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AUTOMATONS

(dir. James Felix McKenney, 83 mins, 2006)

Weds Dec 13 9pm - buy tix
Angus Scrimm in person!

Thurs Dec 14 9pm - buy tix
Angus Scrimm in person!

Fri Dec 15 9pm - buy tix
Angus Scrimm in person!

Sat Dec 16 9pm - buy tix
Free AUTOMATONS refrigerator magnets to all attendees!

Sun Dec 17 9pm - buy tix
Hosted by Executive Producer Larry Fessenden.
Free AUTOMATONS Movie Posters!

Mon Dec 18 9pm - buy tix
Free AUTOMATONS refrigerator magnets to all ticket buyers!

Tues Dec 19 9pm - buy tix
All attendees get a very limited edition AUTOMATONS Squeeze Toy!

Weds Dec 20 9pm - buy tix
Free AUTOMATONS refrigerator magnets!
Night hosted by stars Christine Spencer, Brenda Cooney & Don Wood

Thurs Dec 21 9pm - buy tix
Hosted by Jack-of-all trades, Don Wood (co-set & prop designer & builder, set carpenter AND he plays both The Helper Robot and The Enemy Captain in the film!) and Cinematographer David W. Hale.
Free AUTOMATONS refrigerator magnets!

Fri Dec 22 9pm - buy tix
Sat Dec 23 9pm - buy tix
Sun Dec 24 7pm - buy tix
Tues Dec 26 9pm - buy tix
Thurs Dec 28 9pm - buy tix
Fri Dec 29 9pm - buy tix
Sat Dec 30 7pm - buy tix
Fri Jan 5 10:40pm - buy tix
Fri Jan 19 10:40pm - buy tix

Watch the trailer.

"Mesmerizing . . . Robot radness achieved!"
- Nathan Lee, VILLAGE VOICE

"Ed Wood, the notorious director of PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE and GLEN OR GLENDA, has risen from the dead and returned to filmmaking as James Felix McKenney."
- V.A. Musetto, NEW YORK POST

"a chiaroscuro love child of ERASERHEAD and TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE."
- S.T. VanAirsdale, THE REELER

"Enormously endearing. . . "
- Jeannette Catsoulis, NEW YORK TIMES

"AUTOMATONS is a smart, thought-provoking tale equipped with the moody ambience and intellectual integrity of a classic episode of THE OUTER LIMITS. That's high praise indeed."
- Steven Puchalski, SHOCK CINEMA

". . . Has quite a bit of contemporary political commentary layered into it — when the robots aren’t busy fighting explosively or dismembering the last humans on a ravaged Earth . . . a kind of WAITING FOR ROBOT, if Samuel Beckett’s tale had involved warring machinery."
- Scooter McCrae, FANGORIA

"unexpectedly mesmerizing. . . as is true with all the great experiments in camp, the frills don't matter when there are firm — and fascinating — ideas behind them."
- S. James Snyder, NEW YORK SUN

"The beautiful indie sci-fi film AUTOMATONS is a troubling vision of things to come. Enough to make you think, worry and pray."
- Louis Fowler, ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHRONICLE

"The robot action is often much more riveting than similar scenes in movies with many times the budget and technical sophistication."
- Jay Seaver, UGO.COM

This is how humanity dies.
Men started this war. The machines will finish it.

A low-tech effects film about
the horrors of war and robots.

starring Angus Scrimm, Brenda Cooney,
Christine Spencer, Don Wood,
John Anthony Blake, Larry Fessenden

Somewhere in the distant future, The Girl is alone. She is the last of her people, the others having died in a generations-long war that she continues to fight with the assistance of a group of antiquated robot helpers and soldiers.

Her only connection to her long-dead people is a collection of recorded journal entries made by the scientist who cared for her as a baby. His is the only friendly human face she’s ever seen. The regular transmissions from her enemy leader are always filled with threats and taunts. The girl responds to these invasions by an attack of her own, carried out by her mechanical soldiers on the contaminated surface where no human can survive.

Men started this war. The machines will finish it.