Stomp! Shout! Scream!
Stomp! Shout! Scream! is a 2005 retro beach-party rock-'n'-roll monster movie film directed by Jay Wade Edwards. It was Edwards’s first feature film as writer/producer/director and premiered at the Austin Film Festival in October 2005 to good reviews.[1][2] The film has gone on to screen at more than twenty film festivals and won several awards, including Best Feature Film at The Magnolia Independent Film Festival and nominations for Best Cinematography and Best Set Design at the B-Movie Film Festival. It had a theatrical release in 2009 by Indican Pictures with the title Monster Beach Party (AKA Monster Beach Party A-Go-Go) and later DVD and streaming distribution.[3]
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| Directed by | Jay Wade Edwards |
| Produced by | Jay Wade Edwards Evan Lieberman Arma Benoit |
| Written by | Jay Wade Edwards |
| Music by | Catfight!, John Cerreta |
| Cinematography | Evan Lieberman |
| Edited by | Jay Wade Edwards |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Synopsis
The movie is set in 1966 and intertwines the adventures of an all-girl garage rock band with the legend of the Skunk Ape (the Florida Everglades’ version of Bigfoot). Theodora, Jody and Carol, collectively known as The Violas, are on tour when their van breaks down in a small southern beach town. Meanwhile, the local police are investigating the disappearance of the parents of a little girl who was found walking the beach in a state of shock. But they are also trying to determine the origins of a strange pile of pungent debris that has washed up on the beach. Scientist John Patterson is called in to help investigate. Both John and a local mechanic, Hector Garcia, fall for The Violas’ lead singer, Theodora. She initially shows little interest in them, however, and seems to be harboring a mysterious past. Hector convinces the girls to stay in town when he offers to repair their van in exchange for playing at his party, but a strange and menacing creature appears to be on the loose…
Cast
- Claire Bronson
- Mary Kraft
- Cynthia Evans
- Jonathan Green
- Travis Young
- Adrian Roberts
- Bill Szymanski
- Christopher Hines
- Phoebe Szymanski
- Ned Hastings
- Nancy Riggs
- Alex Orr
- Dana Snyder
Festival screenings and awards
- Winner Best Feature Film: 2007 Magnolia Independent Film Festival
- Winner Best Feature Film: 2007 Sweet Onion Film Festival
- Winner Best Feature Film: 2005 Toofy Film Festival
- Nominated for Best Cinematography: 2006 B-movie Film Festival
- Nominated for Best Set Design: 2006 B-movie Film Festival
Also selected to screen at the following film festivals:
- Austin Film Festival & Screenwriters Conference
- Backseat Film Festival
- Sarasota Film Festival
- Maryland Film Festival
- Portland Underground Film Festival
- Dead Center Film Festival (Oklahoma City, OK)
- FILMSTOCK Film Festival (England)
- Calgary Fringe Festival
- Atlanta Underground Film Festival
- Indie-World Film Festival (Brazil)
- Rome International Film Festival
- Eerie Horror Film Festival
- Fargo Fantastic Film Festival
- The Red Bank International Film Festival
- Indie Memphis Film Festival
- It Came from Lake Michigan Film Festival
- Eureka Springs Digital Film Festival
- MicroCineFest (Baltimore, MD)
- Santa Fe Film Festival
- Southern Fried Flicks (Augusta, GA)
- Magnolia Film Festival (Starkville, MS)
- San Francisco Frozen Film Festival
- Landlocked Film Festival (Iowa City, IA)
- The B-movie Celebration
- Sweet Onion Film Festival (Wall Walla, WA)
- Freak Show Film Festival (Orlando, FL)
References
- Savlov, Marc (October 21, 2005). "The Indelibles: What to see at the Austin Film Festival". www.austinchronicle.com. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
- Weickgenant, Joel (January 18, 2008). "Adult Swim producer in town to screen movie". Savannah Morning News. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- Barnes, Brooks (2013-06-25). "Disney Drags the Beach Blanket Out of the Attic and Gives It a Shake". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-11.