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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Who remembers certain television programmes that used to be broadcast many years ago before watershed that were scary as hell?

I know a couple but they never scared me as these were way before my time known as Tales of the Unexpected and Armchair Thriller.

The first time I saw these was on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Scary Moments which showed clips of an episode of each show which were TOTU's Royal Jelly and AT's Quiet as a Nun. Both episodes sure were creepy especially with the guy sort of turning into a bee and the faceless nun in the attic.

There is one episode I did find disturbing from TOTU were the it reveals that the landlady has been turning her guests into human taxidermists. The thought of how she does it still makes me shudder.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Blimey, i am old enough to remember the origunal showing of Tales of the unexpected and remember Royal jelly very well

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Who remembers certain television programmes that used to be broadcast many years ago before watershed that were scary as hell?

I know a couple but they never scared me as these were way before my time known as Tales of the Unexpected and Armchair Thriller.

There is one episode I did find disturbing from TOTU were the it reveals that the landlady has been turning her guests into human taxidermists. The thought of how she does it still makes me shudder.

Roald Dahl was a complete genius

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Blimey, i am old enough to remember the origunal showing of Tales of the unexpected and remember Royal jelly very well

I remember the theme tune and the sexy silhouette lady dancin'. But then it was bedtime.

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

ITV did a one off ghost hunt thing in a suburban 2 up, 2 down house.

A few people committed suicide afterwards it was that scary (if memory serves me right).

ITV had to come out afterwards, apologise and admit it was staged.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

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Tales Of The Unexpected scared the shit out of me as a kid, not least an episode called, ‘Flypaper’ (I think) wherein a girl is followed by a sinister man throughout and just when she appears to have found sanctuary at the end, the typical twist is that the woman who seems to be her saviour is in fact in alliance with the stalker(!)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I loved TotU. I still read and watch them quite often. Parson's Pleasure is one of my favourites.

Probably not pre-watershed but Hammer House of Horror used to scare the pants off me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Blimey, i am old enough to remember the origunal showing of Tales of the unexpected and remember Royal jelly very well

I remember the theme tune and the sexy silhouette lady dancin'. But then it was bedtime."

That’ll be today’s hum tune stuck in my mind ... might have a crack at that dance move too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tales Of The Unexpected scared the shit out of me as a kid, not least an episode called, ‘Flypaper’ (I think) wherein a girl is followed by a sinister man throughout and just when she appears to have found sanctuary at the end, the typical twist is that the woman who seems to be her saviour is in fact in alliance with the stalker(!)

That one is on YouTube

I think it's a different writer though.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Blimey, i am old enough to remember the origunal showing of Tales of the unexpected and remember Royal jelly very well

I remember the theme tune and the sexy silhouette lady dancin'. But then it was bedtime."

I have a recreated version of the theme on the 100 Halloween Hits album. It's funny how it sounds light and sort of happy which I think was the intention so that it catches you off guard when a scary moment pops up.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"ITV did a one off ghost hunt thing in a suburban 2 up, 2 down house.

A few people committed suicide afterwards it was that scary (if memory serves me right).

ITV had to come out afterwards, apologise and admit it was staged."

That sounds very similar to what happened on Ghostwatch as an 18 year old lad committed suicide a few days later as it scared him that much and it gave some kids Ptsd as well.

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By *punkymonkey40Man
over a year ago

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The opening credits and music for tales of the unexpected scared me. But what gave me nightmares was ghostwatch a one of halloween special on bbc for most of the show we thought it was real.

Before that there was a kids TV show with Fenella the Kettle Witch from Chorlton and the Wheelies

And the banana splits scared me.

Saying that looking back on Jamie and his magic touch opening credits looks like it was filmed on LSD

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"ITV did a one off ghost hunt thing in a suburban 2 up, 2 down house.

A few people committed suicide afterwards it was that scary (if memory serves me right).

ITV had to come out afterwards, apologise and admit it was staged.

That sounds very similar to what happened on Ghostwatch as an 18 year old lad committed suicide a few days later as it scared him that much and it gave some kids Ptsd as well."

Perhaps it's that, that I'm trying to remember

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"ITV did a one off ghost hunt thing in a suburban 2 up, 2 down house.

A few people committed suicide afterwards it was that scary (if memory serves me right).

ITV had to come out afterwards, apologise and admit it was staged.

That sounds very similar to what happened on Ghostwatch as an 18 year old lad committed suicide a few days later as it scared him that much and it gave some kids Ptsd as well.

Perhaps it's that, that I'm trying to remember"

Yeah. Ghostwatch was actually aired on BBC1. Did this programme you saw have a ghost called Pipes and a scene where a girl named Susan gets possessed saying "what big eyes you have" in a low deep voice?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"ITV did a one off ghost hunt thing in a suburban 2 up, 2 down house.

A few people committed suicide afterwards it was that scary (if memory serves me right).

ITV had to come out afterwards, apologise and admit it was staged.

That sounds very similar to what happened on Ghostwatch as an 18 year old lad committed suicide a few days later as it scared him that much and it gave some kids Ptsd as well.

Perhaps it's that, that I'm trying to remember"

I remember that show, I thought it was well done.

I remember the court case too about the suicide. There was more to it than just a previously fine kid commiting suicide but the BBC got a public rap from the BSC as it went out before 9pm and wasn't clear about being fictional.

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"ITV did a one off ghost hunt thing in a suburban 2 up, 2 down house.

A few people committed suicide afterwards it was that scary (if memory serves me right).

ITV had to come out afterwards, apologise and admit it was staged.

That sounds very similar to what happened on Ghostwatch as an 18 year old lad committed suicide a few days later as it scared him that much and it gave some kids Ptsd as well.

Perhaps it's that, that I'm trying to remember

My memory is dreadful but I think the curtains were red and I do remember something about pipes.

I thought they cut to an advert after freaking everyone out. Must of gone to the studio or something

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Worzel Gummidge used to freak me out when I was little

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"The opening credits and music for tales of the unexpected scared me. But what gave me nightmares was ghostwatch a one of halloween special on bbc for most of the show we thought it was real.

Before that there was a kids TV show with Fenella the Kettle Witch from Chorlton and the Wheelies

And the banana splits scared me.

Saying that looking back on Jamie and his magic touch opening credits looks like it was filmed on LSD"

Remember that awesome intro guitar chord when Jamie shines his torch on the floor?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"ITV did a one off ghost hunt thing in a suburban 2 up, 2 down house.

A few people committed suicide afterwards it was that scary (if memory serves me right).

ITV had to come out afterwards, apologise and admit it was staged.

That sounds very similar to what happened on Ghostwatch as an 18 year old lad committed suicide a few days later as it scared him that much and it gave some kids Ptsd as well.

Perhaps it's that, that I'm trying to remember

My memory is dreadful but I think the curtains were red and I do remember something about pipes.

I thought they cut to an advert after freaking everyone out. Must of gone to the studio or something"

Did things start going crazy at the studio with cameras moving and lights exploding.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"ITV did a one off ghost hunt thing in a suburban 2 up, 2 down house.

A few people committed suicide afterwards it was that scary (if memory serves me right).

ITV had to come out afterwards, apologise and admit it was staged.

That sounds very similar to what happened on Ghostwatch as an 18 year old lad committed suicide a few days later as it scared him that much and it gave some kids Ptsd as well.

Perhaps it's that, that I'm trying to remember

My memory is dreadful but I think the curtains were red and I do remember something about pipes.

I thought they cut to an advert after freaking everyone out. Must of gone to the studio or something

Did things start going crazy at the studio with cameras moving and lights exploding."

It did indeed - and at the very end Michael Parkinson is ‘possessed’ to as the evil spreads across the airwaves

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"ITV did a one off ghost hunt thing in a suburban 2 up, 2 down house.

A few people committed suicide afterwards it was that scary (if memory serves me right).

ITV had to come out afterwards, apologise and admit it was staged.

That sounds very similar to what happened on Ghostwatch as an 18 year old lad committed suicide a few days later as it scared him that much and it gave some kids Ptsd as well.

Perhaps it's that, that I'm trying to remember

I remember that show, I thought it was well done.

Blimey. It's bizarre how this one programme was sort of the British equivalent of the War of The Worlds radio broadcast

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By *iss SJWoman
over a year ago

Hull

When I was really little, there was a kids tv show from czechoslovakia (I think) called The Singing Ringing Tree. It was freaky as fuck and scared the hell out of me.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"ITV did a one off ghost hunt thing in a suburban 2 up, 2 down house.

A few people committed suicide afterwards it was that scary (if memory serves me right).

ITV had to come out afterwards, apologise and admit it was staged.

That sounds very similar to what happened on Ghostwatch as an 18 year old lad committed suicide a few days later as it scared him that much and it gave some kids Ptsd as well.

Perhaps it's that, that I'm trying to remember

My memory is dreadful but I think the curtains were red and I do remember something about pipes.

I thought they cut to an advert after freaking everyone out. Must of gone to the studio or something

Did things start going crazy at the studio with cameras moving and lights exploding.

It did indeed - and at the very end Michael Parkinson is ‘possessed’ to as the evil spreads across the airwaves

I thought it was. I do remember Craig Charles being in it as well.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Blimey, i am old enough to remember the origunal showing of Tales of the unexpected and remember Royal jelly very well

I remember the theme tune and the sexy silhouette lady dancin'. But then it was bedtime.

That’ll be today’s hum tune stuck in my mind ... might have a crack at that dance move too

Nice.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=js7T-VTL91k

Tales of the unexpected theme - YouTube

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Another one off TV programme which I’ll never forget as a child (because it scared the absolute shit out of me!) was a ghostly investigation of Borley Church (the infamous rectory having previously burnt down many years prior).

The film crew set up audio equipment in the church itself overnight and the resulting recordings when played back revealed what sounded like an old man groaning. Bullshit? - most likely, but as creepy as fuck!

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By *bsolutebeginnersCouple
over a year ago

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Children of the stones, it was supposed to be a kids program but scared the crap out of me. There was one on bbc called The changes where all the adults started smashing up the machinery. When I was a little older The tripods was on a Saturday teatime, that was more than a little sinister.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Blimey, i am old enough to remember the origunal showing of Tales of the unexpected and remember Royal jelly very well

I remember the theme tune and the sexy silhouette lady dancin'. But then it was bedtime.

That’ll be today’s hum tune stuck in my mind ... might have a crack at that dance move too

Nice.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=js7T-VTL91k

Tales of the unexpected theme - YouTube

Ohhhmygawd thanks

haha ... I just need to figure out how to save it and make it my ringtone now! Love it

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"ITV did a one off ghost hunt thing in a suburban 2 up, 2 down house.

A few people committed suicide afterwards it was that scary (if memory serves me right).

ITV had to come out afterwards, apologise and admit it was staged."
I remember it well . Bloody scary shit but amazing nonetheless. Didn't Parkie host it ??

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

And yet another one if anyone else can recall it as I can’t for the life of me remember the title: This was a four part series (as I best recall) set on a remote Scottish Island wherein a mysterious crashed craft is discovered which coincides with a series of brutal murders. All I remember was that it featured the killers eye view (a heavy red filter) whenever ‘it’ claimed another victim and I think it starred a very young Celia Emery (looking mighty fine as I recall might I add!)

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Just watched an episode of Tales of The Unexpected on Sky Arts called The Hitchhiker. Very interesting episode.

I had a look on search and found that Sky Arts shows two episodes each day at 10am and 3pm.

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By *ocbigMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

Anything with Piers Morgan in it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"ITV did a one off ghost hunt thing in a suburban 2 up, 2 down house.

A few people committed suicide afterwards it was that scary (if memory serves me right).

ITV had to come out afterwards, apologise and admit it was staged."

That was BBC and Ghostwatch. Mr Pipes. Sarah Greene. Mike Smith and Michael Parkinson "hosting". It was broadcast then instantly banned. Although you can get the DVD. Watched it at the time (think I was about 14) and again about 4 years ago on DVD. Utter shite.

Maelstrom - wax dolls - mad sister - rabid dogs. Fire in the end and all the dolls melting. Now that WAS scary.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The only bit I remember about Ghostwatch is when the face started to appear on the monitors.

Dr Who has to get a mention surely. I grew up watching John Pertwee and Tom Baker and some episodes did genuinely scare me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When I was really little, there was a kids tv show from czechoslovakia (I think) called The Singing Ringing Tree. It was freaky as fuck and scared the hell out of me.

Omg i remember that...

And Monkey.. weird fecking programme that was

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Anything with Piers Morgan in it."

From when you were young?

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"When I was really little, there was a kids tv show from czechoslovakia (I think) called The Singing Ringing Tree. It was freaky as fuck and scared the hell out of me.

Omg i remember that...

And Monkey.. weird fecking programme that was"

‘Mooooonnnnkkkkkkeeeeeeeyyyyyyy!!!’

Possibly the greatest TV show ever made

It was based upon the famous novel, ‘Journey to the West.’

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When I was really little, there was a kids tv show from czechoslovakia (I think) called The Singing Ringing Tree. It was freaky as fuck and scared the hell out of me.

Omg i remember that...

And Monkey.. weird fecking programme that was

‘Mooooonnnnkkkkkkeeeeeeeyyyyyyy!!!’

Possibly the greatest TV show ever made

It was based upon the famous novel, ‘Journey to the West.’ "

Im non the wiser

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

There was something I watched when I was a kid that had me shrieking in tears involving a scene where a kid is standing by fire in one scene and in the next, the kid is screaming while on fire. I can't recall if that was an episode of Casualty or London's Burning.

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When I was really little, there was a kids tv show from czechoslovakia (I think) called The Singing Ringing Tree. It was freaky as fuck and scared the hell out of me.

Omg i remember that...

And Monkey.. weird fecking programme that was

‘Mooooonnnnkkkkkkeeeeeeeyyyyyyy!!!’

Possibly the greatest TV show ever made

It was based upon the famous novel, ‘Journey to the West.’

Im non the wiser

Some of it's on YouTube. Have a look, it's totally bonkers

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By *ifty grades of shadyCouple
over a year ago

Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight

Hammer House of Horror was pretty scary, the Hitchhiker with the Black fingernail stands out, as do the children of the forest one with Diana Dors

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

999 was always a good watch. I do recall people saying how the intro used to scare them as kids and I can understand why. The music is basically the classic nee naa from ambulances and the intro itself is almost apocalyptic with buildings on fire, people being rescued from raging rivers and ambulances driving fast like they're in a war zone.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Hammer House of Horror was pretty scary, the Hitchhiker with the Black fingernail stands out, as do the children of the forest one with Diana Dors"

That was the one with the werewolf in it wasn’t it? There was another one which scared me involving a man finding a woman in his barn.....she turned out to be a witch as I recall....

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By *bsolutebeginnersCouple
over a year ago

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"Hammer House of Horror was pretty scary, the Hitchhiker with the Black fingernail stands out, as do the children of the forest one with Diana Dors"

Ooh, loved the fingernail one

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"When I was really little, there was a kids tv show from czechoslovakia (I think) called The Singing Ringing Tree. It was freaky as fuck and scared the hell out of me.

Omg i remember that...

And Monkey.. weird fecking programme that was

‘Mooooonnnnkkkkkkeeeeeeeyyyyyyy!!!’

Possibly the greatest TV show ever made

It was based upon the famous novel, ‘Journey to the West.’

Im non the wiser

Some of it's on YouTube. Have a look, it's totally bonkers

The best bit (and there were so many!) was that the monk, Tripitaka is very clearly a woman.....playing a man

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hammer House of Horror was pretty scary, the Hitchhiker with the Black fingernail stands out, as do the children of the forest one with Diana Dors"

The House That Bled To Death gave me a few sleepless nights.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Hammer House of Horror was pretty scary, the Hitchhiker with the Black fingernail stands out, as do the children of the forest one with Diana Dors

The House That Bled To Death gave me a few sleepless nights. "

I remember seeing that bit where the pipe pours blood all over the kids at a birthday party. That is really fucked up.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

sky sports news is sometimes scary... well, at least when Iain Dowie is on!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When I was really little, there was a kids tv show from czechoslovakia (I think) called The Singing Ringing Tree. It was freaky as fuck and scared the hell out of me.

Omg i remember that...

And Monkey.. weird fecking programme that was

‘Mooooonnnnkkkkkkeeeeeeeyyyyyyy!!!’

Possibly the greatest TV show ever made

It was based upon the famous novel, ‘Journey to the West.’

Im non the wiser

Some of it's on YouTube. Have a look, it's totally bonkers

If you look up you will see i used to watch the original

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Hammer House of Horror was pretty scary, the Hitchhiker with the Black fingernail stands out, as do the children of the forest one with Diana Dors

The House That Bled To Death gave me a few sleepless nights. "

That one was filmed just near me

Also does anyone remember the sister series, Hammer House Of Mystery & Suspense? There was a freaky episode wherein a family find themselves trapped in their house as the temperature keeps rising. The final twist was that the family were in fact dolls in a doll house all along and that a kid had put the house in an oven to piss off his little sister

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"sky sports news is sometimes scary... well, at least when Iain Dowie is on!"

He didn't scare us in The Goonies though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"sky sports news is sometimes scary... well, at least when Iain Dowie is on!

He didn't scare us in The Goonies though"

Too true! His mum was scarier in that lol

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"When I was really little, there was a kids tv show from czechoslovakia (I think) called The Singing Ringing Tree. It was freaky as fuck and scared the hell out of me.

Omg i remember that...

And Monkey.. weird fecking programme that was

‘Mooooonnnnkkkkkkeeeeeeeyyyyyyy!!!’

Possibly the greatest TV show ever made

It was based upon the famous novel, ‘Journey to the West.’

Im non the wiser

Some of it's on YouTube. Have a look, it's totally bonkers

If you look up you will see i used to watch the original

So you did

None the wiser confused me

I didn't know there was a non-original.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

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"The only bit I remember about Ghostwatch is when the face started to appear on the monitors.

Dr Who has to get a mention surely. I grew up watching John Pertwee and Tom Baker and some episodes did genuinely scare me. "

The Pertwee era especially, boasts the scariest episodes in the entire series for me (The Daemons, Inferno, The Sea Devils etc.) and is helped immeasurably by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s highly weird and wonderful soundscapes

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By *bsolutebeginnersCouple
over a year ago

Planet Ork

Dr who, never heard of it!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Hammer House of Horror was pretty scary, the Hitchhiker with the Black fingernail stands out, as do the children of the forest one with Diana Dors

The House That Bled To Death gave me a few sleepless nights.

That one was filmed just near me

That sounds very similar to a Twilight Zone episode where a soldier, a clown, a ballerina, a hobo and a scotsman were trapped in a circular cell and the twist was they were actually dolls in a Christmas toy donation bin.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"When I was really little, there was a kids tv show from czechoslovakia (I think) called The Singing Ringing Tree. It was freaky as fuck and scared the hell out of me.

Omg i remember that...

And Monkey.. weird fecking programme that was

‘Mooooonnnnkkkkkkeeeeeeeyyyyyyy!!!’

Possibly the greatest TV show ever made

It was based upon the famous novel, ‘Journey to the West.’

Im non the wiser

Some of it's on YouTube. Have a look, it's totally bonkers

If you look up you will see i used to watch the original

‘In the worlds before Monkey, primal chaos reigned.

Heaven sought order.

But the phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown.

The four worlds formed again and yet again,

As endless aeons wheeled and passed.

Time and the pure essences of Heaven,

the moisture of the Earth,

the powers of the sun and the moon

All worked upon a certain rock, old as creation.

And it became magically fertile.

That first egg was named "Thought".

Tathagata Buddha, the Father Buddha, said,

"With our thoughts, we make the world."

Elemental forces caused the egg to hatch.

From it then came a stone monkey.

The nature of Monkey was irrepressible!

Monkkkkkeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!’

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Hammer House of Horror was pretty scary, the Hitchhiker with the Black fingernail stands out, as do the children of the forest one with Diana Dors

The House That Bled To Death gave me a few sleepless nights.

That one was filmed just near me

The Twighlight Zone used to freak me out to - not least Rod Serling himself

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When I was really little, there was a kids tv show from czechoslovakia (I think) called The Singing Ringing Tree. It was freaky as fuck and scared the hell out of me.

Omg i remember that...

And Monkey.. weird fecking programme that was

‘Mooooonnnnkkkkkkeeeeeeeyyyyyyy!!!’

Possibly the greatest TV show ever made

It was based upon the famous novel, ‘Journey to the West.’

Im non the wiser

Some of it's on YouTube. Have a look, it's totally bonkers

If you look up you will see i used to watch the original

‘In the worlds before Monkey, primal chaos reigned.

Heaven sought order.

But the phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown.

The four worlds formed again and yet again,

As endless aeons wheeled and passed.

Time and the pure essences of Heaven,

the moisture of the Earth,

the powers of the sun and the moon

All worked upon a certain rock, old as creation.

And it became magically fertile.

That first egg was named "Thought".

Tathagata Buddha, the Father Buddha, said,

"With our thoughts, we make the world."

Elemental forces caused the egg to hatch.

From it then came a stone monkey.

The nature of Monkey was irrepressible!

Monkkkkkeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!’

There has been an Australian remake- was actually quite good!

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"Hammer House of Horror was pretty scary, the Hitchhiker with the Black fingernail stands out, as do the children of the forest one with Diana Dors

The House That Bled To Death gave me a few sleepless nights.

That one was filmed just near me

The Twighlight Zone used to freak me out to - not least Rod Serling himself

The theme tune of The Twilight Zone used to scare me as a kid.

https://youtu.be/XVSRm80WzZk

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By *iss SJWoman
over a year ago

Hull

"When I was really little, there was a kids tv show from czechoslovakia (I think) called The Singing Ringing Tree. It was freaky as fuck and scared the hell out of me.

Omg i remember that...

And Monkey.. weird fecking programme that was

‘Mooooonnnnkkkkkkeeeeeeeyyyyyyy!!!’

Possibly the greatest TV show ever made

It was based upon the famous novel, ‘Journey to the West.’

Im non the wiser

Some of it's on YouTube. Have a look, it's totally bonkers

If you look up you will see i used to watch the original

‘In the worlds before Monkey, primal chaos reigned.

Heaven sought order.

But the phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown.

The four worlds formed again and yet again,

As endless aeons wheeled and passed.

Time and the pure essences of Heaven,

the moisture of the Earth,

the powers of the sun and the moon

All worked upon a certain rock, old as creation.

And it became magically fertile.

That first egg was named "Thought".

Tathagata Buddha, the Father Buddha, said,

"With our thoughts, we make the world."

Elemental forces caused the egg to hatch.

From it then came a stone monkey.

The nature of Monkey was irrepressible!

Monkkkkkeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!’

My brother was obsessed with that program. Once caught him with a pole that he’d put the silver paper from my dads cig packet on either end of and his dressing gown belt tied round his head, pretending to be Monkey

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"When I was really little, there was a kids tv show from czechoslovakia (I think) called The Singing Ringing Tree. It was freaky as fuck and scared the hell out of me.

Omg i remember that...

And Monkey.. weird fecking programme that was

‘Mooooonnnnkkkkkkeeeeeeeyyyyyyy!!!’

Possibly the greatest TV show ever made

It was based upon the famous novel, ‘Journey to the West.’

Im non the wiser

Some of it's on YouTube. Have a look, it's totally bonkers

If you look up you will see i used to watch the original

‘In the worlds before Monkey, primal chaos reigned.

Heaven sought order.

But the phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown.

The four worlds formed again and yet again,

As endless aeons wheeled and passed.

Time and the pure essences of Heaven,

the moisture of the Earth,

the powers of the sun and the moon

All worked upon a certain rock, old as creation.

And it became magically fertile.

That first egg was named "Thought".

Tathagata Buddha, the Father Buddha, said,

"With our thoughts, we make the world."

Elemental forces caused the egg to hatch.

From it then came a stone monkey.

The nature of Monkey was irrepressible!

Monkkkkkeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!’

There has been an Australian remake- was actually quite good!"

I remember another Japanese remake a while back which featured a cameo from the original Monkey himself, Masaaki Sakai who it transpired never found the fabled location he spent years trekking to find and was instead, living on a mountain, still as grumpy as ever

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"When I was really little, there was a kids tv show from czechoslovakia (I think) called The Singing Ringing Tree. It was freaky as fuck and scared the hell out of me.

Omg i remember that...

And Monkey.. weird fecking programme that was

‘Mooooonnnnkkkkkkeeeeeeeyyyyyyy!!!’

Possibly the greatest TV show ever made

It was based upon the famous novel, ‘Journey to the West.’

Im non the wiser

Some of it's on YouTube. Have a look, it's totally bonkers

If you look up you will see i used to watch the original

‘In the worlds before Monkey, primal chaos reigned.

Heaven sought order.

But the phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown.

The four worlds formed again and yet again,

As endless aeons wheeled and passed.

Time and the pure essences of Heaven,

the moisture of the Earth,

the powers of the sun and the moon

All worked upon a certain rock, old as creation.

And it became magically fertile.

That first egg was named "Thought".

Tathagata Buddha, the Father Buddha, said,

"With our thoughts, we make the world."

Elemental forces caused the egg to hatch.

From it then came a stone monkey.

The nature of Monkey was irrepressible!

Monkkkkkeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!’

Many a child was doubtless injured trying in vain to recreate Monkey’s staff spinning skills (trust me, I know from bruised experience)

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By *rwhite30Man
over a year ago

deptford London

"When I was really little, there was a kids tv show from czechoslovakia (I think) called The Singing Ringing Tree. It was freaky as fuck and scared the hell out of me.

Omg i remember that...

And Monkey.. weird fecking programme that was

‘Mooooonnnnkkkkkkeeeeeeeyyyyyyy!!!’

Possibly the greatest TV show ever made

It was based upon the famous novel, ‘Journey to the West.’

Im non the wiser

Some of it's on YouTube. Have a look, it's totally bonkers

If you look up you will see i used to watch the original

‘In the worlds before Monkey, primal chaos reigned.

Heaven sought order.

But the phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown.

The four worlds formed again and yet again,

As endless aeons wheeled and passed.

Time and the pure essences of Heaven,

the moisture of the Earth,

the powers of the sun and the moon

All worked upon a certain rock, old as creation.

And it became magically fertile.

That first egg was named "Thought".

Tathagata Buddha, the Father Buddha, said,

"With our thoughts, we make the world."

Elemental forces caused the egg to hatch.

From it then came a stone monkey.

The nature of Monkey was irrepressible!

Monkkkkkeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!’

Many a child was doubtless injured trying in vain to recreate Monkey’s staff spinning skills (trust me, I know from bruised experience)

Born from an egg on a mountain top,

Funkiest Monkey that ever popped,

He knew every magic trick under the sun,

Tease the Gods and everyone can have some fun.

Monkey magic, Monkey magic,

Monkey magic, Monkey magic ooh!

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Hammer House of Horror was pretty scary, the Hitchhiker with the Black fingernail stands out, as do the children of the forest one with Diana Dors

The House That Bled To Death gave me a few sleepless nights.

That one was filmed just near me

The Twighlight Zone used to freak me out to - not least Rod Serling himself

The theme tune of The Twilight Zone used to scare me as a kid.

https://youtu.be/XVSRm80WzZk"

The Outer Limits was another good and creepy one and came back better than ever in the early 1990’s.......complete with copious nudity

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By *rwhite30Man
over a year ago

deptford London

the X files first series had some naughty ones

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over a year ago

"Hammer House of Horror was pretty scary, the Hitchhiker with the Black fingernail stands out, as do the children of the forest one with Diana Dors

The House That Bled To Death gave me a few sleepless nights.

That one was filmed just near me

The Twighlight Zone used to freak me out to - not least Rod Serling himself

The theme tune of The Twilight Zone used to scare me as a kid.

https://youtu.be/XVSRm80WzZk

The Outer Limits was another good and creepy one and came back better than ever in the early 1990’s.......complete with copious nudity

I remember that one. There was an episode with these space spiders that had human faces. They looked so creepy but reminded me of the submarine Grampus from the classic kids programme Tugs.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"the X files first series had some naughty ones"

I loved the X-Files series 1-9 but was more than a tad disappointed with it’s recent two series return. Gillian Anderson has stated she won’t be back so the show seems to have been shelved indefinitely now

Give Skinner his own series say I

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

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Oooo another one; The Tomorrow People. That scared me a good’un back in the day

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over a year ago

"Oooo another one; The Tomorrow People. That scared me a good’un back in the day

I remember that one. It used to be on CITV when I was a kid. I remember a villain had a thing for mosquitoes on that programme.

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By *ocbigMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

"Anything with Piers Morgan in it.

From when you were young?

Just in my nightmares that he has always seemed to be there then?

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By *ocbigMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

Amityville Horror, Children of the Corn. Movies I know but...

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

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Ah ha! Yet another one which scared me as a kid (please don’t laugh) - The Loves And Life Of A She Devil; It just freaked me out for some reason

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over a year ago

"Blimey, i am old enough to remember the origunal showing of Tales of the unexpected and remember Royal jelly very well

I remember the theme tune and the sexy silhouette lady dancin'. But then it was bedtime."

I think those credits were considered soft porn back then..

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over a year ago

"999 was always a good watch. I do recall people saying how the intro used to scare them as kids and I can understand why. The music is basically the classic nee naa from ambulances and the intro itself is almost apocalyptic with buildings on fire, people being rescued from raging rivers and ambulances driving fast like they're in a war zone."

Here's the theme to the 999 programme.

https://youtu.be/QA4fXdxPelE

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By *bsolutebeginnersCouple
over a year ago

Planet Ork

How about threads? God that was definitely depressing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Terrorhawks zelda

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Twin peaks Laura Palmer story always got me x

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over a year ago

"Terrorhawks zelda"

I loved that show. It never scared me but I can see why seeing that some of the characters especially Zelda do look pretty scary.

There was one character on the show that I thought looked creepy called M.O.I.D with a face resembling a skull covered in wrinkled skin but I felt really sorry for him as he says himself that he has no face and very little will of his own.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

BBC made a fake documentary with Mike Smith and Sarah green early 90s went out supposedly live on Halloween, it was about polterguist and ended suddenly when they portrayed spirit had taken over the camera by getting into it, if they hadn't rolled credits after a short pause I don't think I would have watched TV again

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" BBC made a fake documentary with Mike Smith and Sarah green early 90s went out supposedly live on Halloween, it was about polterguist and ended suddenly when they portrayed spirit had taken over the camera by getting into it, if they hadn't rolled credits after a short pause I don't think I would have watched TV again "

That was indeed Ghostwatch.

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over a year ago

"When I was really little, there was a kids tv show from czechoslovakia (I think) called The Singing Ringing Tree. It was freaky as fuck and scared the hell out of me.

Remeber that well. Used to give me nightmares.

One episode where the midget character made a thorny hedge grow instantly around someone, still brings back terrifying memories

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By *ifty grades of shadyCouple
over a year ago

Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight

I vaguely remember a film about a house full of adults and something about silver bullets (so presume werewolf) one of the guest looked like Richard Prior and there was a scene where a stop watch was ticking. Scared the crap out of me, would love to revisit it and see what the fuss was about. Was in the days of three channels so about 79-80 ish, but don't know what it was called. Any ideas peeps

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By *bsolutebeginnersCouple
over a year ago

Planet Ork

Sapphire and Steel

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By *ifty grades of shadyCouple
over a year ago

Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight

"I vaguely remember a film about a house full of adults and something about silver bullets (so presume werewolf) one of the guest looked like Richard Prior and there was a scene where a stop watch was ticking. Scared the crap out of me, would love to revisit it and see what the fuss was about. Was in the days of three channels so about 79-80 ish, but don't know what it was called. Any ideas peeps"

Just got a message from Janno17 who rightly pointed out that this film is a Hammer Production, its called The Beast Must Die and the Richard Prior lookilikey was Calvin Lockhart - Good Man

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Sapphire and Steel

Oh blimey yeh I remember that one!!

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

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Just got a message from Janno17 who rightly pointed out that this film is a Hammer Production, its called The Beast Must Die and the Richard Prior lookilikey was Calvin Lockhart - Good Man

That’s a great film! Bit of a sad ending for our hero but he was so damn cool throughout!

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

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An honourable mention also of a 1970’s pre-runner of the X-Files, namely, Kolchak: The Night Stalker starring Darren McGavin (who later appeared in a few episodes of the X-Files).

I think there were two films and a series based around McGavin’s, skeptical yet resolute titular character of Carl Kolchak.

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By *corpio67Man
over a year ago

hillingdon

"Who remembers certain television programmes that used to be broadcast many years ago before watershed that were scary as hell?

I know a couple but they never scared me as these were way before my time known as Tales of the Unexpected and Armchair Thriller.

There is one episode I did find disturbing from TOTU were the it reveals that the landlady has been turning her guests into human taxidermists. The thought of how she does it still makes me shudder.

The Quatermas experiment

Watched with the lights out

Had me hiding behind the sofa!

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over a year ago

"Who remembers certain television programmes that used to be broadcast many years ago before watershed that were scary as hell?

I know a couple but they never scared me as these were way before my time known as Tales of the Unexpected and Armchair Thriller.

There is one episode I did find disturbing from TOTU were the it reveals that the landlady has been turning her guests into human taxidermists. The thought of how she does it still makes me shudder.

The Quatermas experiment

Watched with the lights out

Had me hiding behind the sofa!"

I remember that one. It's where a guy turns into some octopus like creature, isn't it?

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By *ildjianMan
over a year ago

London

I remember the TOTU Royal Jelly episode!

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