Having done modern movies and classics, this week I am going to high light episodes of various TV shows that I think would make great alternative Halloween watching.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Space Vampire–Now before you start rolling your eyes at the hokiness of the episode, most notably the title character looking like Max Shreck with a glandular disorder, the actual episode isn’t too bad, especially the first half where Buck and Wilma investigate a series of strange deaths on a space station, with lots of shots of them creeping around dimly lit corridors, and a true shocker when the “dead bodies” suddenly get up and attack Buck.
Doctor Who: Tooth and Claw–The Tenth Doctor and Rose land in 1879 Scotland, where they end up having to save Queen Victoria from a werewolf.
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Haunted House–First episode of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries highlights the sibling sleuths investigating their PI father’s disappearance which leads to a night club made up like a haunted house and overseen by Richard Kiel in Frankenstein makeup and ends with the boys saving their father and his client at a graveyard, where older brother Frank and the bad guy both end up falling into an open grave.
The Incredible Hulk: The First–A great two parter from the fourth season with Banner having finally found a cure only to lose it to a man who was a Hulk decades ago and wants to be one again. After the older man becomes another Hulk and goes on a killing spree, Banner is forced to abandon his own cure to take on this dangerous Hulk in a knock down drag out fight to the finish.
Star Trek: Wolf in the Fold–Scripted by the great Robert Bloch, Enterprise engineer Scotty is accused of a horrendous murder while on leave. While investigating to prove his innocence Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock stumble onto what Jack the Ripper really was and where he is now.
