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Post by dem bones on Apr 18, 2015 18:56:59 GMT
Friday nights from 11pm-1am the Horror Channel ( Freeview 70) are running double episodes of Hammer House Of Horror from 1980. So far we've had Witching Time (a 17th Century sorceress, burnt at the stake, is revived in the present day. She hasn't changed her ways.), the delightfully nasty The Thirteenth Reunion (survivors of a plane crash cultivate an unsavoury appetite), borderline Vault kinky classic Rude Awakening, (Estate agent Denholm Elliott has the hots for his secretary, Lucy Gutteridge, but frumpy wife won't hear of divorce. Dreams turn to nightmare, turn to dream, turn to nightmare, turn to ....), and Growing Pains (creepy adopted kid is no substitute for dead scientist's son). By my reckoning, it's The House That Bled To Death and Charlie Boy next week ....
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Apr 18, 2015 19:06:18 GMT
"The Two Faces of Evil" is genuinely disturbing.
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Post by mattofthespurs on Apr 18, 2015 19:30:55 GMT
Loved all of these. Shame they have never put it's sister production out again. The original DVD's command such high prices.
Rude Awakenings was always my favaourite. And the one with Suzanne Danielle. And "The House That Bled To Death." Actually, now I think about it, pretty much all of them.
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Post by ohthehorror on Apr 18, 2015 21:56:57 GMT
I noticed this was starting it's run again on the Horror channel recently so had the foresight to set it to record the series. Haven't got around to watching any yet but I'm looking forward to them. Never seen any of them before.
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Post by dem bones on Apr 19, 2015 19:06:37 GMT
Shame they have never put it's sister production out again. Yeah, Hammer House Of Mystery & Suspense never gets a look in. As with Hammer House Of Horror, have only caught about half the episodes (Friday night was my first experience of Rude Awakening), but two that stuck are music biz episode, Black Carrion, and Peter Wyngarde enhanced black sorcery effort, And The Walls Came Tumbling Down, filmed on location in Wapping and featuring a dynamic if fleeting guest appearance by the des res of dem. And The Walls Came Tumbling Down. If only. "The Two Faces of Evil" is genuinely disturbing. Am particularly looking forward to that one and "the one with Suzanne Danielle" aka The Carpathian Eagle as, to best of my knowledge, I've not seen them. The Thirteenth Reunion has been my favourite to date.
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Post by bluetomb on Apr 22, 2015 15:01:24 GMT
The Horror Channel has an infuriating habit of breaking down either mid way through or at the end of anything I want to watch these days, but I'll have a go anyway. I enjoyed the half dozen or so episodes I saw on a VHS best of collection and always fancied checking out more.
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Post by dem bones on Oct 17, 2021 11:43:47 GMT
Each generation creates tales of horror... Stories that seep through to the very heart of our collective fears...
The legendary Hammer Studios is recognized as the high-water mark of the gothic macabre, spinning some of the most suspenseful and chilling horror films of all time, including Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula - Prince of Darkness, and Curse of the Werewolf. Hammer gave the world icons of horror with tales that seduced their way into our darkest spaces and our deepest nightmares.
In 1980, Hammer took over the old Hampden Manor House in the heartland of England and produced a series of 13 short horror stories for television. With a host of Hammer regulars including Peter Cushing (Star Wars) and Denholm Elliot (Raiders of the Lost Ark), along with emerging newcomers such as Pierce Brosnan (Goldeneye), each episode provides a completely new and individual tale of terror and suspense.
Now, A&E Home Video presents the complete run of HAMMER HOUSE OF HORROR — every episode ever made — in this special collector's set for the very first time.No Vault-appeal book action to speak of at this morning's market. Hardly ever bother with film/ TV these days, but got this for £5, hope to give it a watch over coming weeks, likely some episodes for first time.
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Post by helrunar on Oct 17, 2021 13:09:03 GMT
I think you'd like "Witching Time" and "Guardian of the Abyss." Good stuff.
cheers, Hel
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Post by ripper on Oct 17, 2021 13:26:02 GMT
I can't remember the titles, but I liked the ones with Julia Foster, Peter Cushing and Denholm Elliot, though they are all worth watching imo--it was compulsive viewing when I saw it in the Autumn of 1980 on Saturday nights.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Oct 17, 2021 13:33:04 GMT
"The Two Faces of Evil" is genuinely disturbing.
Edit: Apparently I already said this exact thing in 2015.
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Post by bluetomb on Oct 17, 2021 15:25:31 GMT
"The Two Faces of Evil" is genuinely disturbing. Edit: Apparently I already said this exact thing in 2015. Or was it your doppelganger?
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Oct 17, 2021 15:45:54 GMT
"The Two Faces of Evil" is genuinely disturbing. Edit: Apparently I already said this exact thing in 2015. Or was it your doppelganger? My doppelgänger does not find "The Two Faces of Evil" disturbing.
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Oct 17, 2021 16:03:58 GMT
Nine year old me was very disappointed when this series was first broadcast, as it didn't feature Dracula, Frankenstein, or any of the other gothic trappings I'd already come to expect from Hammer. That may be why I only saw about half of the episodes at the time - though I expect whatever my parents wanted to watch on a Saturday night would also have had something to do with it. The amount of nudity in the first episode probably didn't help persuade them it was suitable family viewing. And the sheer tedium of an episode like 'Growing Pains' may have made me less inclined to argue the point.
That said, episodes like 'The House That Bled To Death', 'Rude Awakening' and 'The Silent Scream' made an impression that stuck throughout the decades, and 'The Two Faces Of Evil' became a firm favourite when I finally saw it on the Bravo cable channel in the 90s (was very pleased that the replica script I was sent when I ordered the blu-ray set from Network was 'Two Faces', originally titled 'Doppelganger'). 'Guardian Of The Abyss' is probably the current favourite, as it feels the most 'Hammer-esque', very much in 'The Devil Rides Out' territory, with welcome returns of Hammer veterans John Carson, Barbara Ewing and Rosalyn Landor.
I did see 'The House That Bled To Death' and 'The Silent Scream' in our local arts cinema a few years ago, tied in with an exhibition of titled 'Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness'. Despite the theme of the exhibition, both episodes worked well on the big screen.
'Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense' was barely broadcast in my region, so that was another one I caught up with on cable in the 90s, on Carlton Select, I believe. More recently, I bought the series on DVD from Germany, as the UK DVD releases are now very expensive to get second hand (I sold my own sets years ago). Still to watch them all, but 'In Possession', a remake of an old 'Out of the Unknown' episode, remains a chilling favourite.
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Post by ripper on Oct 17, 2021 16:41:57 GMT
Nine year old me was very disappointed when this series was first broadcast, as it didn't feature Dracula, Frankenstein, or any of the other gothic trappings I'd already come to expect from Hammer. That may be why I only saw about half of the episodes at the time - though I expect whatever my parents wanted to watch on a Saturday night would also have had something to do with it. The amount of nudity in the first episode probably didn't help persuade them it was suitable family viewing. And the sheer tedium of an episode like 'Growing Pains' may have made me less inclined to argue the point. That said, episodes like 'The House That Bled To Death', 'Rude Awakening' and 'The Silent Scream' made an impression that stuck throughout the decades, and 'The Two Faces Of Evil' became a firm favourite when I finally saw it on the Bravo cable channel in the 90s (was very pleased that the replica script I was sent when I ordered the blu-ray set from Network was 'Two Faces', originally titled 'Doppelganger'). 'Guardian Of The Abyss' is probably the current favourite, as it feels the most 'Hammer-esque', very much in 'The Devil Rides Out' territory, with welcome returns of Hammer veterans John Carson, Barbara Ewing and Rosalyn Landor. I did see 'The House That Bled To Death' and 'The Silent Scream' in our local arts cinema a few years ago, tied in with an exhibition of titled 'Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness'. Despite the theme of the exhibition, both episodes worked well on the big screen. 'Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense' was barely broadcast in my region, so that was another one I caught up with on cable in the 90s, on Carlton Select, I believe. More recently, I bought the series on DVD from Germany, as the UK DVD releases are now very expensive to get second hand (I sold my own sets years ago). Still to watch them all, but 'In Possession', a remake of an old 'Out of the Unknown' episode, remains a chilling favourite. Rude Awakening is the one with Denholm Elliot I think, with Cushing being in Silent Scream. House that Bled to Death is the episode with the kids party when blood comes out of the taps? Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense was shown in my area at really late times, typically 12.30am on a weekday, in the mid-80s. I was at university at the time so had to record them to watch when I had time. I remember enjoying Child's Play and And the Walls came Tumbling Down.
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Oct 17, 2021 17:08:20 GMT
Rude Awakening is the one with Denholm Elliot I think, with Cushing being in Silent Scream. House that Bled to Death is the episode with the kids party when blood comes out of the taps? Yes, yes, and yes. Water pipe bursting free of the wall and drenching nippers in the red stuff. That one got talked about a lot in school after broadcast, though the thing that creeped me out most about it was a scene involving false teeth by the bedside instead of gouts of blood.
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