stephenbacon
Crab On The Rampage
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Post by stephenbacon on Dec 11, 2008 16:54:34 GMT
I was born in 1971, so the Horror Double Bills were the first time I'd ever had chance to see these films. I have to say that they affected me in a profound way. I used to bug my parents for the rest of the year, asking them "will they have some more horror double bills on in the school holidays?" My grandma even thought it was a programme I loved; she said to my mum, "what is this programme he keeps going on about? Horrordoublebill?", running the three words into one.
I recall feeling slightly queasy after watching 'Theatre of Blood'. The other thing I always associate with the HDB was that the BBC 2 test match cricket preceeded it, so I remember feeling excited as the kettle drums sounded, hearalding the end of the cricket and the start of horror.
Oh, the joys of nostalgia.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Dec 11, 2008 17:50:50 GMT
I ws about 12 or 13. The ripe age to be terrified by those films. Seems strange now to think of them as frightening rather than mildly amusing, but frightening they were
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Post by cyberschizoid on May 2, 2010 15:30:53 GMT
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Post by lemming13 on Aug 3, 2010 16:07:04 GMT
As yet another of the nostalgic brigade, I'd love to bring back horror to tv, but sadly I can't bear to watch television any more; I've been traumatised by too many trailers on the BBC, and advertising of the commercial kind on the other channels. If so many people want to watch Celebrity Pig-Wrestling or A*se-enders, why do they need to promote the stuff at every possible opportunity? Anyway, my dvds never get cancelled because there is some truly tedious sporting event in the offing. Or because somebody in Milton Keynes just lost their dog and might be offended by a screening of Zoltan Hound of Dracula. If you want to campaign to get the license fee made conditional on actually watching the crap it's used to produce, though, I'm right behind you. Subscription only BBC!
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Aug 3, 2010 23:11:02 GMT
As yet another of the nostalgic brigade, I'd love to bring back horror to tv, but sadly I can't bear to watch television any more; I've been traumatised by too many trailers on the BBC, and advertising of the commercial kind on the other channels. If so many people want to watch Celebrity Pig-Wrestling or A*se-enders, why do they need to promote the stuff at every possible opportunity? Anyway, my dvds never get cancelled because there is some truly tedious sporting event in the offing. Or because somebody in Milton Keynes just lost their dog and might be offended by a screening of Zoltan Hound of Dracula. If you want to campaign to get the license fee made conditional on actually watching the crap it's used to produce, though, I'm right behind you. Subscription only BBC! I sometimes think I'm lucky I'm in Germany as I just don't watch TV. Back in the UK I find I just can't watch all those adverts. The problem is that if you're older you remember what it was like to watch a film or play all the way though without all that crap. Its very sad really. Tonight I'm relying on City of The Dead - proper film, no adverts, discernible plot a - and I'm now an official Grumpy old man...
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Post by lemming13 on Aug 5, 2010 21:07:16 GMT
Oh, yes! No ads, and the trailers limited to maybe two short clips and a sedate announcement of what was coming up later. And no bloody atrocious onscreen blurb advertising some trash you weren't interested in anyway, ruining the end of something. Last night I enjoyed Dead Set (insane cackles of laughter) with no ads, no trailers, no breaks, except for my convenience and caffeine addiction. Tonight I'm treating myself to a double bill; Murnau's Nosferatu, full restored edition, followed by Shadow of the Vampire. Insomnia has its up side...
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