The Vault of Horror (1973) - Repost

Repost with updated movie link.

Amicus Productions followed up on 1972s Tales From the Crypt with director Roy Ward Baker's 1973 horror anthology The Vault of Horror.

Vault follows the anthology structure of Tales, using stories/ideas from the namesake EC Comics as well. Milton Subotsky adapted and wrote the screenplay. Many familiar faces from British/Hammer films appear, such as Anna Massey (Peeping Tom, Frenzy), Denholm Elliott (Alfie, Trading Places) or Tom Baker (The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Dr. Who). While still an engaging horror show, the film's overall mood is somewhat lighter than Tales, with the story concerning an uptight neatnik providing some subtle comic relief.

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Tales From The Crypt (1972) - Repost

Tales From The Crypt 

(1972) 

Directed by Freddie Francis

Screenplay written by Milton Subotsky 

The 1972 UK filmed horror anthology Tales from the Crypt is one of my favorite examples of combining Christmas themes within a horror film. The first segment presents a not so innocent Joan Collins enduring the pursuits of a murderous man in a Santa suit. 

As horror anthologies go, this is a favorite; with many of the Hammer/Amicus film folks (on and off screen) participating in the production. The Amicus crew also followed this with 1973s Vault of Horror, another horror compendium based on EC comics. 

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The House That Dripped Blood (1971)

Produced by Amicus, this 1971 horror anthology was directed by Peter Duffell and written by Robert Bloch. The linking device is the foreboding and unoccupied house of the title; as a Scotland Yard detective examines several odd cases connected to the home.

the trailer

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Asylum (1972)

 

Asylum (1972)

aka House of Crazies

Directed by  Roy Ward Baker

Story and Screenplay by Robert Bloch

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In Search Of... Haunted Castles

In Search Of... Haunted Castles
with Host Leonard Nimoy
Season 2, Episode 44

Watched this show whenever I got a chance as a youth and this particular episode was an especially memorable and scary one!
More episodes to follow...

Queens of the Stone Age - 2001 - Reading Festival

Queens of the Stone Age
2001 Reading Festival

Quick and To The Pointless
interview
The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret


plus
Song for the Deaf - 2001 - Bizarre Fest.


Go With The Flow - 2001 - Bizarre Fest.

Stereolab - 1996 - Jools Holland

Stereolab performs on UK television 1996 in support of
Emperor Tomato Ketchup


Cybele's Reverie


Les Yper Sound


plus
Motoroller Scalatron


Emperor Tomato Ketchup

New Order - 1984 - BBC Radio 1

New Order
at BBC Radio 1 studios, 1984.

Age Of Consent


Temptation


In A Lonely Place


Blue Monday


Sooner Than You Think

H.G. Lewis - Incredibly Strange Film Show

H.G. Lewis brought a sly surrealism to his films,
whether in genres such as softcore sexploitation, gore horror or
female biker gangs. This episode of Jonathan Ross's Incredibly
Strange Film Show feature's the master showman
of American exploitation movies.

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4/4

Alejandro Jodorowsky - For One Week Only

Alejandro Jodorowsky's film The Holy Mountain has long remained
a film favorite of mine and in this episode of the UK program
For One Week Only (excellently hosted by the
learned and clever Jonathan Ross)
all of his heady work gets the spotlight.

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The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret - 2009 - pilot

Got turned on to this pilot episode of the UK Channel 4’s twisted comedy The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret at the Scene Kids in Pain blog. The loopy show is written by a favorite controversial funnyman David Cross (who also portrays the title character) and Shaun Pye. Will Arnett portrays the asshole executive who sets Todd Margaret on his way to a sales job and further misadventures in London. According to broadcastnow.co.uk talks are underway for the show to air in the US.

The 6 episode series is produced by RDF and their website gives this description:
American Todd Margaret (David Cross) bluffs his way into an apparently great job opportunity, heading up the sales team in his employer’s London office. All he has to do is sell several thousand energy drinks before his boss visits him in a week. Simple. Apart from the fact that he knows nothing about British culture and nothing about sales. This is further complicated when he lies continuously to cover his ignorance and spectacularly fails to impress Alice the first beautiful girl he meets. Dave his British co-worker, soon takes full advantage of Todd’s situation and chaos ensues.

Here are the first few minutes of the pilot...

The Fall - 1983 - UK tv

The Fall
with Jools Holland and John Peel introducing
The Tube - 1983




bonus video
for this favorite from The Fall
Bill Is Dead
from 1990s Extricate

Cocteau Twins - 1983 - UK tv

In 1979 Robin Guthrie (guitar, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass guitar) met up in Scotland and formed the Cocteau Twins. A short time later they would incorporate Elizabeth Fraser on vocals. The band took their name from a song by fellow Scottish indie rockers Johnny and the Self-Abusers, who would later go on to greater fame and fortune after a name change to Simple Minds. Around 1983 Heggie left. While making contributions to 4AD's This Mortal Coil, Guthrie and Heggie became acquainted with Simon Raymonde and he joined the pair as the band's bassist, more or less remaining in that position until the band broke up in 1997.

Their overall sound is most notable for Ms. Fraser's often indistinct, fragile and airy vocalizing combined with tsunami like cascades of heavily treated guitar fueled arpeggios from Robin Guthrie. I first heard the Cocteau Twins during the mid/late 80s when I was most interested in heavy, fast and weird music - with emphasis on the first two; but it was impossible to dismiss their sonic spectrum of new school psychedelic pop art and I've remained a fan since.

Here's an early television appearance from the
Cocteau Twins
The Tube - late 1983

From the Flagstones


Musette and Drums

The Carpenters - Sept. 1971 - Live at the BBC

The following description is from hushhush112's Dailymotion posting for Part 2:
"Live at the BBC was a live, videotaped studio concert performed by The Carpenters. They lip-synched some tunes, like "Help" and the Burt Bacharach Medley, but most of the songs on the BBC Concert were live. It was performed and aired on BBC on September 25, 1971. VH-1 has televised the concert for American audiences, however in order to fit it into a half-hour time slot, (with commercials), they left out "And When He Smiles", "I Fell in Love With You", "That on the Road Look", and "Lust for Earl and the Married Woman". In addition to singing, Karen also plays the drums during some of the songs."

-Track Listings-

1. Help! (pre-recorded)
2. Love Is Surrender
3. Superstar
4. And When He Smiles
5. Rainy Days and Mondays
6. That on the Road Look (Tony Joe White)
7. I Fell in Love With You (Karen Carpenter and Doug Strawn)
8. Bacharach/David Medley (pre-recorded)
9. For All We Know
10. Lust for Earl and the Married Woman (Tony Joe White)
11. Sometimes
12. (They Long to Be) Close to You
13. We've Only Just Begun

The clips below present most, but not all, of the footage.

Carpenters BBC 1971 part 1
Uploaded by FidlerAve

THE CARPENTERS - LIVE BBC Sept 1971 PT.2 OF 2
Uploaded by hushhush112

Rich Kids - 1978 UK tv footage

The Rich Kids were formed after Glen Matlock (vocals / bass) parted ways with the Sex Pistols. Frontman Midge Ure (pre-Ultravox) handled lead vocals and guitar, Rusty Egan played drums and Steve New provided additional guitar and vocals. They put out one album, Ghosts Of Princes In Towers (produced by Mick Ronson), and three singles during their brief time together as a band from 1977 to 1978. Their sound owed much to the influence of driving power pop like The Who and to the rapidly burning punk movement.


Rich Kids (TOTP 1978)


Ghosts of Princes in Towers (Revolver 1978)
Introduction by Peter Cook.


12 Miles High (Revolver 1978)
Vocals from Steve New