lamberson, the warped genius behind the Slime City films, gives us Gave Up The Ghost, from author Jeff Strand. This short was hilarious, and worth the price of admission alone.
Finally, like every good anthology, the best is saved for last. Mike T. Lyddon gives us Joe Lansdale’s By The Hair of the Head. Lansdale is such a brilliant writer, and this film does for evil dolls what Annabelle only wishes it could. This was a stylish little piece, and the true highlight of the set.”
Vist the Creepers official website for more information.
