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A History of Horror

20101 Season60m episodes7.1

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Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Certificate: TV-MA
Origin: GB

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Mark Gatiss examines the history of the horror film, from classic Hollywood monsters to Hammer's glory days and beyond.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Oct 11, 2010
Network: BBC Four
Studio: BBC Productions

Time to finish

3 hrs

3 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Cast

Mark Gatiss

Self - Presenter

John Carpenter

Self

Roger Corman

Self

Tobe Hooper

Self

George A. Romero

Self

Barbara Steele

Self

Jimmy Sangster

Self

David Warner

Self

Roy Ward Baker

Self

David Seltzer

Self

Anthony Hinds

Self

Piers Haggard

Self

Sara Karloff

Self

Barbara Shelley

Self

SERIES

A History of Horror

20101 Season60m episodes7.1

Documentary

TMDB7.1

Votes21

Your rating

Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Certificate: TV-MA
Origin: GB

About

Mark Gatiss examines the history of the horror film, from classic Hollywood monsters to Hammer's glory days and beyond.

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in United Kingdom.

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E1 · Airs Oct 11, 2010 · 1h 0m · ★ 1.0
Frankenstein Goes to Hollywood
A lifelong fan of the genre, Mark begins by exploring the golden age of Hollywood horror. From the late 1920s until the 1940s, a succession of classic pictures and unforgettable actors defined the horror genre - including The Phantom of the Opera starring Lon Chaney, Dracula with Bela Lugosi, and Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff. Along the way, Mark steps into some of the great sets from these classic films, hears first-hand accounts from Hollywood horror veterans, discovers Lon Chaney's head in a box and finds out why Bela Lugosi met his match in Golders Green.
E2 · Airs Oct 18, 2010 · 1h 0m · ★ 1.0
Home Counties Horror
Mark uncovers stories behind the films of his favourite period - the 1950s and 60s - which fired his lifelong enthusiasm for horror. These mainly British pictures were dominated by the legendary Hammer Films, who rewrote the horror rulebook with a revolutionary infusion of sex and full-colour gore - all shot in the English Home Counties.
E3 · Airs Oct 25, 2010 · 1h 0m
The American Scream
Mark explores the explosion of American films of the late 1960s and 70s which dragged horror kicking and screaming into the present day. With their contemporary settings and uncompromising content, films like Night of the Living Dead and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre remain controversial. But Mark argues that these films - often regarded as only being for hardcore fans with strong stomachs - have much to offer. Made by pioneering independent filmmakers, they reflected the social upheavals of American society and brought fresh energy and imagination to the genre. Mark gets the inside story from a roster of leading horror directors, including George A Romero, whose Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead turned zombies into A-list monsters; Tobe Hooper, director of the notorious Texas Chain Saw Massacre; and John Carpenter, whose smash hit Halloween triggered the slasher movie boom. Mark also celebrates the other great horror trend of the era - a string of satanically-themed Hollywood blockbusters, including Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist and The Omen. Along the way Mark visits the Bates Motel, gets mobbed by zombies and finds out what happened to Omen star David Warner's decapitated head.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Oct 11, 2010
Network: BBC Four
Studio: BBC Productions

Time to finish

3 hrs

3 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Mark Gatiss

Self - Presenter

John Carpenter

Self

Roger Corman

Self

Tobe Hooper

Self

George A. Romero

Self

Barbara Steele

Self

Jimmy Sangster

Self

David Warner

Self

Roy Ward Baker

Self

David Seltzer

Self

Anthony Hinds

Self

Piers Haggard

Self

Sara Karloff

Self

Barbara Shelley

Self

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