What’s new with me and the Haunted Garage show.

Well its been a while since I updated all of you. FD4 is in the can and looking sweet. I got to see a bunch of the 3D stuff already and its the clearest 3D I have ever seen. They are using that new system that James Cameron is using for his 3D epic, Avatar. Its your standard polarized glasses deal instead of the traditional anaglyph red and blue headache inducing vomit deal. Anyway look for that movie to jump off the screen next year sometime. At the shop we are busy finishing up a few things like Rami's Drag me to Hell and Surrogates the Bruce Willis futuristic action deal. We just started a few things for Transformers 2 Robot Boogaloo so thats pretty cool.

But whats really going on is tonight. The return of LA's very own horror punk splatter band Haunted Garage. A band that helped me get my makeup chops when I was a wee lad. The sexy dancing Gore gore girls, on stage disemboweling, severed heads, brains in jars, simulated necrophilia (you know for kids) and much much more. They are a band hat made me tour europe with blood stained hands. A band that forced me to learn how to make vampire teeth on a tour bus while a girl shaved her cooch 5 feet away. Talk about working under pressure. We are not allowed to do those things anymore because of health code violations. Ahh the good old days.

Anyway tonight is their first show in 13 years and its a great way to celebrate Friday the 13th here in LA. Forget about M Night Shamalamdingdongs latest opus and head on over to Safari Sams in Hollywood 5214 Sunset Bvd. There will be a documentary crew doing some filming and your ticket says your willing to be on camera, and if your in front in the pit, that is kind of like saying. "Hello I'd love to get splattered with blood or slime or something." so chances are good you will. Wear something white and let them anoint you.

Also Dukey the bands front man told me there is a good chance this will not be the last show...which means they need to rebuild the stage show, and my time is pretty limited so I can only do so much, which means you (newcomer makeup artist) get a great opportunity to learn your chops just like I did. So come on down, look for me and lets talk about your rock and roll stage show future. I may just pass the bloody torch on to (you).

MM

Currently listening : Possession Park By Haunted Garage Release date: 1991-08-27

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Final Destination 3 (no not the third movie idiot) my third blog
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Yep still here in theLouisiana heat, where the blood never dries it just stays sticky. I do walk around set in a suave ass black cowboy hat though. I'm trying to get into the southern spirit. I heard someonethe other day say as I walked by there goes the "blood cowboy". I can live with that.

We are busy shooting the awesome opening of the film right now.  I hope everyone is doing well. I know I am doing just fine. I turn 40 in a couple of days and its really no big deal to me. At least I think it is anyway. It's a bit of a drag being on location away from friends and family on what is usually considered a momentous day in ones list of birthdays. But fuck it. If you're in the New Orleans area we are going to be celebrating Saturday night to the heavy sounds of, A hanging and Suplex at Checkpoint Charlies. Which is a bar/club where you can also do your laundry. So bring some socks.

What else is new. Well I spent years just barely noticing basketball and now in the course of 5 weeks I have been to 5 NBA games and 1 playoff game. I'm now a huge New Orleans Hornets fan and I have already bought game 5 playoff tickets (should it be necessary) Hell I even find myself watching NBA playoff games every night in my hotel room. Mostly because I don't want to pay 20 dollars a movie to rent one to my room. Yeah 20 dollars! holy crap. Thems theater prices. For that price they should send two assholes up to your room to talk through out it and sell popcorn and soda for twelve dollars outside your door.

Wjhat else is new? I recently did an interview with NHV (New Horror Voices)web site so give it a look it's a decent little thing he's got going there.

http://www.freewebs.com/lucidnightmare48/menu.htm

To get to my bit scroll down to celebrity interviews(hehe yeah that's me the celeb) and click on my name.

Hope to see ya airing your dirty laundry at Charlie's Saturday night I know its Jazz fest so parking will suck.

MM(the blood cowboy)

Quote of the day:(part of a phone conversation between an FX guy Nash and myself)

"dude you left my party too early the other night, I got shot."

"you got shot?"

"hehe yeah."

"you okay?"

"yeah it was just a 22."

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WHC Salt Lake and Final Destination 4 in 3D
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Hey kids how’s it going. Things on FD43D are going really well. We spent a little time shooting in an "air quality approved" abandoned mall. There is still so much thats fucked and ready to be torn down in New Orleans. but without the money or concern it just all sits there. Hell they don’t even have street signs on half of the streets anymore. Getting around New Orleans is a pain in the ass. Hell it was hard before the storm. The mall has been vacant since Katrina and if you go too deeply into the areas where your not supposed to go (our first day on set we took a wrong turn trying to get out and discovered a crispy flattened rat.) apparently before the crew moved in and started the cleanup crispy flattened rats were a dime a dozen. Which is great for crispy rat stew, all you really need to add is water, which oddly enough is what killed them all.

The crew is fun and its really refreshing to work on a film where everyone seems to like each other and loves goofing around. Stashed around the set you’ll find airsoft guns and snowball sized chunks of foam because at any moment a battle may start between the stunt team and the director. Ya just sit back and laugh Its a fun easy relaxed atmosphere. It’s also a place for practical jokes. Lots of practical jokes.  I already had a big one pulled on me but I’ll tell about that in the next blog.

The 3D process looks great! I mean GREAT! its not only in 3D but its HD as well. so you see every tiny little thing in massive 3D. The one biggest problem it will pose for me is cleanup of blood in between takes. Sometimes the coloring in the blood can stain your skin. Its typical KNB we show up and throw blood all over everything and then say "what?" like an innocent child. :) So Tami and I have been working with Robin Matthews makeup crew to try and make sure we don’t get boned with pink actors in 3D HD. Most of the problem has been solved by a little green can of derma shield. So keep that in mind. a generous amount of Derma Shield prior to major blood work will ease your cleanup.

I got more to talk about but I’m in a hurry. I’m doing the World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City this weekend. If your in the area I’m on a panel Friday night at 5pm and Saturday morning at 9am. Plus I’ll be bombing around the con all weekend. WHC is always a ton of fun. Hope to see some of ya there.

Cheers kids.

MM

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The Final Destination (4) has just begun
Current mood: anxious
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

As most of you know I am currently keying the makeup fx and fantastic deaths in Final Destination 4 3D for KNB …shit I should have given you a spoiler warning before telling you there will be a bunch of fantastic deaths in this film….what was I thinking. Next thing you know I’ll tell you that the sequel to HBO’s Band of Brothers (currently shooting in Australia) will have a bunch of soldiers getting killed in it and a ton of dead bodies.   We sent a band called The Sleeve down-under to watch after them. (check my top friends and you’ll see em). Anyway If you’re a fan of the Final Destination films, like I am, this is not going to disappoint you. Especially since they are throwing in the added dimension of the third kind. 3D has gotten a lot better in the last few years and is a lot less headache inducing. Now ALL the studios are rushing forth 3D films. Hopefully FD4 will hit the theaters before the tidal wave of shitty 3D films ruin their fair share of the box office. They have already given up the beginning of the film online so I’m not ruining anything by saying think speedway, think cars flipping and burning into the stands, think the magic of 3D bringing cars flipping and burning from the stands into your lap. Think awesome.

I’m leaving for New Orleans in the early morning, with makeup artist Tami Lane. Carey Jones and I have already been down there for a few days to kill one unfortunate character already and many more are to come. Tami, Carey and myself are pretty much gonna be the hired assassins for FD4. Check us out on IMDB and you will see how our keywords might bring a little something extra to the game. Have you ever looked at the keywords at the bottom of someones IMDB? They are usually pretty awesome. After all what says Mike McCarty more than the keywords death, murder, sequel and decapitation. I’m pretty proud of decapitation. How about Carey Jones who is also known in the industry as blockbuster, blood, disturbing and suspense. I always felt that way about Carey so its really nothing new to me. And last but not least Tami Lane, who brings; fall from height, animal attack, based on a novel and blockbuster to the table. I’ll be honest I’m a little jealous of based on a novel, but then again I’m a writer why wouldn’t I be jealous of that. At least I can rest assured she doesn’t have decapitation in her top 4.

KNB is really busy right now. REALLY busy. We usually stay pretty steady but this is getting silly. We are currently doing hmmm let me think…..all of the movies in production I’m pretty sure. If you’ve heard about it we are working on it or told we should be ready to work on it. Or turned it down because we are too busy. Except for Terminator 4 that one we aren’t doing. And we aren’t doing Wolverine either but pretty much everything else is ours. Of course I’m kidding. We’re only doing 11 films right now. Some of which include David Goyer’s Unborn, Sam Raimi’s Drag me to Hell, NBC’s Fear itself, A Will Smith film called 7 pounds. A Bruce Willis futuristic action film called Surrogates.  And a bunch more I’m not talking about yet. Anyway look for me to keep you updated about our shenanigans, rightfully kicking off on St. Patty’s day. Now kiss me… I’m Irish.

MM  

Currently reading : Sandstorm By James Rollins Release date: 26 April, 2005

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McCarty army attack Feb 22-24th

Official Mcnuevers planned on two fronts this weekend. I should have given you more notice but its a surprise attack. 

If your in the Dallas area go to the Texas Frightmare weekend where you can see almost everyone that has ever been involved in a Romero Dead film, except for The Hare Krishna zombie...actually Hare Krishna zombie might be there along with machete zombie. who knows but shuffle up to Greg Nicotero the N of KNB and tell him I sent ya. Show your support and love.

Texas Frightmare

Say your not in the mood for zombies or even in Texas for that fact. Well maybe Wondercon in San Francisco is your cup of tea. Catch Howard Berger the B of KNB there. He will be promoting the second Narnia film Prince Caspian. If your nearby drop in on him and tell him I sent ya.

Wondercon

By the way I'm prepping for Final Destination 4 in case you didn't know and soon I will be headed off to New Orleans where you will get to read about how the blood and guts we are throwing at the screen is ruining all the 3D cameras. Awesome.

Hope some of you are able to make it to a con.

I'll be at the WHC, World Horror Con this year in Salt Lake hope to see ya somewhere.

World Horror Con

Mcluvin

Currently listening : Boston By Boston Release date: 13 June, 2006

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Killing is just as easy as breathing
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

It's easy. It's a simple recipe brought to us by the man himself, John Rambo. "When you're pushed killing is as easy as breathing." Can I get a HELL YEAH! So Rambo comes out today and I'm very excited. Its national Rambo day in fact AJ one of the guys here at the shop actually came in wearing a wig and headband (see pic). Rambo is one of the last of my childhood idols that needed to stage a comeback to save me in adult life like he did when I was young. The only other one I can think of that I desperately hoped would make a comeback, but now is too late, is Dirty Harry. And don't think of fucking making a remake Hollywood because that would just annoy me.

Rambo come on! You've seen the R rated (what we call a red band) trailer right? I first saw that a few months ago and was immediately on board. He turns that guy in the jeep into red jello with that machine gun, it looks like he punches someone's head off.  He tears a guys throat out. Hello where can I sign up for Rambo = way fucking cool. I decided I cant see it with the normal crowd either. I saw Cloverfield that way and ended up HATING a movie everyone tells me is quite good and fun. I don't want my Rambo experience to be tainted by. Idiot gangsta commentary track 1. or I have an important phone call I must take commentary track 2. Or flawed logic smart guy track 3. So I'm paying the extra money to go to the grown up theater, The Arclight.

Anyway what's new with me other than celebrating the Rambo Holiday is my novel Wereworld is sitting at a big publisher hopefully being read and hopefully being enjoyed. These things take a really long time so I may not know the answer for months. I am also working on the sequel as well as some other things I'm pretty excited about. At KNB I have just been put in charge of Final Destination 4 in 3D or "Fd43d-hut" as I like to refer to it (get it it's a football thing…nevermind). If you're a fan of the series, which I am, you'll love it, plus it's in 3D. When was the last time we had a cool 3D experience in the horror world.

Anyway I hope your all well. Throw your Rambo comments below even if you're a blasphemous bastard with nothing good to say about it. Yeah I know Stallone looks like a drag queen in that wig…but he'll still kill you just as easy as breathin.

MM

Heres AJ supporting the holiday. You should too, post your Rambo pics here.

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More notes from the Killing Room, The mist and the Rockshow.
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Well happy New Year. I hate the term Happy New Year by the way. I don't know why I just find it annoying. So I decided to say instead "Have a banner year." I think that's much better than Happy New year.  It implies that you should have the best year yet as opposed to just a happy one.

Anyway, the holidays are over and some of you might wonder how the Twister Naked show went…It was awesome! Sure at times it was sloppily poured out onto the stage with anger and rock fury but who cares. It was fun as hell. I have a few pics, see below. No video yet to share but when I get some I will post a song or two. I came out of it with no less than 5 bruises one bloody scrape and one nearly dislocated shoulder when Chad dropped a girl on my head as I was sprawled on the dance floor tangled in my mic cord.  So yeah it was awesome.

I was wiped out afterwards and had been fighting a coming sickness that week. So after the show my body gave up and I got bronchitis, which made me not want to smoke, which in turn made me quit smoking, which I think is why everyone fucking sucks and is wrong about everything which also sucks. But I have been off smokes for three weeks now so F-You.

Now I wanted to share a little bit about Shreveport while I was there in town working on The Killing Room I buddied up with the writer Gus Krieger and we did a lot of hanging out.  Our hotel was new, as in less than a year old new, however it was a musty, mil dewy smelling leaking when it rained piece of shit.  The maid staff was zombies that made shuffling sounds when they moved because they could not be bothered to lift their feet. They scared me, if they got me corned and I wasn't looking I may be done for. Zombies although slow and brain-dead can still be a formidable opponent.

One day a maid shuffled in into my room and tried to communicate with me while I made the decision whether to shoot her in the head, or bash her with something heavy before she bit me and I ended up cleaning semen encrusted rooms for the rest of my life. She opened her dentist's wet dream of a mouth and said "Ya-wa-clee-she."

 I was astounded what was this zombie voodoo priestess trying to tell me. "I'm sorry what?" I said.

"Ya-wa-clee-she" She repeated.

I smiled and politely said "What.?"

She slowed her speech pattern and added a few more letters, just enough for me to decipher what the zombie was trying to tell me. "Y'all wan clee shee," she pointed to the bed.

"Ahhhhh Yes, yes I do, thank you."  The zombie was just trying to make me more comfortable in offereing clean bedding, I kept an eye on her and a clear escape route should the deal go south, while she did her job.

Gus and myself went to IHOP a lot during the shoot because we could throw a crawdad from our hotel and hit it. One day our waitresses name was Precious so of course that prompted both of us to speak like golem constantly during brunch. "We wants more syrup Precious" "we doesn't like the corn cakes, theys not very tasty are they precious." Of course we never really did it to her face, we're not total dicks, just dicks behind your back.

I did make it out of Shreveport unscathed without having to kill a zombie, and the film shoot went really well.  At the end like most film shoots it was a rush to see what they could get done without incurring overtime. But the performances are going to be really solid. It's rare you get such good acting on a low budget film such as this.  I made a lot of new friends and I look forward to seeing them all again.

Well Stephen King's the Mist has come and gone, it was another film that didn't do as well theatrically as I felt it deserved but maybe it will do better on DVD. I posted some pics of some of the physical things that we made for the film. It wasn't all CGI. We made a lot of things for that movie then they took our designs, sculptures and paint jobs and scanned them into the computer. I was the build supervisor in the shop for the show and I got to design most of the beastly paint schemes. Fun Job.

Well I'm back at the shop and getting ready to start my next project. It may be too early for me to tell you, but I do know what it is. J See ya soon

MM

We rocked so hard digital cameras had a hard time processing the image.

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New time sensitive orders for the McCarty Army
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Okay I have official orders for the wonderful McCarty Army.

My old band Twister Naked is back together. I was in this band a long time ago and it's actually where I met my wife Grace (who plays bass). In the past year and a half we have been talking about getting this band back together and with the fact that everyone lives far apart, one even in Florida. It's been tough to get it all going. But it has finally happened and…we have a show next Saturday. Yes that's right and its part of your orders. Do you live in the Los Angeles area? How about and hour away? Well good! Then there is no reason why you shouldn't be at the show. If you're under 21 bring a fake ID, McLuvin.

December, 15  

Mr T's Bowl
5621 1/2 Figueroa Ave, Highland Park, California 90042
Cost : $6.66  Yeah we're spooky.

It's not like its gonna cost you a lot of money, unless you live out of state in which case take out a loan, or wait for us to leak a video of what you missed on You tube. The problem with that is Twister Naked is like crack and releasing it on an unsuspecting internet viewing public almost isn't fair. This night is going to be unique. A lot of bands when they promote their shows will say blah, blah, were the best, blah, blah, your gonna love it, blah, blah, you've never seen a band like ours because were different, blah, blah, blahdiddy, blah, fuckin, blah. Well those bands are lying to you. I am not. You are NEVER going to see a night like this again.  

First of all my guitar player Jay has made a real wacky movie that can only be described as a Benny Hill, meets the Ambiguously Gay Duo ground up in a blender and seasoned with raunchy punk rock. It stars members that joined Twister Naked after we left.  That plays at 9pm and runs 69 mins. Hehe 69 dude.

After that The Punk Rock Elvises take the stage. They do Elvis style punk rock and even dress up like the king. Come one now that's already reason enough to go.  But wait there's more I haven't even taken the stage yet.

After the Elvises we get up and rock it hard with our own heavy fast loud and proud style of metal/punk.  Showing influences all across the board. Members of this band have gone on to play and tour the world with such bands as Dr. Know, Damnation, TSOL, The Fixtures and The Dickies. And then there's me. Those of you who have ever seen us perform many years ago, or who have seen any of my past bands know that I can't stay in one place on the stage. In fact the entire club is mine to perform in running around like a demented mental patient who looks like Jesus but moves like Joe Cocker ate Henry Rollins.  Forty minutes after we start your asking my sweat covered panting ass when you can come see us again because you're not sure if you can go to a rockshow we're not involved in.  Well I can tell you the answer to that already. I don't know when we can play again. Jay lives in Florida so this show is already a rare opportunity, in fact if you don't want to feel like your coming off heroin three days later you should probably take lots of pictures and video to ease your instant addiction. We will play again someday, but we will never play again with….remember the movie from the beginning, well now those guys are going to take the stage.  This is probably the only time you will ever see two separate Twister Nakeds fighting each other for dominance.  Having been kicked out of many clubs in the past there is no telling what they will do.

So now your drained and tired and probably drunk and while your looking for a date to take home you can listen to the soothing sounds of The Mentors tribute band the Mantors that is closing up the night. Who cannot find someone to go home with while listening to them doing their version of Cat scratch Fever as High Priced Beaver.

So there ya go. I'm home from Shreveport it went great. I have more stories to tell you from there but I have been busy with getting back on track in the shop and scrambling to practice with the band before next Saturdays show. Now the second part of your orders. Click on the Twister Naked myspace below and friend us Do it now before you forget. We must show the band the power of the Army. The General has spoken see you at the rockshow. Now Soundoff!

MM

PS you can hear a couple songs there too, learn the words and try and take me out on stage and finish it yourself-it won't be the first time…I dare you J Hehe yeah we were around such a long time ago they had black and white film. Thats Makeup fx great Norman Cabrera singing Night of the Living Dead with me. But It could be you.

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Notes from the Killing Room 1
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Okay everyone I'm on set in Shreveport, the south's Hollywood hub. We are doing a film called the Killing Room. Heres the link.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119191/

I promised this first blog a while ago but because I'm rolling solo on set I have been busy sitting down in comfy chairs and eating tiny sandwiches that craft services has offered up while I wait to do stuff on set, and  by the time I get back to the oh so Comfortable comfort suites country crock Inn. The last thing I feel like doing is writing.

First of all this film is cool. No bullshit. I'm not gonna blow smoke up everyone's ass like they do on DVD commentaries and interviews these days. "Oh so and so is just fabulous, he's tremendous to work with I knew we connected when blah, blah, fuckin, blah."

So no bullshit. This film actually is going to be pretty cool. It was one of those scripts that I read and gave it "the nod." I thought to myself. "Hey that's not half bad, in fact it's pretty good. I hope they can pull this off."  You gotta understand we read a LOT of crap scripts. Then they went and cast good actors. And then they proceeded to get GREAT performances from those actors. It's a real small budget but this thing really is coming together and a lot of the people that are here doing it, are doing it because they believe in the project as opposed to they just needed a job.  Anyway I'm pretty excited to see this thing come together and I'm looking forward to seeing it as a whole. I'm not going to give anything away about it and I'm not even going to suggest why a KNB representative would be on set. You can see for yourself when it comes out. The less you know about it the better for you. Nuff said.

Now lets talk movie sets, many of you readers have never had the opportunity to be on a real professional actual live movie set. So I'm gonna clue you guys in. Its not always hustle and bustle and action and cut and exploding cars and guys walking down to the commissary in space suits carrying their helmets followed by Indians and zombies. In fact it's a whole lot of boring. We like to refer to the old saying, "hurry up and wait."

Your particular shot is scheduled to happen 30 minutes from now, times that by movie time (which is x3) and you get a whole lot of waiting. You end up having plenty of time to get to know those around you and come up with the stupidest shit there is, to amuse each other.  Such as…Matt "Action" Goodwin our one and only set PA, took a damaged banana from Craft Services and turned it into a puppet. Who became (drumroll please)

Bananaman, Phil Bananaman,  You may remember him from his previous roles in  Bannana of Green Gables,  Banannie Hall, and of course Bananaconda. He wrote the song Dueling Bananjos, He was in Time Banandits and he had the starring role in Smokey and the Banandit. Then he married Banangelina Jolie. It was a match made in heaven until she cheated on him with a bag of flour and had a baby Banana nut bread.

Heres his picture he's sporting the new fall fashion in creamer hats.

MM

PS My band Twister Naked is off its 13 year Hiatus and will be returning to the stage on Dec 15^th at Mister T's bowl in LA. I'm gonna promote the fuck out of it but you can check out the bands myspace page and listen to a few of the songs. If you're not afraid of the hard rockin sounds exploding your head.

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The long awaited Draculas castle blog
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Well I promised everyone a LOOOONG ass time ago that I would talk about our little Mirrors side trip to Dracula's Castle.

It started with a crazy night of drinking and dancing at our favorite club. At 3 am I kept looking at my watch saying hmmm well we're leaving at 8 am so if I walk back to the hotel now I can sleep four hours and then make it to the van and sleep more on the three hour ride to the castle. Noah, Carolyn, Peter, Jaremy, our assistant Laura and myself would be the participants. Carolyn smartly left the club early, Jaremy and Peter and Noah were still in it heavy when I left at 3 for my nap.

At 8 am, I stumbled down tired as fuck sucking down a red bull. Carolyn and Laura were already in the van bright eyed and chipper. Jaremy, Peter and Noah were MIA. Peter showed up moments later surprisingly clear headed for a guy who hadn't yet stopped partying. I called Noah and he said he's be down in a minute. He called me back 5 mins later and said he couldn't see straight or walk and had probably better stay home. We called Jaremy and he said "No way, I'm drunk, Fuck you guys!" Laura pleaded with him. He showed up a few minutes later dragging his bed linen and a bottle of Vodka with him. No one slept on the van as the night of drinking continued to Dracula's castle. One of the pics below is us all yelling at Noah on speaker phone.

Dracula's Castle is not all it's cracked up to be. And that's not just because half of us were drunk. It's rather touristy and very non-threatening, for Dracula's castle. You would expect the prince of darkness's abode to be dreary and creepy with wolf howls in the background and full moons seen through spider webs. Instead you get fat guys in funny hats selling cheese wheels and ashtrays with Vlad the Impaler embossed on them. What they refer to as Dracula's Castle is really just a castle in a good location, that Vlad happened to spend the night in once. Vlad's real castle is hours away and a 1400 step climb to a pile of rubble. Not many places to sell cheese wheels and plastic vampire teeth in the real place. So this has become the adopted Drcaula's castle. Castle Bran is still cool don't get me wrong.  Supposedly Castle Bran is the castle that inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula, so it does have its place in Horror iconography. The ladies that worked there and watched us wander through seemed to get a kick out of us so in the end one of them took me up to a dark and spooky part they kept roped off. They let me lie down on a coffin like slab and took pictures. So that kinda rocked.

But don't think that Vlad the impaler doesn't have cool easy to get to things. Lets talk about his last resting place. His what? You ask. Oh yeah! His last resting place. The Monastery in Snagov lake (swamp more like) where his headless corpse is buried. Can I get a Fuck Yeah! The Snagov Monastery is cool and creepy and definitely whatcha' want. The inside looks like it's painted in giant 2x3 foot tarot cards. They aren't really Tarot cards. But they had the look and feel of them. It was a lot of paintings of people crucified and impaled and cutting others heads off, oh and guys drinking cups of wine…at least I think it was wine…Oh my GOD! maybe it was bl… No it was probably just wine. Anyway.  The Monastery was cool. It was one of those days where we got off early so we had our driver take us to the lake which was a few miles from Castel Studios where we were working. He didn't really know where we were going and it took a few dark dirt roads, a few phone calls and asking an old crone who was sweeping hard packed dirt with a homemade broom for directions but we finally got there. We found an old beaten down wooden dock and we just sat there for a few minutes. I looked at the driver and he said "5 minutes." Sure enough 5 mins later this tiny old man waddled out to a boat on the island and started paddling our way. He took us to the island and it turns out he was the curator of the monastery as well. The Monastery isn't very big but its packed with cool. If you go to Romania its only about an hour from Bucharest and its whatcha' want. Please see the pictures with Vlad's slab in the floor.ROCK.

MM

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Hostel Part II, and other important stuff
Current mood: stressed
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Attention!

Hello my dear Army members. It's been a awhile. I am prepping to go to Shreveport this weekend for a month or so of shooting on a new film from director Jonathon (Chainsaw the beginning). Liebesman. But more on that next post.  I got an email from Eli Roth the other day that I asked his permission to share with you. As some of you may know today Oct. 23^rd Hostel Part II comes out on DVD.

Hey Everyone,

Well, it looks like you all did too good of a job on the film.  Not 
only are we heavily censored in Germany (kids playing soccer with 
heads?  What kids playing soccer with heads?), then banned 
theatrically in New Zealand (not to worry, a government-approved 
censored version will come out on DVD), but last week a member of 
parliament proposed a new law that would result in making it illegal 
to own stills from Hostel Part II:

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2007-10-08a.59.1

(do a word search for "Hostel" on the page and it takes you right to 
his speech.)  Oddly, people can still own the DVD under this law.  
This member of Parliament hasn't even seen the movie (I mean, why 
bother, really?) but his friends saw it and assure him it's "obscene 
and misogynistic."  I guess that's enough for him to go on, and now 
he wants people arrested for having stills from the film.  I'm going 
to England Saturday to do press for the DVD, and if this law passes 
they could arrest me for having Rico's unit photography on my 
computer.  Facism: it never goes out of fashion!

I'll write you all from prison.  Ta-ta!

Eli

Pretty crazy huh. Now go buy this film especially if you in the UK. Well what are you waiting for go buy it already.

Oh and tonight the Scream Awards are on Spike TV at 10 eastern. Tune in and see if we won something????

By the way One of the Army, Holly the Hermit did a logo for us all to share. I would like to see this logo everywhere. Hint, hint.

So in review, your orders are.

1) Buy Hostel Part II.

2) Watch the Scream Awards.

3) Use the official McCarty Army logo.

Dismissed!

MM

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Throw Mamma from the plane.
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Dear McCarty Army It been a while since I wrote, sorry. The General will try to be more timely.

It will go down in history as the weekend of waivers. And No it doesn't have anything to do with my fantasy football team (who got their asses kicked Sunday).  

Contrary to popular belief, or her family lineage, my mother is not crazy…just adventurous. She told me years ago on the phone. "When I turn 60, I wanna jump out of a plane"

I rolled my eyes and flipped to another TV channel on mute. "Yeah okay," I said knowing full well it would probably never happen. But then she kept mentioning it.

"I'm gonna do it I'm serious." Yeah, Yeah, I thought to myself. She was definitely locked into the fact that some day it would happen. Then my cousin Annie got married in sunny southern Florida (isn't it all southern really). My mom went down there and spent a few days lazing around the beach and yucking it up in the bungalows. There was parasailing there and of course she jumped at the idea. Now parasailing is nothing. Its almost like diet sugar free skydiving and I figured it might curb her appetite.  In my mind I'm thinking good, now I don't have to throw her out of a plane. Wrong!

Now she wanted to do it even more. So her 60^th birthday came up two weeks ago and she had planned a trip to come and see me. As luck would have it my brother James was doing some of them Bill Shakespeare plays in San Diego. So he planned to come up and join us. It's so rare that we get to all get together. Even though the whole family wasn't there (her husband Fred and another of my brothers Darrell were not there.) It was still gonna be way worth it.  

Skydiving is one of those things that you plan and never think it will actually happen. The car will break down on the way, or the wind will pick up and they will cancel it. But Nope.  No such luck.

We left around nine thirty in the morning for a noon appointment, in the desert.  It was hot as balls. (why are balls considered hot?) It felt like the earth was being punished. We signed our lives away and laughed at the video which states quite clearly you can be killed doing this and we are not responsible. Sign here, here, here, here, here, here, initial here, here and here, and sign and date here. Then you fill out the form that states what car in the lot is yours and where they can find the keys should you be dead. Then you make a video stating that you are aware of the risks, have read the paperwork, signed everything and are doing this of your own free will. Which feels a little bit like you should be denouncing the government the whole time while blinking save me in Morse code. Of  course my brother did his in a Scottish accent so if he would have been killed we could have sued and said he wasn't in the right frame of mind. It's just a theory mind you, but I think it might be a loophole in the whole thing.

Anyway we suited up in our flattering flight suits, got the 5 minute run down from the instructor.  You don't need much instruction when your doing tandem, which we all were. Seriously if you're gonna do this, go tandem, you don't have to worry about any of the technical stuff to save your life, its just a thrill ride at that point. After the quick instruction we were sent off to the plane. Where you see signs that say beware! Propellers can rip off heads…Awesome.

We loaded into the plane with a bunch of enthusiastic jumpers and in a loud ass whining of Prop engines we were off. Mom looked excited, she claims there was no fear at all just excitement of doing something she always wanted too. The boys in the plane yucked it up with each other and grabbed quick meals of power bars and bottled water. For some of them it was their 6^th or 7^th dive that day. I realized at that moment just how blasé they were about the whole thing. Falling out of a plane is just their jump. Then I noticed, everyone had a helmet except us. "Do I need a helmet?" I said to my guy.

"I hope not," he says with a smile.

When we got to 13,000 feet the entire back of the plane opened up like a bond movie. Within moments, a shit load of people leaped out at the same time, (shitload is a technical term for a lot.) It threw the plane for a loop as a 1000 pounds had just fallen off it. It's at this point you realize exactly what you are about to do. You can't think about it. You just wait till it's your turn, walk to the door and step out. Which I did.

You flip and spin for a moment and before you know what's happened you are screaming towards the earth face first and spread eagle like a cat. You free fall for about 40 seconds at around 120 miles an hour. They call it Terminal Velocity, I call it fucking amazing. I kept checking my altimeter and as we reached 6000 feet I reached back and felt for the ball. (no Jokes please, I did have a man strapped to my back after all.)

I pulled it.

The parachute makes a lot of noise as it comes out, but nothing happens, for a brief instant you say to yourself, It is working right? Then Wham.  You're slammed into your harness as the chute bites air and fills.

Then it's a leisurely float to the earth as you enjoy the view. He let me control the chute for a bit and then took control and threw us into a few spins. Which was where my stomach said, Not today unless you want to see that breakfast again. So I warned him breakfast was knocking on the door and I didn't want it to rain vomit in the desert. He obliged and we safely quietly floated back to earth, The closer we got to ground the hotter it got, and with the adrenaline pumping through your body it was overwhelmingly hot.

Mom landed about 30 seconds after me and had the biggest smile I have ever seen.

So that's what we did on our moms 60^th birthday…What will you do on yours?

MM

Heres the pics.

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Lost Mirrors diary chapter 6 -- veggies and other crap
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Okay I'm officially home and jetlagged as hell, but I have more stories from the set of Mirrors in Romainia. We had been working hard on the set and we played hard too. With one day off a week we would finish shooting around midnight on a Thursday. Then straight to Terminus the pub/club we had come to call home when we could. The party would start right away and around 6 am the thrashed minions of mirrors would drag ass home. Some tossed into cabs by friends. Others led by me back to the hotel. They were like sailboats with no captains just drifting aimlessly. I would occasionally reach out and tug boat them out of the street as I listened to them prattle on about love. "I love you man."  "I love you too now get out of the street." Noah Meddings (a brit) is one of my new friends and he had this idea in his head that he needed vegetables at 6am.  So I let him wander off to the store and get what he wanted. When I talked to him the next day he had no idea why he woke up in bed fully clothed surrounded by fruits and vegetables. Like a veggie outline of a deadman drawn out by the coroner.  Noah rules. Check my myspace top friends and "friend him" tell him you heard he's a c*nt. Brits like that. Check the picture of myself Carlos and Noah, we are all labeled appropriately if you look closely.

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z102/mccarty1313/threeofus.jpg

I love food but somewhere I have to draw the line, check pic number two I bought some crap at a supermarket…but it tasted like shit.

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z102/mccarty1313/crap.jpg

Much Love

MM

Next chapter Dracula's castle!

Currently reading : All the Rage (Repairman Jack Novels) By F. Paul Wilson Release date: 01 August, 2006

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apology to my newest myspace friends

Okay okay i know you put a friend request into me sometime in the last month or something like that. But I have been busy as all hell. for the past 6 years (exageration) I was in Romania working on Alexandre Aja's latest film Mirrors starring Keiffer Sutherland, Paula Patton, and Amy Smart. (true)The last three weeks were 6 day weeks 14 to 16 hour days. (also true)So needless to say I got a little behind (I coulda' found the time who needs sleep).   Today I had to knuckle down and blindly approve 150 of you with out the benefit of visiting your page and commenting(which I like to do personally)

If you sent me an email sometime in the last 14 years (exageration) and haven't gotten a response yet please be patient. It will happen.(true) I am currently in Rome relaxing for a few days and doing research for my Werewolf series. Which hopefully years from now you will all be familair with.(hopefully true)

I have more blogs to write about Mirrors so those are coming too. I still have to tell you about Dracula's castle, and Gino's delayed arrival which forced us to ask Carolyn Milner UK extras casting Wiz to pinch hit as a full fledged FX artist (and she rocked)

Yes the film is finished. yes I will be home soon because Greg has told me there is a ton of work in the shop. No you can't have a job. LOL

And Yes Rome rules and there will be a blog about this as well. Be patient my army. The McCarty Army, the chosen few, my legion. (the guys at the shop like to joke about me building an army through here... so who wants to be a lieutenant?)

MM

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Romanian Mirrors diary Chapter 5 - mayonaiza explosivo
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Have you ever read your I-tunes license agreement closely.

THE APPLE SOFTWARE IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES, AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS, LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES OR OTHER EQUIPMENT IN WHICH THE FAILURE OF THE APPLE SOFTWARE COULD LEAD TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.

Be very careful, I was extremely alarmed as I quite often put my life in the hands of I-tunes. To think that I had been so careless this whole time.

The other day Jaremy and myself went to grab a bite to eat at 11pm at night. We are a little fearful of some of the "odd" foods on set. So sometimes we starve ourselves, because partaking of the set meal is a little like salmonella roulette. Don't get me wrong, I love Roulette. I always bet on black. But here if you loose the bet you don't just loose that hundred you put down…you shit the bed.  Which has happened to one crew member already who shall remain nameless. I texted said person the other night and said "hey you wanna go out and rock somewhere?" He texted back "Sick".  It sounded serious and I knew 7 people on set had gotten food poisoning, so I let him be. Two days later I heard he had lost all control of his bodily functions and shit both the beds in his hotel room. I'm not sure if it was when I texted or not. I can just see it now. The room is dimly lit, covers cast aside in the failing air conditioning, shivers of sweat running down his skin, bzzzzzz "Ohh there's my phone i wonder who's calling, uhhhnn Christ I just shit myself."

Sorry I slipped tracks there I was gonna tell you about my eating experience with Jaremy.  Anyway we went to this place we have been twice before where the girls who work there seem to hate us. The moment I open my mouth they roll their eyes in annoyance. We each ordered a club sandwich, but Jaremy doesn't do Mayonnaise so he ordered his without. And we learned a new helpful phrase. Fara Mayonaiza, which means without mayonnaise (I think.)  Cool. I like learning new stuff. I watched them make mine with and his without mayonnaise. When it came time to put the French fries in the box with our sandwhich's she looked at me and said "Mayonaiza" and I said "No I'm good." Then she took Jaremys box of fries and sandwich without Mayonnaise and squirted a half a bottle over the fries covering his sandwich and the inside of the box she gleefully handed it to us.  Knowing she had got the order right. It was like a Mayonaise hand grenade went off in that box. Hilarious. Really. Jaremy was horrified and just sort of accepted defeat and traded some of my fries for his.  So when in Romania If you want Mayionaise on everything except your sandwich order in "Fara."

Much Love

MM

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