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Agent 13 · 01-14-2006, 08:48 PM

I am a fanatic about anthology series'. These are what I have or are enroute:

Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
Evil Touch (1973)
Ghost Story (aka Circle of Fear, 1972)
Hitchhiker (1983)
Inner Sanctum (1954)
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963) 60 eps
Lights Out (1949)
Night Gallery (1970)
The Outer Limits (1960s)
Outer Limits (1990's, highly edited)
Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
The Sixth Sense
Tales from the Darkside (1983)
Tales of the Unexpected (Quinn Martin)
Thriller (1960)
Thriller (1973)
Twilight Zone (1959)
Twilight Zone (2002)

Anymore out there in TV land?

Lamont · 01-14-2006, 08:53 PM

Jen I have the 13 Demon Street anthology show, hosted by Lon Chaney

here is info on it

From a fan site---
Number 13 Demon Street. I am condemned to live here. To suffer on this earth eternally as a punishment for my sin. It is said that no greater outrage was ever committed by any mortal. But should I find a crime more heinous, my terrible punishment will end. -- LON CHANEY JR. Somewhere between One Step Beyond and Thriller lies 13 Demon Street, a thirteen episode shot-in-Sweden television show created and directed by CURT SIODMAK (the Hollywood horror vet who scripted The Wolfman and wrote Donovan s Brain). After directing the pilot for Hammer s unsold Tales of Frankenstein ( 58), Siodmak made a deal with LEO GUILD and KENNETH HERTS to shoot a supernatural horror anthology, 13 Demon Street, in Stockholm s Nordisk Tonefilm studio in 1960. As host -- and caretaker of the titular address -- a disheveled Lon Chaney Jr. briefly intros each episode, often looking like he wants to punch the camera and start a brawl instead. Moody, atmospheric, and hilariously hokey, the series was nevertheless unable to find a buyer. Herts then salvaged some of the footage by bringing in HERBERT L. STROCK to stitch together a feature comprised of three episodes as well as a new framing device that replaced all of Chaney s TV footage with scenes of him playing Satan, and released it as The Devil s Messenger in 1962. Though the shows were never aired anywhere in the world, we ve nevertheless found them. Yup, direct from the Land of the Midnight Sun (complete with Swedish subtitles) and transferred from 35mm prints, comes this incredibly rare Something Weird exclusive, three episodes of the unseen 13 Demon Street.

pretty good show, BUT Chaney seems out of it, like he is drunk while filming

Agent 13 · 01-14-2006, 09:00 PM

Oh, yeah. That's right. I actually have a couple of "Demon Street" and almost all of "One Step Beyond". Both aren't listed on my Trade List because of various issues. I forget what I have sometimes.

Lamont · 01-14-2006, 09:02 PM

it is such a train wreck

i mean Chaney was a giant, but the show was so cheaply done

the scripts were pretty good for the time, but it was so low budget and chaney seemed spaced out

i love it though, it grew on me!

mhadley · 01-14-2006, 09:26 PM

I have these:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
Amazing Stories
Boris Karloff Presents Thriller
Darkroom
Dead Of Night
Evil Touch
Freddy's Nightmares
Ghost Story/Circle Of Fear
Gun
Hammer House Of Horror
Hammer House Of Mystery And Suspsense
The Hidden Room
Hitchhiker
The Hunger
Monsters
Night Gallery
Night Visions
Nightmare Cafe
One Step Beyond
Outer Limits
The New Outer Limits
Perversions Of Science
Ray Bradbury Theater
The Sixth Sense
Spicy City
Strange Frequency
Tales From The Darkside
Tales Of The Unexpected
The New Twilight Zone (1985)
Way Out
Welcome To Paradox

http://www.geocities.com/rarevideosfortrade11

I am sure I have more too that I don't have listed.

Lamont · 01-14-2006, 09:29 PM

such a cheezy 80s show, i remember the episode where they tried to change history and ended up making the Nazis win the second world war, it was like the writes were all on acid when they came up with the scripts

but it was so bad it was funny

debwalsh · 01-14-2006, 09:32 PM

Wow, I didn't realize Siodmak was involved in that series, too. Makes it doubly sad.

There are a couple of Hammer anthology series, the Hammer House of Horror (1 hour stories), and the other one I can never remember the title of, several written by Brian Clemens and other great British TV writers of his era.

And of course there's the new Masters of Horror that's running on Showtime. I should have all of those in the next couple of weeks when they've finished airing, and I'll be putting together a complete set - as are several other people, I'm sure.

Darkroom, Monsters, there are others, yes? There seemed to be a resurgence of anthologies back in the '80s and early '90s.

mhadley · 01-14-2006, 09:34 PM

It was a pandering show but there was some cool things in it. I actually liked that Nazi one though. Personally I thought these were good anthology shows:

Boris Karloff Presents Thriller
Freddy's Nightmares (some good ideas)
Hitchhiker (The HBO years)
The New Outer Limits
Perversions Of Science
Ray Bradbury Theater
Spicy City
Strange Frequency
Tales From The Darkside (Seasons 1 and 2)
The New Twilight Zone (1985)
Welcome To Paradox

Agent 13 · 01-14-2006, 09:34 PM

The one written by Brian Clemens is "Thriller" (1973). I'd never heard of it until a trader told me he had all of them. Can't wait for them to arrive!

Thriller: http://www.tv.com/thriller-1973/show/16737/summary.html

mhadley · 01-14-2006, 09:35 PM

Deb, you are thinking of Hammer House Of Mystery and Suspense. It had US actors and directors with brit writers and procuders.

debwalsh · 01-14-2006, 09:47 PM

I think Clemens had work on both of those series, actually, but I could be wrong. The Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense aired here, but it had a different umbrella title at the time.

The 1973 series ran here as late-night movies. The titles were changed and the films were pretty heavily edited. I used to stay up late trying to see them because a lot of the actors from Space: 1999 appeared in them, and I was very into that show in the mid-'70s.

savageamusement · 01-15-2006, 04:06 AM

What about Psi Factor did this qualify?

Or Dark Stories, and Armchair thrillers.

I liked PSI factor a lot.

mhadley · 01-15-2006, 06:17 AM

I would not call Psi-Factor an anthology series as it had regular chacters and subplots running through multiple episodes.

savageamusement · 01-15-2006, 07:05 AM

That makes sense. Good point.
That was what kept me from listing the Others.

I wasn't sure since you listed the Sixth sense, and I thought there was stationary characters. But yeah that makes sense

It is still a good scifi show tho

Guess the only other one I would add then is the 1997 Ghost Stories series. There were 39 I think of them, but pretty spooky.

mhadley · 01-15-2006, 07:10 AM

I listed Sixth Sense because while there were 2 main (Regular) characters, there was really no continuity between any of the episodes. The New Outer Limits even had quite a bit of continuity, there were episodes that were direct sequels to other episodes (for instance, Robert Patrick played the same character in 2 seperate episodes, in seperate seasons) and the Showtime finale linked alot of the episodes togather.

So while continuity would not put a series out of being called "Anthology" I think regular continuity would.

01-14-2006, 08:48 PM	#1
Agent 13 Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 02, 2003 Location: Good ol' USA Posts: 1,510	Anthology series... I am a fanatic about anthology series'. These are what I have or are enroute: Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) Evil Touch (1973) Ghost Story (aka Circle of Fear, 1972) Hitchhiker (1983) Inner Sanctum (1954) Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963) 60 eps Lights Out (1949) Night Gallery (1970) The Outer Limits (1960s) Outer Limits (1990's, highly edited) Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) The Sixth Sense Tales from the Darkside (1983) Tales of the Unexpected (Quinn Martin) Thriller (1960) Thriller (1973) Twilight Zone (1959) Twilight Zone (2002) Anymore out there in TV land?
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01-14-2006, 08:53 PM	#2
Lamont Lamont says Smile! Forum Veteran Join Date: May 28, 2005 Location: Deep in the Heart of Nowhere Posts: 5,217	13 Demon Street Jen I have the 13 Demon Street anthology show, hosted by Lon Chaney here is info on it From a fan site--- Number 13 Demon Street. I am condemned to live here. To suffer on this earth eternally as a punishment for my sin. It is said that no greater outrage was ever committed by any mortal. But should I find a crime more heinous, my terrible punishment will end. -- LON CHANEY JR. Somewhere between One Step Beyond and Thriller lies 13 Demon Street, a thirteen episode shot-in-Sweden television show created and directed by CURT SIODMAK (the Hollywood horror vet who scripted The Wolfman and wrote Donovan s Brain). After directing the pilot for Hammer s unsold Tales of Frankenstein ( 58), Siodmak made a deal with LEO GUILD and KENNETH HERTS to shoot a supernatural horror anthology, 13 Demon Street, in Stockholm s Nordisk Tonefilm studio in 1960. As host -- and caretaker of the titular address -- a disheveled Lon Chaney Jr. briefly intros each episode, often looking like he wants to punch the camera and start a brawl instead. Moody, atmospheric, and hilariously hokey, the series was nevertheless unable to find a buyer. Herts then salvaged some of the footage by bringing in HERBERT L. STROCK to stitch together a feature comprised of three episodes as well as a new framing device that replaced all of Chaney s TV footage with scenes of him playing Satan, and released it as The Devil s Messenger in 1962. Though the shows were never aired anywhere in the world, we ve nevertheless found them. Yup, direct from the Land of the Midnight Sun (complete with Swedish subtitles) and transferred from 35mm prints, comes this incredibly rare Something Weird exclusive, three episodes of the unseen 13 Demon Street. pretty good show, BUT Chaney seems out of it, like he is drunk while filming
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01-14-2006, 09:02 PM	#4
Lamont Lamont says Smile! Forum Veteran Join Date: May 28, 2005 Location: Deep in the Heart of Nowhere Posts: 5,217	i love that show it is such a train wreck i mean Chaney was a giant, but the show was so cheaply done the scripts were pretty good for the time, but it was so low budget and chaney seemed spaced out i love it though, it grew on me!

01-14-2006, 09:29 PM	#6
Lamont Lamont says Smile! Forum Veteran Join Date: May 28, 2005 Location: Deep in the Heart of Nowhere Posts: 5,217	DARK ROOM such a cheezy 80s show, i remember the episode where they tried to change history and ended up making the Nazis win the second world war, it was like the writes were all on acid when they came up with the scripts but it was so bad it was funny

01-14-2006, 09:32 PM	#7
debwalsh Ancient Archivist Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 23, 2004 Location: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Posts: 503	Wow, I didn't realize Siodmak was involved in that series, too. Makes it doubly sad. There are a couple of Hammer anthology series, the Hammer House of Horror (1 hour stories), and the other one I can never remember the title of, several written by Brian Clemens and other great British TV writers of his era. And of course there's the new Masters of Horror that's running on Showtime. I should have all of those in the next couple of weeks when they've finished airing, and I'll be putting together a complete set - as are several other people, I'm sure. Darkroom, Monsters, there are others, yes? There seemed to be a resurgence of anthologies back in the '80s and early '90s.
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01-14-2006, 09:00 PM	#3
Agent 13 Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 02, 2003 Location: Good ol' USA Posts: 1,510	Oh, yeah. That's right. I actually have a couple of "Demon Street" and almost all of "One Step Beyond". Both aren't listed on my Trade List because of various issues. I forget what I have sometimes.

01-14-2006, 09:26 PM	#5
mhadley Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 22, 2003 Posts: 572	I have these: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) Amazing Stories Boris Karloff Presents Thriller Darkroom Dead Of Night Evil Touch Freddy's Nightmares Ghost Story/Circle Of Fear Gun Hammer House Of Horror Hammer House Of Mystery And Suspsense The Hidden Room Hitchhiker The Hunger Monsters Night Gallery Night Visions Nightmare Cafe One Step Beyond Outer Limits The New Outer Limits Perversions Of Science Ray Bradbury Theater The Sixth Sense Spicy City Strange Frequency Tales From The Darkside Tales Of The Unexpected The New Twilight Zone (1985) Way Out Welcome To Paradox http://www.geocities.com/rarevideosfortrade11 I am sure I have more too that I don't have listed.

01-14-2006, 09:34 PM	#8
mhadley Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 22, 2003 Posts: 572	It was a pandering show but there was some cool things in it. I actually liked that Nazi one though. Personally I thought these were good anthology shows: Boris Karloff Presents Thriller Freddy's Nightmares (some good ideas) Hitchhiker (The HBO years) The New Outer Limits Perversions Of Science Ray Bradbury Theater Spicy City Strange Frequency Tales From The Darkside (Seasons 1 and 2) The New Twilight Zone (1985) Welcome To Paradox

01-14-2006, 09:35 PM	#10
mhadley Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 22, 2003 Posts: 572	Deb, you are thinking of Hammer House Of Mystery and Suspense. It had US actors and directors with brit writers and procuders.

01-14-2006, 09:47 PM	#11
debwalsh Ancient Archivist Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 23, 2004 Location: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Posts: 503	I think Clemens had work on both of those series, actually, but I could be wrong. The Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense aired here, but it had a different umbrella title at the time. The 1973 series ran here as late-night movies. The titles were changed and the films were pretty heavily edited. I used to stay up late trying to see them because a lot of the actors from Space: 1999 appeared in them, and I was very into that show in the mid-'70s.

01-15-2006, 04:06 AM	#12
savageamusement Cutest Couch Potato Senior Member Join Date: Oct 21, 2003 Posts: 2,103	What about What about Psi Factor did this qualify? Or Dark Stories, and Armchair thrillers. I liked PSI factor a lot.
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01-15-2006, 06:17 AM	#13
mhadley Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 22, 2003 Posts: 572	I would not call Psi-Factor an anthology series as it had regular chacters and subplots running through multiple episodes.

01-15-2006, 07:05 AM	#14
savageamusement Cutest Couch Potato Senior Member Join Date: Oct 21, 2003 Posts: 2,103	Ahhh That makes sense. Good point. That was what kept me from listing the Others. I wasn't sure since you listed the Sixth sense, and I thought there was stationary characters. But yeah that makes sense It is still a good scifi show tho Guess the only other one I would add then is the 1997 Ghost Stories series. There were 39 I think of them, but pretty spooky.

01-15-2006, 07:10 AM	#15
mhadley Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 22, 2003 Posts: 572	I listed Sixth Sense because while there were 2 main (Regular) characters, there was really no continuity between any of the episodes. The New Outer Limits even had quite a bit of continuity, there were episodes that were direct sequels to other episodes (for instance, Robert Patrick played the same character in 2 seperate episodes, in seperate seasons) and the Showtime finale linked alot of the episodes togather. So while continuity would not put a series out of being called "Anthology" I think regular continuity would.