(Fri 7th / doors 8pm / £5/4)
(Ken Russell / 1971 / UK / 111 minutes / Certificate X)

Christmas is now drawing near, and what better way to bring in the seasonal cheer than this classic of sacrilegious mayhem, undoubtedly one of the most controversial films ever, still striking fear into the hearts of the religious right (and the film’s financial backers), over forty years after its initial release. The late Ken Russell’s visionary film is a cinematic treat, and an all-time Hellfire favourite that demands to be viewed on the big screen.

See Olly Reed sending nuns into a writhing sexual frenzy! See the establishment attempt to crush the ‘depraved’ city dwellers with even more depraved acts! See hyprocrisy! Tragedy! Mayhem! Here is a film both sublime and ridiculous, sacred and profane, funny yet tragic, viscous yet tender. The Devils really has its cake and eats it, and so will we.

As always, in the bar, festively bedecked Hellfire DJs serve up a choice selection of demonic wig-outs.