Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible

Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible (DVD) (*)

$23.99

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2&4 )

Running Time:
173 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Production Notes
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Matt Lipsey
Henry Normal

Written By:
Steve Coogan
Graham Duff

Actors:
Steve Coogan ..... Dr. Terrible / ... (6 episodes, 2001)
Graham Duff ..... Josh / ... (4 episodes, 2001)
Hayley Henderson ..... Twin / ... (2 episodes, 2001)
Sarah Henderson ..... Chastity / ... (2 episodes, 2001)
Sarah Alexander ..... Beatrice Crown (1 episode, 2001)
Sally Bretton ..... Carmina (1 episode, 2001)

Synopsis:

Originally broadcast in 2001, Dr Terrible's House of Horrible is a six-part pastiche of 1970s Hammer Horror from Steve Coogan's Baby Cow production company. Each episode is topped and tailed by Coogan beneath a mass of prosthetics in a high-back leather chair as the avuncular, flatulent, faintly morally debauched Dr Terrible. "That was truly diabolical", he concludes of each show, a verdict with which one or two critics unkindly and unfairly concurred. Coogan also stars in each as six different characters. In "And Now the Fearing...", for example. he plays rat-faced, unpleasant millionaire Denham Denham; in "Frenzy of Tongs" - a mickey-take of the Fu Manchu films--he's the insufferably suave Nathan Blaze, a Jason King-a-like; in "Scream, Satan Scream", meanwhile, he superimposes a parody of Peter Sellers over a lampoon of the Vincent Price film Witchfinder General. Although most of these episodes are elaborate period pieces and genuine care has been made to render them as scary as possible, the real period detail has been in recreating the luridly quaint, over-acted, hammy feel of the 70s productions to which these episodes pay affectionate homage.

Steve Coogan takes on a different guise in each of these self-contained chilling tales. From the grisly results of a ballroom dancer?s encounter with a giant pair of scissors, to the depths of vampiric lust and the misadventures of a 19th Century medical pioneer, each tale is introduced by the enigmatic Dr Terrible, and features well known performers from TV and cinema. Appointment with Dr Terrible is an opportunity to see Steve Coogan talking about his art.

Season 1
Lesbian Vampire Lovers of Lust S1, Ep1 12 Nov. 2001
Frenzy of Tongs S1, Ep2 19 Nov. 2001
Curse of the Blood of the Lizard of Doom S1, Ep3 26 Nov. 2001
And Now the Fearing... S1, Ep4 3 Dec. 2001
Voodoo Feet of Death S1, Ep5 10 Dec. 2001
Scream Satan Scream! S1, Ep6 17 Dec. 2001

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 05 March, 2015.