Announcing a new four session class: “Kenneth Anger – American Cinemagician.” February of 2025 will be devoted to a closer look at the man, the magician, and the occult filmmaker supreme: Kenneth Anger! (NB: video recordings will be made available to those who sign up but can’t make it ”live”). American “cinemagician” Kenneth Anger (1927-2023) was and remains a powerful source of inspiration for many generations of experimental artists and magicians. Anger’s meticulous work in personal and poetic films—and also his chronicling of dark aspects of Hollywood history in the legendary bestsellers Hollywood Babylon 1 and 2—make for a fascinating […]
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DRUID UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVALANNOUNCES EAST COAST US TOUR, FUNDRAISER After a successful West Coast tour, including a rousing opening ceremony with former High Priestess Blanche Barton, the 8th Annual Druid Underground Film Festival (DUFF) plunges into the second half of the 2015 season from Boston to Houston. A high-powered two-part blast of subversive cinema, the Druid Underground Film Festival’s 8th edition kicks off with a hilarious FOUND FOOTAGE ASSAULT, dynamically mixing the trashiest cuts from amateur monster movies, insane Christian scare films and shocking instruction videos lovingly sourced from the decrepit VHS vaults of DUFF curator Billy Burgess. THEN join […]
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 […]
Billy Burgess curates 13+ of the Most Extreme Shorts from the First 6 Years of The Druid Underground Film Fest. With over a dozen filmmakers, including Brent Weinbach (Comedy Bang Bang), Margie Schnibbe (Pornstar Pets), Ignacio Genzon (Hipster Holocaust), this program is packed with extra features! FREE STICKER INSIDE! PROGRAM: GANGSTER PARTY LINE Brent Weinbach Call 1-213-373-4253 if you want a bunch of really pissed off dudes to harass you for only 4.99 per minute. SQUEEZE Brent Weinbach Two muscle-bound dudes shake hands so hard in the hardware store that their clothes rip off and other stuff happens of a more spectral nature. […]