The TromaDance Film Festival is proud to announce our Official Feature and Short Film Selections for the Tenth Anniversary of our Film Festival. As it does every year, the TromaDance Film Festival will run concurrently with the Sundance Film Festival. On this celebratory year, film screenings and events will take place in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, from January 19th-23rd and will screen four truly independent feature films along with over 50 short films.
BAD BIOLOGY
Directed by: Frank Henenlotter| Genre: Horror, Fantasy | Run time: 85 mins | USA | 2008 |
Film Description:
Driven by biological excess, a young man and woman search for sexual fulfillment, unaware of each other’s existence. Unfortunately, they eventually meet, and the bonding of these two very unusual human beings ends in an explosive and ultimately over-the-top sexual experience, resulting in a truly godawful love story. With bizarre special effects by Gabe Bartalos, a hip-hop soundtrack from Prince Paul, produced by R.A. “The Rugged Man” Thorburn, and shot in glorious 35mm, BAD BIOLOGY is guaranteed to shock even the most desensitized of audiences, and sure to become a modern cult classic.
Directed by Frank Henenlotter (Brain Damage, Basket Case, Frankenhooker).
Bad Biology will screen at Brewvies Cinema Pub (677 South 200 West #D Salt Lake City, UT 84101) on Tuesday, January 20th at 11:30PM.
PLAGUE TOWN
Directed by: David Gregory | Genre: Horror | Run time: 85 mins | USA | 2008 |
Film Description:
For a dysfunctional American family, a bonding trip to the Irish countryside is about to go very, very wrong. Folksy locals have a sinister agenda. The forest is filled with packs of giggling, deformed children who enjoy playing sadistically depraved games. And in the nearby village, kindly grandmothers knit a waking nightmare while a blind maiden patiently awaits a suitor. The night fills with joyous laughter and screams of agony. Now the ultimate horror is about to hit home…in a place called PLAGUE TOWN.
Plague Town will screen at Brewvies Cinema Pub (677 South 200 West #D Salt Lake City, UT 84101) on Tuesday, January 20th at 6:15PM.
LOVECRAFT: FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
Directed by: Frank H. Woodward | Genre: Documentary, Horror | Run time: 90 mins | USA | 2008
Film Description:
A fascinating chronicle of the life, work and mind that created the Cthulhu mythos as told through incisive interviews with horror and dark fantasy luminaries such as John Carpenter, Ramsey Campbell, Neil Gaiman, Stuart Gordon, Peter Straub and Guillermo Del Toro.
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown will screen at The Sidecar (333 Main St. 2nd Floor Park City, UT 84101) on Friday, January 23rd at 3:00PM.
THE HAGSTONE DEMON
Directed by: John Springer | Genre: Horror | Run time: 103 mins | USA | 2008
Film Description:
Mark Borchardt (of American Movie fame) utilizes his backwoods persona to add a sense of gritty realism to this creepy character piece of a writer exorcising his demons in director Jon Springer's (Living Dead Girl) subtle and chilling work of terror. Douglas Elmore (Borchardt) is an alcoholic writer and caretaker haunted by visions of his dead wife and pursued by supernatural forces bent on revenge for his past deeds. When tenants start turning up dead in the hallways and stairwells of his brownstone apartment building, Douglas suspects a strange but sexually alluring homeless prostitute named Karna who sleeps in his basement by day and prowls the empty city by night. But as the bodies pile up, Douglas is torn between his growing obsession with Karna and the threat of becoming a prime suspect in a murder investigation.
The Hagstone Demon will screen at the Salt Lake City Library (210 East 400 South Salt Lake City, UT 84060 on Wednesday, January 21st at 6:30PM.
OFFICIAL SHORT FILM SELECTIONS
TUES, JANUARY 20TH
BREWVIES CINEMA PUB 6:00PM - CLOSING
WED, JANUARY 21ST
SALT LAKE CITY LIBRARY, 6:00PM - 9:00PM
An amusing and horrifying study of sex and consumerism. |
FRI, JANUARY 23RD
THE SIDECAR - PARK CITY, UTAH 11:00AM - 5:00PM
The story of a God who cries lonely tears that become rain for a planet of lower beings. These beings consume the rainbows after the daily storm. When the God one day meets a car, he stops crying. He must choose between his friendship with the cat and the fate of a race of people. |
A film about voluptuous moments during the fusion of a soul and flesh. |
An experimental walkthrough the peace movement in the united states. |
A wealthy father traps his son in their mansion in order to keep his love. |
An animated rock-doc about indie recording engineer, Steve Albini. |
An animated fantasia created by San Sebastian's most promising artists. |
This is the story of Joe and his evil, singing brain. See what happens when Joe has his brain replaced with a giant Lithium battery so he can get some sleep. A slapstick silent comedy in the tradition of Buster Keaton set to the music of Daniel Johnston (as the singing brain) and Joanna Newsom. |
A middle-aged science fiction nerd role-plays as his favorite space hero out in the desert when he hits his head and becomes convinced he is a space hero for real. |
The very last reality-show submission video ever made. |
Four ten year-olds are kicked out of their favorite playground by two aggressive drunkards. For only a few marbles, they call upon the one that can help them reclaim it. |
A stop-motion animation based on a Grimm Brothers� fairytale, tells the story of three creatures whose harmonious lives are interrupted by a series of unfortunate events. Real life organic materials and artificial figures interact in this cautionary tale about the nature of change. |
Martos wants to leave his dark past behind, so he undergoes cosmetic surgery to change his face but paranoia may deter him from his final goal: getting away. |
Another description defying piece of docu-dementia by TromaDance favorites, Keener and Ledbetter. |
The cold always complicates things. |
Sam discovers romance amongst society's discarded refuse. A beautiful, enchanting woman named Precious. There's just one catch...Precious is four inches tall. |
Naomi and Robot search the stars to find hope for a post-apocalyptic Earth.
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The weight of the world is making Bunky feel two feet tall. His trust in the system, family, teachers and his friends has been betrayed. His last hope for redemption resides in a powerful talking train. |
A Woodsman's frantic journey, driven by happiness, slaughter, and a confrontation with America's God.
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A single image from the 1930's tells an entire story, revealing a tapestry of secrets hidden in the dark details. A stunning acheivement in short story execution and animation.
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