LA Screening with Introduction by Blanche Barton, Former High Priestess of the Church of Satan!
HM157, 3110 N Broadway, Los Angeles 90031
Saturday, July 25th at 9pm
$10
FREE “Mystery Prizes” Raffle!
Former High Priestess of the Church of Satan, Blanche Barton, was the partner and “left-hand” woman to Anton LaVey, Founder of the Church of Satan, during the height of “Satanic Panic” in the USA.
From the mid 1980’s to early 90’s American media proliferated stories emphasizing the rise of Satanism, ritual murder, teenagers brainwashed by heavy metal music. But how much did preachers and journalists inflate facts to sell tabloids?
Join us for a rare appearance by Blanche Barton who will speak about her experiences during the “Satanic Panic,” to be followed by a compilation by Druid Underground Film Festival founder Billy Burgess of frightening and humorous Christian propaganda and occult law enforcement procedure videos.
This is an exclusive introduction to the 8th Annual Druid Underground Film Festival (DUFF) program of short films, a high-powered event of subversive cinema, including found footage from the trashiest cuts of amateur monster movies, Christian scare films and shocking instruction videos compiled by Billy Burgess; and an hour of rowdy short films celebrating absurd, creative and ecstatic cinema. Featuring over a dozen filmmakers including:
Matthew Silver’s Heartpocalypse
Vitamin Wig C’s Laurel and Hardy’s Sagamore Hut
Teemong’s Psychle
Cecelia Condit’s Possibly in Michigan
Garrett Davis and Kirsten Lepore’s Story from North America
WEST COAST US TOUR:
7/25 Los Angeles, CA @ hm157
7/31 San Francisco, CA @ Artists’ Television Access
8/3 Arcata, CA @ Richards’ Goat Tavern & Tea Room
8/6 Portland, OR @ Clinton Street Theater
8/9 Olympia, WA @ Le Voyeur
8/10 Seattle, WA @ Grand Illusion Cinema
Showcasing the wildest in underground filmmaking from around the world since 2006, The Druid Underground Film Festival is the only nationally touring underground film festival in North America. From gallery screenings in LA to the art house theaters of Manhattan, DUFF continues to blow audiences’ minds from coast to coast!
After a night of bizarre films and free raffle prizes, find out why Flavorpill says DUFF doesn’t so much “defy convention as mow it down, douse it in kerosene, and flick a Zippo at it!”
Festival shirts/pins/DVDs available at the merch table!
JOIN US!