A mysterious power failure in a small mountain town coincides with the disappearance of one of its most eccentric young residents. Mystery piles upon mystery as his family and friends search for him, fail, and ultimately try to forget about him, an undertaking that results in many unexpected, and in some cases bizarre, effects on the town's already peculiar community.

Father William Smoortser drops his bible into a toilet at a rest stop just before embarking on a day-long canoe trip, breaking loose all glorious hell.
Father Billy (Steve Little), an eccentric young priest, is forced to take a sabbatical by his superiors when he is discovered telling inappropriate parables to his flock. Billy tracks down his high-school idol Robbie (Robert Longstreet, Pineapple Express, Undertow), who begrudgingly agrees to a canoe trip. On the water, the two men reminisce about Billy's days as the keyboardist in a Christian band and Robbie's as a guitarist for a metal band.
When night approaches, they realize they have lost their way - and that's when things get weird.
Storytelling in all its forms is skewered in 2011's Sundance favorite The Catechism Cataclysm, a divinely bizarre and funny tale that infuses stories within stories until the lines between the Bible, Mark Twain, and campfire tales are hilariously blurred.

1984年，印第安纳州。斯万普•福特（Andrew Auseon 安德鲁•奥森 饰）躺在树林中睡觉，当他醒来时，发现自己被女友（Jessica Murnane 杰希卡•莫内恩 饰）捆个严严实实。狂躁的女友绝尘而去，留斯万普一个人挣扎呼救。他的霉运并未就此结束，两个少年又对他拳打脚踢。不久，三个光着身子只穿内裤的家伙来到他的面前，一番絮絮叨叨过后，其中一个为斯万普解开绳子。由此，他展开了一段奇异的旅程……
影片于1998年春天在美国俄亥俄州雅典城拍摄，并荣获1999年MicroCineFest电影节最佳短片奖。

2014 film by Vincenzo Natali