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***HAMMER HOUSE OF HORROR*** I remember watching some of this series on the television when I was quite young and there was something eerie and creepy which made me enjoy watching this series every week. The series was shown on ITV, which ran for 13 weeks, each showing a different episode and story each week. Each programme was an hour long. Some of the actors who feature in these films are Peter Cushing, Denholm Eliot, Diana Dors, Brian Cox, Sian Philips and Pierce Brosnan.
Horror fans will enjoy this series which includes Werewolves, Demons, Witches and Voodoo Dolls. These alternative bedtime stories sparked millions on sleepless nights when they were originally screened and they still remain as scary as ever.
***THE BOX SET*** The Hammer House of Box Set is available from Amazon and HMV for about £11.99 which includes all 13 episodes on 4 discs. Also included on the discs are a Stills gallery and Key cast biographies. This is suitable for persons of 15 years and over, although I’m sure I remember watching this when I was younger than that.
Volume one includes 2 discs which have the following stories on:
• The House That Bled To Death – An old house in a rundown state has been unoccupied since it was the scene of a macabre murder, until new occupants move in with their young daughter. This house is a house of horror with the shadow of the past bringing new terrors
to the couple and their young child and with an unexpected twist at the end brings even more horror.
• The Silent Scream – Pete Cushing plays a mad scientist who needs victims to experiment with. He owns a local vet shop and he plans to create a prison that contains no bars. When a couple get caught up in his experiment and escape something far worse awaits his victims when they run.
• The Two Faces Of Evil – Setting off on their holidays, a family unwisely give a lift to a sinister hitchhiker. They have an accident and the car crashes, one man is dead and one man in injured but which one?
• The Mark Of Satan – A man claiming to have been infected and possessed by the devil dies trying to drill a hole into his head. Hospital morgue assistant Edwyn Rord attends to the body but soon becomes obsessed with the number 9 and that the forces of evil are at work. Has Edwyn been infected too?
• Witching Time – A lovely young witch from the past brings spine-chilling terror into the twentieth century and to the present occupants of the farmhouse in which she was born in the 17th century. She is a ghost, but flesh and blood, and passionate. She puts her mark on the young man now living in the farmhouse and how can his wife fight such good impelling opposition.
• Visitor From The Grave – Whilst alone at home, Penny is attacked by an intruder. She shoots and kills the man who Harry later identifies as his colleague Charles Willoughby. Due to the possession of a shot gun without a license and Penny’s mental illness they decide to bury the body in the woods, but Charles Willoughby comes back to haunt Penny.
Volume 2 again includes 2 discs and has the following stories:
• Rude Awakening – Denhold Elliot plays a lecherous estate agent who has recurrent dreams about his seductive secretary, a mysterious house and even more mysterious encouragement to murder his wife.
• Charlie Boy – A wooden fetish/Voodoo carving in christened Charlie Boy by its new owners (Graham and Sarah) who acquire the fetish after Graham’s Uncle tragic death. After collecting the fetish, the couple have a road rage experience and when at home later they start joking around and taking their anger out on Charlie Boy. Unbeknown to them the voodoo doll works and the road rage drive dies an unpleasant death.
• Children Of The Full Moon – A wealthy couple head off on holiday to the West Country but get stranded. They find sanctuary in a house in the woods where a woman cares for a number of mysterious children. The husband wakes in hospital to be told the werewolf children were all a dream. However his now pregnant wife has changed, developing a taste for raw steak among other things.
• The Thirteenth Reunion – A journalist is sent to investigate the strange weight loss techniques used at the Chesterton Slimming Clinic. Whilst Ruth is there she becomes friendly with a course attendee who suddenly dies after taking a slimming pill. The journalists’ investigative nature tells her something is wrong and boy is she right.
• The Carpathian Eagle – A young woman convinced she possesses the reincarnated spirit of a murderess walks the night seeking out new victims to fill an ancient prophecy for death. This film features Pierce Brosnan in one of his early screen roles.
• Guardian Of The Abyss – An antique mirror turns up at a house clearance in which a young girl on the run from a cult society claims the mirror is a scrying glass used to summon Chorozon, the almighty devil. The society are keen to get their hands on the both the mirror and the girl.
• Growing Pains – The son of a scientist suddenly dies after eating tablets found in his dad’s laboratory. The couple adopt a strange boy from a children’s home, but odd things start to occur when he comes to live with them.
***OVERALL OPINION*** Although this series doesn’t have the best effects and up to date modern technically and effects I still find these films really eerie and creepy. I especially fine the music at the beginning of each series quite eerie as well. Although there are some fantastic horror films out to date you can’t beat a good, old horror film, they just seem to scare me more than modern day horror films. My favourite episodes form this box set are Charlie Boy, The House That Bled to Death and The Silent Scream. This is probably because I remember these most when I first watched this series on TV.
You are either going to love or hate this series. If you like old horror films and things such as curses, witches, ghosts and other super-natural powers then you will probably enjoy this series. If you prefer the modern, more up to date horror and thriller films then you may find these films quite poor. For me this collection is staying put on my shelf!
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Production Year: 1981 - Horror - Director: Rick Rosenthal - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Lance Guest, Charles Cyphers, Jeffrey Kramer, Dana Carvey
Production Year: 1980 - Horror - Director: Paul Lynch - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen, Casey Stevens, Anne-Marie Martin, Antoinette Bower
I remember watching these as a kid as well which probably means two things. They will probably look very dated and they couldn't have been that scary if my parents let me watch them.
Hammer House Of Horror is synonymous with terror, suspense and the supernatural. These ... more
alternative bedtime stories sparked millions of sleepless nights when originally screened and remain as scary as ever! The stories cover a wide range. Thrills and ch...
This British anthology series produced by England's leading exporters of horror films ... more
told tales of haunted houses demons ghosts and other supernatural wonders... Includes all 13 episodes across 4 discs: The House That Bled To Death The Silent Sc...
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