'A CHRISTMAS CAROL' OR
MORE LIKE A HALLOWEEN ONE
As somebody noticed around the internet, it is beginning to feel a lot like... Halloween. Yep, Halloween, not Christmas, as British national broadcaster has decided to swamp us with nasty horrors in what is definitely
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The series will air on FX and BBC this month |
the worst holiday programme scheme they've ever had. You can already see from the dark posters that their central series
A CHRISTMAS CAROL won't be filled with jingle bells but with creepy sounds, monsters and fog. It is interesting that it will first air in USA on FX on December 19th before moving to BBC on December 22nd!
Christmas Carol
is a unique and original take on the Charles
Dickens’ iconic ghost story by Steven Knight and a haunting,
hallucinatory, spine tingling immersion into Scrooge’s dark night of the
soul. The three-part special follows Ebenezer Scrooge (
Guy Pearce), the
miserly cold hearted boss, as he is visited by ghosts from the past,
present and future, on a freezing
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Guy Pearce takes the lead role in the new series |
Christmas Eve. Forced to face up to
how his self interested, penny pinching behaviour has impacted his own
life and those around him, is it too late for him to save the spirit of
Christmas, and himself?
Andy Serkis as Ghost of Christmas Past,
Joe
Alwyn as Bob Cratchit, and
Jason Flemyng as Ghost of Christmas Future
also star.
'DRACULA 'SERIES
WILL SPLASH THE FIRST DAYS OF THE NEW YEAR WITH BLOOD
As if that wasn't bizarre enough BBC has decided to start the new year with even nastier horror premiering their new extremely graphic three part
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Dracula will start airing January 1st in three consecutive nights |
DRACULA series on January 1st with other two hour and a half long episodes airing in the following two days!
Claes Bang will move to Transylvania in
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Claes Bang takes the lead role of the fanged monster |
1897, as the blood drinking Count who is drawing his plans against Victorian London. And be warned: the dead travel fast.
John Heffernan stars as
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Dracula aboard Demeter whose crew he will suck dry |
Jonathan Harker, an English solicitor who visits Dracula’s castle and becomes his captive.
Jonathan Aris is captain Sokolov of famous ship Demeter.
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Lord Ruthven is portrayed by Patrick Walsh McBride |
Patrick Walsh McBride portrays young Lord Ruthven in the series which will air on Netflix for the rest of the world later on.
The First Episode of Dracula
starts in 1897. English lawyer
Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to meet a new client - and a
legend is about to get fresh blood...
This is the tale of a
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Always lovely John Heffernan is poor Jonathan Harker |
terrifying, maze-like castle, of undead Brides,
and a vampire Count whose ambition is to conquer the new world. Check out the nastiness below:
Wonderful black and white posters, intriguing and splendid!
ReplyDeleteIf you want a spooky Christmas :)
DeleteWow, that Scrooge thing sounds great!
ReplyDeleteTry to catch it these holidays!
DeletePerhaps that's what most people prefer on holidays: horror movies.
ReplyDeleteDracula is a longtime favorite horror character. If the movie's filmed in Transilvania, then we'll enjoy some very beautiful landscape.
The trailer is terrifying despite the appearance of the nuns there.
Not sure we'll see any landscapes having in mind Drac 'lives' only during night LOL
DeleteI love any good new adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" -- it never gets old for me.
ReplyDeleteThen tune in this Christmas!
DeleteThat is one Scrooge movie I will watch with Jason. A different take on the same old same old crap he watches year after year. I'm down for a little spook this year.
ReplyDeleteHope you have FX :)
DeleteWe do :)
DeleteYeepee!
DeleteI'm looking forward to the new Christmas Carol, although I don't think you can beat the old Alistair Sim version
ReplyDeleteHope it won't disappoint you, Ray
DeleteNo, no, no, no!!! I vote NO!! We want cheesy, happy, Hallmark goodness during Christmas time. We don't want spooky holiday movies. Dracula's nails still freak me out.. I'll be staying away from that one too.
ReplyDeleteWish the whole world was like on Hallmark!
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