A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss

• Oct 20, 2010

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Is anyone else watching this on the BBC? I am not a horror buff, but I am finding this so interesting! Lon Chaney's makeup kit and onwards.

And Carla Laemmle is still beautiful.

 

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• Oct 21, 2010

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I am a horror buff so absolutely I'm watching it! Lon Chaney has always been a favourite of mine, too.

 

• Oct 22, 2010

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Confirmed horror fan here. Also a fan of Gatiss (from League of Gentlemen, but even moreso his Lucifer Box novels). Lovely to see dear Oakley Court in Part II.

 

• Oct 22, 2010

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I missed the first part but caught the second - I grew up watching all the Hammer Horror/Roger Corman movies - was disappointed they didn't mention my personal favourite - The Creeping Flesh but I don't think this was produced by either Hammer or Corman - but loved hearing all the background stories and the interviews with Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. Looking forward to the next part.....

 

• Oct 23, 2010

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I didn't see these though I saw the commercials. I wish I had remembered to watch it. Oh well, they'll reshow it, i'm sure …


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• Oct 23, 2010

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I have missed each episode when it was broadcast, but it's of course on iPlayer! Well worth a watch.

 

• Oct 25, 2010

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I've been watching it on Iplayer too. Part 3 tonight. It's been a pretty fun and informative watch, and Mr Gatiss was always my favourite "Gentleman". He's been serving up lots of "special stuff" on the BBC recently - his First Men in the Moon was a real treat! If you haven't seen it, it's also on IPlayer.

I think my favourite part of the History of Horror was seeing the set for the Lon Chaney Phantom of the Opera as it is today - beautiful, and so atmospheric.

 

• Oct 25, 2010

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Miss Golightly said:

I missed the first part but caught the second - I grew up watching all the Hammer Horror/Roger Corman movies - was disappointed they didn't mention my personal favourite - The Creeping Flesh but I don't think this was produced by either Hammer or Corman - but loved hearing all the background stories and the interviews with Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. Looking forward to the next part.....

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I was disappointed that my own favourite, dear old Dr Phibes didn't get a mention - but it's also not a Hammer, Amicus or Corman. Still, it was fun to see Price and Cushing jawing away like a couple of old sweeties!

I also wished they'd shown a little from Peter Cushing's appearance on Jim'll Fix It. As a tribute to his wife, who had passed away a few years earlier, he named a new breed of rose after her.

 

• Oct 25, 2010

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I have loved this programme!

Like Mr Gatiss I have been a horror fan since childhood and I guess we must be of an age. I found it quite spooky when he showed his copy of the Alan Frank History of Horror book in episode one, which I also treasured as a child. And then in the next episode he talked about being banned from buying House of Hammer magazine when his parents found out about the macabre stories he was writing at school. The exact same thing happened to me.

I wish I still had my House of Hammer collection...

 

• Oct 25, 2010

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AntonAAK said:

I found it quite spooky when he showed his copy of the Alan Frank History of Horror book in episode one, which I also treasured as a child.

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Did you remember the page that he said was so scary he had to clip the pages together?

 

• Oct 29, 2010

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Puzzicato said:

Did you remember the page that he said was so scary he had to clip the pages together?

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Yes. I quite liked it...

 

• Oct 29, 2010

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Quote Originally Posted by Puzzicato View Post
Did you remember the page that he said was so scary he had to clip the pages together?

AntonAAK said:

Yes. I quite liked it...

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It was a photo from Tod Browning's "Freaks" if I remember rightly.

 

• Oct 29, 2010

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Doc Average said:

Quote Originally Posted by Puzzicato View Post
Did you remember the page that he said was so scary he had to clip the pages together?



It was a photo from Tod Browning's "Freaks" if I remember rightly.

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Indeed it was.

 

• Oct 29, 2010

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I hadn't heard of that film before, and I was reading up about it. I had no idea that the "freak shows" kept going for so long, or that people were pretty much bought by the circus owners. So interesting.