From a Comedy and Paranormal Production House, Comes a Horror Movie Like No Other

Big N Funky Productions started in 2015 when Vinnie Vineyard and Luke Walker started writing, wrestling, booking, and producing a wrestling television show for Fox TV. It lasted six months.

Viewers loved the odd ball pro wrestling program that featured vignettes such as a wrestler on the couch talking to his demented psychologist, a man obsessed with Funk music who constantly hit on female guests, and that time a grappler took a laxative before a match to appease the show's sponsor to self deprecating results. The wrestlers on the other hand were confused by the format, and the show imploded upon itself.

Chalk that one up to experience.

Vineyard and Walker have had more success recent years. One bright spot has been their paranormal TV show “Wrestling With Ghosts” that airs on ASY TV. Wouldn't you know it? It is the only paranormal show on TV that combines actual paranormal investigations with comedy skits. On that program, the guys produce, write, film and star in the show and try to get the ghosts to laugh at their antics, and the results have been very interesting. The show has a cult following, and because of that success, they produce three other shows for the network.

The guys are not finished making genre busting entertainment.

In quarter number four of this coronavirus plagued entertainment year, Walker and Vineyard have been tag teaming again, this time making a horror movie based on their adventures together. “The Hike” is billed as being based on actual events, and according to the pro wrestler/ comedians, its absolutely true. Much of the story is based on the misadventures of Vinnie's brother hiking in the Smoky Mountains. Other true aspects come from their show “Wrestling With Ghosts”, where the entire team tries to track Cherokee legend “Spearfinger” down on the most haunted trail in North Carolina: “Nolan Creek Trail”. They apparently found enough uncanny evidence to spark an interest in making a horror movie based on their experiences on that episode. This is Big n Funky Productions' first feature film.

“The Hike” is a horror movie, but coming from Vineyard and Walker, there will be plenty of humorous moments, as well as scares. Researching IMDB tells us that there will be an appearance by a group of Furries, someone portraying Elvis Impersonator Lou Vuto and THE Charlie Hodge (Elvis's scarf and towel man), and something called “Beastiality” the wrestler. Throw in Spearfinger, random racy polaroids tossed around the trails of the Smoky Mountains and you are gonna have the most unique horror movie to come out of the south since Evil Dead. Vineyard, Walker, and their co-star from “Wrestling With Ghosts” Travis Graves will be doing their own stunts and promise for some pretty intense action sequences, as well.

The film stars foxy rock n roller Kandi Thompson and Vinnie Vineyard (summoning his inner Funkmaster V wrestling persona) as a couple in over their heads in the deep woods. Luke Walker directs and stars, along with Travis Graves, Scott Lane (Spiderman: Homecoming, The Walking Dead), Keith Gavins, Kirby Gocke, Justin Thompson, Mitch Gore, and Tony Covington. There's also music from Toledo's Fish Fisher and Asheville's Spaceman Jones and the Motherships.

“The Hike” will be released this fall. Check out www.TheHike2020.com or www.FunkmasterV.com for more info.

Big N Funky Productions
912 Wears Valley Rd
Pigeon Forge TN 37863

Big N Funky Productions is a full service independent production company based in East Tennessee. We specialize in TV series, commercials, webs series, voice overs, scores, and full length feature films.