Death Is a Star Lyrics

Lyric discussion by BubbaHoTep 

Cover art for Death Is a Star lyrics by Clash, The

Always struck me as being about people's fascination with 'slasher' movies.

Don't know what the smoking laws in the UK were like in the 70's when this was written, but I know before then in the US it was quite acceptable to light up in a movie theater (smoking in a dark cinema).

Maybe it's just some Spanish horror flick he saw at an indie playhouse?