| This first volume of the Best of Horror series makes an excellent
gift for any horror fan, as many of these stories remain classics years
after their first airing. Each volume features both classic adaptations
and original stories. (See also our "Best
of Science Fiction" and "Best
of X-1" collection for horror of the technological kind, including Orson
Welles in "Donovan's Brain"...)
Disk 1
Suspense - The House in Cypress Canyon
Appearing on many top ten lists, this story still chills the spine years
later. A young couple makes the biggest mistake of their lives when they
rent a seemingly perfect house... Especially scary listening if you're
in the real estate market...
Quiet Please - The Thing on the Fourble Board
A masterful bit of horror... A rough neck recounts the last night he drilled
for oil, deep in the ground... Vying with "House on Cypress Canyon" for
title of best audio drama ever written, a cult classic for the last half-century.
Disk 2
Escape - Three Skeleton Key
The voice of horror himself, Vincent Price, stars in this freaky tale.
Three men are trapped in a lighthouse, which is bad enough...until a ship
wrecks on the shore, bringing an even worse fate...
Lights Out - Murder Castle
Each episode of Lights Out began with the mantra "It ... is.. later...than...you..think"
and warned listeners to turn off the radio if they were skittish. This
nail-biter, one of the few remaining from the 1940s, missing the introduction,
will creep you out even with the lights on - where a young woman goes
searching for her missing sister, and discovers a horrendous money-making
scheme... Based on a chilling real-life murder that rocked the East in
the late 1800s.
Disk 3
Weird Circle - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
An adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's original story.
Suspense - The Dunwich Horror
H.P. Lovecraft's story comes to life in this riveting adaptation, featuring
a strange creature that feeds on blood... Ronald Colman stars in this
early Suspense story.
Disk 4
Inner Sanctum - Make Ready My Grave
What a strange thing for a man to ask his newly-wed wife, to carry a gun
and be prepared to use it, even if he attacks her...
Quiet Please - Northern Lights
Two scientists' attempt to experiment with time travel, moving objects
back and forth, has devastating (and creepy!) results for the world...
Disk 5
Escape - the Ring of Thoth
Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes creator) wrote this chilling story
of an ancient curse. Features Jack Webb (Dragnet) in an uncharacteristic,
stunning performance.
Hall of Fantasy - The Shadow People
A young woman imagines she sees shadows, evil incarnate, all around...
But is it her imagination? |
