BBC2 Horror Double Bill

I've relatively new to RAB and I've just found this thread. Great to hear of the success of the campaign. It was brought to my attention on the BBC4 History of Horror RAB thread last week. Good to see the celebrity involvement - some excellent photos of Emily on there. And I saw Points of View this afternoon so it's certainly getting some attention.

I see that one of your favourite films is Vampire Circus - a great Hammer offering, and it featured a young Lalla Ward.

I've been watching horror for as long as I remember (about 38 years), and it all began as a result of the BBC screenings, in particular the old US B&W and Hammer. I was saying on the other thread how the lack of showings these days may mean that a whole generation is losing out on these wonderful films. Looking through the previous posts, I can see that other posters have mentioned a lot of my favourite films. I'm also a huge fan of Euro-horror (Bava, Argento, Rollin, Franco etc), though I don't suppose they'll be introduced to a wider audience in this country very much through mainstream TV screenings.
 
I wish they'd show these movies at a more reasonable time!!!:mad:

When the BBC brings back their Horror Double Bill season they need to start by 10pm I reckon! :D
 
What was the double bill where they had a Devil/Demon presenting a double bill and he popped up in between the films.?

Late 80's early 90's I think, he was in a suit - I'm sure I didn't dream it :D
 
My brother and I would sit up late watching them and (to be honest) bellow with laughter at the sheer ridiculousness of them. The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires was especially noteworthy.
 
"Night of the Demon" is totally one of my favourites! Really effective and spooky.

I'd love to see that one again, along with the early Universal monster movies like "House of Dracula" and "Bride of Frankenstein"!

Also some of the crazier obscure B-movies like "Invasion of the Saucermen" and "The Giant Claw"! ;)
 
Hammer fans rejoice.
Not strictly horror but the first Bluray of a Hammer film is out in a couple of months.

Its Paranoic with Oliver Reed .
Included in Universals superb 8 film boxset on R1 but the Bluray will be its first appearance in the UK
 
Thanks for signing! :)

Yes you're right that ITV4 and the BBC seem to be our only hope for classic horror movies on telly!

As some people have suggested, BBC4 could be a potential option (I believe they are producing a documentary on classic horror films as may have been mentioned by others).

Even BBC3 could show some of the more "fun" horror, SF and monster movies that could appeal to a younger audience. Maybe the old Japanese monster films or a season of "worst films ever" like channel 4 did in the 80's. Stuff like "They Saved Hitlers Brain", "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and "The Green Slime" would be cool!
 
That would have given the end away though. :)

I have to admit, it's one of my favourite Amicus films. I've got it recorded from last week to watch again some time.
 
Bit more info...

Masters Of Terror

14 Aug 1976
-The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
-Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1932)

21 Aug 1976
-The Devil Doll (1936)
-Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

28 Aug 1976
-The HounRAB of Zaroff (1932)
-The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

4 Sept 1976
-The Mad Genius (1931)
-The Pit and the Pendlum (1961)

11 Sept 1976
-The Walking Dead (1936)
-Dracula-Prince of Darkness (1965)


DOCTOR X/THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN - 14/7/79
THE HOUND OF THE BAKSERVILLES - 21/7/79
THE DEVIL RIDES OUT/NIGHT MONSTER - 28/7/79
THE MUMMY/BLACK FRIDAY - 4/8/79
BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY'S TOMB/THE STRANGE DOOR - 11/8/79
THE MUMMY'S HAND/THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA - 18/8/79
IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE/QUATERMASS AND THE PIT - 25/8/79
 
It's irrelevant who owns Hammer because they do not own any of their classic films.

If what you say above is true then all they own is the Hammer name and none of the movies or tv shows


Appointment With Fear was an umbrella title used by several ITV regions but by no means all of them for runs of horror movies.

ITV were never as keen on film seasons like the BBC was.

IN the 70's you had to sit through the tame B&W horror to get to the juicy Hammer of AIP movie.

Now those films would the first one of the evening.

Horror Express has been announced for a US Bluray .
It's hard to get a decent version of that film so a BD is most welcome .

The same company has bought some Hammer films from Carlton/ITV so Blurays of Vampire Circus,Twins of Evil and HanRAB of the Ripper are also being prepped
 
I really didn't like Peter Jackson's King Kong I'm afraid - it just looked like an expensive cartoon to me and I got bored less than half way through!

Original Kong is amazing (obviously dated) and I have a love for the 70's remake because I saw it at the cinema when I was a kid and cried and cried at the end because they killed that poor innocent ape!!! :cry:
 
Watched the BBC4 show last week and enjoyed it so much. But they are jumping straight to Hammer. What about Roger Corman?????

He totally deserves a place in horror history. As a child late night Fridays Vincent Price in a Roger Corman.
 
Dr Terror is the weakest of the Amicus anthology films , even worse than the one that was next Torture Garden.
There may have been no House in DTHOH but the next one had no garden nor torture.

House that Dripped Blood is a good one and is out on Bluray later this year but I suspect that Tales From the Crypt is the peak for most fans although my fave is Asylum for having the best wraparound story of them all
 
BBC2 does still show older horror films though usually singly.
A couple of weeks ago we had Scanners, a couple of days ago Nostferatu the Vampire. Ok 70's films rather than RKO or Universal from the 30's or 40's. The first two Quatermass films were on not too long ago (prefer the first).

BBC2 used to have a horror double bill with each film introduced by a character called Dr Terrible (??) Late 80's perhaps. Alex Cox's Moviedrome series had more than a few horror films.

Vincent Price's two Phibes films are fun, but Witchfinder General is IMHO almost up there with the Wicker Man.

Pretty standard favourites
Kolchak - The Night Stalker or first two series X-Files

Proper films:
James Whale's Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein (saw a BBC2 double bill with Bela Lugosi's Dracula and Frankenstein. Only made a year apart but Whale's film is so superior, audiences would have seen nothing like it)

Walked with a Zombie (RKO)
Cat People (RKO)
Isle of the Dead (rarer than the previous two)
Night of the Demon (never tire of this, Niall MacGinnis as Dr Karswell is some of the most believable acting in a British horror you'll see)
Masque of the Red Death (best of the Roger Corman/Vincent Price films IMHO and biggest budget)
Doomwatch (feels like a horror but isn't really)
The Cat and the Canary (Bob Hope's version)

But all the Hammer's are fun. And if you wonder 'I've seem him before' the answer is likely to be Percy Herbert, Alfie Bass or Micheal Ripper ;)
 
Excellent post! You certainly know your classic horror!
I keep missing these recent showings of movies like Scanners and Nosferatu! :(
A regular horror double bill season would highlight the fact that they are showing these films and would be a good eye-opener for todays kiRAB who may never have seen a lot of these old classics.
 
Amicus fans should note that Tales From the Crypt is finally coming out on R2 from some unknown label in June.

However it's hard to recommend when the superb R1 double bill with Vault of Horror is less than a fiver.

I can't see how they could better the presentation of TFTC on the US disc from Fox

Even though the US version of VOH is cut the disc is worth it just for TFTC.
 
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