Trasharama A-Go-Go is an Australian annual short film festival catering to the

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/ no-budget end of the movie-market, focusing on genre films (Horror & Sci-fi) under 15 minutes in length. The Festival began 1997, providing emerging horror film makers with a competitive environment to develop their craft and showcase films to audiences, effectively acting as a de facto training ground. The Festival was conceived by Dick Dale, frontman of

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bands Gacy's Place and

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. Although having started in

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the festival has gained local and national

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allowing it to grow in size and popularity, featuring both national and international submissions and now tours Australia with screenings in most

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. Trasharama A-Go-Go is promoted as "Australia's NASTIEST Short Film FESTERval". Although no festival was held in 2010, the festival returned the following year. Since 2015 the Trasharama agogo film festival has held its annual premiere in conjunction with Melbourne's

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List of films screened sorted by year

1994 – A taste of what was to become the Trasharama festival, one-off screening held at the

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. *''Blue Dog'' – Dir. Dick Dale. Followed by performances by local bands

Blood Sucking Freaks ''Blood Sucking Freaks'' (originally released as ''The Incredible Torture Show'') is a 1976 American exploitation splatter film directed by Joel M. Reed and starring Seamus O'Brien, Luis De Jesus, Viju Krem, Niles McMaster, Dan Fauci, Alan Dell ...

and

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. 1997 – "Trash Film Night" – eleven films from

and

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, followed by performances by the bands,

and

The Ghouls ''The Ghouls'' (also known as ''Cannibal Dead: The Ghouls'') is a 2003 independent American horror film that was written and directed by Chad Ferrin. Plot Eric Hayes (Timothy Muskatell) makes his living as a news stringer finding gruesome atroci ...

, screening held at "Mad Love Bar" band venue.
Films screened included: *''Total Recession'' – Durand Greig *''No Smoking'' – Warren Mc Carthy & Julian Summers *''Cold Comfort'' – Kristian Moliere 1998 – "Trash Film Night 2" – Held in Producers Hotel beer garden. Screening of 11 Australian films followed by live performances by the bands Madonna's Armpits and

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.
Films screened included: *''The Creature from Outta Space''- Sean Wessex Brown & Justin Peacock *''Attack of the Undead''- Peter Spierig *''Vicious Mink''- Timothy Spanos & Dean Keep. 1999 – Trasharama A-Go-Go is held at Mercury Cinema in

, Revolver Nightclub in

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and Side on Cafe in Sydney.
Films screened included: *''Hot Crusty Death''-

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*''Blood of a woman''- Jonathan Sequeria *''Making a Death Mask''- Mark Nichols 2000 – Trasharama A-Go-Go is held at Mercury Cinema in

, The Zoo in

, Side on Cafe in Sydney and Revolver in

.
Films screened included: *''Black Lindy/ White Lindy''- Timothy Spanos *''The film John Lennon couldn't make''- Rupert Da Costa E Silva *''Zombie Bride Blood Bath''- Justin Case 2001
Films screened included: *''Mondo Excreta''- Little Clarke May *''Westvale Road- Episode 1 Holy Crap''- Dylan Perry *''Rampage of the Undead''- Peter Spierig *''Nicholas Dickmuncher''- Timothy Spanos 2002 Festival only held in

in 2002, at Mercury Cinema in Adelaide. *Films shown comprised a "best of" selection from previous years. 2003 Screenings held in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
Films screened included: *''The Denim Avenger VS The Undead Bogans'' – Andy Kite and Rebecca Bogert *''The Twilight of Granitar'' –

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*''Arakned, Apex of Zombies'' – Bonnie Hart *''Case #406'' – Paul Nicholson *''Bad Company'' – Aaron Cartwright 2004 Screenings held in Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth,

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, Geelong and

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.
Films screened included: *''We Almost Got Shot'' – Tom Priestley and Bill Flowers *''ZZZZ'' – James Findley *''Laser Beetles From Venus'' – Dario Russo *''Head'' –

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*''The Offering'' – John Anthony Silvestro *''Drop Bears'' - Brendon Dee *''The Scent of a Man'' – Shaun Mccarthy *''Pencil Dick'' – Joe Villanti 2005 Travelled widely around Australia.
Films screened included: *''Best Of 3'' – Drew Thompson *''Hair Removal'' – Troy Gillett *''Return of the Killer Bikini Vampire Girls'' – John Anthony Silvestro *''Dracenstein'' – Tom Priestley and Bill Flowers *''Still Born'' –

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*''A Story, A Song and a Dream'' – Matt Penney 2006 Travelled widely around Australia.
Films screened included: *''Final Faeces'' – Frank Daft *''Wok'' – Mark Alston *''Remake'' – Kit McDee *''Killer Bikini Vampire Girls Strike Back'' – John Anthony Silvestro *''The Patrolman'' –

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& Marc Jager *''The Morning After'' –

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*''Sickie'' – Stuart Simpson 2007 Travelled widely around Australia.
Films screened included: *''Greedy Guts'' – Stu Simpson *''Dog Meat'' – Mat Govoni *''Numb Skulls'' – Kelly Sheeran *''Foetal Decision'' – Mitchell Bowker *''Off The Beaten Track'' – Josh Long *''Killer Bikini Vampire Girls 3: A New Hope'' – John Anthony Silvestro *''Road Kill'' – Sam Curtain *''I Piss in Your Eye'' – Trent Saunders *''The Physique of the Christ'' – Bill Flowers & Tom Priestley *''Bad Timing'' – James Teh *''Cheerleader Swapmeat'' – Steve Kruetzmann & Qtim Broad *''Betty Burgers'' – Summer DeRoche *''Dan The Dogman'' – James MacDonald 2008 Travelled widely around Australia.
Films screened included: *''Rabbit Rage'' (First place) *''Look to the skies'' – Liam Jennings & Ben Nichols (Second place) *''Money Shot'' *''Mooney Street'' *''The Good Ship Morning Dew'' *''Death of the Killer Bikini Vampire Girls'' *''The Life of Piglet'' *''Look to the Skies'' *''Stop The Barbies'' *''Killin' Flies'' *''Heartbreak Motel'' *''Do You Have Protection'' *''Garden of Earthly Delights'' *''Dr. Poo'' *''The Day I Got Sacked'' *''The Box Monster & The Death Bag of Death'' *''My New Ghoul Friends'' *''The Love of Victoria Anus'' *''The Dog Sex Killer'' *''Danny (The Dog Who Farts Fire)'' *''Family Bizness'' 2009 *''Monster Mash'' – Timothy Stewart, SA *''The Golden Rule'' – David Wade, SA *''Dirtbike Dero's'' – Macho Lama, SA *''Cereal Killer'' – Daniel Vink, SA *''The Decayed'' – Josef J Weber, SA *''Vengeance wears a Tampon'' – Frank Daft, SA *''The Tramp'' – Max Miller, Vic *''Gumbys new Tit'' – Alex Machin, Vic *''Potential Employee'' – Andrew Dunstan, Vic *''The Body Watchers'' – Adam Spellicy, Vic *''Hanging at Picnic Rock''- Clint Cure, Vic *''The Fish that Eat People'' – Ross Radiation, NSW *''Attack of the killer bananas'' – Karina Libbey, NSW *''The Bagman Genisus'' – Kade Ruckman, NSW *''Have sex and die!'' – James Peniata, NSW *''Violet is Dead'' – Thomas Cruikshank, QLD *''Cravings'' – Jonathon Jahnke, QLD *''Bound'' – Marcus Ditzel, QLD *''A dark beginning'' – Aston Wenham, Simon Gill, Stephen Cass, QLD *''Duncan Cunningham's Nightmare'' – Duncan Cunningham, QLD *''Revenge of the Gnomes'' – Phillip Nelson, WA *''Trapped'' – Matt Penny WA *''Granny Basher Stinkweed and the Vic Bitter Bandits'' – Griff Broham, WA *''Blood Shed'' – Jason Shipley, Canada *''Mammoth Mammoth'' – Mat Govoni, Vic *''Botched eyeball operation'' – Clint Enns, Canada

References

{{reflist Film festivals in Adelaide Underground film festivals Film festivals established in 1997 1997 establishments in Australia