Aug 23, 2022
Late Night Horror: The Corpse Can't Play (1.3, BBC, 1968)
"What did he say?"
"Murder. It's a game."
#late night horror#the corpse can't play#horror tv#missing tv#1968#bbc#lost tv#john burke#hugh leonard#paddy russell#clare austin#frank barry#samuel burleigh#mark colleano#erin geraghty#kim goody#neil hallett#beverley jennings#karen newport#michael newport#brent oldfield#christine pollon#late night horror was an attempt by the bbc to produce a horror anthology in colour adapting pre existing short stories. it was not a#conspicuous success; the first series of 6 episodes was met with lukewarm reviews that grumbled the series was either too horrible or not#at all horrible enough (such is art). no second series appeared. there was a repeat showing around 1970 and then the tapes were junked as#was standard practice (alas). happily this single episode was recovered by kaleidoscope from private hands in 2016 and has spent the last#couple of years being cleaned up and getting colour recovery work on it for a release. and it looks great! stunning‚ considering the flaws#of the unrestored copy (the disc contains a very interesting feature on the restoration). sadly no sign of the other 5 episodes as yet.#we can but hope. as horror tv this is a little obvious but well played (a fine young cast to be sure) and suitably nasty in its conclusion.#more an item of (great) interest than a genuinely great piece of tv‚ but kaleidoscope's release includes a wonderful book on the series
