Daily Info sat down with the Cinema Under the Stairs team to chat about their screening and what audiences can expect from Flash Gordon.
Daily Info: Cinema Under the Stairs has been screening films since 2016. It's been a heck of a rollercoaster these past nine years, so firstly congratulations!
Cinema Under the Stairs: Thanks!
DI: What can audiences expect from Flash Gordon?
CUTS: Absurd, high-camp, super-saturated cheese on a huge screen with a massive soundtrack and Brian Blessed in leather pants.
DI: The Oxford Cinema is a new venue for CUTS. Are you excited to screen there? And how do you find moving around different venues in Oxford?
CUTS: We were very pleased to be invited and, yeah, it's a buzz to put a film on at a piece of Oxford's cinema history. We've always thought of CUTS and Shocktober as being about the city and people of Oxford so supporting venues with our audience is a big part of why we do it. And we're cheap and tidy up after ourselves.
DI: What else does CUTS have planned for 2025?
CUTS: Plans? You must have mistaken us for someone else. The biggie is Shocktober (actually does take a bit of planning) which we're getting ready now. It's grown every year and we want to see if we can bring some other horror fan creatives in to add a bit of art, literature and theatre to the festival. The films are the heart of it for us but the horror community is full of people who want to share their love of the weird so with Shocktober, maybe, we've got a forum to help people do that. Early days but watch this space.
DI: What's the one film you've yet to screen that you're dying to show? And what's been your favourite film to screen?
CUTS: We haven't put Heat on yet. It's such a masterpiece and the whole crew love it but we've just got to find the right moment to do it justice. Too many favourites to name. It's all about the audience reaction for us so the picks where we get people cheering and laughing at the end are the best.
DI: Can you sum the event up in three words?
CUTS: Loud, Lasers and Leather.
Cinema Under the Stairs screen Flash Gordon at the Oxford Cinema on Monday 19th May and tickets can be found here.