If Satan rolled a joint, this is what it would taste like.

Todd Rohal’s Slamdance-winning feature debut The Guatemalan Handshake established the director as someone with a unique vision and a keen eye for the strange, drawing comparisons to the early works of Richard Linklater, Harmony Korine and David Lynch. Summarily named as one of the “25 new faces of independent cinema” by Filmmaker Magazine, Rohal continues to push boundaries with his follow-up (and first effort from Danny McBride, Jody Hill and David Gordon Green’s Rough House Pictures) - the delightfully demented mouthful The Catechism Cataclysm.

Wildly received at Sundance earlier this year, Catechism tells the story of Father Billy (Steve Little, from HBO’s "Eastbound & Down"), a priest taking a sabbatical from his church due to telling wildly inappropriate stories to his flock. He accidentally drops his bible into the toilet before taking a canoe trip with his high school idol (Robert Longstreet, Pineapple Express), and without his good book in hand, things start to get, to put it mildly, a little weird

Practically channeling his "Eastbound & Down" character, Little stakes out his comedic star power from the get-go in his first lead performance; in many ways it’s reminiscent of Catechism’s producer Danny McBride's break-out role in The Foot Fist Way. Executive producer Longstreet also shines as Little’s aging stoner/wannabe rock star.

Destined for midnight movie cult status and containing plenty of soon-to-be classic situations and dialogue (don’t be surprised if you find yourself quoting lines along with your friends long afterwards), it's Little and Longstreet’s chemistry that really make things work. You could drop these two in any movie, predicament or genre, and they would make it funny.

The Catechism Cataclysm is one of the freshest and funniest movies I've seen in years - it’s strange, distinct, and surreal; and I'm honored to present it as The Awesome Fest's MOVIE OF THE YEAR!

-Josh Goldbloom

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