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| Doctor Terrible's House Of Horrible - Series 1 [2001] | ![Doctor Terrible's House Of Horrible - Series 1 [2001]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51S9KHFHN4L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Matt Lipsey
Actors: Steve Coogan, Julia Davis, John Thomson, Honor Blackman
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Category: DVD
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Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
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Running Time: 180 minutes
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Release Date: August 4, 2003
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Originally broadcast in 2001, IDr Terrible's House of Horrible/I is a six-part pastiche of 1970s Hammer Horror from Steve Coogan's Baby Cow production company. Each episode is topped and tailed by Coogan beneath a mass of prosthetics in a high-back leather chair as the avuncular, flatulent, faintly morally debauched Dr Terrible. "That was truly diabolical", he concludes of each show, a verdict with which one or two critics unkindly and unfairly concurred. p Coogan also stars in each as six different characters. In "And Now the Fearing...", for example. he plays rat-faced, unpleasant millionaire Denham Denham; in "Frenzy of Tongs"--a mickey-take of the IFu Manchu/I films--he's the insufferably suave Nathan Blaze, a Jason King-a-like; in "Scream, Satan Scream", meanwhile, he superimposes a parody of Peter Sellers over a lampoon of the Vincent Price film IWitchfinder General/I. p Although most of these episodes are elaborate period pieces and genuine care has been made to render them as scary as possible, the real period detail has been in recreating the luridly quaint, over-acted, hammy feel of the 70s productions to which these episodes pay affectionate homage. Although hardly a perfect series, the camped-up daftness of the entire enterprise, a star-studded cast that includes Honor Blackman, John Thompson and Ronnie Ancona, some nice scripting and Coogan's versatility all make for a programme that's hard to dislike. p BOn the DVD/B IDr Terrible's House of Horrible/I is quite generous in its extras. These include "An Appointment with Terrible", a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the show, much of which was shot in the studio hangars where the original Hammer horrors were made, dry audio commentary by cowriters Graham Duff and Henry Normal and director Matt Lipsey, and "Behind the Screams" a mock-70s film journal ("only 10p!") reflecting on the making of one of the episodes. --IDavid Stubbs/I
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 Great idea... but it's just not that funny December 31, 2008
I'd love to have given this series a great revue... but unfortunately it just doesn't warrant one. It's basically a great high concept, but one that misfires pretty completely - it just ain't that funny! As an example one episode ends with a hilarious one liner from Dr Horrible, but to get to that point you've had to endure 28 minutes of fairly tedious cod Hammer horror that'll leave you bored riged by the end. Alan Partridge it ain't. They probably had great fun making it, but it's not much fun watching it.
Not a Classic - But Not "Truly Diabolical" September 14, 2008
Horror movies fulfill an important role in many adolescent kids' lives as they both are obsessed with sexuality and death. So why not write a spoof series that give tribute to Hammer, Amicus and Tigon films?br /br /The problem is that really this another attempt at "Coogan's Run": an unpredictable and uneven anthology comedy series. Just like " ...Run" Coogan plays multiple roles and, inevitably, the quality of the episodes varies.br /br /One constant high point is Coogan's eponymous narrator.He is crude, cruel, snobbish and perverted;he also has his bad points. Actually his kinky and surreal monologues are often the best part of the shows.br /br /The opening "Fearing" episode is a patchy spoof of Amicus anthology horror films and a little too arch for its own good. The coffee table story is especially a little too knowing for its own good with its heavy-handed swipes at reactionary misogyny in British 70's horror.It has to be said that Julia Davis is ,as ever, great at playing the archetypal sex-obsessed lover of feminist pyschobabble and I suppose it does hit the target by pointing out the cruel and crude justice of the morality tales in these movies.br /br /"Tongs" is much better even though I can't ever claim to seen a "Fu-Manchu" style horror movie. Gatiss is great and clearly revels in his role. Bizarrely this is really a clearer, and therefore better, spoof of the "Doctor Who" classic adventure "The Talons of Weng-Chiang". So not really a horror movie spoof per se.br /br /"Curse of The Blood of The Lizard of Doom" is simply poor: an unfunny pantomime with some truly wretched Scottish accents.br /br /"Lesbian Vampire Lovers of Lust" is an accurate and affectionate parody of Hammer's late '60s/ 70's habit of using vampire movies as trojan horses to put out lesbian softcore pornography, witness the Ingrid Pitt "classics" "The Vampire Lovers" or "Countess Dracula." Roni Ancona is a treat as the seductive sapphic sucker and Ben Miller is terrific as the campest er... tool of a vampire you'll ever see. Double entendres are scattered through the dialogue and this cleverly exposes the cowardly and cynical use of sexuality in the Hammer canon.br /br /"Voodoo Feet of Death" is a very poor episode with very little laughs at all.br /br /The series ends on a high note - "Scream Satan Scream!" is a great take on the classic "The Witchfinder General". Coogan is a knockout in his mock Peter Sellers acting style and potrays the pompous puritan as a holy hypocrite.Just like the fourth episode this attacks the wretched and squalid sexual hypocriscy of horror flicks as they are fascinated yet disgusted by women's sexuality.br /br /The extras are okay; some great commentaries and a passable "behind the scenes" documentary.br /br /Overall, a good stab at horror-comedy but not as good as the "League of Gentlemen" Christmas special.I suppose it is guilty of overrelying on the strength of Coogan's input and that's why we have on 75% of a good series as the "Lizard" and "Feet" episodes lack the narrative thrust of a passionate and rounded main character.br /br /In conclusion, terribly funny at times but also horribly inconsistent.br /br /br /br /br /br /br / br /
 Good but not five stars... March 8, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
When I first saw this program a few years ago I thought it was dreadful. Now I have revisited it after watching many a hammer horror film I realise I just didn't really 'get it'.br /br /The only problem is that it is not a patch on Garth Marenghi's Darkplace so it cannot be five or even four stars whilst that exists (I literally can't imagine how Darkplace could be any better in direction, script and acting, the extras on the DVD are as good as the program too!)br /br /My advice would be if you like Coogan AND hammer horror then it is a very good DVD and definitely worth having. If you don't fall into both categories you will be disappointed.....luckily, I do and I wasn't ;)br /br /
Good Fun January 25, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
All episodes not as good as each other for us anyway, hence just 4 star.br /Very funny and could watch again though.br /Appealing to family viewing for laughs allround.br /~Enjoy~
 "I have made a trap, and it is time for me to shut my trap" November 29, 2003
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
Steve Coogan gives a great performance in this six part series. Episodes include Steve and two others trapped in a lift talking about nighmares they have had. And an episode where a dancers feet come of and his transplated ones kill people. This DVD is so funny it nearly knocks alan partridge of his feat. And remember the docters inspiring words never eat your own chin.brThis DVD is truely diabolical. GET IT NOW.
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