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"Hammer House of Horror" (1980)Original Air Date:
20 September 1980 (Season 1, Episode 2)Plot:
Ruth, the reporter for the womens page of a magazine, is assigned by her editor to participate of a... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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(Episode Complete credited cast) | Julia Foster | ... | Ruth Cairns |
 | Dinah Sheridan | ... | Gwen Cox |
| Richard Pearson | ... | Sir Humphrey Chesterton |
| Norman Bird | ... | Basil Ashford |
| George Innes | ... | Cedric Ashford |
 | James Cosmo | ... | Willis |
| Warren Clarke | ... | Ben Faraday |
| Gerard Kelly | ... | Andrew (as Gerrard Kelly) |
| Michael Latimer | ... | Dr. Bradley |
| Barbara Keogh | ... | Joan Hubbard |
| Paula Jacobs | ... | Joyce |
| Roger Ostime | ... | The Butler |
| Peter Dean | ... | Charlie |
| Louis Mansi | ... | Luciano Rossi |
| Kevin Stoney | ... | Jack Rothwell |
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The second installment in Hammer's House of Horror is a silly and predictable story, but it nonetheless breathes a sinister atmosphere and the ending is quite shocking! The plot centers on a female journalist who goes "undercover" in a brand new weight reducing aiding group to investigate their supposedly unorthodox methods. Following the mysterious death of a fellow member in a car crash, Ruth finds out that the amateur Weight-Watchers murder their clients and pay the local undertakers to deliver the corpses at a remote countryside mansion. Ruth, along with the mortuary's assistant Andrew, tries to discover why this organization is so interested in fresh obese cadavers… It doesn't require the mind of a genius to realize we're dealing with a bunch of cannibals here, still the development of the plot is compelling and there's a neat twist at the end regarding the background of the organization. Julia Foster is adequate in the lead, but veteran actor James Cosmo gives the most memorable performance as the harsh and brutal 'coach' Willis. In the short film's most remarkable scene, he literally crushes the spirit of a chubby woman by constantly assuring her she's an ugly, useless and pathetic bag of fat. The final sequence perhaps comes a bit abrupt, but it's deliciously sick and even a bit disturbing. "The Thirteenth Reunion" is the first of three Hammer House of Horror episodes directed by Peter Sasdy; a great yet underrated filmmaker who made some long-feature movies for Hammer, like "Hands of the Ripper" and "Countess Dracula" as well as the incredibly chilling TV-movie "The Stone Tape".