Terror Talks: Spooks & Ghouls & Freaks & Fools - The Rentaghost Story
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GADZOOKS!
Join dark historian Andrew Johnston of Alternative Ulstours for an illustrated Terror Talk on children's television's strangest programme.
Andrew will expose the pitch-black core and bizarre production of writer Bob Block's creation. Beneath Rentaghost's catchy theme tune and slapstick antics lies a deeply unsettling reality: a capitalist enterprise trafficking in the trapped souls of the damned.
From 1976 to 1984, the BBC normalised a world where mortals leased deceased spirits. Consider the afterlife torment of Timothy Claypole, a medieval jester stuck in an eternal, manic purgatory, or Miss Popov, whose violent, uncontrollable sneezing triggered terrifying anomalies in the space-time continuum.
Prepare to confront the body horror, the existential madness and the eerie, lo-fi special effects that secretly traumatised an entire generation, alongside the tragic fates of the series' cast.
So, come along to the iconic Sunflower Public House, buy a drink, pull up a seat and remember, what you see is not a mystery, but Rentaghost!
Doors open:
7.00pm
Running time:
2 hours including interval
Please note:
• Unreserved seating
• Full bar
• Strictly 18+
• Dog-friendly
Join dark historian Andrew Johnston of Alternative Ulstours for an illustrated Terror Talk on children's television's strangest programme.
Andrew will expose the pitch-black core and bizarre production of writer Bob Block's creation. Beneath Rentaghost's catchy theme tune and slapstick antics lies a deeply unsettling reality: a capitalist enterprise trafficking in the trapped souls of the damned.
From 1976 to 1984, the BBC normalised a world where mortals leased deceased spirits. Consider the afterlife torment of Timothy Claypole, a medieval jester stuck in an eternal, manic purgatory, or Miss Popov, whose violent, uncontrollable sneezing triggered terrifying anomalies in the space-time continuum.
Prepare to confront the body horror, the existential madness and the eerie, lo-fi special effects that secretly traumatised an entire generation, alongside the tragic fates of the series' cast.
So, come along to the iconic Sunflower Public House, buy a drink, pull up a seat and remember, what you see is not a mystery, but Rentaghost!
Doors open:
7.00pm
Running time:
2 hours including interval
Please note:
• Unreserved seating
• Full bar
• Strictly 18+
• Dog-friendly
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Where is it happening?
Sunflower Public House & Live Music, 65 North Street, Belfast, BT1 2, United Kingdom
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Host or PublisherAlternative Ulstours
