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With a name like “A Super-Hip Creepy Sexy Psychotronic X-mas Show,” the Washington Psychotronic Film Society’s holiday hoedown could include, well, just about anything. A documentary on strung-out elves turning tricks for candy canes? Footage of a cross-dressing Santa Claus leading a Bonnie “Prince” Billy cover band? Considering some of the other entries in WPFS’s December program, “Beneath the Valley of the Dancing Dolls Who Escaped From Hell to Become Mixed-Up Singing Dancers,” I wouldn’t be surprised. At the very least, the event promises a rare screening of Todd Haynes’ 1987 short Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, an out-of-circulation, illegal-to-sell-or-distribute biography of the singer’s struggle with anorexia, as acted out by Barbie and Ken dolls, as well as a selection of Scopitones, early music videos made for jukeboxesque machines. As for the ambiguous “other freaky surprises” mentioned on the WPFS Web site, just keep the kids away from any red-light-district reindeer displays. The program starts at 8 p.m. at Dr. Dremo’s Taphouse, 2001 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington. $2 (suggested donation). (703) 528-4660. (Matthew Borlik)