Hammer House of Horror (1980 series) - Revision history

Graham: /* Reviews */ Added a link to a review of two of the series episodes, 'Poor Butterfly' & 'Matakitas is Coming', the latter has an interesting solution to the 'telephone problem'.

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-* (review needed)
+* Brian Schuck at Films From Beyond the Time Barrier ([https://www.filmsfrombeyond.com/2021/10/hammers-journey-to-unknown.html link])
 ==Synopses of Suggested Episodes==

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-''Journey to the Unknown'' was a 1968 British anthology series produced by Hammer Films about everyday people finding themselves put into unusual circumstances... many of them supernatural in nature. ''Hammer House of Horror'' was a 1980 British anthology series also by Hammer Films, with tales of haunted houses, demons, ghosts and other supernatural wonders.
+A series of British and British/American mixed-genre anthology series, mostly produced under the Hammer studios banner, generally mixing crime, spy, and mystery stories with occasional Gothic horror tales.  ''Journey to the Unknown'' was a 1968 British anthology series produced by Hammer Films about everyday people finding themselves put into unusual circumstances, many of them supernatural in nature.  The non-Hammer ''Thriller'' series which ran from 1973-1976 (unrelated to the 1960s American ''[[Thriller (1960 series)|Boris Karloff's Thriller]]''), by many of the same writers as the Hammer series, filled the void for this sort of mixed crime/mystery/supernatural genre programming through the 1970s. ''Hammer House of Horror'' was a 1980 British anthology series also by Hammer Films, with tales of haunted houses, demons, ghosts and other supernatural wonders. The 1980 series was followed up in 1984 by an Americanized ''Hammer House of Mystery & Suspense'', one of the last successful projects for the struggling movie studio in the 20th century.
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 * "Somewhere in a Crowd" (1968) - A television host spies the same mysterious faces at various accidents where people have died.  (A different adaptation of this story appears in ''[[Ray Bradbury Theater (1985 series)]]''.)
 * "The Beckoning Fair One" (1968) - A young artist recovering from a nervous breakdown moves into a house haunted by a beautiful girl, and falls in love with her, overlooking his living fiancee.  Based on the [[Oliver Onions]] short story "[[The Beckoning Fair One (fiction)]]".
 * "Witching Time" (1980) - A 17th-century witch uses her craft to transport herself to the 20th century. She brings spine-chilling terror to the present-day occupants of the old farmhouse in which she lived. She puts her mark on the man now living in the farmhouse while his wife tries to save him.
 * "The Thirteenth Reunion" (1980) - A controversial and thuggish weight-loss club where the heavier clients meet untimely demises is investigated, revealing the involvement of a cult of cannibals....

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 ==Details==
-* Release Date:  1968 (''Journey to the Unknown''), 1980 (''Hammer House of Horror'')
+* Release Date:  1968 (''Journey to the Unknown''), 1980 (''Hammer House of Horror''), 1984 (''Hammer House of Mystery & Suspense'', AKA ''Fox Mystery Theater'')
 * Country/Language:  US/UK, English
 * Genres/Technical:  Horror, Crime, Mystery, Anthology
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 * Producer/Production Co:  20th Century Fox Television, Hammer Films; Chips Productions, Cinema Arts International Production, Hammer Films
 * View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecwd_Ww8tHQ link]), ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqOqPbnxj9A link])
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 * "The New People" (1968) - A young couple move into the country, and are taken aback by how friendly the locals are, unware that the town is populated by an evil cult.
 * "Somewhere in a Crowd" (1968) - A television host spies the same mysterious faces at various accidents where people have died.  (A different adaptation of this story appears in ''[[Ray Bradbury Theater (1985 series)]]''.)
-* "The Beckoning Fair One" (1968) - A young artist recovering from a nervous breakdown moves into a house haunted by a beautiful girl, and falls in love with her, overlooking his living fiancee.
+* "The Beckoning Fair One" (1968) - A young artist recovering from a nervous breakdown moves into a house haunted by a beautiful girl, and falls in love with her, overlooking his living fiancee.  Based on the [[Oliver Onions]] short story "[[The Beckoning Fair One (fiction)]]".
 * "Witching Time" (1980) - A 17th-century witch uses her craft to transport herself to the 20th century. She brings spine-chilling terror to the present-day occupants of the old farmhouse in which she lived. She puts her mark on the man now living in the farmhouse while his wife tries to save him.
 * "The Thirteenth Reunion" (1980) - A controversial and thuggish weight-loss club where the heavier clients meet untimely demises is investigated, revealing the involvement of a cult of cannibals....
 * "Children of the Full Moon" (1980) - 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.
 * "Guardian of the Abyss" (1980) - Completing a an ancient rite of human sacrifice is the unexpected consequence when an antiques dealer unwittingly buys a mirror with mysterious evil power, and crosses paths with a sinister cult, their hypnotic leader, and a slimy demon trapped in the mirror.

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 ===Comments, Trivia, Dedication===
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-* Several episodes were edited together in pairs with extra content (a framing device with a guest host), and released as feature anthology films:
+* Several episodes of ''Journey into the Unknown'' were edited together in pairs with extra content (a framing device with a guest host), and released as feature anthology films:
 ** ''Journey Into Darkness (1968)'' hosted by Patrick McGoohan, "The New People" and "Paper Dolls"
 ** ''Journey To Midnight (1968)'' hosted by Sebastian Cabot, "Poor Butterfly" and "The Indian Spirit Guide"

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		+	* Several episodes were edited together in pairs with extra content (a framing device with a guest host), and released as feature anthology films:
		+	** ''Journey Into Darkness (1968)'' hosted by Patrick McGoohan, "The New People" and "Paper Dolls"
		+	** ''Journey To Midnight (1968)'' hosted by Sebastian Cabot, "Poor Butterfly" and "The Indian Spirit Guide"
		+	** ''Journey to The Unknown (1969)'' hosted by Joan Crawford, "Matakitas Is Coming" and "The Last Visitor"
		+	** ''Journey To Murder (1971)'' hosted by Joan Crawford, "Do Me A Favour, Kill Me" and "The Killing Bottle"

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 * Release Date:  1968 (''Journey to the Unknown''), 1980 (''Hammer House of Horror'')
 * Country/Language:  US/UK, English
-* Genres/Technical:  Horror, Anthology
+* Genres/Technical:  Horror, Crime, Mystery, Anthology
 * Runtime:  (generally formatted for a 1-hour television slot)
 * Starring:  (various)
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 * s____ (One Tentacle:  Debateably Lovecraftian, at best)
-Really, not much "Lovecraftian" going on here, beyond the occasional Gothic theme, though the series does include some stories written by some fine contributors to the same sort of horror/fantasy/science-fiction Weird genre that Lovecraft contributed so much to, including [[Charles Beaumont]], [[Robert Bloch]], [[Oliver Onions]].
+Really, not much "Lovecraftian" going on here, beyond the occasional Gothic theme, though the series does include some stories written by some fine contributors to the same sort of horror/fantasy/science-fiction Weird genre that Lovecraft contributed so much to, including [[Charles Beaumont]], [[Robert Bloch]], [[Oliver Onions]].  With the two series focusing mainly on crime, killers, and other such conventional horror topics, the suggested episodes listed below only represent the least non-Lovecraftian episodes.
 ''Note:  This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.''
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 * "Witching Time" (1980) - A 17th-century witch uses her craft to transport herself to the 20th century. She brings spine-chilling terror to the present-day occupants of the old farmhouse in which she lived. She puts her mark on the man now living in the farmhouse while his wife tries to save him.
 * "The Thirteenth Reunion" (1980) - A controversial and thuggish weight-loss club where the heavier clients meet untimely demises is investigated, revealing the involvement of a cult of cannibals....
-* "Children of the Full Moon" (1980) - 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.
+* "Children of the Full Moon" (1980) - 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.
 * "Guardian of the Abyss" (1980) - Completing a an ancient rite of human sacrifice is the unexpected consequence when an antiques dealer unwittingly buys a mirror with mysterious evil power.