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Title: Hammer House of Horror
Post by: Mince on February 03, 2007, 09:42:39 PM

Can anyone remember the 1980s series on Fridays called Hammer House of Horror?

Title: Re: Hammer House of Horror
Post by: Roger Kettle on February 03, 2007, 10:52:43 PM

Yes.
Sadly, I don't think anyone will remember a 1960's series called "The Liars". This was based around a few people sitting round a table, telling spooky or weird tales. The tales were adapted from the works of some great mystery writers like Edgar Allan Poe and, my own hero, Guy De Maupassant. I read all his short stories and...and...I've already gone past annoying, pretentious git, haven't I?

Title: Re: Hammer House of Horror
Post by: Mince on February 04, 2007, 09:57:44 AM

THE LIARS

1966 (9 episodes) / ITV (Granada).

Writers: Philip Mackie, Hugh Leonard (based on stories by by Oscar Wilde, Saki, Guy de Maupassant, etc)

Producer: Philip Mackie.

Four storytellers compete to tell the tallest tale. Some of the stories had a supernatural theme - e.g: precognition.

With: Ian Ogilvy, William Mervyn, Nyree Dawn-Porter, Isla Blair.

Title: Re: Hammer House of Horror
Post by: Mince on February 04, 2007, 10:52:02 AM

Most of the Hammer House of Horror episodes were rubbish or silly. But one episode called "The Two Faces of Evil" scared me and my sister to death. Can anyone else remember this episode?

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/BritTeacher/Beau%20Peep/BPHHOH.jpg)

Title: Re: Hammer House of Horror
Post by: Malky McG on February 05, 2007, 02:04:20 AM

At last! Someone else who finds yellow sou'westers menacing...



Brrrrr... I got chills. They're multiplying.