“BAR TRASH is the best cinema experience in London. Impeccable vibes, brilliant hosting, programming fascinating things the likes of which you’ve never seen!” (Audience Review)
BAR TRASH is back!!! The countdown has begun as we unveiled our epic new season — TRASH PLANET 3: APOCALYPSE! — at a launch night screening of CLASS OF NUKE ‘EM HIGH (1986) at Genesis Cinema last night.
For our 14th sensational season, BAR TRASH tackles the most urgent issue of our time the only way we know: projecting chaotic visions of mass destruction as we shelter from the coming eco-storm with a strong drink (or several). Featuring (un)natural disasters, hideous eco-slime, atomic behemoths, dystopian futures, and gladiators roaming the wastelands, TRASH PLANET 3: APOCALYPSE! serves nuclear payloads of mayhem with one killer question: how will you survive?
TRASH PLANET 3: APOCALYPSE! features 28 films across 25 events and includes films from the UK, USA, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Canada, and Spain. The programme takes place (almost!) every Wednesday at Genesis Cinema from 23 September to 16 December and every Sunday at Beer Merchants Tap and Finsbury Park Picturehouse from 20 September to 13 December 2026. The show on Wednesday 11 November will be at Finsbury Park Picturehouse at 8:30pm.
FILM PROGRAMME!
20 SEP // Tim Curry Tribute: CONGO dir Frank Marshall (1995 / USA) Our troublesome tribute to Tim Curry is a classic serving of jungle adventure madness that dips into ALIENS-level man vs. ape warfare in the volcanic finale.
23 SEP // Opening Night: CLASS OF NUKE ‘EM HIGH dir Richard W. Haines & Lloyd Kaufman (1986 / USA) A riotous overdose of gender chaos that’s one of cinema’s great ‘fuck you!’s to the people who don’t give a fuck about us.
27 SEP // Oktoberfest: ATTACK OF THE LEDERHOSEN ZOMBIES dir Dominik Hartl (2016 / Austria) The perfect Oktoberfest slam featuring zombie mayhem on the ski slopes of Europe. Free hats! 20% off Steins!
30 SEP // X THE UNKNOWN dir Leslie Norman (1956 / UK) Before THE BLOB, there was X! Prepare to meet a very different kind of movie monster…
07 OCT // 2019: AFTER THE FALL OF NEW YORK dir Sergio Martino (1983 / Italy) 20 years after World War III a hunt is on to find the only fertile woman left alive. An Italian exploitation classic!
11 OCT // NO BLADE OF GRASS dir Cornel Wilde (1970 / UK) A very British account of the end of our food supply chain and its apocalyptic impact on civilisation. Warning: this one is bleak!
18 OCT // THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE dir Val Guest (1961 / UK) A scorching UK sci-fi thriller about what happens when nuclear testing triggers eco-crisis.
THUR 15 OCT // Queer Horror / Double Feature: SHIVERS dir David Cronenberg (1975 / Canada) A new breed of parasite takes over a luxury apartment block, triggering a very queer sex riot + CREEPOZOIDS dir David DeCoteau (1987 / USA) Zero budget ALIEN ripoff in a bunker directed by prolific queer auteur David DeCoteau.
21 OCT // Bar Trash 250!!! DESTROY ALL MONSTERS dir Ishiro Honda (1968 / Japan) Celebrate our 250th BAR TRASH screening with the biggest monster mashup in kaiju history (at the time!)!!!
25 OCT // VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA dir Irwin Allen (1961 / USA) You can’t have a disaster season without Irwin Allen (THE TOWERING INFERNO). This one’s about an eco-crisis that can only be sorted by the crew of a nuclear submarine!
28 OCT // Halloween / MYSTERY APOCALYPSE FILM!: One of my all-time favourite post-apocalyptic films. But I can’t say any more…
04 NOV // ROBOT HOLOCAUST dir Tim Kincaid (1987 / USA / 80mins) More from former gay porn director Tim Kinkaid – director of MUTANT HUNT! – featuring a world taken over by robots, lots of semi-naked wrestling, mutant worms, and malevolent AI.
08 NOV // Tim Curry Tribute: FERNGULLY: THE LAST RAINFOREST dir Bill Kroyer (1992 / USA) Our second tribute to Tim Curry (as villain Hexxus), and one of the most Nineties animations of all time with enough queer coding to keep us happy.
11 NOV // Mutant Mayhem / Double Feature: THE KILLER SHREWS dir Ray Kellogg (1959 / USA) + THE GIANT GILA MONSTER dir Ray Kellogg (1959 / USA) A double feature of films by overlooked creature feature pioneer Ray Kellogg. The titles tell you exactly what’s going on!
15 NOV // ZARDOZ dir John Boorman (1973 / UK & Ireland) My second go at screening a John Boorman movie — you hated EXORCIST II! — this one is set in a dystopian future and features Sean Connery in an adult nappy…
18 NOV // SHARKNADO dir Anthony C. Ferrante (2013 / USA) The ultimate SyFy CGI shark battle. Some films you just want to get drunk to.
22 NOV // SOYLENT GREEN dir Richard Fleischer (1973 / USA) A dystopian sci-fi nightmare directed by Richard Fleischer (CONAN THE DESTROYER/RED SONJA) featuring overcrowding, sex slaves, and food supplements!
25 NOV // Zero Budget / Double Feature: DEATH RUN dir Michael J. Murphy (1987 / UK) A micro-budget 1987 British sci-fi apocalypse directed by prolific diy filmmaker Michael J. Murphy on Super 8mm + MANBORG dir Steven Kostanski (2011 / Canada) A throwback to ’80s sci-fi horror action films, the story of a dead soldier reanimated as a cyborg killing machine to fight Nazi vampires. Made for < $1000 Canadian dollars.
29 NOV // MYSTERY APOCALYPSE FILM #02: Again, I can’t tell you about this one other than it’s one of my favourite movies of all time and will quite simply blow your little minds…
02 DEC // WAR OF THE GOD MONSTERS dir Jeong-yong Kim (1985 / South Korea) A previously lost 1985 kaiju film from South Korea that is largely assembled from various Ultraman TV series, the Japanese superhero.
06 DEC // TERRA FORMARS dir Takashi Miike (2016 / Japan) The first appearance of cult director Takashi Miike at BAR TRASH for a far-future sci-fi fantasy about mankind’s attempt to colonise Mars, adapted from the manga of the same name.
09 DEC // WATERWORLD dir Kevin Reynolds (1995 / USA) Any film that can be turned into a theme park attraction — rather than the other way around! — is perfect fodder for BAR TRASH!
13 DEC // ACCIÓN MUTANTE dir Álex de la Iglesia (1993 / Spain) If you loved DAY OF THE BEAST, this is director Álex de la Iglesia’s feature debut, a grotesque comedy about an inept band of disabled terrorists fighting to rid the world of the “beautiful people”.
16 DEC // Closing Night: ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE dir John McPhail (2018 / UK) A delightful zombie Christmas movie musical made in the UK!
/// BAR TRASH is a celebration of cult and curious cinema, hosted by queer film fanatic Token Homo and friends. Films are served with introductions, intermissions, prize giveaways, and subtitles / captions where possible. Tickets from £3.50+ fees. Adults 18+ only. Follow @tokenhomo on Instagram for updates. More info at tokenhomo.com ///