PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT

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A record store clerk finds her "holy grail" album in a thrift store, leading her to the 1970s commune that released the record.

Max, a young record store clerk and avid collector, stumbles upon a rare vinyl LP from the band “Mission of Light” and is drawn into the world of the 1970s hippie commune that released the music. An invitation to the remnants of the cult and its unholy spawn leads to a harrowing, grisly experience for Max and her friends. A campy slasher horror film that's also a love letter to mom and pop record stores and vinyl collecting, the filmmaking team wrote and recorded an album’s worth of psychedelic head music produced by the fictional band Mission of Light featured in the film. PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT is an over-the-top cult splatterfest "shot for the price of a used car."

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Another Hole in the Head Film Festival 2024
South Carolina Underground Film Festival 2024
BizarroLand Film Festival 2024

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Christopher Bickel's origins are in the US punk and hardcore scene. Bickel describes his movies as "punk rock demo tapes." His CV includes stints as a columnist for MaximumRockNRoll magazine and Dangerous Minds. He was also singer in the punk bands In/Humanity and Guyana Punch Line, as well as the brains behind prolific avant-garde recording project Anakrid. Bickel works in underground genre films, a master at making films with almost no budget. His directing credits include several short films, music videos and the features THE THETA GIRL (2017), BAD GIRLS (2021) and PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT (2024).