Friday, November 1, 2024

We Back to Rollin'

 Wrestling With Ghosts vs. Proctor


HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! The Mystery Gang of Funk decides to camp overnight in the most remote city on the Eastern Seaboard, the flooded logging town of Proctor, North Carolina. Experiencers have said this area is rife with paranormal oddities and real world dangers: spirits, the little people of the Smokies, the Cherokee legend of Spearfinger, ghost lights, forest guardians, wild boars, bears, and rumors of roaming feral humans. There are no roads or highways leading to Proctor, only 2 very long trails or a ferry. Their investigation of the Calhoun House, Proctor cemetery and the hidden boarding house yield interesting results. They missed serious danger from being stranded by the rising waters of Hurricane Helene by mere hours. #paranormal #ghost #ghosttown



Filming for "Showdown in Secret City" Begins!
Extras Needed

Halloween may be over- but the horror doesnt have to end! 
Big N Funky Productions needs extras for Sunday November 17th for their next horror/ comedy movie "Showdown In Secret City" If you are interested, please let me know by emailing me! We are shooting in North Knoxville. 

Our award winning feature films are seen all over the world via Tubi, FAWESOME, ASY TV, Reveel TV, Prime, Plex etc etc. Be a part of movie history in a film about AI and the Oak Ridge Super Computer #oakridge #ai #supercomputer #horrorcomedy







Sam Hatmaker featuring EmiSunshine
Hercules



We are stupid excited about this indie country/ Americana video dropping soon! Hercules is a great new song from these Nashville cats and we were honored to be chosen to produce it. Follow Sam Hatmaker or EmiSunshine on social media for the deets. #newcountry #samhatmaker #emisunshine #hercules






Top 100 Atari Games of All Time


Big N Funky Productions and Jon Stoll II from the Atari Network combined to create a top 100 count down of the best Atari games of all time: From the Arcades to the 2600, 5200, 7800, Jaguar, Lynx, VCS and even modern systems, but sorry nerds! No computers! Every Saturday, watch the countdown and participate in the live chats at 7PM EST. Will YOUR favorite game make the list??? #atari #atari2600 #retrogaming








Weird Roads w/ Vinnie Vineyard


Keep an eye out for a new ASY TV travel show called "Weird Roads w/ Vinnie Vineyard" as Brandon Bishop chases me around the country as I showcase little known highways, byways  and crazy cool locations that I have experienced during my time driving taxis in the South, ghost hunting, entertaining the masses, and running from the long arm of the law. Show premiere to be announced soon. #travel #route66 #haunted





Wednesday, August 7, 2024

2025... the Year of tha' FUNK

 2024 has been a pretty quiet year for ole Big N Funky...

BUT 2025 WILL BE THE CRAZIEST YEAR YET.

Look at all of the movies and TV shows we are getting involved in:


Showdown in Secret City

Comedy/ Sci Fi/ Horror

The 4th chapter of the Smoky Mountain Chronicles. This horror/ comedy/ sci-fi movie is the most ambitious one yet. Four filmmakers are forced to comply with a movie executive's ridiculous demands to work with computer AI to create a blockbuster or else. 





Swipe Wrong (w/ ASY TV)

Comedy/ Fantasy

Dating in the digital age can be risky... Dating apps can sometimes hit, but more often than not, they miss. Adam gives online dating a chance, but instead of finding love, he finds himself on an unbelievably mystical and absolutely ridiculous journey that starts over and over again with every swipe to the right. 




Gig Workers (w/ Supermagicboy Productions)

Comedy/ Crime



Danny is a frustrated middle aged man, working as a delivery driver alongside a cavalcade of odd ball characters charged with the same task: deliver food and groceries to lazy people for pennies on the dollar. Danny's dreams have taken a back seat, and his fortunes continue to take turns for the worse, until one day, one of his customers opens his eyes to the possibility of a new life.




Vinnie's Vantastic Rock N Roll Redemption (w/ ASY TV)

Comedy/ Musical


Vinnie is back. After years of "Hugging it Out" on the stage with the band HUGS, the rest of the band meets their untimely ends looking for an artifact that could change Rock n Roll history. To preserve the legacy of HUGS, Vinnie hops back into the van and hits the road looking for redemption in this hilarious van life road trip sequel.



Wrestling With Ghosts 

New episodes of the funkiest ghost show in the lands!

Tabor City Jail, Greenback Castle, and the Ghost Town of Proctor





Weird Roads w/ Vinnie Vineyard



Vinnie Vineyard is also known as Funkmaster V, a pro wrestling, ghost hunting, bounty hunting, bass slapping filmmaker, who also runs a taxi cab company in the south. During all of these decades of adventures, Funkmaster has experienced his fair share of true crime stories, paranormal events, weird roadside attractions and disturbing sights and scenes. Get in loser. Let's go drive down some weird roads.



Spooky Travels w/ Kandi Thompson



A dark journey through history. The spookier, the creepier, the scarier, THE BETTER.


Tuesday, July 16, 2024

SUMMER OF FUNK... and COUNTRY...

 Sam Hatmaker's "ACCENT" Video


Those of us in Big N Funky Productions may be more known for funk and rock than country, but we were thrilled to get to do the video for the new song "ACCENT" by Sam Hatmaker. The video shoot ended up being a blast, even though we were surrounded by cow pies on all sides. It was like a poop-nam out there. This video also features Big Luke wearing Croc cowboy boots and our old pals Fish Fisher and Emi Sunshine. Oh yeah! One of the Big N Funky twins is in it, too: Nick Martineau (Vinnie's Vantastic, Camp Smokey) played drums on the vid. They are hoping this vid gets a rotation on CMT... So say a prayer, ya'll!!! #fishfisher #samhatmaker #accent #emisunshine


 New Wrestling With Ghosts Episodes


The kids in Wrestling With Ghosts are heading to the remote ghost town of Proctor this summer. This town is where Funkmaster V's brother, John Vineyard, ran into a paranormal entity multiple times while he was being chased by bears on a three day hike in the Great Smoky Mountains. This location's history and the lore of the area was the partial inspiration for the movie "The Hike". The team's dealings with Spearfinger were near there, as well. Check out this episode of "It Happened to Me" and await patiently for our next adventure... please.  

Also, a lost episode of WWG will be coming down the pike, where the gang investigated the Greenback Castle in Greenback Tennesseee. It is the most wild roadside attraction you will ever see, full of space predictions, recipes for spiritual food and science theories. 
#wrestlingwithghosts #proctor #greenbackcastle #paranormal #ghosts

Funkmaster V and Kandi Get New TV Shows


Brandon Bishop from ASY TV will be shooting some new TV shows for his streaming network featuring some Big N Funky pals. Funkmaster V's TV show will feature weird roads and wild stories that he has endured during his travels as a taxi driver in the South. Kandi's show will probably feature girly crap and lots of pink. The shows have not been named, but shooting will start for both in the late summer. More details to come!!! #asytv




Big N Funky is revving up to film their 4th feature late this year: Showdown in Secret City and will co-produce two films in 2025: Two comedies, one from ASY TV and one from Super Magic Boy Productions. Stay tuned! 




Saturday, February 17, 2024

Big N Funky Gettin' Down

 WWG vs. The Historic Scott County Jail


The Ghost Biker, Miranda Young, co-owns the Historic Scott County Jail- and she be sayin' this place be haunted. Wrestling With Ghosts strolled up into Huntsville, TN to take a peek at jailhouse life, mob justice, nasty ghost women, evil menz, prudish sheriffs and the history and lore of a jail rich with bad energy and pranksters. And in this episode, Big Luke introduces his new paranormal tool: a remote controlled Fart Machine with "arresting" results. #ghosts #hauntedjail" #paranormal


Wrestling With Ghosts- New 90's Sitcom Intro



Wrestling With Ghosts will return 02/16/2024 at 7:30PM EST with a brand new investigation at Miranda Young's (aka The Ghost Biker) Historic Scott County Jail in Huntsville, TN. As with most jails, the place has an extremely interesting history and many colorful characters, including "mob justice" where inmates were drug out of the jail and jailers killed if they got in the way. But first, a new intro- inspired by 90s sitcoms... of course. #wwg #scottcounty #hauntedjail


Tuesday Tubi Movie Night!



Big Luke, Funkmaster V, and Magician/ Comedian Danny Whitson will spend every other Tuesday discussing some sort of low budget film, or B movie. This will be a live roundtable on the Big N Funky Productions Youtube Page at 7:30PM EST. Participate in the chat! Its like a sewing circle/ book club that discusses the theatrical stinkers and low budget surprises from the streaming service Tubi. As filmmakers and fans of the bizarre ourselves, we can't wait to devour the messes Luke finds for us on there. This week, we spy the simply amazing comedy/ action film "Baby Cat", directed by  and starring Natalie Cotter and Fawn Winters.


Go to The Big N Funky Productions Youtube page and like, subscribe and notify so you wont miss the show! 


Friday, January 19, 2024

Wrestling With Ghosts Returns TONIGHT FO FREE!!!!

 Wrestling With Ghosts vs. The Causey Light


Wrestling With Ghosts invades Nichols South Carolina to see what this legendary ghost light is all about. You can see by our dorky faces, we captured something really funkin' cool down there. Check out this remixed episode airing for the first time TONIGHT, January 19th 2024 at 7:00PM EST on the Big N Funky Productions Youtube Page! This is part of Funky Fridays, new content every Friday from the Big N Funky gang, 





Reveel TV kicks down the Streaming Doors



What is Reveel TV? Well, it is a pretty cool app that is TOTALLY FREE. You can check it out on Roku or download the app on your silly little devices. Watch the cross country comedy musical: "Vinnie's Vantatsic Rock N Roll Adventure" and the 3rd movie in the Smoky Mountain Chronicles: "Camp Smokey". You can actually have a 4 movie Big N Funky marathon up in this place.  I dig it. 

Here's the link:







Terrific Review From Pop Horror!

Charlie Michael Cargile is a horror movie reviewer, he watched WJHC AM on New Year's Eve (Very Appropriate) and wrote a very flattering review of the film. Check out the gloss below:

https://medium.com/@charliemichaelcargile/wjhc-am-65ff98f4aa54



Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Friday the 13th!!!

 Big N Funky Shindig Friday the 13th!!!

It's FREEEEEEEEEEE!!!


Folks, there’s going to be a FREE party October 13 at the Chatterbox Bar in Knoxville Tennessee. It's Movie-licious!!! There’s going to be a screening of the route 66 comedy “Vinnie’s Vantastic Rock N Roll Adventure”, AND there’s going to be a screening of our brand new horror movie “Camp Smokey”, comedians like Lance Adams, live music with Big Luke, vendors, movie merch, food trucks, pool, darts, Beer, pretty women… what more do you want? It’s totally free, but the film makers will take donations! Starts 6PM. #campsmokey


New Store has so Much Cool Stuff!



Dude, are you kidding me? Check out our new store and please considering buying some merch! There's DVDs/ Blu-Rays/ Action Figures/ Stickers/ T-shirts/ Autographs and more soon. Every little bit helps and purchasing funky stuff helps fund more funky horror comedies for years. 




Camp Smokey Wins Horror Award


"Camp Smokey" rocked the Thrills, Chills, and Kills fest in Nashville this year. It was nominated for best film out of 64 entries, and Vinnie Vineyard and Luke Walker won Best Director! That's a great fest and we are honored to snag any award from that one! #thrillschillsandkills #bestdirector




Horror Nation Loves Camp Smokey


Ryan Dailey raves about Camp Smokey in his review of the movie on the Horror-Nation website. Click here to read the review! He claims Luke Walker is the next Ash Williams! Whoa! Someone needs to bake him some cookies. #horrornation #ryandailey 



Funkmaster V at Radio Conference



The National Grassroots Radio Conference (GRC)

Funkmaster V (Vinnie Vineyard) is a keynote speaker at this years at the GRC. He will discuss his love of independent radio and the making of WJHC AM. There will be a screening of WJHC AM every evening downtown! So cool! 

This year's conference takes place in Charleston, West Virginia, from October 19th to October 22nd, with WTSQ 88.1 FM as the host radio station.

4 day conference highlighting:

  • Collaboration & Networking with fellow Grassroots Broadcasters
  • Cutting-edge Workshops
  • Insightful Panel Discussions
  • Inspiring Keynote Presentations

Don't miss this opportunity to be a part of the Grassroots Radio Movement.




Interviews For Daze

The media tour has ramped up! Check out these interviews to learn all you want about the Big N Funky family and future products!

The Strange  Films Podcast #44- Vinnie Vineyard










Danny Whitson's Brand New
Comedy/ Magic Album Drops Everywhere



Danny Whitson releases a new, unique comedy album that harkens back to 90's comedy albums like Adam Sandler's "They Are All Gonna Laugh At You." Danny combines sketches, live stand up, and interactive magic tricks THAT YOU CAN PERFORM while you are listening. Funkmaster V, Vinnie Vineyard makes an appearance during "The Flask" sketch as the bartender.