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In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at the output of Christopher Bickel. Christopher Bickel might not be a household name, but as a director he made a few interesting no-budget films. Hailing from South-Carolina, his films fit the tradition of regional filmmaking. Some of the best no-budget horror films and filmmakers worked directly within their community, often in rural places, seeing filmmaking as a collective thing. You do not need a large budget to make something worthwhile, these regional filmmakers said, and it brought us the likes of George Romero, Herschel Gordon Lewis, Bill Rebane, William Grefé, Andy Milligan and many more. They often made films within their community, with...

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London is set to become the capital of fear this winter as the Soho Horror Film Festival makes its eagerly awaited return for 2024. With an expanded hybrid format, this year’s festival promises to be the biggest yet, delivering a chilling mix of in-person and online scares across two weekends. Kicking off at Brixton’s Whirled Cinema from 22nd to 24th November, the festival then moves online for its Sohome Horror Film Festival from 28th November to 1st December, offering fans a ghoulish feast of over 80 films from 17 countries.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Blair Witch Project, the festival will showcase an exceptional strand of found footage films. Leading the charge is the international premiere of Tim Kasher’s Who’s Watching, a disturbing tale of obsession starring Zachary Ray Sherman. Horror fans can also expect chills from Stuart Ortiz’s documentary Strange Harvest: Occult Murder in the Inland Empire,...

Director Christopher Bickel’s horror film Pater Noster and the Mission of Light is set to receive a release sometime this fall, and today we’ve gotten our hands on two different trailers for the movie! Our friends at Bloody Disgusting unveiled a trailer earlier today that was cut together by the director, and that one can be seen at the bottom of this article. In the embed above is another trailer, and this one was cut together by JoBlo’s own Mike Conway!

Pater Noster and the Mission of Light centers on Max, a young record store clerk who stumbles upon a rare vinyl LP and is drawn into the world of a 1970s hippie commune. An invitation to the remnants of the outlandish cult and their unholy spawn leads to grave and grisly circumstances for Max and her friends. A press release notes that this film is the...

From director Christopher Bickel, the upcoming underground horror movie Pater Noster and the Mission of Light has unleashed an official trailer ahead of a Fall 2024 release.

While we wait for an exact release date, watch the Nsfw Trailer below.

The team previews, “Pater Noster and the Mission of Light is the brainchild of the adventurous underground director whose previously acclaimed works The Theta Girl (2017) and Bad Girls (2022) have sent shockwaves through the underground film community. With an acclaimed track record of unsettling and thought-provoking films, Bickel is poised to take audiences on a nightmarish lysergic hellride that will linger long after the credits roll.”

The film tells the story of Max, a young record store clerk who stumbles upon a rare vinyl LP and is drawn into the world of a 1970s hippie commune. An invitation to the remnants of the outlandish cult and their unholy spawn leads to grave...

Stars: Morgan Shaley Renew, Senethia Dresch, Shelby Lois Guinn, Mike Amason, Dove Dupree, Micah Peroulis, Cleveland Langdale, Jonathan Benton, Shane Silman | Written by Christopher Bickel, Shane Silman | Directed by Christopher Bickel

We recently reviewed Bae Wolf from writer/director David Axe, a filmmaker who got his start in features writing The Theta Girl, from director Christopher Bickel who – unlike Axe – hasn’t followed up that 2017 film with any further features. Instead Bickel has, in the intervening years, spent his time making shorts and music videos. Now however Bickel makes his return to filmmaking by directing and co-writing Bad Girls, a girl-gang homage to the films of Russ Meyer and Jack Hill.

Bad Girls follows three “troubled” women – Val (Morgan Shaley Renew), Mitzi (Senethia Dresch), and Carolyn (Shelby Lois Guinn) – who, after spending their youth in and out of detention halls and jail, work together at a strip club. However the...

After recently announcing that the annual "Romero Lives" celebration will be moving from Pittsburgh to Salem, with a month-long series of screenings and events, we have word from Salem Horror Fest that its first wave of premieres will include Greg Sestero's Miracle Valley:

"First wave premieres have been announced for the fifth annual Salem Horror Fest leading with the world premiere of Miracle Valley written and directed by Greg Sestero, who will personally present the film and whose memoirs were the source of the 2017 Academy Award-nominated film The Disaster Artist, based on his experience making the 2003 cult hit The Room.

Synopsis

An obsessive photographer and his girlfriend are invited to a desert getaway in search of an ultra-rare bird. Fortune, fame, and mending their fading relationship takes a turn at the hands of a sinister force where they face demons from both past, present, and future.

The 2021 slate of...

We are Very excited for the return of Salem Horror Fest this October and they already have some major announcement to share. The annual "Romero Lives" celebration will be moving from Pittsburgh to Salem, with a month-long series of screenings and events planned to celebrate the life and work of George A. Romero! And the first wave of films has been officially announced! Here's the official press release:

Salem Horror Fest has announced first wave of programs for their fifth annual return to the Halloween capital of the world this October.

Romero Lives, the annual retrospective celebrating the life and legacy of George A. Romero, will relocate from Pittsburgh to Salem for a curated month-long series dedicated to the Master of Horror in partnership with The George A. Romero Foundation. Events to include a screening of the newly restored ‘lost’ Romero film, The Amusement Park and the 100th episode of...

We're only days away from the virtual horror pride festival Frightgown! With over 80 LGBTQ+ horror critics and creators involved, the event is all in support of the Transgender Law Center, and we have all the details on the final schedule of events, including feature films, shorts, panels, hangouts, and much, much more!

Salem Ma - June 22, 2021 - Salem Horror Fest and the Horror Queers podcast have announced the final schedule of events for the inaugural Queer Horror Pride celebration Frightgown, a new 3-day virtual Pride festival celebrating queer voices in a series of features, shorts, panels, virtual hangouts, exclusive content for fans and allies alike in support of the Transgender Law Center this Friday, June 25 - Sunday, June 27.

Headlining the event will be a pair of feature films with the virtual premiere of Bad Girls directed by Christopher Bickel and an encore of Death Drop Gorgeous directed by Michael J Ahern,...

We're very excited to share the news that Salem Horror Fest and the Horror Queers podcast are partnering up for a new 3-day virtual pride festival! Frightgown will take place from Friday, June 25 - Sunday, June 27 and the event is in support of the Transgender Law Center:

"Salem, Ma - May 12, 2021 - Salem Horror Fest and the Horror Queers podcast have teamed up to present Frightgown, a new 3-day virtual Pride festival celebrating Queer voices in a series of features, shorts, panels, virtual hangouts, exclusive content and so much more in support of the Transgender Law Center.

“After more than a year of being kept apart, isolated and disconnected from our community, the need for a communal experience has never been more vital. Queer people deserve a celebratory event – an opportunity to reconnect, and to engage with the films, people and discussions that contribute to our experience as fans...

Bad Girls is out now – Order Here – and check out this crazy trailer:

Bad Girls is a shocking drug-fueled post-modern female rage-odyssey from acclaimed director of The Theta Girl, Christopher Bickel, and producer Crystal Colligan

Films Colacitta announces the release of Bad Girls, a violent underground film by Christopher Bickel, premiering in early 2021. 2021 is poised to be the year of the underground film. Due to the void of Hollywood content caused by the 2020 pandemic, audiences are clamoring for new and unusual programming. Heading the charge for unique DIY boutique cinema is Bad Girls, an eye-popping artsploitation road movie from acclaimed director of The Theta Girl, Christopher Bickel. The film’s producer, Crystal Colligan, describes Bad Girls as a “shocking drug-fueled post-modern female rage-odyssey.”

Bad Girls gleefully subverts genre tropes in telling its lurid, hyperreal tale. After robbing a strip club, three desperate teenage girls lead a grizzled Federal Agent on a lysergic cross-country chase,...

Bad Girls Coming early 2021 – Pre-order Here A shocking drug-fueled post-modern female rage-odyssey from acclaimed director of The Theta Girl, Christopher Bickel, and producer Crystal Colligan Films Colacitta announces the release of Bad Girls, a violent underground film by Christopher Bickel, premiering in early 2021. 2021 is poised to be the year of the …

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The Theta Girl Is Coming To A Theater Near You She brought the pills. He brought the kills. Directed by: Christopher Bickel Written & produced by: David Axe Starring: Victoria Elizabeth Donofrio, Shane Silman. Darrelle Dove, Quinn Deogracias, Mike Amason, Len Marini, Aaron Blomberg The Theta Girl is an exercise in sex, drugs, punk rock, …

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Steve Daniels dropped us a line today asking that we share his short film Dirty Silverware with our readers, and we have it for you right here along with some stills and a bit more info on the project.

Dirty Silverware stars Dana Childs, Corin Wiggins, and Katie Krueger. Chris Bickel did the original score, and Michael Meyer provided all the practical special effects. It screened at last year's Fantastic Fest, Toronto After Dark, and the Hp Lovecraft Film Fest and tied for Best Short Film at the 2011 Sitges film festival, considered to be the world's foremost fantasy/horror genre festival.

Daniels tells us, "The film is unique in that it features many first-time talents to filmmaking. Dana Childs, who plays the lead character, Jack, is missing part of his right arm in real life and directly inspired me to write the story. We had never met, but I had...