Bonus Episode 38: He Also Double Tapped It (The Vampire Lovers and Dr. Terror's House of Horrors)

Welcome, once again, to our annual house of horror! As usual, we discuss two horror movies featuring the stars of television’s Doctor Who. This year, we kick off proceedings with Hammer Films’ The Vampire Lovers (featuring Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing, and Kate O’Mara), before moving on to Amicus Production’s first anthology film, Dr Terror’s House of Horrors (featuring Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, and Michael Gough). This year, our good friend Diana Birney joins us for the ride!

 

Join us as we discuss classist lesbianism (dammit, Carmilla/Marcilla!), gratuitous nudity, the best place for biting to draw blood, the heartlessness of killing a dog in one of the movies, killer kudzu, why Biff had to die (and why his couch is a sign of that coming), the joy of Christopher Lee facing off against Michael Gough, and the British love of trains. Anthony also talks about one of his childhood nightmares.

 

If you would like to watch along with us, these films are available to purchase at the links below*:

• The Vampire Lovers (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3UohZlM | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3BXoOEH)
• Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4eZ7wFN | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/48o5wnW)

 

Other media mentioned in this episode*:

• Dracula (1958 Hammer version) (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3f4jq7F | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3syfBL6)

• Scars of Dracula (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3TCBt3R | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3DzdsEY)
• Dr. Who and the Daleks (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3DPnmjc | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2Z9n7Rc)
• Dead of Night (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4f22gBk | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3YeATfS)
• The James Bond Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3FWn6kg | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3DQB4lR)
• The Lord of the Rings: Motion Picture Trilogy (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3nfEjMU | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3jwU4hv)
• The Addams Family: The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2Xpaalv | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3vqdlGf)
• Idle Hands (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3AcQ4yq | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3YliDBJ)

• The Vault of Horror (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3MlqPwq | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/45Lkmln)

• The House that Dripped Blood (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3G7zY7o | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2Z3T6lW)
• Dr Horrible’s Sing Along Blog (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4eaP77O | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4hhC7jf)
• Santa Clarita Diet (Netflix: https://www.netflix.com)

 

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