This week takes place the 12th edition of the MOTELX – Lisbon International Horror Film Festival. The festival, that will open tomorrow with the world premiere of this weekend’s upcoming hit flick The Nun (2018), will also have in its line up other films like John McPhail‘s Anna and the Apocalypse (2017), Xavier Gens‘ Cold Skin (2017), Yasumasa Konno‘s Exorcism of Mary Lamb (2018), Pascal Laugier‘s Ghostland (2018), Panos Cosmatos‘ Mandy (2018), Nicolas Pesce‘s Piercing (2018), Steven Soderbergh‘s Unsane (2018), Leigh Whannell‘s Upgrade (2018) and Paco Plaza‘s Verónica (2017) among many other short and long length features.
Among the mentioned films, the festival will also host the world premiere of USA and Portugal production of Troma’s Mutant Blast (2018). The movie is the debut in a feature film of Fernando Alle, director of horror comedy short films like Papá Wrestling (2009), O Rim (2008) or the awarded Banana Motherfucker (2011). The movie has been co-written between Alle and Adrián Cardona, the creator of the popular gore comedy short film Fist of Jesus (2012).
In Mutant Blast (2018), Maria, a fearless soldier, and TS-347, a man with superhuman strength, are being pursued by a military cell responsible for scientific experiments that have resulted in a zombie apocalypse. On the way, they will meet Pedro, a man with few ambitions and a great hangover. Together, they will try to escape to a safe place, but complications will cross their paths in the form of a nuclear bomb. The movie has been described by the author himself as a “break-up letter to zombie films”.
Mutant Blast (2018) has been produced by Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman, founders and head of Troma Entertainment, together with director Fernando Alle. No release date for the movie has been announced, but it is to expect that once this week it has the world premiere it will be part of the abundant and exciting Troma catalog, sharing a spot with titles like Surf Nazis Must Die (1987), Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1990), Tromeo and Juliet (1996), Father’s Day (2011), the Class of Nuke’Em High and Toxic Avenger sagas and many other bizarre enjoyable flicks. Check the festival site for more information and tickets here.
