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April 30, 2012 | 
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As we continue to campaign tirelessly for the return of the BBC’s legendary horror double bill seasons to our TV screens, we started thinking about what films we’d like them to screen. It also got us thinking about what two films together would make the greatest classic horror double bill!
So we thought we’d ask YOU our fangtastic supporters : What would be your ultimate classic horror double bill?
Which two films scheduled together would make you stay up past your bedtime or sneak out to your local cinema in the dead of night (or on a Sunday afternoon if it’s the Roxy Bar & Screen in London!) ? Would it be a Universal black and white classic followed by a gory Hammer Horror? Or an atmospheric Val Lewton production with a George Romero zombie chaser?
Put your thinking caps on and put your choice of horror double bill films (and your reasons why) in our “comments” box below and we will get our team of horror experts to choose the best, weirdest, funniest or scariest double bill and then create a special poster based on the winner!
We will also email the BBC with all your suggestions along with a link to our petition!
And talking of our petition, here are just some of the awesome comments you guys have been writing :
Emilia Jokinen on Apr 30, 2012 : ” Since there’s such a huge catalogue of horror it can be a very expensive task to track down films on DVD, and can also be a deterrent to newcomers to the genre who don’t know where to start. Television double bills would therefore be the ideal solution for both fans and those with a casual interest, and would surely be very popular. “
Peter Benassi on Apr 29, 2012 : ” The return of this series is a must!! And there is most certainly an audience for it! It would be perfect timing too considering the BBC is running 70s based programmes on right now. “
Brittney-Jade Colangelo on Mar 2, 2012 : ” Allow future generations to experience the classic fear of the horror films of yesteryear! “
Liz Petrie on Mar 4, 2012 : ” i grew up with the double bill horror films on a sat nite on bbc2. i loved them.! because of them, i have been a horror fan alll my life. i would love to see them again. it would be the perfect weekend for me if i knew i had that to look forward to. bela lugosi, christopher lee, peter cushing…please please bring them back!!! xx “
Andrew M Bark on Jan 27, 2012 : ” A great heritage of great film making is being forgotten, it’s a bout time the tradition of horror double bills on a Saturday night was reinstated for future generations. “
Add your name and comments to our petition and let the BBC know how much we love and miss these classic horror double bills and want them back on our screens – now! Help us reach 3000 signatures! Sign today – it’s free!!!
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Until recently the Classic Horror Campaign had always assumed that the iconic BBC2 horror double bill seasons ran from 1975 until 1981 but recent evidence has come to light which proves the existence of a final BBC2 horror double bill taking place in the summer of 1983! Of course, we are being a little tongue-in-cheek here but it just goes to show how our collective memories can become blurred by the mists of time. In my defence, I think the reason why I don’t remember (and possibly didn’t even watch) the 1983 season was because that was the time I started going out underage drinking on Saturday nights (come on, we ALL did it!).
It was also around that time that I was sneaking into my local cinema late on Saturday nights as they had started screening some awesome late-night horror double bills with much more exciting films than some mouldy old horrors from the 30′s and 40′s. At least that’s what my teenage self thought at the time! Cronenberg’s Shivers (1975), Hammer’s Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires (1974) and Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968) on the big screen were certainly a lot more tempting to me. So, here for your perusal are the TV listings for the long-lost 1983 BBC2 Horror Double Bill! A huge thank you to Stephen Jacobs for supplying the information.
9th July 1983 – Dracula (1931) & Frankenstein (1931)
16th July 1983 – The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
23rd July 1983 – Dracula’s Daughter (1936) & Son Of Frankenstein (1939)
30th July 1983 - The Mummy (1932) & Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
6th August 1983 – The Wolfman (1941) & Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943)
13th August 1983 – Son Of Dracula (1943) & House Of Frankenstein (1944)
20th August 1983 – The Mummy’s Hand (1940) & House Of Dracula (1945)
3rd September 1983 – The Black Cat (1934), The Raven (1935), & Murders In The Rue Morgue (1932)
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