A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY’S REVENGE (1985) has been dubbed “the gayest slasher of all time” and its hero, Mark Patton (Jesse) branded the “first male scream queen”. But it’s problematic, so here’s why we’re screening it with an added exorcism.
SYNTHETIC FLESH! The 11th sensational season of cult film night BAR TRASH is a tribute to more than 100 years of monster makeup effects (Sept to Dec 2025).
To celebrate our 3rd birthday, the tenth sensational season of BAR TRASH was WE ARE TRASH!, a fan-made mixtape of cult and chaotic cinema.
WE ARE TRASH! Bar Trash celebrates our 3rd year & 10th sensational season with a fan-made mixtape of cult & chaotic cinema (May to Aug 2025).
WE ARE TRASH! Bar Trash celebrates our 3rd year & 10th sensational season with a fan-made mixtape of cult & chaotic cinema (May to Aug 2025).
The ninth season of BAR TRASH was CELLULOID JAM, an entirely unofficial celebration of 50 years of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975).
BAR TRASH continues with CELLULOID JAM, an unofficial celebration of 50 years of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975).
Season eight of Bar Trash was BANNED!, an uncensored season of the so-called ‘Video Nasties’ from the 1980s moral panic that swept the UK.
Season seven of Bar Trash was called ENCORE!!! (aka ‘More of the bloody same’), a celebration of two sensational years at Genesis Cinema.
BAR TRASH continues with BANNED, an uncensored season of the Video Nasties, every Wednesday at Genesis Cinema (25 Sept to 18 Dec 2024).
ATOMIC ORIGINS: Token Homo’s new season of sci-fi screenings launches in the Members Bar at Finsbury Park Picturehouse on Mon 19 August 2024.
After 80+ BAR TRASH shows at Genesis Cinema (& occasionally Rule Zero), here are my top 10 favourite nights (+ a few dishonourable mentions).