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MAINE UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL ALL DAY! 12-9PM Saturday, April 25th, 2026 All Day Festival Tickets $25! 12:30 PM: RAMMR (14 minutes) A short film by Kyle Grogan, RAMMR is the story of an 11th century Norse warrior who holds onto his faith as he faces certain death. 1:00 PM: LICK! STICK! SUCK! AND SWALLOW (90 minutes): In a disgusting world of villains, freaks, and obsessive-compulsive creeps, follow the entangled depravity of three, where retribution is a dish best served on heavy metal. What’s your obsession? 3:00 PM: THE CARNAGE COLLECTION (85 minutes): After a late-night salesman knocks at his door, a homeowner signs up for a mysterious cable package promising channels that can’t be found anywhere else…only to discover the shows are a gateway to hell!  5:00 PM: WASTERVILLE (80 minutes): The true-life story of a young man’s descent into addiction and madness. Set off by a traumatic breakup, Paul spirals into a vicious underworld of sex, drugs, and violence. Can he escape the malevolent forces that hunger for the flesh of his soul? 7:00 PM: THE DEATH MOLESTER’S BARN OF BLOOD (86 minutes): Two dim-witted brothers begin to suspect that their cousin is a necrophile terrorizing graveyards all over the state of Maine.

1977. In a Brazil tormented by the military dictatorship, Marcelo, a man in his forties fleeing a troubled past, arrives in the city of Recife where he hopes to build a new life and reconnect with his family. That's without taking into account the death threats that lurk and hover over his head.