Monster Road

Enter the bizarre world of underground stop-motion animator Bruce Bickford in this "fascinating, disturbing and often hilarious" (San Francisco Chronicle) documentary profile by filmmaker Brett Ingram. Famed as Frank Zappa's house animator, Bickford talks to Ingram about his life — a troubled suburban childhood, a distant father and service as a Marine in Vietnam — and films, which often depict fantastic sword fights, morphing giants and pastoral gardens. Supplemented with rare film clips from Bickford's seldom-seen homemade productions.