Late Night Horror

★ 7 · 1968 · 25m · Drama

A short-lived horror anthology broadcast in the United Kingdom weekly from 11 April until 16 May 1968 on BBC Two. However, following viewer complaints of its unsuitability, it was pulled, with four of six episodes believed lost (the third episode resurfaced as a 16mm black-and-white film telerecording in 2016, and the first in 2026).

Episodes

▶1. No Such Thing As a Vampire25m · There's no such thing as a vampire. So why does the doctor's wife in a small Transylvanian village find puncture marks on her neck, why is she always pallid and listless, and what can be done to save her?▶2. William and Mary25m · Can an eye and a brain be kept alive when the rest of a man's body has died? And is it desirable that they should be?▶3. The Corpse Can't Play25m · A strange little boy disliked by all crashes a children's party and introduces strange new variations to some traditional children's party games.▶4. The Triumph of Death25m · Rumours persist about a haunted Elizabethian mansion do its ghostly spinster occupant.▶5. The Bells of Hell25m · A newlywed couple check into a nearly deserted inn where the owners and other residents for the church bell's ringing.▶6. The Kiss of Blood25m · A beautiful young woman married to a rich older man decides to have an affair since her husband spends all of his free time with his flowers.

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