Hammer House of Mystery and Suspence
13 EPISODES WITH TALES OF TWIST, SUSPENSE, MURDER & THRILLS MOSTLY WITH FAMOUS ACTORS, & ACTRESS'S STEPHANIE BEECHAM, DIRK BENEDICT, GARETH HUNT, HANNAH GORDON, CHRISTOPHER CAZANOVE, ROBERT VAUGHAN & MORE.
Tennis Court
Episode Summary
When the Dowds inherit a house and estate, they soon find that their indoor tennis court is haunted - it is the focus of the energies of those who died in the neighbourhood during the second world war. Maggie and Harry soon find themselves forced to play tennis - and to keep on playing.
Guest Cast
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Guest Cast
Peter Graves John Bray
Hannah Gordon Maggie Dowd
Jonathan Newth Harry
Peggy Sinclair Matron
Season 1, Episode 12 – Aired: 5/2/1986
Child's Play
A family wakes up one morning and discovers that they are trapped in their home by a mysterious and unbreakable brick wall, and their water and telephone have been cut off. An intense heat comes over the house as well. The TV reception has been replaced by some sort of emergency signal for which the symbol is a lightning bolt (which is also the symbol on all their clothes and food products as well as their car). They begin losing feeling in their bodies and losing their memories as well. Soon enough, they cannot remember any life at all outside the house. All this time, a green blob has been forming in another room, slowly stalking the family.
Guest Cast
Mary Crosby Ann Preston
Nicholas Clay Mike Preston
Debbie Chasan Sarah Preston
Suzanne Church Mother
Joanna Joseph Daughter
Season 1, Episode 11 – Aired: 4/25/1986
And the Wall Came Tumbling Down
As a seventeenth-century church is being torn down to make way for the new NATO headquarters building, a demolition worker is mysteriously strangled by the power cord of his jack-hammer as he tries to drill into one of the church's walls. After a brief flashback, we learn that the leader of a Devil-worshipping cult gave orders for himself and a traitor to the cult to be walled up behind that very wall of the church. Back to the present, a woman from a group of preservationists wants to stop the destruction of the church because she claims there are strong supernatural forces within which should not be unleashed. But she is not heeded, and the bizarre murders inside the church continue, as a diabolical evil which has been trapped in the church for three hundred years seeks its revenge. Solid, but a slow moving episode.
Guest Cast
Carol Royle Kim/Catherine Parkes
Pat Hayes Gran Waters
Peter Wyngarde Daniel/Gen. Haswell
Brian Deacon Alan/Martin Yardley
Gareth Hunt Peter Whiteway
Barbi Benton Caroline Trent
Season 1, Episode 10 – Aired: 4/18/1986
The Corvini Inheritance
Frank Lane is obsessed with surveillance - it is his hobby as well as what he does for a living. Then a stalker strikes a neighbor in his apartment building, and Frank decides to volunteer his services . But when his CCTV equipment captures the stalker on video, as his neighbour's apartment in broken into again, he is shocked to discover the identity of the mystery man - it's Frank Lane himself. So what is going on?
Guest Cast
David McCallum Frank Lane
Jan Francis Eva Bailey
Terence Alexander Hammond
Leonard Trolley Viners
Season 1, Episode 9 – Aired: 4/11/1986
Paint Me A Murder
After the death of the little-known painter Luke Lorenz, his widow Sandra begins releasing his unknown pictures, which are soon much in demand. Luckily, Sandra has an almost endless supply of Luke's work for her good friend, the dealer Vincent Rhodes, to sell, making both of them a lot of money. Everything is going swimmingly until something happens to upset the gravy-train - the hand of fate from beyond the grave. So is Luke really dead? And if he is, how did he die? And who exactly is the painter of the pictures which Vincent has been flooding onto the market?
Guest Cast
Michelle Phillips Sandra Lorenz
James Laurenson Luke Lorenz
David Robb Vincent Rhodes
Alan Lake Davey
W. Morgan Sheppard Mahaffi
Season 1, Episode 8 – Aired: 4/4/1986
The Sweet Scent of Death
American diplomat Greg Denver arrives in England as the new U.S. ambassador to London, and to avoid spending the whole time at the embassy he rents a beautiful country house for his wife, Ann. But while Greg is away in London, unknown intruders terrorize his wife, and Ann soon realizes that they may have more of a motive then sheer random terror. Is this even a case of 'friendly fire'?
Guest Cast
Kenny Andrews Marine sergeant
Dean Stockwell Greg Denver
Shirley Knight Ann Denver
Michael Gothard Marvin
Carmen du Sautoy Suzy
Robert Lang Detective Sergeant Wells
Alan Gifford John Fairfax
Geoffrey Colville Estate Agent
Christopher Warrick Boy in Park
Russell Sommers Young Man
Erin Donovan Young Girl
Ray Charleson Marine Officer
Andrew Seear Michael Patson
Struan Rodger Detective Constable Gray
Toria Fuller Paula
Season 1, Episode 7 – Aired: 3/14/1986
Black Carrion
Paul Chater is a freelance journalist trying to track down a famous but reclusive pop duo of the 1960s, brothers Ray and Ron Verne. Paul and his girlfriend Cora Berlaine track them down to an isolated manor house in the country, where they find the Verne Brothers leading a macabre life, caught in a time warp. But who is hunting whom?
Guest Cast
John Patrick II Police sergeant
Season Hubley Cora Berlaine
Leigh Lawson Paul Chater
Norman Bird Henry Bircher
Allan Love Ray Verne
Julian Littman Ron Verne
Diana King Madge Bircher
Robert Morgan (VI) Mate
Oscar Quitak Estate Manager
Daphne Goddard Elsie
Christopher Ellison Drury
Diana Malin Secretary
Jessica Marshall-Gardiner Little Girl
Alan Stuart Frogman
Season 1, Episode 6 – Aired: 3/7/1986
In Possession
Frank and Sylvia Daly are planning to move overseas, and they celebrate with a few drinks before they move out of their apartment - but they quickly sober up as the night grows into a terrifying ordeal. The Dalys' apartment is haunted by the ghosts of a man and his older wife, and the man kills the woman over and over again. As the murder is relived through the night, something does not want to let the Dalys go. This episode has a great surprise ending!
Guest Cast
Marianne Stone Woman downstairs
Christopher Cazenove Frank Daly
David Healy Jack Mervyn
Bernard Kay Mr. Prentice
Judy Loe Betty Mervyn
Vivienne Burgess Mrs. Prentice
Anthony Morton Maitre d'hotel
John D. Collins Estate agent
Carl Rigg Hotel manager
David Auker Removal man
Sarah Porter Daughter
Donna Scarf Hotel receptionist
Hugh Sullivan Doctor
Brendan Price Research scientist
Peter Bland Policeman
Season 1, Episode 5 – Aired: 2/7/1986
The Late Nancy Irving
After a car accident, Nancy Irving wakes up in hospital, where she is supposedly being treated, but it is soon clear that her condition is in fact getting worse. Nancy gets ever weaker, and it seems to her that she is not a patient at all, but something quite different. In fact, her blood is being taken by the hospital for a rich man to extend his life. As she begins to suspect the truth, Nancy has to work out what to do about it.
Guest Cast
Joy Lemoine Nurse
Zienia Merton Norma Lee
Derek Benfield Undertaker
Simon Williams Bob Appleyard
Marius Goring Angus
Cristina Raines Nancy Irving
Tom Chadbon Young Doctor
Michael Elwyn Peter Norton
Ben Robertson Nurse Baines
Christopher Banks Vicar
Tony Anholt Dr Marquis
Tony Millan Caddie
Monique De Sain Anna
Lewis Fiander Hoffman
Mick Ford Tony Graham
Season 1, Episode 4 – Aired: 1/24/1986
A Distant Scream
Harris has been in prison for many years, serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife. But he is completely innocent, and also seriously ill. Near to death, and in despair, Harris manages to will himself back through time to track down the real killer - and to level the score.
Guest Cast
Stephen Greif Clifford
Stephanie Beacham Rosemary Richardson
David Carradine Michael/Harris
Lesley Dunlop Sarah
Fanny Carby Mrs Kemble
Bernard Horsfall Doctor
Edward Peel Prison Officer
Ewan Stewart Robin
Alden 'Stephen' Chase Gary
Season 1, Episode 3 – Aired: 1/17/1986
Czech Mate
Against her better judgement, Vicky Duncan's former husband, John, persuades her to go on holiday with him to Prague. He says he wants to build bridges with Vicky and make up for the past. But John is up to some erious mischief, not romance, and Vicky has been targeted for identity-theft as part of a bizarre game of espionage.
Guest Cast
Daniel Wozniak Man on Bridge
Stefan Gryff Inspector
Roy Boyd Stefan Irackz
Susan George Vicky Duncan
Patrick Mower John Duncan
Richard Heffer Bowen
Peter Vaughan Bullneck
Christopher Robbie General Nerunda
Catherine Neilson Marie Vladekova
George Mikell Plains Clothes Policeman
Jirí Stanislav Ivan Pircek
Tessa Wojtczak Girl on bridge
Steve Plytas Head waiter
Sandor Elès Desk Clerk
Season 1, Episode 2 – Aired: 9/12/1984
Last Video and Testament
Selena Frankham and her lover Derek Tucker plan to kill Selena's husband Victor - an eccentric millionnaire with an passion for electronic gadgets. But death is not what it used to be, and Victor manages to spring a surprise from beyond the grave.
Guest Cast
Shane Rimmer Hersh
Shevaun Briars Nurse
Geraldine Gardner Secretary
Robert Rietty Marcello
Barbara Keogh Mrs Villiers
Deborah Raffin Selena Frankham
David Langton Victor Frankham
Oliver Tobias Derek Tucker
Michael Fleming Receptionist
Norman Mitchell Commissionaire
Kenneth Nelson Jack
Christopher Scoular Truscott
Irene Prador Hotel Guest
Hugh Dickson Superintendent
Wendy Seely Linda
Season 1, Episode 1 – Aired: 9/5/1984
Mark of the Devil
Frank Rowlett is engaged to Sara Helston, who is much richer than he is. And Frank is being threatened by violent debt-collectors, so to escape them he kills a Chinese drug dealer and tattooist and steals his money. Unfortunately, during the murder of the tattooist his needle pricks Frank, and a living, growing tattoo begins to spread out from the point, threatening to cover his whole body. Sarah soon notices it, and Frank can hardly tell her the truth about it.
Guest Cast
Anthony Chinn Soo
Robert Oates Hara
Maggie Rennie Ma Perkins
Hugh Morton Butler
Marianne Sherman Butch Girl
Robert Lee Chong Woy
Hilary Crane Carla
Tony Sibbald Wilson
Roger Milner Registrar
Dinah May Sexy Blonde
William Derrick Hatfield
Alibe Parsons Momma Rose
Nicholas Field Billy
Michael Cronin Pymar
Dirk Benedict Frank Rowlett
