“I came here to get rich… not to get holy.”

On Thursday 2nd July 2026, we head back downstairs at The Ill Repute for a sweaty, Southern Gothic descent into chaos with Mudhoney.

From cult provocateur Russ Meyer, this is small-town America stripped bare: lust, greed, religion, and violence all tangled together in the mud of Depression-era Missouri. It’s a world where morality is fragile, desire is loud, and everything feels like it’s about to tip over.

Starring Hal Hopper, John Furlong, and Antoinette Bower, Mudhoney is Meyer before the full bombast; still rough-edged, still morally slippery, but already fascinated with obsession, decay, and the way people unravel when pushed just slightly too far.

Shot in stark black-and-white and soaked in atmosphere, it plays like a fever dream of the American South: part melodrama, part exploitation, all heat and rot and bad decisions waiting to happen.

▶ The Ill Repute, Old Market - downstairs cinema room
▶ Doors 7:30pm / Film 8pm sharp (no late entry)
▶ Free entry - first come, first served (arrive early to guarantee a seat)
▶ Drinks and snacks available at the bar

Be Kind Rewind Bristol is a free bi-weekly Thursday cult film night celebrating strange, beloved and offbeat cinema in the downstairs screening room at The Ill Repute.