Posts Tagged ‘Horror Double Bills’
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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Saturday 25th February is a date all horror fans should put into their diaries as The Macabre Market rolls back into Brighton on Britain’s spooky South coast. The scary stall holders once again take over The Rock Inn’s Haunted Basement with a spine-chilling selection of ghoulish goods, mysterious music , bizarre book signings and ghost story readings….
The market opens at 12 noon and is FREE to enter….if you dare!
Hemlock Books will be selling a selection of horror magazines, fanzines and books including issues of Diabolique Magazine at a special event day price! It’s their first time at Frighten Brighton, so please welcome them with open arms!
The Shane Briant Store is also making its Brighton debut with a feast of fab merchandise celebrating Hammer Films classic horror hero!
House of Secrets returns after a successful event last year and continues to gain new fans with their gothic romance, horror and pulp novels alongside classic horror movie tie-in paperbacks from decades past.
Doll Doll Dolly also makes a triumphant return with her horror film inspired accessories and gothic hand-made gifts.
Billy Chainsaw is a horror legend who needs no introduction and serves up a selection of horror themed greetings cards. Billy can currently be found amongst the pages of both Shock Horror Magazine and Bizarre Magazine.
Handmade Brighton is also coming to the Haunted Basement to sell her gothic and Victorian-inspired artwork and designs.
N.J. Hallard is the best-selling author of Breaking News : An Autozombiography and will once again appear in person to sign copies of his terrifying zombie novel, promote his unique artwork and give an exclusive preview of his upcoming sequel Rising Up.
Lisamarie Lamb shares the horror writer limelight and will be selling and signing copies of her work. Her books include Mother’s Helper and Somebody’s at the Door.
And that’s not all! There will also be stalls from artist Phoebe Kirk, booksellers and publishers Wallflower Press, the terrifyingly talented Saffron Reichenbacker and many more!
So come and join your fellow horror fans at the Macabre Market from 12noon at The Rock Inn’s Haunted Basement. As well as the stalls and book signings there will be live music and ghost story readings.
And from 2pm in the Scary Screening Room upstairs the Frighten Brighton crew will be showing Hammer Films’ classic Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell (1974) FREE OF CHARGE on a first-come, first-seated basis!!!!
Finally, if you’ve got the stomach for it, you can stay and watch The Horror Double Bill of The Gore Gore Girls (1972) and Re-Animator (1985) from 5pm for only £6 per person ….and that’s for BOTH films!!! A real recession-busting bargain!
Hurry and book your tickets now for The Frighten Brighton Horror Double Bill at WeGotTickets as they are selling out fast!
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