Join us in the Ill Repute basement for a picture oozing with blood and booze this Sunday.

This week we take a break from the Italian Giallo classics to take a look at the advent of gore in French cinema. Jean Rollin, pioneer of the fantastique genre and freshly inspired by the zombie classics coming out of the US and the UK, such as George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Jorge Grau’s The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974), provides his own, particularly French take on the Zombie flick.

Set in a barren part of the French countryside, the plot follows Elizabeth (Marie-Georges Pascal) on a trip to visit her fiancé at his vineyard in the Causse du Larzac limestone plateau in southern France. But, when the wine flows the terror begins. As the undead descend on this quite farming town, the forces of evil put a quick and grizzly end to her previous plans for a romantic getaway.  

Rollin’s Grapes of Death (1978) provides us with two important reminders, never trust the agricultural department and only beer will save us (which will be available at the bar upstairs).

■ Downstairs at The Ill Repute
■ 7:30pm Start
■ Free Entry
■ Drinks and snacks available at the bar upstairs