Friday, 27 August 2010

HELP US REACH 1000 SIGNATURES BY HALLOWEEN!!!

Horror Fans! We have a challenge for you! Can you help the Bring Classic Horror Back to Television Alliance reach 1000 signatures on our petition by Halloween? We all want the BBC to bring back it's classic Saturday night Horror Double Bills and the more signatures we have, the more of an impact we can make!
So make sure you sign the petition and spread the word to all your friends and fellow horror fiends! Post on your blogs and websites!  Twitter about the campaign using the hashtag #classichorrorcampaign and join our Facebook Page!
More great news for the campaign is that we have had a message of support from Hammer Horror icon Caroline Munro! She says it's a very good campaign, offers her full support and wishes us lots of luck! Thanks Caroline!
So don't forget to keep emailing the BBC, writing to all those fantastic film magazines and posting about us on websites and forums around the world! Thanks again for all your support!
Thursday, 12 August 2010

HALLOWEEN IS COMING! Time to Ramp Up The Classic Horror Campaign!

Halloween is fast approaching and we need to up the ante a little on our campaign to Bring Back BBC2's Horror Double Bills! So we are asking for your help!!
We'd like you to fire off a few emails once again to the BBC and Radio Times and ask them to provide some horror related programming for this coming Halloween weekend which falls on Friday 29th, Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st October!!!
Of course we'd also like you to mention that you want to see a permanent return of Saturday Night Horror Double Bill seasons on the BBC!

  • You can email BBC Points of View :  pov@bbc.co.uk
  • You can email Radio Times : radio.times@bbc.co.uk
  • You can also register a complaint that the BBC are not screening classic horror movies at a reasonable hour or Horror Double Bill seasons here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/homepage/

As top UK horror star Miss Emily Booth says : 
"Remember, 'people power' means gold - it's all about numbers in this industry so get on board, show your support for this campaign and they might just listen!"


Don't forget to sign the petition here!
Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Great Support From the Horror Community Boosts Classic Horror Campaign!


Our campaign to Bring Classic Horror Films Back to the BBC continues to gather support amongst film fans and the horror community! You can read an exclusive interview with British horror star Emily Booth over on the Cyberschizoid blog and find out why she strongly supports our campaign!
Horror blogs and websites across the planet have been featuring our campaign to Bring Back BBC2's Horror Double Bills! Check out the following links below to read what they have to say.

If I've missed out any blogs, websites or links that feature the campaign to Bring Classic Horror Back to Television then feel free to comment or contact us at cyberschizoid@yahoo.co.uk 
You can also post comments on our Facebook Page
Don't forget to sign our petition and email the BBC!

Friday, 16 July 2010

TOP BRITISH HORROR ACTRESS SUPPORTS CLASSIC HORROR CAMPAIGN!

We have fantastic news for all supporters of the Bring Classic Horror Back to Television Alliance! Top British Horror Icon Emily Booth has agreed to support our campaign to bring BBC2's Horror Double Bills and classic horror movies back to British television!

Emily has carved out an impressive career for herself starring in a number of horror and cult films including "Pervirella", "Evil Aliens", Doghouse" and "Cradle of Fear". She is also a presenter on The Horror Channel and has her own monthly column in GoreZone, Britain's premiere horror film magazine.
Coming soon: An exclusive interview with Emily Booth where she discusses her career, her love of Hammer Horror and why she supports our campaign.
So join Emily in signing our petition to Bring Back BBC2's Horror Double Bills and don't forget to email the BBC to let them know how you feel. Click here if you're not sure what to write!
All photographs courtesy of Beck Photographic and Gorezone magazine.
Monday, 28 June 2010

CLASSIC HORROR CAMPAIGN - How Can YOU Help?

Our campaign to bring back BBC2's Horror Double Bills and get classic horror films back on our TV screens continues apace, thanks to everyones hard work, dedication and support. But we need to do more to get the BBC to sit up and take notice of our request. Hopefully, you have already signed our petition and joined the Facebook page. If not, why not?

Your next step is to email the BBC and "Radio Times" to ask that they bring back BBC2's Horror Double Bill seasons. If you're not sure what to say or how to word it, you could use the email template kindly provided by those lovely folks at the Film Rant website. Just click on this link to take you there! Please let us know if you get any response.
BBC Points of View - pov@bbc.co.uk
Radio Times - radio.times@bbc.co.uk


You could also try emailing the following magazines to make them aware of our campaign and try to get them to support us.
DVD & Blu-Ray World magazine - info@dvdworldmagazine.com
SFX magazine - sfx@futurenet.co.uk
Gorezone magazine - info@gorezone.co.uk
If you can think of any other relevant magazines please email them. Let us know how you get on!
Don't forget to mention the campaign on any forums, blogs, websites, Facebook pages and other social networking sites that you use.




Wednesday, 26 May 2010

DO YOU REMEMBER THESE CLASSIC HORROR DOUBLE BILLS?

Thanks again all of you for your fantastic support in our ongoing campaign to get BBC television to bring back the classic Horror Double Bill seasons!
Today, we thought you might enjoy this memory jogger of all the original horror double bill seasons! Can you find YOUR favourite amongst all these classic films?




FANTASTIC DOUBLE BILL 1975


Saturday 2 August 1975

22.55.00.05 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Decla 1919)
00.05-01.20 Quatermass II (Hammer 1957)


Saturday 9 August 1975

22.45-00.00 The Tell Tale Heart (Danziger 1963)
00.00-01.20 The Premature Burial (AlP 1961 )


Saturday 23 August 1975

22.40-00.05 This Island Earth (Universal I955)
00.05-01.25 Barbarella (US 1968)


Saturday 30 August 1975

22.55-00.05 The Cat and The Canary (Paramount 1939)
00.05-01.25 The Comedy of Terrors (AlP 1963)


Saturday 6 September 1975

22.35-00.00 The Beast With Five Fingers (Warner 1947)
00.00-01.20 The Maze (US 1954)



MASTERS OF TERROR 1976



Saturday 14 August 1976

22.55-00.10 The Phantom of the Opera (Universal 1925)
00.10-01.40 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Paramount 1932)


Saturday 21 August 1976

22.00-23.20 Devil Doll (MGM 1932)
23.20-00.50 Frankenstein Created Woman (Hammer 1967)


Saturday 28 August 1976

22.00-00.00 The Hounds of Zaroff (RKO 1932)
00.00-01.25 Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)


Saturday 5 September 1976

22.55-00.10 The Mad Genius (Warner 1931 )
00.10-01.30 The Pit and The Pendulum (AlP 1961)


Saturday 14 August 1976

22.50.23.55 The Walking Dead (Warner 1936)
23.55.01.20 Dracula Prince of Darkness (Hammer 1966)




DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN AND FRIENDS 1977


Saturday 2 July 1977

23.05-00.25 Dracula (Universal1931)
00.25-01.35 Frankenstein (Universal 1931)


Saturday 9 July 1977

22.50-00.00 Bride of Frankenstein (Universal1935)
00.00-01.25 Brides of Dracula (Hammer 1960)

Saturday 16 July 1977

22.45-00.15 The Mummy (Universal1932)
00.15-01.05 The Wolfman (Universal 1940)


Saturday 23 July 1977

22.10-23.45 Son of Frankenstein (Universal 1938)
23.45-01.10 Kiss of the Vampire (Hammer 1964 )


Saturday 30 July 1977

22.35.00.05 Dracula's Daughter (Universal1936}
00.05-01.30 Plague of the Zombies (Hammer 1966}


Saturday 6 August 1977

22.50-23.55 The Ghost of Frankenstein (Universal 1942}
22.55-01.10 The Premature Burial (AlP 1961)


Saturday 13 August 1977

23.05-00.05 The Raven (Universal1935}
00.05.01.10 The Black Cat (Universal1933}


Saturday 20 August 1977

22.00-23.15 Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman (Univ 1943)
00.05-01.35 The Raven (AlP 1963)


Saturday 27 August 1977

22.20-23.10 House of Frankenstein (Universal 1944)
00.05-01.35 The Reptile (Hammer 1966)


Saturday 3 September 1977

21.55-23-10 Son of Dracula (Universal 1943)
23.45-01.10 Evil of Frankenstein (Hammer 1964)


Saturday 10 September 1977

22.05-23.15 House of Dracula (Universal 1945)
23.20-00.35 Fall of the House of Usher (AlP 1960)




MONSTER DOUBLE BILL 1978



Saturday 8 July 1978

22.55-23.55 Murders in the Rue Morgue (Universal 1933)
23.55.01.25 The Man Who Could Cheat Death (Hammer1959)


Saturday 15 July 1978

22.40-23.55 The Fantastic Disappearing Man (1958)
00.00-01.15 X-The Man With X-Ray Eyes (AlP 1963)

Saturday 22 July 1978

22.00-23.20 The Quatermass Xperiment (Hammer 1955)
23.50-01.35 The Crazies (Cambist 1973 )

Saturday 29 July 1978

23.15-00.15 Man Made Monster (Universal 1940)
00.15-01.15 The Mummy's Curse (Universal 1945)


Saturday 5 August 1978

22.40-23.55 White Zombie (Halperin 1932)
00.00-01.25 House of Wax (Warner 1953)


Saturday 12 August 1978

21.40-23.10 Them (UniversalI954)
23.45-01.05 The Incredible Shrinking Man (Univ 1957)

Saturday 19 August 1978

22.00-23.15 Voodoo Island (Bel Air 1957
23.20-00.45 Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1953)

Saturday 26 August 1978

22.00.23.35 King Kong (RKO 1933)
23.40-01.10 Superbeast (1972)



MASTERS OF TERROR 1979

Saturday 14 July 1979

22.35-23.50 Doctor X (1932)
23.55-01.20 The Curse of Frankenstein (Hammer 1956)


Saturday 21 July 1979

22.30-23.30 Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (1944)
00.00-01.30 The Hound of the Baskervilles (Hammer 1959)


Saturday 28 July 1979

22.15-23.25 Night Monster (UniversalI942)
23.30.01.10 The Devil Rides Out (Hammer 1968)


Saturday 4 August 1979

23.00.00.05 Black Friday (Universal I940)
00.05.01.35 The Mummy (Hammer 1959)


Saturday 11 August 1979

22.05.23.25 The Strange Door (US 1951)
23.25-01.00 Blood From The Mummy's Tomb (Hammer 1971)

Saturday 18 August 1979

22.35-23.40 The Mummy's Hand (Universal1944)
00.10-01.35 The Satanic Rites of Dracula (Hammer 1973 )


Saturday 25 August 1979

22.00-23.20 It Came From Outer Space (Universal1953)
23.25-01.05 Quatermass and the Pit (Hammer 1967)



HORROR DOUBLE BILL 1980


Saturday 28 June 1980

22.30.00.00 Night of the Demon (Sabre 1957)
00.02-01.35 The Ghoul (Tyburn 1975)


Saturday 5 July 1980

10.10-11.35 The Beast With Five Fingers (Warner 1947)
23.50-01.30 Chamber of Horrors (Warner 1966)

Saturday 12 July 1980
22.40-23.45 The Mad Ghoul (Universal1943)
23.50-01.30 Dr. Terrors House of Horrors (Amicus 1964)


Saturday 19 July 1980
22.35-23.50 The Devil Doll (MGM 1936)
23.55-01.25 Daughters of Satan (UA 1972)


Saturday 26 July 1980

22.10-23.40 Curse of the Werewolf (Hammer 1961)
23.55-01.35 From Beyond The Grave (Amicus 1974)


Saturday 2 August 1980

22.35-23.50 Paranoiac (Hammer 1963)
12.00-01.35 Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter (Hammer 1973)


Saturday 9 August 1980

22.35-23.55 The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
00.00-01.20 Night of the Lepus (1972)

Saturday 16 August 1980

22.20-23.40 The Bat (UA 1959)
Vincent Price and Agnes Moomead.
23.45-01.20 Legend of the Werewolf (Tybum 1974)



Saturday 23 August 1980

22.40.00.00 Tower of London (Universal 1939)
00.00-01.20 The Skull (Amicus 1965)


Saturday 30 August 1980

00.00-01.35 The Beast Must Die (Amicus 1974)






HORROR DOUBLE BILL 1981

Saturday 4 July 1981

22.35-23.10 I Walked With A Zombie (RKO 1943)
00.10.01.10 Zoltan Hound of Dracula (US 1976)

Saturday 11 July 1981

23.05-00.15 Cat People (RKO 1945)
00.15-01.35 Mystery of the Wax Museum (Warner 1933)


Saturday 18 July 1981

22.55-00.05 The Seventh Victim (RKO 1943 )
00.05-01.35 Race With The Devil (Saber 1970)


Saturday 25 July 1981

21.20-22.30 Isle of the Dead (RKO 1940)
23.40-01.25 The Crazies (1973)

Saturday 1 August 1981

22.30-23.45 Bedlam (RKO 1946)
23.45-01.30 Bug (Paramount 1975)


Saturday 8 August 1981

22.50-23.55 The Leopard Man (RKO 1943)
23.55-01.35 The Shuttered Room (Warner 1966)


Saturday 15 August 1981

22.35-23.40 The Curse of the Cat People (RKO 1943)
23.40-01.10 The Eye of the Cat (UniversalI969)

Saturday 22 August 1981

22.30-23.40 The Body Snatchers (RKO 1945)
23.40-01.25 Theatre of Blood (AlP 1973)
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All comments gratefully received! 
Tuesday, 27 April 2010

JOIN OUR NEW FACEBOOK GROUP TODAY!

Thanks to all of you who have signed our petition so far! We have now set up a new Facebook group, Bring Classic Horror Back to Television Alliance to promote our campaign further!


Please go and join this group and invite all your friends!
And don't forget to sign the petition if you haven't done so already and email it to all your friends and fellow horror fans!


You can also email the Radio Times at radio.times@bbc.co.uk to request that the BBC brings the Horror Double Bills back to television! 


Thanks once again for your support and please contact us if you have any more ideas of how we can promote this classic horror campaign!!



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