Man with the Screaming Brain

Whenever a film festival becomes too dull and stodgy, an alternative festival springs up. The Slamdance Festival arose out of the Sundance Festival. As a reaction to the Ashland Independent Film Festival, The Bad Film Society will present The Ashland CO-Dependent Film Festival on Sunday, April 9 at 6 PM, downstairs at the Ashland Elks.

The featured attraction will be the Southern Oregon premier of MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN. Local resident Bruce Campbell produced, directed, wrote and starred in this cheesy masterpiece. The last person to do all this was Orson Welles with Citizen Kane! Man with the Screaming Brain is a story of greed, betrayal and revenge in a small Bulgarian town. William Cole, wealthy industrialist, winds up with part of his brain replaced by that of a Russian cab driver Yegor. The two couldn't be more different, but they share one thing - both were killed by the same woman. Brought back to life by a mad scientist, William and Yegor form an unlikely partnership to track down their common nemesis. Cranial scars; a robot in a yellow jumpsuit; gypsy thugs; catfights; Ted Raimi doing hip-hop; a mauve, tasseled Vespa; and a salad bar....C'mon: you know you want it. It's an unapologetically sloppy jumble of Roger Corman-style antics that could only hope to inspire their own drinking game. It was supposed to premiere last year at the Broadway Theater in Pitman, NJ, however the theater went bankrupt that same week!

In the short documentary category, EBBS AND FLOWS will be screened. Filmed by Ashland city workers using a hi-tech sewer cam, it is a hilarious rat's eye view of the dirty, slimy underside of this posh enclave.

Of course the seventh chapter of the 1941 serial, Jungle Girl will keep the crowd screaming for more! See terrific vine-swinging, cliff-diving, croc-wrestling, dorky gorillas, and of course, an evil witch doctor.

This is an alcohol-free, smoke-free event. Children are welcome! Where/When