No, seriously, that's their name.
Back in May, they were here in Omaha. I'd read about them in the Weird Herald and went to check them out. All I knew is that a film that had been shot here - Bert - would be premiering there. Beyond that, I had not a clue.
Well, it was SO much fun! They have two rooms running films simultaneously, one running short movies (30 minutes or less), the other running long form (up to about two hours). It's a film festival that will take anything as long as it's not pornographic, and will accept films as long as there's time available in the schedule, unlike other festivals.
This is where I discovered the movie "The Monster of Phantom Lake" which is a parody of 50s and 60s science fiction and horror movies, and is screamingly funny. (Yes, I just used the word screamingly) ... I bought a copy of the movie from the director, who was there, Christopher Mihm I think his name is. He has a sequel out now called It Came From Outer Space, and a third movie will be out soon, Cave Women on Mars.
Anyway, they'll be in Des Moines in October ...
http://bigdamnfilmfest.com/des%20moines.html is the website for October, or you can go to
www.bigdamnfilmfest.com to see everything.
I'll be going. If anyone wants to ride along, let me know.
