Carry On Screaming - Halloween Screening

When: Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Where: BLOC, ArtsOne, Mile End

Speaker: Simon McKay

A Halloween screening of the British classic starring Fenella Fielding, with drinks and an introduction by Fenella's biographer Simon McKay

Staff and Students Only Educational Screening

Carry On Screaming is a British comedy classic from 1966 starring the charismatic Fenella Fielding. The plot goes something like this... The sinister Dr Watt (Kenneth Williams) operates an evil scheme. He kidnaps beautiful young women and dips them in a chemical bath to turn them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortunately for Dr Watt, Detective-Sergeant Bung (Harry H. Corbett) is on the case, and he doesn't have a clue! In this send up of the Hammer Horror movies, there are references to all the horror greats from Frankenstein to Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde. Memorably, Bung attempts to question the vampish Valeria Watt (Fenella Fielding) in her home. She sits and then reclines on a chaise lounge. He's easily seduced and completely distracted from the unimaginable horrors going on in the cellar of her sinister country house.

This screening will be introduced by Simon McKay who was the late Fenella Fielding's close friend and biographer. He'll share Fenella's recollections of the film and some of the other amazing things she did in 1966, the year of the film's release. He is the curator of the Fenella Fielding Archive and will be exhibiting some of her personal effects after the screening. Please stay for that and drinks.

This special Halloween event takes place at the Hitchcock Cinema, Arts One, Queen Mary University of London and is presented in association with the Fenella Fielding Foundation. Fenella merchandise will be available to buy on the night, including posters and tea towels.

See www.fenellafielding.com for more information about Fenella, the foundation and the archive.