Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible was a British television series, created by Graham Duff, co-written by and starring Steve Coogan. Originally aired on BBC2 in 2001, the programme was designed as an anthology show, in the style of Tales from the Crypt, and lampooned many aspects of the horror genre, homaging the British horror films of Hammer, Amicus and Tigon from the 1960s and 1970s. The title is itself a parody of the Amicus anthology horror film Dr. Terror's House of Horrors. Graham Duff is a British writer and producer. ... Stephen John Steve Coogan (born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, impressionist, and comedian. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and... This article is about the year. ... ANThology is the first major label album by Alien Ant Farm released on March 6, 2001 in the USA and March 19, 2001 in the UK. // Their first single, Smooth Criminal, was a cover of Michael Jacksons song Smooth Criminal, which started to bring popularity to the band. ... Tales from the Crypt is an American horror anthology TV series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO. It was based on the 1950s EC Comics series of the same name and was produced by The Geffen Film Company in association with Warner Bros. ... “Horror Movie” redirects here. ... New company logo as introduced in May 2007 A poster for Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966). ... Amicus Productions was founded in the UK by American producer and screenwriter Milton Subotsky, and served primarily as vehicle for Subotskys anthology horror films such as Dr. Terrors House of Horrors (1964), directed by genre stalwart Freddie Francis, and The House That Dripped Blood. ... Tigon British Film Productions was a film production and distribution company founded by Tony Tenser in 1966. ... Dr. Terrors House of Horrors is a 1965 British horror film from Amicus Productions, directed by veteran horror film director Freddie Francis and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. ...

Dr. Terrible (Coogan) acted as the narrator for each episode, a self-contained spoof of a famous horror movie ('victims' included the Hammer Horror films, Fu Manchu, Witchfinder General and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde). The series also benefitted from guest star appearances from former genre stalwarts such as Honor Blackman, Graham Crowden, Sheila Keith and Angela Pleasence, all satirising their earlier film performances. Other notable guest stars include Mark Gatiss, John Thomson, Simon Pegg, Ronni Ancona, and Warwick Davis. The Narrator is the entity within a story that tells the story to the reader. ... In contemporary usage, a parody (or lampoon) is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... Hammer horror refers to a series of gothic horror films produced from the late 1950s until the 1970s by the British film production company Hammer Film Productions Ltd. ... This article is about the fictional literature character. ... Witchfinder General is a 1968 horror film by Tigon British Film Productions and American International Pictures. ... The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll1and Mr. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Graham Crowden (born 30 November 1922) is a Scottish actor, best known for his roles in BBC comedy-dramas. ... Sheila Keith (June 9, 1920 - October 14, 2004) was a British actress, best known for her performances in cult horror films. ... Angela Pleasence is a British actress. ... Mark Gatiss (born October 17, 1966) is an English actor and writer. ... Simon John Pegg (born 14 February 1970) is an English comedian, writer and film and television actor. ... Ronni Ancona (born 1968) is a Scottish impressionist and actress of Italian/Jewish ancestry who won the Best TV Comedy Actress award at the British Comedy Awards for her work in Big Impression. ... Warwick Ashley Davis (born 3 February 1970) is an English actor. ...

The six-episode series fell short of expectations, and failed to be recommissioned by the BBC, but has since been released on DVD. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc - see Etymology) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ...

Episode List

• And Now The Fearing... (Amicus style Anthology)
• Frenzy Of Tongs (Fu Manchu / Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang parody)
• Curse of The Blood of The Lizard of Doom
• Lesbian Vampire Lovers of Lust (Hammer Horror parody)
• Voodoo Feet of Death
• Scream Satan Scream! (Witchfinder General parody)

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External links

• Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible at bbc.co.uk Comedy Guide
• Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible at the Internet Movie Database