BBC2 Horror Double Bill

[asimenia]

Thats him , thanks I thought I had some bad acid for a moment

 

[livelove123]

I started watching Frenzy recently (hadn't seen it for years) and I had very conflicting opinions. On the one hand, I loved the nostalgia and seeing all the London views back in the 70's.
On the other, it seemed really dated and "stagey".
A very interesting choice however!!

I have to admit, I don't know Deadly Strangers at all!

 

[midnight_sky01]

After Steptoe he became typecast in the role.

In Carry On Screaming (which I know was comedy anyway, but a great Hammer parody) he essentially played the detective as Harold Steptoe.

 

[5kevinS]

I really really love your choices!!!
I would SO watch these every weekend.
Are you a BBC programmer by any chance? If not, you should be!!!

 

[Corgi Girl]

These 70's tv movies were amazing! Some of them were so creepy. I think they'd work quite well as part of a BBC2 Horror Double Bill season! Thanks for bringing them up!

Do you also remember Gargoyles, Trilogy of Terror, Devil Dog:Hound of Hell and The Spell?

 

[Paxton W]

Brilliant , they should bring him back too.
Did some looking and Guy Henry played him.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__7s9GUTM-oY/SdeTPKJeBQI/AAAAAAAAINI/HLTVAC4T0Wc/s320/guy+henry.JPG

 

[80coupe]

The show you're thinking of was "Mystery Train"...I vaguely remember it and watched one or two back in the day! It was cool!

http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/464233

http://kurtodrome.tripod.com/mysterytrain.html

 

[Chris Brown]

Very interesting. He's certainly done a lot of acting work over the years.

 

[xr200dirtrider1121]

As for what gets shown, it depenRAB who owns the rights. Some films mentioned have been on quite recently, eg Night of the Demon, Masque of Red Death, Vampire Circus ......

Just finished watching Gatis' history, part 2! Strikingly, many of the people he interviewied looked just like zombies from a Romero film. Except Roy Ward Baker, who looks EXACTLY like Nosferatu! How about that?!

As I post this, am watching Brides of Dracula. Not grade 1 Hammer, but still welcome. Surely that can't be Quentin Crisp in the cast, playing a woman? ..........

 

[Catiee]

Glad to see 'Asylum' get mention, it scared the hell out of me as kid, nightmares for nights after.

 

[YourDarkestRomance]

How camp is this film? Totally OTT.

 

[invictus18]

I advise you to stay at Oakley Court if you can - it's a fab hotel and the main staircase is the one you see in Rocky Horror

 

[GfisAnying]

Is Mr.Gatiss on board with this campaign? They seem to have struck a childhood chord with him too.

 

[speaker of truth]

We've tried to contact him on Twitter but not really had a response as yet.

I guess the Classic Horror Campaign could try and send a message to his agent? Would be great if he gave us a bit of public support!

Loving his "History of Horror" documentary on BBC4.

 

[yaboywoo]

Here's a few more Brit Horror titles to watch out for

Horror Channel 319/320

The Mutations(Film,1974)
Wednesday, 10:55pm to 12:50am October 27th

The City of the Dead(Film,1960)
Thursday Night/Friday Morning 12:50am to 2:40am November 12th,(I assuming this is not the Fulci film of the same name and they have got the details wrong)

Torture Garden(Film,1967)
Saturday 4:00pm to 6:00pm (edited) November 13th

 

[life on stage 89]

Coming to Holby City this week - the bills do need to be paid, luv.