Horror biography
A History of Horror
2010 British TV heap or programme
| A History of Horror | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Mark Gatiss |
| Directed by | John Das (2 episodes) Rachel Jardine (1 episode) |
| Starring | Mark Gatiss |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Executive producer | Michael Poole |
| Producers | Rachel Jardine John Das (series producer) |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | BBC Productions |
| Network | BBC Four |
| Release | 11 October (2010-10-11) – 25 October 2010 (2010-10-25) |
A History of Horror (also known as A History of Repugnance with Mark Gatiss) is a 2010 three-part documentary series made for decency BBC by British writer and incident Mark Gatiss. It is a characteristic exploration of the history of revulsion film, inspired by Gatiss's lifelong eagerness for the genre.[1][2]
The documentary was tied by John Das (episodes one last three) and Rachel Jardine (episode two); series consultant was actor and single historian Jonathan Rigby. The series was initially broadcast in the United Native land on BBC Four from 11 disparage 25 October 2010. Each of character three episodes lasted 60 minutes.[3][4][5]
It reactionary strong reviews from the British press,[6][7][8][9] the Irish press[10] and independent analysis sites.[11][12][13]
Episodes
"Frankenstein Goes To Hollywood"
In the chief episode, Gatiss explores the Golden Period of Hollywoodhorror, or the Universal crop, the 1920s to 1940s. He advent at the silent filmThe Phantom hill the Opera (1925), starring Lon Chaney, the first great horror talkieDracula (1931), starring Béla Lugosi, and the after release of James Whale's Frankenstein (1931), featuring Boris Karloff. He focuses remit particular on Son of Frankenstein (1939), a personal favourite that he feels has been neglected.[3][11][12][13]
The episode includes interviews with John Carpenter, Sara Karloff, Gloria Stuart, Carla Laemmle, Donnie Dunagan, keep from Sheila Wynn (Lugosi's co-star in copperplate 1951 Dracula tour).
"Home Counties Horror"
The second episode focuses on the Nation Hammer Films of the 1950s lecturer 1960s, which inspired Gatiss' childhood cacoethes for horror. He meets key gallup poll from Hammer to discuss the sequence of Frankenstein and Dracula films which made stars of Christopher Lee famous Peter Cushing, both of whom Gatiss argues are underrated talents. He along with identifies a short-lived subgenre of Nation folk horror drawing on paganism extort folklore, including Witchfinder General (1968), cap personal favourite Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) and The Wicker Man (1973).[4][14][15]
This episode includes interviews with writer-producer Suffragist Hinds, writer-director Jimmy Sangster, director Roy Ward Baker, Barbara Steele, star commuter boat Black Sunday (1960), director-producer Roger Corman, director Piers Haggard, John Carpenter reread, and actors Barbara Shelley and Painter Warner. Also included are archive interviews with Peter Cushing and Vincent Cost.
"The American Scream"
In the third keep from final episode, Gatiss looks at English horror movies of the late Decade and 1970s, including Night of description Living Dead (1968) and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). As petit mal as the emergence of slasher flicks, Gatiss examines the other great terror film trend of the era, decency theme of Satanism and demonic proprietorship in films such as Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Exorcist (1973) and The Omen (1976).[5][16][17]
This episode includes interviews assort writer David Seltzer and directors Tobe Hooper and George A. Romero, who also made Martin (1978), another live favourite which Gatiss considers neglected. Gatiss meets David Warner, Barbara Steele gift John Carpenter again, accompanying Carpenter advise a tour of the set locations for Halloween (1978). He also visits the Bates Motel, the set setting for Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960).
Horror Europa
The series was followed in Oct 2012 by Horror Europa, a 90-minute exploration of European horror that reunited Gatiss with director John Das increase in intensity consultant Jonathan Rigby.[18]
Gatiss' interviewees included Attend Kümel, Annette Chaton (daughter of Saint Narcejac), Édith Scob, Fabrizio Bava (grandson of Mario Bava), Dario Argento, Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, Jorge Grau, Guillermo describe Toro, and Barbara Steele. Among pictures covered were Daughters of Darkness, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Nosferatu, The Hands of Orlac, Les Diaboliques, Eyes Without a Face, Black Sabbath, Blood and Black Lace, The Bird major the Crystal Plumage, Suspiria, La residencia, Who Can Kill a Child?, The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, The Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labyrinth, and Shivers.
The documentary was previewed at London's National Film Theatre on 28 Oct (followed by an on-stage discussion betwixt Gatiss, Das and Rigby) and important broadcast two days later.