Paul Talbot Movies
A serial killer is hours away from her execution. In the meanwhile, she bides her time by titillating, among other things, her executioner with a handful of stories of previously executed criminals, which she learned of through their ghosts. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1995
- R
This very low-budget horror anthology stars Gunnar Hansen (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's original "Leatherface") as the grizzled proprietor of a cut-rate carnival sideshow who treats the teenage patrons to a quartet of gruesome tales. The vignettes -- involving a den of werewolves, a resurrected mummy, a mutant baby, and a deformed hermit -- are used as backstory by the "Freakmaker," who explains the nefarious means by which the assorted hideous attractions came to his carnival domain. These stories, like countless horror anthologies of the sort, point the way toward the inevitable fate of the narrator's captive audience. The static, poorly acted segments are less interesting than the fairly spooky framing story, but fans of classier omnibus films, such as Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, will see the punch line coming from a mile away. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gunnar Hansen
Four friends go on a camping trip in the remote woods. One night, around a blazing fire, a mysterious tramp approaches them. In return for sharing their fire and food, he tells them four scary stories. The first, "The Hook," is about a serial killer who murders his victims with a metal hook he uses for a hand; the second, "Overtoke," tells about of a bunch of pot smokers who find out that their "grass" isn't quite what it seems to be; the third, "The Fright Before Christmas," tells what happens to a greedy yuppie who murders his mother on Christmas Eve; the fourth, "Skull & Crossbones," has a crew of pirate zombies after the evil buccaneer who murdered them. ~ Brian Gusse, All Movie Guide
- 1969
This Australian sitcom was based on Mister Peepers, a popular American series of the 1950s; both programs were in fact created by producer/writer/director David Swift. The original series starred Wally Cox as wimpy but lovable high school science teacher Robinson Peepers, and lasted for three seasons (1952-1955). The Australian version starred Allen Lander as wimpy but lovable high school science teacher Mr. Doubleday, and lasted 18 half-hour episodes. Good Morning Mr. Doubleday was syndicated by Fremantle beginning February 9, 1969. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
