Somewhere in between those films Clarke decided to take a far more artier slant with Billy The Kid… The first thing one notices is the complete lack of outside, establishing shots. The film was directed by Alan Clarke, who directed a lot of films based on the reality of life in London in the 70s and 80s with classics such as the gritty Made In Britain starring Tim Roth as a skinhead and the comedy-drama Rita, Sue and Bob Too. That and London/mod poster boy of the 70s and 80s, Phil Daniels, was starring in this - a musical. Or perhaps my favourite, Brian De Palma’s The Phantom Of The Paradise which features a gothic-styled synthesizer playing half-cyborg.īilly The Kid and the Baize Green Vampire - the name alone draws up a lot of curiousity and that’s pretty much how I got around to watching it. Other than the two aforementioned Ken Russell films the other points of reference for this film include the most popular, The Rocky Horror Picture Showand then it’s lesser known sequel “new wave” tinged sequel, Shock Treatment. The UK has a bit of a history of putting out some really camp musicals: Ken Russell did a few ( Tommy and Lisztomania) which are the most obvious, then of course anything by Andrew Lloyd Webber which is of dubious quality. So… a camp, stylized 80s musical about a snooker match of which one of the players is a vampire you say? Yes, it has been done. File Under British, Cult, Fantasy, Fun, Musical

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