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Hammer House of Horror

1980 · 1 season

A creepy, slow-burning anthology that unsettles with gothic atmosphere and moral fables, each episode a self-contained nightmare.

Created by
Roy Skeggs
Genres
Mystery, Drama
Starring
Patricia Quinn, Dinah Sheridan, Eleanor Summerfield
Overview
Each self-contained episode features a different kind of horror, varying from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil worship and voodoo, but also includes non-supernatural themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers.

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Created by
Roy Skeggs
Genres
Mystery, Drama
Starring
Patricia Quinn, Dinah Sheridan, Eleanor Summerfield
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • fate
  • death
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • survival
Places
  • single country house
  • small town
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • twist ending
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror7
Humour2
Realism5
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
mystery, drama
Created by
Roy Skeggs
Written by
David Fisher, Francis Essex, Jeremy Burnham, Nicholas Palmer
Starring
Patricia Quinn, Dinah Sheridan, Eleanor Summerfield, Norman Beaton, Nicholas Ball, Jeff Rawle, Brian Cox, Robert Urquhart
Music
Marc Wilkinson, James Bernard
Cinematography
Frank Watts, Norman Warwick
Length
1 seasons, 13 episodes, 53 min each
Network
ITV1
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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