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The 10th annual Trash Film Orgy opened Saturday night with 300 zombie fans coming out to see “Evil Dead 2” – the premiere night for the film festival celebrating gore-filled, sleazy, cult classic movies. Saturday’s screening of Sam Raimi’s low-budget hit “Evil Dead 2” coincided with Sacramento’s downtown Zombie Walk, so there was no shortage of “dead” or evil characters dressed up as zombies in order to get into the spirit. “I think it’s really a fun crowd, and I can tell there’s a lot of zombies left over from the Zombie Walk, which is really exciting,” said Trash Film Orgy representative Amy. “Evil Dead 2 is really a trash classic, and we have a really fun crowd tonight.” Not on
Sunday night, the Hilltop Tavern in East Sacramento held a Fling Ping Pong Tournament. This was the first attempt for the bar at hosting a ping pong tournament, though plans for a second are already underway. Sixteen Sacramento locals competed in the event, which took place on the final day of Beer Week. The tournament was sponsored by Pyramid Brewery, hence the name Fling, which is the company's newest seasonal Pale Ale. Challengers first competed in a traditional 21-point game of ping pong, followed by a side game of Pyramid Fling Pong. Fling Pong is played on a miniature collapsible ping pong table, small enough to stow away in a school bag, and with paddles the size of large sand-dol