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15 December 2025 — artefact Liverpool
Possibly in Michigan + Shot-on-Video Underground Shorts - RECAP
A collaboration between Paraphysis Cinema and PVTV’s Fringe Flicks, bringing cult horror, strange musicals, and underground shot-on-video cinema to artefact.
This special screening centred on two short films by pioneering video artist Cecelia Condit, alongside a curated programme of rare and distinctive shorts drawn from the analogue underground. We shared in feminist horror, surreal performance, camcorder grain, stop-motion gore, and DIY outsider filmmaking.
Possibly in Michigan (1983, Cecelia Condit)
A feminist horror musical in which two women are stalked through a shopping mall by a masked cannibal named Arthur. Part suburban satire, part nightmare fairytale, Possibly in Michigan has become a widely shared cult classic, known for its uncanny tone, dark humour, and unforgettable songs.
Not a Jealous Bone (1987, Cecelia Condit)
A darkly playful and unsettling reflection on ageing, memory, and mortality, following an older woman grappling with the death of her mother.
Gregor (2025, Vittorio Caratozzolo)
After a nightmarish night, shortly before dawn Gregor wakes beneath the bed — transformed into a large human being. A strange and thoughtful contemporary riff on Kafka’s Metamorphosis.
Electric Flesh (1996, Eric Brummer)
Stop-motion zombie madness featuring heavy metal, gore, and lo-fi spectacle. A rarely screened Super 8 gem from the analogue underground.
Deven’s Room (1993, Kevin Brian Kohlhafer)
Eight young men reported missing. Serial slayer suspected. A grimy shot-on-video slasher inspired by the Jeffrey Dahmer case, steeped in 90s SOV aesthetics.
Paraphysis Cinema
A Liverpool-based queer, pop-up community cinema dedicated to outsider, cult and experimental film culture.
Date: Monday 15 December
Venue: artefact, 1 Roscoe Street, Liverpool L1 9DW
Programme
Alongside the films, there was be a limited-edition screen-printed poster available on the night and online, produced with Liverpool Community Print Station.