A big thrill in a little pill.

'The Trip is just a film about a guy taking LSD and tripping. That is the entire plot. Roger Corman was at his most experimental here, layering the film with a psychedelic atmosphere and hallucinogenic visuals. Written by Jack Nicholson, the cool, disconnected imagery and rapidly edited montages are very evocative. They're boosted by the colourful sets and great reuse of old material to make the journey feel larger. The Trip is very '60s, capturing the zeitgeist of drugs and hippies and embracing that trend. It's also very funny and a fair depiction of drug-taking which neither glamorises nor demonises drug use. It's a groovy film.'
An Honest Review

+ Bar Sounds
Before and after the film, lose yourself in a psychedelic dream: DJs spin immersive sonic journeys through the realms of vintage prog, acid, fuzzed-out global psych, and more in the bar.

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Written by a pre-fame Jack Nicholson, the film is noted for its wild cinematography - director Roger Corman famously consumed LSD to ensure the visual hallucinations were accurate. The Trip notoriously launched a craze for psychedelic cinema. However, it fell foul of the UK's conservative censors, getting repeatedly banned in Britain in 1967, 1971, 1981, and 1988 before eventually being passed for DVD release in 2004.

'A definitive commercial for acid... boundlessly optimistic.'
Time Out

Hippy Trippy Summer 2026

You don't need substances to alter your perception, man - not if you dig the CUBE's season of psychedelic, far-out, and groovy movies from the 'Summer Of Love'.

Th 09 Jul 2026 // 20:00 - Eggshells (An American Freak Illumination) (1969)
Su 12 Jul 2026 // 17:00 - Monterey Pop (1968)
Th 16 Jul 2026 // 20:00 - The Trip (1967)
Th 23 Jul 2026 // 20:00 - Tonite, Let's All Make Love In London (1967)
Th 30 Jul 2026 // 20:00 - The Dunwich Horror (1970)

Headfirst Bristol: Hippy Trippy Summer 2026

Venue doors open 30 minutes before the advertised start time. All film screenings are ad-free and 18+ unless otherwise stated and start with no more than a 10-minute curated selection of trailers.

The CUBE is a membership venue; please remember to bring your card. You can join at the door for £1 (life membership). Attend six events and receive a free drink.