Dan Aykroyd’s one and only film as a writer-director was 1991’s Nothing But Trouble – a wild, weird A-list calamity that barely got a theatrical release in the UK. Costing Warner Bros. a princely $45m, very little of which they would recoup, it was one of the highest-budget studio bombs of its day. We therefore present an extremely rare British screening of Aykroyd’s disasterpiece – a once-infamous turkey with singular cult appeal.

It’s quite a time capsule. Chevy Chase and Demi Moore star as yuppies who commit a minor driving offence in a backwoods mining town, and are hauled in front of the insane, 106-year-old Judge Alvin Valkenheiser (a gleefully decrepit Aykroyd) for sentencing. John Candy plays the judge’s mute granddaughter Eldona, as well as her brother, Dennis. The rap group Digital Underground, which then included Tupac Shakur, join in the fun and games. Fans of Rocky Horror, Beetlejuice and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre should all roll up, and decide for themselves if critics, audiences and the studio did Aykroyd dirty, or if this truly did deserve to be the beginning and end of his directing career.

For the full story of this film, and 25 other megaflops across Hollywood’s first century, Tim Robey’s Box Office Poison will be released by Faber on 7 November. This never-to-be-repeated screening will be introduced by the author.