3 Stories About Evil
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3 Stories About Evil is a 2008 short, experimental narrative film directed by Michael Frost and photographed by Andrew K. Sachs. It was written by Walter Reuben and stars Mink Stole
, Erica Gavin
, Joe Dallesandro
, and Billy Drago
.
& Erica Gavin
) about his homosexuality, their estrangement leads Johnnie through a series of unsavory incidents. In "The Story of Pat & Pepper," Pat (Mink Stole
) is a Christian conservative and her five year old daughter Pepper (Pepper Peeters) participates in children's beauty pageants. Ambivalent over her daughter's attractiveness to pageant officials, Pat accidentally kills Pepper and transforms her into a dead chanteuse. Finally, in "The Story of Jim," Jim (Joey Krebs) takes the advice of his best friend Eddie (Laurence Tolhurst
) and gets a job in the television industry. When Jim's career plummets due to poor ratings, he finds a sex change operation the perfect solution out of a desperate situation.
Mink Stole
Nancy Paine Stoll better known by the stage name Mink Stole, is an American actress from Baltimore, Maryland. She began her career working for director John Waters, having appeared in all of his feature films to date...
, Erica Gavin
Erica Gavin
Erica Gavin, , is an American film actress best known for playing the title role in Russ Meyer's 1968 film Vixen!-Early years:...
, Joe Dallesandro
Joe Dallesandro
Joseph Angelo D'Allesandro , better known as Joe Dallesandro, is an American actor, and Warhol superstar. Although he never became a mainstream film star, Dallesandro is generally considered to be the most famous male sex symbol of American underground films of the 20th century, as well as a sex...
, and Billy Drago
Billy Drago
Billy Drago is an American actor known for his roles as villains in television and motion pictures.-Personal life:Drago was born William Eugene Burrows in Hugoton, Kansas to William and Gladys Burrows. He took his grandmother's maiden name as his stage name to keep from being confused with another...
.
Premise
The film is a narrative short composed almost entirely of still photographs. The three stories are interrelated black comedies about family, sexuality, the media, and beauty pageants.Plot
Three interrelated stories comprise the plot structure of this film. In the first, "The Story of Johnnie & Laurie," Johnnie (Barry Brisco) is betrayed by his sister (Suzette Belouin) when she finds out his sexual proclivities. When she informs her parents (Billy DragoBilly Drago
Billy Drago is an American actor known for his roles as villains in television and motion pictures.-Personal life:Drago was born William Eugene Burrows in Hugoton, Kansas to William and Gladys Burrows. He took his grandmother's maiden name as his stage name to keep from being confused with another...
& Erica Gavin
Erica Gavin
Erica Gavin, , is an American film actress best known for playing the title role in Russ Meyer's 1968 film Vixen!-Early years:...
) about his homosexuality, their estrangement leads Johnnie through a series of unsavory incidents. In "The Story of Pat & Pepper," Pat (Mink Stole
Mink Stole
Nancy Paine Stoll better known by the stage name Mink Stole, is an American actress from Baltimore, Maryland. She began her career working for director John Waters, having appeared in all of his feature films to date...
) is a Christian conservative and her five year old daughter Pepper (Pepper Peeters) participates in children's beauty pageants. Ambivalent over her daughter's attractiveness to pageant officials, Pat accidentally kills Pepper and transforms her into a dead chanteuse. Finally, in "The Story of Jim," Jim (Joey Krebs) takes the advice of his best friend Eddie (Laurence Tolhurst
Laurence Tolhurst
Laurence Andrew "Lol" Tolhurst is a founding member and former drummer and keyboardist of British band The Cure. He left The Cure in 1989 and was later involved in the band Presence and his current project Levinhurst, a portmanteau of Tolhurst and his wife vocalist Cindy Levinsons' surnames...
) and gets a job in the television industry. When Jim's career plummets due to poor ratings, he finds a sex change operation the perfect solution out of a desperate situation.
Cast
- Stacie Abram - Woman Caller
- Christy Ball - Toyota Kawasaki
- Suzete Belouin - Laurie Harris
- Squeaky Blonde - Judge
- Barry Brisco - Johnnie Harris
- Tim Caszatt - Judge
- Michael Ciriaco - Robby Donan
- Joe DallesandroJoe DallesandroJoseph Angelo D'Allesandro , better known as Joe Dallesandro, is an American actor, and Warhol superstar. Although he never became a mainstream film star, Dallesandro is generally considered to be the most famous male sex symbol of American underground films of the 20th century, as well as a sex...
- Jean Maries - Billy DragoBilly DragoBilly Drago is an American actor known for his roles as villains in television and motion pictures.-Personal life:Drago was born William Eugene Burrows in Hugoton, Kansas to William and Gladys Burrows. He took his grandmother's maiden name as his stage name to keep from being confused with another...
- Mr. Harris - Erica GavinErica GavinErica Gavin, , is an American film actress best known for playing the title role in Russ Meyer's 1968 film Vixen!-Early years:...
- Mrs. Harris - Heather Gray - Anne
- Joey Krebs - Jim
- George KucharGeorge KucharGeorge Kuchar was an American underground film director, known for his "low-fi" aesthetic.-Early life and career:...
- Telephone Man - Daylyn Presley - Pervert
- Kimmy RobertsonKimmy RobertsonKimmy Robertson is an American actress best known for her role as Lucy Moran in the TV series Twin Peaks. She was married to John Christian Walker from January 18, 2003 to September 27, 2004....
- Narrator - Walter Reuben - Narrator
- Sebastian Sage - Hippy
- Mink StoleMink StoleNancy Paine Stoll better known by the stage name Mink Stole, is an American actress from Baltimore, Maryland. She began her career working for director John Waters, having appeared in all of his feature films to date...
- Pat Peeters - Peter Struve - Mercury Man
- Grant Sullivan - Kroger
- Laurence TolhurstLaurence TolhurstLaurence Andrew "Lol" Tolhurst is a founding member and former drummer and keyboardist of British band The Cure. He left The Cure in 1989 and was later involved in the band Presence and his current project Levinhurst, a portmanteau of Tolhurst and his wife vocalist Cindy Levinsons' surnames...
- Eddie - Kat Turner - Dominatrix
- Dave WhiteDave White (writer)Dave White is an American writer, music critic, and film critic.White is a prolific freelance writer; his reviews, interviews, and critical analysis of films, music, and pop culture has been featured in The Village Voice, Instinct, The Advocate, Movies.com, Glue, and Frontiers, among others...
- Narrator
Awards
- Boston Underground Film Festival 2008 - Most Effectively Offensive
- DragonCon Independent Film Festival (Atlanta, GA) 2008 - Best Dark Comedy
- RADAR International Film Festival (Hamburg, Germany) 2008 - Best Art & Animation
- Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles 2008 - Best Experimental Short Film