Two films for the price of one ticket!

ROBOT MONSTER 3D (1953): The monstrous Ro-Man attempts to annihilate the last family alive on Earth, but finds himself falling for their beautiful daughter.

THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933): A scientist finds a way of turning invisible, but in doing so, becomes murderously insane.

Cult film night BAR TRASH continues with CELLULOID JAM, an unofficial celebration of 50 years of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975).

ROCKY HORROR’s lusciously lip-synched opening number — ‘Science Fiction / Double Feature’, sung by Richard O’Brien and mouthed by Patricia Quinn — conjures the lost charms of extended film programming, where you could lose yourself in a double bill for the price of a single ticket.

Our BAR TRASH ‘science fiction double feature’ starts with ROBOT MONSTER 3D (1953), winner of “The Most Ridiculous Monster In Screen History” category in The Golden Turkey Awards by Harry & Michael Medved. Showing in gloriously retro 3D, Phil Tucker’s film (if you can call it that…) is a savagely strange post-apocalyptic hellscape where the last vestige of humanity goes into battle against occupying alien forces, played by ‘gorilla-suit man’ George Barrows wearing his signature ape suit and a diving helmet. Free red/cyan 3D viewers provided.

After an intermission, we present one of James Whale’s incredible run of early 1930s movie masterpieces for Universal. In the words of Richard O’Brien’s song, “Claude Rains is THE INVISIBLE MAN” (1933), giving a brilliantly maniacal performance as a scientist driven to psychotic megalomania by his experiments. Made before Hollywood started censoring itself, this pre-Code gem retains plenty of power to shock, manifesting its titular transformations through wondrous practical and optical movie magic.

“THE INVISIBLE MAN is a perfectly judged marriage of menace and comedy, anchored by superlative special effects and a bravura performance from Rains.” (James Marriott, The Definitive Guide to Horror Movies)

Polite notice: We are showing ROBOT MONSTER in anaglyph red/cyan 3D without subtitles (free retro 3D viewers provided). THE INVISIBLE MAN will screen flat with subtitles. Both features are presented from the best available digital source with one intermission between the two films.

// Part of BAR TRASH: Season 9 — CELLULOID JAM, an unofficial celebration of 50 years of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975). Hosted by queer film fanatic Token Homo (creator of BAR TRASH and QUEER HORROR NIGHTS), all films screen with an introduction, intermission, and subtitles/captions (where possible!). Tickets from £3.50. Adults 18+ only. Follow @tokenhomo on Instagram for news and updates. More info at tokenhomo.com //