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Bristol Bad Film Club unleashes killer bees and god monsters
Need reminding that we mess with nature at our peril? OK, maybe not. Well how about having this Serious and Important Message delivered through the medium of hilariously awful films? That’s more like it.
Bristol Bad Film Club has a long and noble tradition of serving up these truly terrible warnings to its chortling audience. Indeed, the real world finally caught up last year, when the Other BBFC’s planned screening of Birdemic: Shock and Terror was forced online.
But they’re determined to bounce back in 2022 and say they have big plans for the months ahead. These include the return to Bristol of the club’s old mate Greg Sestero (of The Room fame) with his directorial debut, Miracle Valley.
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But first, they’ve announced their February and March screenings at the Bristol Improv Theatre. Profits from both of these go to benefit very worthy local causes. Form an orderly swarm for The Bees on February 24, which is shown in aid of Wildscreen.
One of two apian-themed films in the killer bug sub-genre released in 1978 (the other one being Irwin Allen’s more expensive and less funny The Swarm with Michael Caine and, um, Olivia de Havilland), this cheapo Mexican flick has an evil corporation illegally importing South American killer bees into the USA. Boffin John Saxon comes up with a cunning plan to counter this menace by turning the bees gay. Naturally, the buzzers are displeased by his gambit and form a sentient, English-speaking collective that turns up at the UN to deliver its uplifting message of tolerance and environmentalism. Go bees!
Next up on March 17 is the recently restored 1985 Korean kaiju flick War of the God Monsters, with profits going to Bristol Animal Rescue Centre. Also known as The Undead Beast and The Flying Monster, this cheapo effort manages to incorporate climate change and a viral outbreak into its tale of a scientist who’s ostracised for his belief that dinosaurs still roam the earth. All the monster sequences are spliced in rather shoddily from Japan’s Return of Ultraman TV series.
Visit the Bristol Bad Film Club website for further information and ticket details. But be warned that the club’s screenings always sell out well in advance.
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