About the B-Movie Fan Club curator, Robin

Woman looking scared and holding arms up. text reads: B movie fan clubRobin Knowles, now 24, started programming the monthly B-Movie season at the Electric Palace Cinema when he was 13 years old. In April 2023 we celebrated our B Movie Fan Club 10 Year anniversary!

The original idea behind the club was both to celebrate the B-Movie genre and also to create an event which provides Robin, who has autism, with a way of accessing an independent social life and make more connections.

Robin continues to be a huge fan of B-Movies and has a wealth of information on sci-fi, fantasy and B-Movies. Although Robin is reluctant to introduce the films, he is a great welcoming host and will, if engaged, give way more information than most people want! He is interested in reaching a wider audience and developing the programme.

If you haven't come along to one of these nights before then it's time to start! Once a month on a Sunday night join us for an enjoyable romp into low-budget "second features" usually horror/sci-fi from their heyday in the 1950s and shorter than your average feature film.

The term connoted a general perception that B movies were inferior to the more lavishly budgeted headliners; individual B films were often ignored by critics but even from their beginnings to the present day, B movies have provided opportunities both for those coming up in the profession and others whose careers are waning. Celebrated filmmakers such as Anthony Mann and Jonathan Demme learned their craft in B movies.

B movies are where actors such as John Wayne and Jack Nicholson first became established, and they have provided work for former A movie actors and actresses, such as Vincent Price and Karen Black. Some actors and actresses, such as Bela Lugosi, Eddie Constantine, Bruce Campbell, and Pam Grier, worked in B movies for most of their careers.

So, 'join' the club, it's so much fun! Free space candy included with every ticket.

See the amazing B Movie cake (pictured), and Robin sharing the history of the B Movie Fan Club screenings - video via Facebook:

Coming up for B Movie Fan Club:

Woman holding a big spider 1920s style

The Mesa of Lost Women

Sunday 27 October, 7.30pm

When a couple are found close to death in the desert, they narrate their incredible survival story to their saviours. They tell of a mad scientist who attempts to create a race of super-women by injecting them with the life-fluids of insects. Sounds like a terrible idea, right? It is.

Book now for The Mesa...>>

Missile to the Moon film posterMissile to the Moon

Sunday 24 November, 7.30pm

Escaped prisoners stowaway on a flight to the moon and discover alien women ruled by a sadistic queen.

Book now for Missile to the Moon >>

Get your film poster in aid of the Electric Palace

Painting of Robby the Robot

Get your limited edition Robby the Robot poster (pictured, above) - order now and collect at an upcoming B Movie night.

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Want a B Movie Fan Club tshirt?

All profits go to the programmer Robin's travel funds for a trip to America to visit all of the surviving drive-in cinemas (367 apparently!).

All sizes available, £15. Email John Knowles to order.

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