Hammer House of Horror (1980)

Genre

anthology series, drama television series, thriller television series, horror television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 13 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 73 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Each episode of this anthology series tells a different story about horror. The threats range from supernatural creatures like witches and ghosts to real-world horrors like serial killers and cannibalism.

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What happens

Hammer House of Horror is a British horror anthology television series produced in Britain in 1980. Created by Hammer Films in association with Cinema Arts International and ITC Entertainment, it consists of 13 hour-long episodes, originally aired on ITV. Each self-contained episode features a different kind of horror. These vary from witches, werewolves and ghosts to devil-worship and voodoo, but also include non-supernatural horror themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers. In 2003 Channel 4 placed Hammer House of Horror at No. 50 in its "100 Scariest Moments" show. The clip shown was the children's party scene in "The House That Bled to Death". Episodes were directed by Alan Gibson, Peter Sasdy and Tom Clegg, among others, and the story editor was Anthony Read. Hammer regular Peter Cushing appears in his final Hammer production in episode 7, titled "The Silent Scream". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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