Eddie Riseman

Richard is desperate: he must try to get back his daughter taken away from him by his ex-wife who reduced him to poverty. When he meets Sasha, an aspiring actress, he believes he has found a way out. The girl, in fact, convinces him to participate in a 24-hour theater game with a rich cash prize. Richard, however, does not know that he is about to take part in a bloody show...

“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. Told with a remarkable fluency and gusto.” BFI Newsletter, August 1981