The nightmare begins when Margie(Anna Dickson) gets involved with a bad fucking kid named Johnny(Ryan Hovde) and turns up missing. When her friends go to look for her, they find more than they bargained for.
This is the tragic and bizarre account of what happened to a group of teenagers one hot summer in Iowa. A fiendish mix of heart-stopping terror and outragous humor on a forty dollar budget, Farmlands is truly "Twisted, Cornfed, Backwoods, Midwestern Inbreeding at it's finest."
Inspired by the song "Farmlands" by Sioux City Pete and The Beggars.

Starring:
Lexi Lutter, Ryan Hovde, Anna Dickson, Heidi Vomit, Sean Knittel, Joe Ross, Scary McClary, Sarah Brown, Sioux City Pete, Don Desy, Dustin Morriston, Mike Woods and Levi Rogers as Pervis Squibb.

Written by:
Richie Vomit, Heidi Vomit, and Sioux City Pete.

Directed by:
Richie Vomit

With music by:
Sioux City Pete & The Beggars, Mr. Plow, Mortalitas Magna, Dead Mans Hand, Swing By Seven and more.

Copyright 2006 Vomit FilmsTM

Farmlands is now finished! It will be released for sale Tuesday, October 31st. We are having a sneak peak showing of the film Saturday, October 28th at the Cattle Club in Sioux City.













SIOUX CITY JOURNAL ARTICLE



Online videos: It's the thing to do

By Dolly A. Butz, Journal staff writer

Statues of serial killers, demon-possessed dolls and zombie figurines from some of Hollywood's most horrific flicks decorate a shelf above Richie "Vomit's" computer. Horror movies have been a lifelong love of the aspiring Sioux City filmmaker and owner of "Vomit Films."

"I've been watching horror movies since I was too young to watch them," Richie said. "I've seen every movie in the horror section at Blockbuster."

Richie considers "The Dawn of the Dead," "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," "The Devil's Rejects" and "Halloween," some of his favorite horror films.

Advances in technology over the years and the growth of online video-sharing sites, such as YouTube and Google Video, are allowing movie fanatics like Richie the opportunity to pick up a video camera and get in on the action.

Richie is promoting his first full-length feature film, "Farmlands," on YouTube and Myspace.

According to an AP-AOL video poll, 54 percent of all U.S. Internet users have watched or downloaded a video clip or full-length program from the Web.

YouTube, which allows users to post, watch and comment on videos from their home computer, boasts nearly 20 million users per month. More than 60,000 new videos are uploaded daily according to the site.

Although Mindee Jorgensen of Sioux City has only been sharing her videos on YouTube for three months, she said she's been filming since childhood. Jorgensen said she got her start filming herself and her little sister singing and dancing in her room.

"Ever since I was little, I always filmed stuff," she said. "It was mostly fun kid's stuff."

Today Jorgensen films bands at the Cattle Club Collective and makes music videos. She has nearly 20 videos on her YouTube channel including videos of her own band, Silent Time.

"It's a good place to watch music videos and help promote other bands and my own," she said.

Tom Wheeler, manager of the Iowa Film Office, said filmmaking is no longer confined to Hollywood studios thanks to the availability of video equipment and the Internet.

"Nationally, it is making it easier with the decentralization of Hollywood," he said. "They can get a camera and match it up with the needed equipment. That makes it very doable."

Wheeler said there are also numerous opportunities for Iowa filmmakers to network in the state through a number of organized groups, such as the Iowa Digital Filmmakers Guild (IDFG). The IDFG is a community of filmmakers who meet monthly to share resources and improve their techniques.

Bruce Heppner-Elgin, of the IDFG, said filmmaking is "exploding" in Iowa as photography once did. "There's been a big growth in indie filmmaking," he said. "People love telling stories. Visual media is the latest form of storytelling. It's a really exciting time."

Lights, camera, action

For the past two years Richie and his wife Heidi have been working on "Farmlands," which was inspired by the song "Farmlands" by Sioux City Pete & The Beggars.

"Farmlands" is the "tragic and bizarre account of what happens to a group of teenagers one hot summer in Iowa" when they go looking for their friend Margie who goes missing after a date with a "bad kid" named Johnny.

Richie cast his friends in the movie and he also features the music of several local bands in addition to Sioux City Pete & the Beggars.

"Farmlands" is currently being filmed at several locations, including rural farms in Siouxland. Richie is filming the movie with a hand-held mini DVD camcorder and editing his footage with his video editing software. When "Farmlands" is complete, Richie said he will have spent around $50 on its production.

"People need to know it's not a typical horror movie," he said. "It's low budget. It's very disturbing. My favorite movies are bad. That's what makes them creepy."

After a day of filming, Richie downloads his video footage onto his home computer, where he begins the tedious task of editing. He overlays sound effects, such as footsteps and thumping heart beats and visual effects, which give some scenes an aged look reminiscent of classic horror films.

When he is finished editing, the video is uploaded to a video-sharing site, such as YouTube. The "Farmlands" trailer has been viewed more than 100 times on YouTube since its Aug. 18 posting.

Richie hopes to debut "Farmlands" Oct. 28 at the Cattle Club Collective and have the movie ready for sale on Halloween.

Richie Vomit views a scene from a horror movie he is making at his Sioux City home. (Staff photo by Jim Lee)

To view the "Farmlands" trailer log on to http://www.myspace.com/vomitfilms or http://www.youtube.com/vomitfilms.

To view Mindee Jorgensen's videos log on to http://www.youtube.com/mindianajones.