World Premiere of Sisters of No Mercy

Facets Fright School Opens with the World Premiere of Sisters of No Mercy from The Underground Multiplex

Facets is proud to open its annual Fright School, a month of spooky film selections at the greatest film venue in Chicago, with a special opening event: the world premiere of the feature-length version of Sisters of No Mercy (SONM), the internationally-renowned nunsploitation parody by The Underground Multiplex. This is a one-time, one-of-a-kind interactive cinematic event featuring live theatre, dance, music, nuns, evil priests, zombies of ill repute and an audience in for the ride of its life.   The SONM shorts (Sisters of No Mercy, The Wisconsin ExorSisters and Sisters of No Mercy 3D) were created over the past year by members of The Underground Multiplex, filmed in part during Facets Night School’s summer session and distributed online. All three shorts will be shown in their entirety as part of the new cohesive narrative.

The live event and film show the backstory of SONM and follows Satan as he holds an audition contest. His goal: to find a Commander of Hell to lead an army of zombies back to Earth to finalize his takeover. Who will be chosen? Come to the party in Purgatory and find out!  Before the screening/performance, Lew Ojeda and Joseph R. Lewis of The Underground Multiplex will give a brief lecture entitled “The Art of Video Mixing” and discuss the variety of video source materials used to create the final SONM feature film and how films from underground cinema eventually make the mainstream via sampling.

Some of the clips used to create SONM are selections from “Perversion for Profit,” “Alucarda,” “Satanico Pandemonium,” “The Devils,” “Love Letters from a Portuguese Nun,” “Mommie Dearest,” “Carrie,” “Female Trouble,” “Doorway to Heaven,” “Deadline for Action,” drive-in reels and a video of a large guy in a yellow sweater.
There will be a premiere pre-show party at 11pm in the lobby of Facets before the show with prize giveaways after the feature. Whether you’re interested in the modern art of video mixing, exploitation films, or having a surreal cinematic experience, the SONM premiere party is the must-see event of the fall.

Sisters of No Mercy Premiere Party in Purgatory and The Art of Video Mixing

Friday night September 30, 2011
Reception party: 11pm
Lecture/Screening: Midnight
Facets Multimedia
1517 W Fullerton Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
Admission: Only $5! FREE for Facets members.

Facets Multi-Media, founded in 1975, is a non-profit, 501(C)3 organization, and a leading national media arts organization. Our mission is to preserve, present, distribute, and educate about film. Facets serves audiences of over 300,000 each year. Substantive numbers participate at reduced or no cost, with targeted outreach by Facets to economically disadvantaged or underserved areas.

Created in 2010, The Underground Multiplex is Chicago’s grandest, coolest art collective featuring the varied talents of individuals dedicated to creating a unique entertainment experience through internet videos, shorts, theatrical screenings, podcasts and live performances. Classic storytelling, exploitation, ballyhoo and all matters of strangeness blend with the help of filmmakers, actors, writers, musicians, dancers, and artists, both professional and amateur. Eschewing old paradigms relegating artistic power to one visionary,” we instead allow for the personal input of a group, emphasizing the importance and profundity of an arts community.