THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED UP ZOMBIES!!? (1964) 

• Director: Ray Dennis Steckler
• Featured gimmick: Hallucinogenic Hypno-Vision!
• Cast: Ray Dennis Steckler, Brett O’Hara, Atlas King
• Film: 82mins | USA | Subtitles | Intermission
• Event: 20:30 – 23:15 [18+]

Token Homo and Loose Willis invite you to the closing night of the 13th sensational season of BAR TRASH — SCREAM FOR YOUR LIVES! — with what is widely regarded as one of the worst movies ever made (with one of the longest titles!), Ray Dennis Steckler’s THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED UP ZOMBIES!!? (1964).

Billed as ‘the first monster musical’ and made before Steckler turned 24, INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES was shot in just 11 days on a micro budget of $38,000. A lurid story with musical interludes about a series of carnival murders, INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES is “junk drawer cinema at its most impossible to close” with a “threadbare, developed-in-the-bathroom-sink aesthetic that explains the film’s confounding charm” (Richard Harland Smith, Turner Classic Movies). 

Steckler bought-back ownership of his film after its initial failed distribution, exhibiting it to modest success under alternative titles including ‘Diabolical Dr. Voodoo’ and ‘Teenage Psycho Meets Bloody Mary’. As well as appearing in his own films under the pseudonym ‘Cash Flagg’, Steckler toured the grindhouse circuit with his titles, often playing one of the monsters that would leap out of the darkness for this film’s original gimmick, TERRORAMA. We will be serving the film with our own cocktail of theatrical gimmicks — including some free shots! —  as we bring our season to a close.

Polite notice: We are showing THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED UP ZOMBIES!!? (1964) with subtitles from the best available digital source. This screening is not for the weak or those susceptible to suggestion and manipulation. To avoid any adverse reactions, we kindly ask any member of the audience who has ever been hypnotised by Loose Willis to kindly wait in the theatre lobby for the first thirteen minutes of tonight’s presentation. We will let you know when it is safe to take your seat. 

/// 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. ///