A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss

[ballistic_bro]

Saw this on BBC Four tonight, was quite interesting and a little inspiring!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00v9gy5/A_History_of_Horror_with_Mark_Gatiss_Frankenstein_Goes_to_Hollywood/

Next week is Hammer!

[Malamute]

Bugger, forgot to V plus it, hopefully it will be on catch up TV. Most definitely looking forward to seeing the Hammer one.

[Gluteus Maximus]

Off to visit iPlayer and then set series record on Sky+ 

Hadn't heard about this, so thanks for posting!

[Gluteus Maximus]

Luckily the iPlayer guide warns you that it "Contains Horror" 

Good job I wasn't going to watch it expecting a history of Mary Quant flowery welly designs, or I could have been in for a shock.

Good old Aunty Beeb 

[JollyBob]

Missed it. Knackers. 

[Westfalia Chris]

Rather nice, although, as Mr. Gatiss warned beforehand, "terribly subjective" in its choice. Very entertaining, great images and a jocular but not jovial presenter.

I'll probably watch the Hammer episode too, since I know next to nothing about that.

[Orctrader]

I enjoyed it.     And recorded Bride of Frankenstein which they ran straight afterwards.  Haven't watched it for years.

[Thunderchicken]

Definitely worth a watch chaps, I didn't realise how much Hollywood milked the whole Frankenstein thing. Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman? I had no idea.

Looking forward to the next episode. 

[ballistic_bro]

Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman? I had no idea.

with Abbott and Costello, I remember watching it as a kid and loving it. But now it's a bit of a jokey footnote in the horror genre. Shame Universal had to milk the genre.

MG was right about the scene were the monster throws the woman out of the window, there wasn't much comedy in that.

[Malamute]

with Abbott and Costello, I remember watching it as a kid and loving it. But now it's a bit of a jokey footnote in the horror genre. Shame Universal had to milk the genre.

Yep I remember watching that one when I was a child too. I vividly remember the scene where the wolf man dives out of the window and grabs Dracula as he changes into a bat and they both plunge to their deaths in the river below. Great stuff when you are 12

I suppose its not different to Hammer milking the genre with all the Dracula and Frankenstein films. I guess at least they didnt put all the characters in the same films.

[ballistic_bro]

I suppose its not different to Hammer milking the genre with all the Dracula and Frankenstein films. I guess at least they didnt put all the characters in the same films.

Very true, they just went down the soft porn road instead.

[richarDISNEY]

I guess I am kinda ignorant on this, but...
What the heck is "Hammer"?
I always thought it was the English version of Universal Pictures for horror movies.
Am I wrong? 

[Malamute]

Hammer films were an independent film company who made loads of movies from the 1950s through until the 1970s in England.
Their most prolific output was during the 1960's when they made the Frankenstein and Dracula films making stars out of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. It is these films which they are most known for.

[Plynkes]

One Million Years B.C. with Raquel Welch was a Hammer film.

[kidterminal]

I'll probably watch the Hammer episode too, since I know next to nothing about that.

How shocking!:o  Most of the vampire lore found in modern vampire films, such as warding off a vampire by forming the shape or shadow of a cross, is taken from the Hammer Dracula films of the 60's & 70's.

Rob