ABOUT MR. FRIGHTS:
If you've
ever stumbled across our little site and after looking around thought to
yourself "who is or what is Mr. Frights?" we're about to tell you...
Got more questions? Contact Mr. Frights though email at: mrfrights at mrfrights.com
MR. FRIGHTS
Mr. Frights, as you know from our front page, is all about promoting and producing entertaining horror content focusing on the fun roots of the genre. But what does that mean?
It means that this site, Mr. Frights, and anything we do is not about "sleazy" horror. We also don't deal with extreme exploitation of violence or sex in horror. We feel there are already many websites out there who indulge those things.
To clarify, we are totally cool with movies like the original SAW. Friday the 13th films, Nightmare on Elm Street movies, Halloween movies, independent films that follow the like, etc. -- are all fun and we love them. But we won't be pushing things like the SAW sequels and Hostel which get progressively more exploitive.
While we respect the films themselves and the filmmakers' visions in what they were trying to get across to the audience, and while we may be fans of some of those flicks, Mr. Frights isn't about the torture-centric, exploitative side of horror.
No, we're not all PG13, but we are definitely not NC17.
We want to offer fans horror entertainment. We offer fun tips for enjoying Halloween throughout the year. We offer recommendations of things we think fans would like in the way of books, movies, TV, music, and so on. We try to interview some of the most interesting people in horror, past, present, and future. We make cheesy & scary horror videos, cartoons, and shorts. We host contests in which we hope to offer some cool little prizes for our fans/followers as we try to get people in on the fun with us.
Mr. Frights is meant to be fun and funny and meant to bring out that joy we all have in hiding our eyes when something awesome is about to happen to a victim on screen. Quite simply... We're a celebration of the macabre!
BEHIND MR. FRIGHTS
Mr. Frights is the culmination of a lifetime of fanship of horror. Creator Justin Lewis (a.k.a. J. Michael Lewis or just 'J' if you're saucy) saw his first major horror flick over 22 years ago when Halloween 4 came out. From that point on he was hooked on the genre and ate up everything he could about it.
From even earlier on Justin was a fan of Halloween. It seems it was always his favorite holiday as he was so interested in building costumes and going all out for decorations during the holiday and eventually throwing the sickest Halloween parties with a haunted house filled with his high school friends.
Flash forward a lot of years and you'd find www.temperedzealot.com which is a website dedicated to the movie work [some of it award winning] of Jerod Brennen & Justin Lewis. The two started out in 2004 writing screenplays and making their first short, a video where darkness inevitability catches up to the on screen main character.
Five years later after stepping back to reasses Jusin's original filmmaking goals, Mr. Frights was born. Now, Justin IS Mr. Frights. Only a few others share this secret. Our friends...
in no particular order:
J.D. Larabee; Jerod Brennen; and Dave "Smooze" Szymusiak
We also work with Craig McGee who is a long time respected horror movie reviewer, writer, and filmmaker. Craig's input and connections have and continue to help shape Mr. Frights' image.
Aaron "Doc" Hay is the creator of the Mr. Frights makeup design.
With their help Mr. Frights has and continues to develop into a base for horror entertainment. Together they make up Team Frights. The team is always growing as we develop and find new things to offer fans. If you're interested in working with Team Frights please feel free to contact Mr. Frights to discuss it.