REVEALED: The true origin of Lord Buckethead, the breakout star of the General Election

If you're a fan of really bad movies, you might have seen him before...

The General Election gave a boost to many things - leftwing politics, the DUP - but more than anything, there was one true breakout star: Lord Buckethead, the costumed ‘Gremloid Party’ candidate that stood in Theresa May’s constituency, and instantly became an internet sensation.

https://twitter.com/JOE_co_uk/status/873306720143106048 Bucketed - real name unknown - has also stood against Margaret Thatcher in 1987 and John Major in 1992. But the origins of the character actually lie somewhere pretty interesting. https://twitter.com/LordBuckethead/status/873006103562473474

He is actually the villain of a low-budget 1984 sci-fi comedy called Gremlins - or sometimes known as Hyperspace, or also Gremlords. No, we don’t expect you to have seen it.

https://twitter.com/goodnighthorse/status/873164243377549315

Clearly a Darth Vader pastiche, the film has him accidentally end up on Earth, chasing two normal humans who he thinks are his intergalactic adversaries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuCjU3befRY

The whole film has even been uploaded to YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI0i2YwYABY