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Set in the dark depths of a strange and mysterious power supply complex, ELLIOT tells the tale of a conflicted humanoid struggling to maintain his reality and understand his true identity. Elliot is thrust into a disconcerting downward spiral of despair in which he is forced to recognise the perils of his own cognition and constructed ideals in a crumbling universe where the lines between fantasy, simulation, and reality are blurred, and the fibers of Elliot’s fragile existence are ruptured.
Short film: TERATOMORPH

1989. In an era of Nintendo-mania, toymaker giant Mattel unleashes a bold technological experiment to an eager public. The POWER GLOVE: the first video game controller that allows players to operate Nintendo games with intuitive hand gestures. Despite immense hype surrounding its release, the product is a critical failure, disappointing thousands of children with its subpar gameplay. More than two decades later, however, dedicated fans continue to repurpose the Power Glove for art pieces, hacking projects, electronic music, and more.

An animated reaction to masculine stereotypes and tired cliches.

This famous porn-chique classic is rare in that it's artful, titillating, surreal, disturbing and melancholic, thanks to its status as the only psychological horror porn. The film will be screened in a rare 35mm print and will be introduced by famous artist Willem de Ridder, who will take us back to the first porn festival, Wet Dreams, which took place in Amsterdam in 1970/71.

The latest film in the reboot of the infamous Guinea Pig series, The Song of Solomon, is an utterly twisted, apocalyptic, religious horror film that combines the exorcist genre with the underground gore film. With special effects courtesy of Toetag films (August Underground) and Oddtopsy (American Guinea Pig: Bouquet of Guts and Gore), and a starring role for Jim van Bebber (Deadbeat at Dawn).

A group of Las Vegas showgirls undergoes commando training to fight terrorists in this classic slice of sexy 80's cheese. The film will be shown on VHS, including trailers and with all the glitches intact.

Three alien 'space babes' crash on earth and need the power of love and erections to escape. They are hunted by their enemies, de-evolved males called the Scrotes, but learn to 'embrace' the male species again in this funny, sexy, sci-fi romp that is an ode to both sexploitation and sci-fi serials from the late fifties and early sixties.
Co-producer, DOP and 2019 festival guest Scott Schirmer will be present to introduce the screening!

Porn-chique's best director, Radley Metzger, once again finds the balance between sex, class and humor in this classic hardcore porn. Restaurant food is not the only thing entering your body in this film...

A family's holiday dinner is interrupted by a band of bloodthirsty vagrants. As secrets float to the surface, the dinner quickly devolves into an all out class war. A shockingly violent and darkly comic commentary on modern life.

Using footage from over 2000 VHS tapes, the found-footage comedy collective Everything is Terrible! tells the story of our Dark Lord Lucifer. A wild, entertaining and thrilling ride with fragments of everything from satanic panic scare videos, Christian children's entertainment, low-budget B-horror, Jerry Maguire and cheap religious rapture movies.

In this fun Australian creature feature, the wilderness of the outback is a place where a giant monstrous boar can slip under the radar, until it kills you. Bad news for backpackers!

The latest film by gonzo low-budget director Damon Packard (Reflections of Evil, Foxfur) starts out as a riff on films like Basic Instinct and Fatal Attraction, but quickly turns into something more psychedelic, off-kilter and volatile. Filmed without a permit at real Los Angeles locations, with a cast filled with celebrity look-a-likes, this is underground filmmaking at its strangest.

Haunted by the movie 'Jaws' since childhood, a filmmaker discovers why the movie affected him so deeply.

It's time for a young African American to meet with his white girlfriend's parents for a weekend in their secluded estate in the woods, but before long, the friendly and polite ambiance will give way to a nightmare.

A man is taken captive by a feral family in the deep woods. They are determined to transform him, body and mind, into one of their own -- whether he likes it or not. What starts of as a traditional slasher becomes much more interesting all of a sudden, which is business as usual in a Scott Schirmer-film.

When a gangster and his followers threaten to take over the city, it is up to a martial arts master and a street fi ghter to stop them. It’s like that martial arts movie where EVERYBODY FUCKING DIES. Shown in 16mm.

A documentary about Richard Stanley’s failed attempts to make a feature film of The Island of Dr. Moreau. At least we have some brilliant anecdotes left.

The wildest ride of this BUT Film Festival is this second selection of Midnight Madness. A drug called purple neon when people abuse it become susceptible to a demon queens demands. A trash horror masterpiece of epic proportions!

Broadcasting through a makeshift network of discarded televisions, this story is tangled up in the aftermath of Los Angeles worst earthquake nightmare. Travel between screens and aftershocks into the twisted lives of the survived. Debut feature of musician Flying Lotus, with a huge roster of counter-culture comedians from America. Deliberately off-putting, hilariously offensive and crazily off-the-wall.

Five friends go camping, releasing the sexual tension with games of truth or dare and skinny dipping. That doesn't stop a libidinous monster from outer space from becoming part of the romantic camping-trip. Sexy monster-movie with great characters and a beautifully off-beat style. Schirmer throws in a lot of nudity and a cool monster in this erotic mystery-fantasy. Starring Ellie Church.

An outlaw biker finds himself addicted to a diabolical substance and hunted by a grenadetossing femme fatale, bounty hunters, law enforcement, a rival motorcycle gang, mutations and a topless stripper hit squad. Trashy fun in retro-grindhouse-style, with lots of humor and kick-ass characters.

Written by Stephen Biro, it is the second part of the American Guinea Pig series. 'Japan's Darkest Secret is Americas Newest Nightmare!' Part of our Midnight Extreme selection, containing lots of medical horror, torture porn and a fantastic finale!

In a desolate, future world, after civilization has collapsed, a wanderer fights to save a virgin mother from a powerful magician and, with her, searches for a mythical city containing the world's last survivors.

The sadistic tale of a lonely, mentally handicapped boy who befriends his reflection in an antique mirror. This demonic creature orders him to go on a murderous rampage to kill the people he loves most. Cult-classic in the making is politically incorrect, often times inimitably insane and beautifully ludicrous.

A fisherman is skinned alive and goes on a quest for revenge in this comedic puppet animation for the whole family, if your family is a bit twisted. Totally in the style of (a more politically incorrect and low-budget) Dora the Explorer the audience is asked to participate with the questions on the screen.

When her addiction to clothes leads her into debt a young woman is willing to risk her relationship and safety to get back on track, in this grim, surrealistic psycho-sexual thriller, in the vein of Nicolas Roeg or late Cronenberg. From the director of Red, White and Blue.

Mr. Choade, the director of The House of Choade, a Grand Guignol theatre, has made an evil bargain with the Medicine Man, who has promised to help him make an artistic leap. A young girl, Linda, who has just been released from a mental hospital, gets a job performing at the House of Choade and becomes embroiled in these machinations. Linda's ex-girlfriend Roxy re-connects with her and attempts to save her.

'Ensueño' centers around Ester Bolaños. Curious and intelligent, restless and slightly reckless, she is a teenager stuck in an isolated West Texas border town. Part of a larger narrative of Ester's life and her family, 'Ensueño' captures the ways in which even the most mundane of activities can be overrun by Ester's vivid imagination.

The reunion of a woman and her estranged daughter is interrupted by a man with an unusual request.

Greetings from Tromaville! "Dolphinman Battles the Sex Lobsters" will blowhole you out the back wall of the theater! Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD contracts a deadly new STD, The Sex Lobsters, and unknowingly spreads it around Tromaville while visiting the town's best orgy spots. Only Dolphinman can find the cure and save the day! FUN FACT: The character of Dolphinman was created by James Gunn (Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy") and Alex Duda (Producer "Talk Soup") at the Cannes Film Festival in the mid-90s! Thanks for your time and consideration!