Told with a remarkable fluency and gusto, the story follows four punk lads making a sortie into an amusement park where they antagonise other customers and come upon a group of teenage girls. However, they are consistently thwarted by the apparition of four spectral youths – the ‘Knights Electric’ – who ultimately squire the girls away.
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Catalogued by the British Film Institute as an iconic memoir of the 1980s, this short theatrical film (35mm Anamorphic / Dolby Stereo) is regarded as a forerunner of the Music Video. The ever-popular soundtrack features pieces by Blondie, John Foxx, Madness, Gary Numan, The Pretenders and many more.
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