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Hammer House of Horror (1980) [The Complete Series]

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Hammer House of Horror (1980) [The Complete Series]

Hammer House of Horror (1980)
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror

This British anthology series, which was produced by England's leading exporters of horror films, told tales of haunted houses, demons, ghosts, and other supernatural wonders.

01. “Witching Time” (54:02)
At the isolated Woodstock Farm in rural England, workaholic composer David Winter is depressed because he feels that his wife, actress Mary, is unfaithful. In a dark and stormy night, Lucinda Jessup, the ghost of a witch from the 17th Century and former dweller of the farm, arrives in the barn and possesses David. Mary fights against Lucinda trying to recover David.

02. “The Thirteenth Reunion” (54:03, w/o subs)
Ruth, the reporter for the women's section of a magazine, is assigned by her editor to participate in the ten-weeks course of a new weight-loss organization called "Think Thin". According to a letter from a reader, the course is very masochistic and depressing, destroying the self-esteem of the patient. Ruth makes a friend in the course, who dies in a car crash. During the funeral, an employee of the funeral house discloses weird events that are happening in his job. In her investigation, Ruth finds dark and macabre secrets.

03. “Rude Awakening” (54:03, w/o subs)
A real estate broker finds himself having dreams that seem to be incredibly real. They are so real, in fact, that he begins to wonder which is the dream and which is reality.

04. “Growing Pains” (54:16)
After the death of their son William Morton, the diplomat Laurie Morton and her husband, the scientist Terence Morton adopt a boy, James. From the moment James moves to Morton's house in the country on, weird things happen with the family.

05. “The House That Bled to Death” (54:01)
William and Emma Peters buy a dilapidated house where a brutal murder happened years ago, with the intention of restoring it. They move in with their daughter Sophie, and become friends of their neighbors Jean and George Evans. However, eerie events happen in the house, including the death of Sophie's cat. At Sophie's birthday party, a pipe leaks blood and they leave the place, disclosing a secret later.

06. “Charlie Boy” (54:01)
A carved African fetish with voodoo powers has a dangerous mind of its own.

07. “The Silent Scream” (54:02)
When Chuck Spillers is released from prison, he tells his wife Annie that he had been visited by an old man, Martin Blueck, along his sentence for robbing a safe, and Blueck had given some money for him to help a fresh start in life. On the next morning, Chuck pays a visit to Blueck in his pet shop to thank the support and is invited to work for him feeding his animals in his private zoo while he is traveling. Blueck explains that he trains animals, conditioning then to obey some signals. A couple of days later, Chuck sees a safe in the store, and decide to open it, being trapped in a weird situation and disclosing the truth about the sadistic Blueck.

08. “Children of the Full Moon” (54:01)
A married couple, lost in the woods, stumble across a creepy mansion and its inhabitants - an overly-kind old women and deadly wolf children that scour the country-side looking for victims.

09. “Carpathian Eagle” (54:01)
Murder victims are being found with the hearts cut out. A police detective is assigned to find and stop the killer.

10. “Guardian of the Abyss” (54:00)
A scrying glass puts an antiques exporter in the path of a woman fleeing from devil worshipers and the evil hypnotist who leads them.

11. “Visitor from the Grave” (54:01, w/o subs)
A former mental patient kills her would-be rapist, but his corpse returns from its secret grave.

12. “The Two Faces of Evil” (53:58)
A family on holiday stop to pick up a mysterious hitch-hiker.

13. “The Mark of Satan” (54:01)
A man sees the number nine everywhere and is convinced the forces of evil are at work.



Could you believe that after so long, the Hammer Company could come back and release a show that had as much quality content as the original Twilight Zone? For those who have not seen this, the closest that I can come to describing this gems is to compare to the 1 hour episodes that Rod Serling put out. Even that doesn't do them justice.

There are thirteen episodes in all. The cover lists Peter Cushing, Denholm Eliot, and Pierce Brosnan, but there are stand-out performances by many more in each episode. Jon Finch (Hitchcock's Frenzy) starts off as director editing his film at home when a fierce storm draws near… From the first minute of the first episode, it is apparent that this series was something special. Good direction, tight casting, and fast paced stories are the norm. This is not to say that all will interest, and some have common themes to other episodes, but all are enjoyable. Picture a standard film, and cut out a half an hour of the excess, and you've got these.

Certainly worth the investment, these episodes can be collected in one box set, which is quite well done by A+E. Werewolves, demons, witches, voodoo dolls, and for good measure a demented Nazi can all be found within. Horror fans, and those who miss good television, should take a look at Hammer. I assure you, you will not be disappointed.
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Hammer House of Horror (1980) [The Complete Series]
Hammer House of Horror (1980) [The Complete Series]
Hammer House of Horror (1980) [The Complete Series]
Hammer House of Horror (1980) [The Complete Series]