Christopher Bickel
@smashism.bsky.social
Director THE THETA GIRL (2017), BAD GIRLS (2022), and PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT (2024).
Bands: In/Humanity, Guyana Punch Line, Anakrid
West Columbia, SC
Horror in opposition.
I coined the term "Emoviolence."
Www.paternostermovie.com
Bands: In/Humanity, Guyana Punch Line, Anakrid
West Columbia, SC
Horror in opposition.
I coined the term "Emoviolence."
Www.paternostermovie.com
Pinned
Christopher Bickel
@smashism.bsky.social
· Nov 15
PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT - short trailer. 2024 Underground Horror feature "made for the price of a used car" in South Carolina by Christopher Bickel #horror #horrormovies #indiefilm #cults #recordcollecting #psychedelic #folkhorror #recordstores
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#NowWatching Pater Noster and the Mission of Light (www.imdb.com/title/tt3306...)
Pater Noster and the Mission of Light (2024) ⭐ 6.0 | Horror
1h 36m | Not Rated
www.imdb.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:36 AM
#NowWatching Pater Noster and the Mission of Light (www.imdb.com/title/tt3306...)
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Spooktober 2025
Pater Noster and the Mission of Light (2024):
Ticks all of @bobcluness.bsky.social boxes. Weird esoterica, record shop hangouts, psychedelics, and, of course, gore. Loved the attitude, it feels like it was made with genuine love. Quite fucked up, but works as a Mandy prequel.
Pater Noster and the Mission of Light (2024):
Ticks all of @bobcluness.bsky.social boxes. Weird esoterica, record shop hangouts, psychedelics, and, of course, gore. Loved the attitude, it feels like it was made with genuine love. Quite fucked up, but works as a Mandy prequel.
October 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Spooktober 2025
Pater Noster and the Mission of Light (2024):
Ticks all of @bobcluness.bsky.social boxes. Weird esoterica, record shop hangouts, psychedelics, and, of course, gore. Loved the attitude, it feels like it was made with genuine love. Quite fucked up, but works as a Mandy prequel.
Pater Noster and the Mission of Light (2024):
Ticks all of @bobcluness.bsky.social boxes. Weird esoterica, record shop hangouts, psychedelics, and, of course, gore. Loved the attitude, it feels like it was made with genuine love. Quite fucked up, but works as a Mandy prequel.
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#CurrentlyWatching
PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT
Truly wild mix of LORDS OF SALEM, HELTER SKELTER and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE about a vintage record collector who gets her hands on a super rare LP and faiis Prey to the psycho hippie death cult that recorded it 40 years ago.
PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT
Truly wild mix of LORDS OF SALEM, HELTER SKELTER and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE about a vintage record collector who gets her hands on a super rare LP and faiis Prey to the psycho hippie death cult that recorded it 40 years ago.
October 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
#CurrentlyWatching
PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT
Truly wild mix of LORDS OF SALEM, HELTER SKELTER and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE about a vintage record collector who gets her hands on a super rare LP and faiis Prey to the psycho hippie death cult that recorded it 40 years ago.
PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT
Truly wild mix of LORDS OF SALEM, HELTER SKELTER and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE about a vintage record collector who gets her hands on a super rare LP and faiis Prey to the psycho hippie death cult that recorded it 40 years ago.
Reposted by Christopher Bickel
Only a few days left until Halloween. I've been watching horror movies every night for the last 3 weeks. The only two movies I can recommend are MadS and Pater Noster and the Mission of Light. A little disappointing. I'm going to try a classic tonight and watch Onibaba. 👻🎃
October 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Only a few days left until Halloween. I've been watching horror movies every night for the last 3 weeks. The only two movies I can recommend are MadS and Pater Noster and the Mission of Light. A little disappointing. I'm going to try a classic tonight and watch Onibaba. 👻🎃
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For the 17th of spooktober I watched Pater Noster And The Mission Of Light. It’s a pretty good low budget horror movie from last year. You can’t even really tell it’s low budget. It’s got some good gross out moments and has good creepy vibes
October 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
For the 17th of spooktober I watched Pater Noster And The Mission Of Light. It’s a pretty good low budget horror movie from last year. You can’t even really tell it’s low budget. It’s got some good gross out moments and has good creepy vibes
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19/31: Pater Noster and the Mission of Light (2024)
Smells like an old used record store, tastes like Manna
Smells like an old used record store, tastes like Manna
A ★★★★ review of Pater Noster and the Mission of Light (2024)
Lofi punk splatter that hates hippies the appropriate amount, much like Mandy which clearly inspired it. Cheap and fun, lots of psychedelic gore bits, and a real underground feel—by which I mean the a...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
19/31: Pater Noster and the Mission of Light (2024)
Smells like an old used record store, tastes like Manna
Smells like an old used record store, tastes like Manna
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Vrijdag kan je Pater Noster and the Mission of Light gaan bekijken tijdens Razor Reel Flanders Film Fest. Wij spraken met regisseur Christopher Bickel over deze psychedelische trip: fastforwardfilm.be?p=50148
October 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Vrijdag kan je Pater Noster and the Mission of Light gaan bekijken tijdens Razor Reel Flanders Film Fest. Wij spraken met regisseur Christopher Bickel over deze psychedelische trip: fastforwardfilm.be?p=50148
Our movie Pater Noster and the Mission of Light hit a bunch of pirate sites this week including Dailymotion (with fucking ADS IN IT) . Good news is we got a lot of new (mostly positive) reviews. Bad news is I'm about to start making a new movie and it's hard to do when people don't pay for them.
October 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Our movie Pater Noster and the Mission of Light hit a bunch of pirate sites this week including Dailymotion (with fucking ADS IN IT) . Good news is we got a lot of new (mostly positive) reviews. Bad news is I'm about to start making a new movie and it's hard to do when people don't pay for them.
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#31DaysofHalloween #HorrorMovieMarathon Night 5 w/ @jjjennnnn.com &
PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT (2024)
Searching for a rare valuable record, a record store clerk stumbles on to the hippie cult that made the record. It does not go well for Max & her friends at the cult compound.
🦇🦇🦇
PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT (2024)
Searching for a rare valuable record, a record store clerk stumbles on to the hippie cult that made the record. It does not go well for Max & her friends at the cult compound.
🦇🦇🦇
October 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
#31DaysofHalloween #HorrorMovieMarathon Night 5 w/ @jjjennnnn.com &
PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT (2024)
Searching for a rare valuable record, a record store clerk stumbles on to the hippie cult that made the record. It does not go well for Max & her friends at the cult compound.
🦇🦇🦇
PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT (2024)
Searching for a rare valuable record, a record store clerk stumbles on to the hippie cult that made the record. It does not go well for Max & her friends at the cult compound.
🦇🦇🦇
Reposted by Christopher Bickel
: This girl’s bedroom¹ is goals. 😎💿 Record stores, thrifting, a cult… — Who could ask for anything more? ♪ Extremely well‑done for $20k; not for the squeemish 😨🫢🫣 Thanks to @Mister-Lobo.bsky.social for the suggestion!
→ 🦇🦇🦇🦇½
· #indiefilm · Hallowe’en #HorrorMovieMarathon
¹⬎
→ 🦇🦇🦇🦇½
· #indiefilm · Hallowe’en #HorrorMovieMarathon
¹⬎
October 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM
: This girl’s bedroom¹ is goals. 😎💿 Record stores, thrifting, a cult… — Who could ask for anything more? ♪ Extremely well‑done for $20k; not for the squeemish 😨🫢🫣 Thanks to @Mister-Lobo.bsky.social for the suggestion!
→ 🦇🦇🦇🦇½
· #indiefilm · Hallowe’en #HorrorMovieMarathon
¹⬎
→ 🦇🦇🦇🦇½
· #indiefilm · Hallowe’en #HorrorMovieMarathon
¹⬎
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
We reached a milestone today! Over 1,000 logged watches on Letterboxd. Extrapolating from the guesstimated law of internet averages, I'd imagine the number of people in the world who have seen the movie is 100x that. Piracy is an effective distribution system.
Pater Noster and the Mission of Light (2024)
Max, a young record store clerk stumbles upon a rare vinyl LP and is drawn into the world of a 1970s hippie commune. An invitation to the remnants of the cult and its unholy spawn leads to grave circu...
letterboxd.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We reached a milestone today! Over 1,000 logged watches on Letterboxd. Extrapolating from the guesstimated law of internet averages, I'd imagine the number of people in the world who have seen the movie is 100x that. Piracy is an effective distribution system.
Reposted by Christopher Bickel
Films I'll be seeing at Sydney Underground Film Festival tonight:
TOKYO EVIL HOTEL by Yoshihiro Nishimura
PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT by Christopher Bickel
THE PEE PEE POO POO MAN by Braden Sitter Sr.
TOKYO EVIL HOTEL by Yoshihiro Nishimura
PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT by Christopher Bickel
THE PEE PEE POO POO MAN by Braden Sitter Sr.
September 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Films I'll be seeing at Sydney Underground Film Festival tonight:
TOKYO EVIL HOTEL by Yoshihiro Nishimura
PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT by Christopher Bickel
THE PEE PEE POO POO MAN by Braden Sitter Sr.
TOKYO EVIL HOTEL by Yoshihiro Nishimura
PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT by Christopher Bickel
THE PEE PEE POO POO MAN by Braden Sitter Sr.
"He didn't deserve this"
September 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"He didn't deserve this"
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while IHTOV is on break, i will highlight some past pieces. this is an interview between @owenbrazas.bsky.social and director @smashism.bsky.social about his film "Pater Noster and the Mission of Light." ihavethatonvinyl.com/conversation...
Pater Noster and the Mission of Light: a Horror Movie And an Ode to Records
There’s a meme I once saw that I felt rang true: “Hippies are mean people pretending to be nice and punks are nice people pretending to be mean.” Every generation sucks though when you get down to it....
ihavethatonvinyl.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
while IHTOV is on break, i will highlight some past pieces. this is an interview between @owenbrazas.bsky.social and director @smashism.bsky.social about his film "Pater Noster and the Mission of Light." ihavethatonvinyl.com/conversation...
One of the most delightful reviews we've received and it's en Español.
Pater Noster and the Mission of Light, una psicodélica locura llena de gore y música
Pater Noster and the Mission of Light le da de zapes a Rob Zombie en un filme que nos muestra lo alocada, tétrica y violenta que puede ser una secta
polvora.com.mx
September 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
One of the most delightful reviews we've received and it's en Español.
He just blamed the video of something be thrown out of the White House window on "A.I." but then a minute later said "if anything bad happens, blame A.I."
September 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
He just blamed the video of something be thrown out of the White House window on "A.I." but then a minute later said "if anything bad happens, blame A.I."
There's no doubt in my mind he's had a stroke. He looks like shit. I mean even more shitty than usual.
September 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
There's no doubt in my mind he's had a stroke. He looks like shit. I mean even more shitty than usual.
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#LastFourWatched
Recomiendo ampliamente tengan en su radar Pater Noster and the mission of light. Especial para los fans de la música y los cultos.
Recomiendo ampliamente tengan en su radar Pater Noster and the mission of light. Especial para los fans de la música y los cultos.
August 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
#LastFourWatched
Recomiendo ampliamente tengan en su radar Pater Noster and the mission of light. Especial para los fans de la música y los cultos.
Recomiendo ampliamente tengan en su radar Pater Noster and the mission of light. Especial para los fans de la música y los cultos.
I immediately hate any movie that does ad buyouts of Letterboxd, causing all their pages to crash and load wonky. @letterboxd.social
August 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I immediately hate any movie that does ad buyouts of Letterboxd, causing all their pages to crash and load wonky. @letterboxd.social
DEVO documentary on Netflix was excellent - here's how it could have been longer and better
letterboxd.com/smashism/fil...
letterboxd.com/smashism/fil...
A ★★★★★ review of DEVO (2024)
Excellent documentary on one of the most interesting American bands of all time. The editing here really shines, packing so much of DEVO's visual identity into the narrative. My only complaint is that...
letterboxd.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
DEVO documentary on Netflix was excellent - here's how it could have been longer and better
letterboxd.com/smashism/fil...
letterboxd.com/smashism/fil...
Trump fittingly selects KISS to be a Kennedy Center honoree.
"I don't usually say things like this to girls your age...
But when I saw you coming out of school that day... That day I knew, I knew... I've got to have you, I've got to have you" youtu.be/Twsb0SBP9pI?...
"I don't usually say things like this to girls your age...
But when I saw you coming out of school that day... That day I knew, I knew... I've got to have you, I've got to have you" youtu.be/Twsb0SBP9pI?...
Kiss - Christine Sixteen, Largo, 1977
YouTube video by MetalMadTom
youtu.be
August 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Trump fittingly selects KISS to be a Kennedy Center honoree.
"I don't usually say things like this to girls your age...
But when I saw you coming out of school that day... That day I knew, I knew... I've got to have you, I've got to have you" youtu.be/Twsb0SBP9pI?...
"I don't usually say things like this to girls your age...
But when I saw you coming out of school that day... That day I knew, I knew... I've got to have you, I've got to have you" youtu.be/Twsb0SBP9pI?...
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My review of Christopher Bickel's Indie gem PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT.
I loved this movie.
Support Indie Horror! #FilmSky #HorrorSky #IndieSky #IndieHorror #PaterNoster #ChristopherBickel #CultMovies
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I loved this movie.
Support Indie Horror! #FilmSky #HorrorSky #IndieSky #IndieHorror #PaterNoster #ChristopherBickel #CultMovies
open.substack.com/pub/wyrdword...
Pater Noster And The Mission Of Light
Underground Throwback Horror with a Psychedelic flavour
open.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
My review of Christopher Bickel's Indie gem PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT.
I loved this movie.
Support Indie Horror! #FilmSky #HorrorSky #IndieSky #IndieHorror #PaterNoster #ChristopherBickel #CultMovies
open.substack.com/pub/wyrdword...
I loved this movie.
Support Indie Horror! #FilmSky #HorrorSky #IndieSky #IndieHorror #PaterNoster #ChristopherBickel #CultMovies
open.substack.com/pub/wyrdword...
first rough draft of new movie complete
August 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
first rough draft of new movie complete
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS, says it will close down after federal cuts.
August 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS, says it will close down after federal cuts.