Next Month Horror Channel UK will present EVILUTION OF HORROR Movie Marathons every Friday in July from 9pm starting 6th July.
In a munching, slashing, biting and clawing month-long
Friday night movie-marathon,
Horror Channel traverses the four cornerstones of terror – Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies and the Slasher film - to deliver
16 films that celebrate the progression of the most popular horror genres.
First up
on Friday 6th July is a foray into Vampire lore, kicking off
with Hammer’s 70s’ classic SCARS OF
DRACULA (21:00). The quadruple bill then jumps forward
to 1987 for RETURN TO SALEMS LOT (22:55) before bringing us up to
date with the LIFE BLOOD (00:50)– a
Sapphic gem that sees two seductive predators given the gift of vampirism to rid
the world of bad blood. The night concludes with UMBRAGE: THE FIRST VAMPIRE
(02:25) starring Doug Bradley – where blood sucking biblical mythology
meets the Wild West.
Next up,
on Friday 13th July is Slashers Night, and the stalking starts
with FRIGHT (21:00) starring
Honor Blackman, Susan George and Dennis Waterman in a classic tale of
babysitting hell. This night of slice and dice continues with BLACK CHRISTMAS (22.55) – the film said to have inspire the Scream
franchise. The unlucky night for some continue with the original PROM NIGHT (00:50) featuring
scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis
and we close with the
brilliant genre deconstruction - BEHIND THE MASK – THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON
(02:40)
Evilution
of Horror continues on Friday 20th July and first up is one of
the best Werewolf movies ever made - the 1981 classic AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
(21:00).
The 80’s
was a great time for the lycanthrope as our next film, Neil Jordan’s 1984 slice
of movie magic – THE COMPANY OF WOLVES
(22:55), proves. Then
jumping
two decades we come to the beautifully gothic ROMASANTA: THE WEREWOLF HUNT (00:45),
starring Julian Sands. The
night culminates with a film that takes us up to the modern day with 13 HOURS (02:40) starring Gemma
Atkinson and Harry Potter’s Tom Felton.
Finally,
on Friday 27th July we turn our eyes to the Zombie movie,
which shuffles into view with the film that has the accolade of being the first
ever zombie flick – George Romero’s 1968 classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (21:00)
,
A quick
leap forward brings us to 1980 for
Lucio Fulci’s classic CITY OF THE DEAD
(22:55), famed for the
director’s trademark non-
stop close ups.
Next up is the 2006 cult-hit THE
ZOMBIE
DIARIES (00:45) which
introduced a found footage
theme. Rounding
up this Frightful Friday comes APOCALYPSE OF THE DEAD (02:20)
– in
which the zombies find their running shoes!
TV: Sky 319 / Virgin 149 / Freesat
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