Sunday, May 14, 4:00 PM, Charles Theatre 2

Director: Jay Wade Edwards

Cast: Claire Bronson, Mary Kraft, Cynthia Evans, Jonathan Michael Green, Travis Young, Alex Ore, Adrian Roberts

Country: USA
Year: 2005
Running Time: 77:00 minutes
Format: Beta SP

"Edwards’ loving homage to the short-lived beach-party-by-way-of-horror-film genre of the mid-Sixties does it better than American International Pictures ever did… As much fun as an episode of Hullabaloo-- snappy bouffants, earnest braniacs, hippy-hippy-shake, and all." -- Austin Chronicle

It's 1966 in a sleepy little Southern beach town that's about to get a little less sleepy. Theodora, Jody and Carol, a.k.a. all-girl garage rock band The Violas, are just passing through on the way to a gig when their vehicle breaks down. They are in luck, though, as mechanic Hector offers to fix their vehicle in exchange for the band playing a party at the garage. At the same time, local police are investigating the disappearance of the parents of a little girl found walking the beach in a state of shock. The investigation leads them to a strange pile of pungent debris of unknown origin that has washed up on the beach. Expert scientist Prof. John Patterson is brought in to help solve the mystery that may or may not have something to do with the legendary Skunk Ape (the Florida Everglades' version of Bigfoot). However, while strange things happen around town, John and Hector are busy competing for the affections of Theodora, whose mysterious past keeps getting in the way of her potential happiness with either man.

Don't expect laughs at the expense of retro-campiness. Much effort was made to make Stomp! Shout! Scream! look and feel like a genuine 1966 horror, rock & roll, beach-party movie, while at the same time transcending those genres rather than making fun of them. The film was made, as director Edwards says, "without parody, without condescension, without any retrospective irony".

-- Skizz Cyzyk

Presented By: Jay Wade Edwards

A professional television and film editor since 1991, Jay Wade Edwards is currently editor and producer of Aqua Teen Hunger Force for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Jay's television credits also include documentaries for CNN and TBS, Cartoon Network's Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and numerous promotional campaigns. 2001 saw the release of The Monster Trilogy, a collection of Jay's first three films (Mountain of Terror Day of Dread, Project: Tika Puka Puka, and Esta Noche We Ride!). His 2002 award-winning documentary, Y'all Come! The Hell Hole Swamp Festival screened at numerous festivals including the Maryland Film Festival. Stomp! Shout! Scream! is Jay's first feature film.