Lucky number 13 on the countdown is Mike O’Mahoney. Mike is the head ass kicker at Maniac Films. He’s also a sick puppy, but that’s why I
like him. Since founding Maniac Films
in 2009, Mike has directed a throwback slasher flick Deadly Detour: The Goat
Man Murders and a killer clown splatter comedy Sloppy the Psychotic. At the Days of the Dead convention in
Atlanta last year, he was kind enough to give me copies of both. I really liked deadly Detour, and I LOVED
Sloppy. You can check out my Sloppy
review HERE. Deadly Detour is currently
available on Amazon and Sloppy will be released early next year by Chemical
Burn Entertainment…featuring a quote from yours truly on the cover. He’s
currently hard at work on postproduction on Maniac’s new flick
I.B.S. Check out Maniac Films on
Facebook HERE and be the fist to know the release details. So Mike, tell us what Halloween means to
you…
“What does Halloween mean to me? I have no idea, I’ve never
thought about it before. I know that growing up it was my favorite holiday, and
for the last 4 years I have been living it year round through my movies, but
its meaning??? No clue.
Halloween is the time of year where the weather is nice, TV actually has something good on, you can give candy to children you don’t know without getting the cops called on you, and people can pretend they’re someone else for a night and live out their twisted, bloody fantasies. Speaking of twisted bloody fantasies… I’m looking through old Halloween pictures of me as a child and every year all of my costumes involve blood and a weapon of some sort. Zombie with hatchet, vampire with stake, car wreck victim, machete wielding werewolf, cheerleader…well, not all of my fantasies involve blood. But most do!
Halloween is the time of year where the weather is nice, TV actually has something good on, you can give candy to children you don’t know without getting the cops called on you, and people can pretend they’re someone else for a night and live out their twisted, bloody fantasies. Speaking of twisted bloody fantasies… I’m looking through old Halloween pictures of me as a child and every year all of my costumes involve blood and a weapon of some sort. Zombie with hatchet, vampire with stake, car wreck victim, machete wielding werewolf, cheerleader…well, not all of my fantasies involve blood. But most do!
Remember getting into your costume at noon because you were too excited to
wait? Or planning the best neighborhood route to walk to acquire the most
candy? How about toilet papering the neighbor’s house all in the spirit of
Halloween? I remember doing all of these and more!I guess what Halloween means to me is fun; and that’s why I drag it out year round, trying to have fun every day. It is easily the coolest holiday of the year, so why wouldn’t I? What other holiday even comes close? Christmas?? Pffft, please…”
3 comments:
Mike is a sick bastard that makes some awesome movies. Cant wait to see IBS!
Mike is a sick bastard that makes some awesome movies. Cant wait to see IBS!
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