SYNTHETIC FLESH! – THE ALIEN DEAD (1980) at Beer Merchants Tap (Sun 30 November 2025)
THE ALIEN DEAD (1980)
- Director: Fred Olen Ray
- Featured special makeup effects: Paul Duckworth
- Cast: Buster Crabbe, Ray Roberts, Linda Lewis
- Film: 74mins | USA | No Subtitles | Intermission
- Event: Doors 6pm | Intro + Film 6:30pm – 9pm [18+]
A meteor hits a houseboat, turning its occupants into zombies that feed on alligators. As reptiles dwindle, they target the local townspeople…
“THEY CAME FROM OUTER SPACE TO EAT THE LIVING!”
Cult film night BAR TRASH continues with its 11th sensational season — SYNTHETIC FLESH! — a tribute to more than 100 years of monster makeup FX.
Filmed over a period of two years deep in the swamps of Florida, THE ALIEN DEAD (1980) is a mesmerising DIY horror film from prolific filmmaker and former wrestler (as Fabulous Freddie Valentine!) Fred Olen Ray. Graduating to 16mm colour film after his earlier B&W effort, THE BRAIN LEECHES (1978), THE ALIEN DEAD follows a group of aquatic zombies and their victims.
Featuring dreamlike imagery and charming DIY gore effects, THE ALIEN DEAD is a hypnotic blast of regional filmmaking that would feel right at home on a double-bill with Lucio Fulci’s ZOMBIE 3. It also features an elderly Larry ‘Buster’ Crabbe, the great cinema action hero of the 1930s and 1940s, and star of Season 9’s FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE (1940).
Polite notice: We are showing THE ALIEN DEAD without subtitles from the best available digital source.
/// 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 £6 + fees. Adults 18+ only. Follow @tokenhomo on Instagram for updates. More info at tokenhomo.com ///