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This animated adaptation of the one-shot comic from Hellboy's Mike Mignola follows the adventures of a steampunk secret agent for Abraham Lincoln who, indeed, possesses a robotic screw-on head. Originally aired as the pilot for a possible TV series, this stand-alone episode pits the Amazing Screw-On Head against the treacherous Emperor Zombie, his batty vampiric lover, a lycanthropic granny, and a gunslinging chimp. From the back rooms of Marrakesh to the banks of the Mississippi, the Screw-On Head pursues Emperor Zombie to prevent the resurrection of an ancient supernatural warlord.
Loosely based on the short story by M.R. James - previously adapted for film in Jacques Tourner's classic Night of the Demon - was adapted for television by BAFTA-nominated playwright Clive Exton, and directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark, who also helmed the "Ghost Story for Christmas" series. When a TV series devoted to debunking mediums and mystics lampoons infamous demonologist Julian Karswell (played with exquisite menace by Iain Cuthbertson), its producer (Jan Francis) and cast soon find themselves threatened by mysterious, malevolent forces.
Three classic Lovecraft tales brought to life through puppets and miniatures:
The Picture in The House
A traveler seeks shelter from a sudden storm in a decaying old house. In the living room of the apparently abandoned house, he finds a weird old book entitled "The Kingdom of Congo." What secrets does it hold?
The Dunwich Horror
Awakened in the middle of the night by the snarls and barks of his watchdog, a University professor makes a grim and disturbing discovery in his library. Will he be able to thwart the plans of the degenerate Whateley clan?
An experimental surgeon in the 1940’s develops a new life support device, one that promises to maintain the health of the human brain no matter what condition the body is in. Eager to prove the worth of his research, he persuades a terminally ill colleague, Professor Julian Maxwell, to become his test subject.
In 1893, two book dealers arrive at a prairie home to pick-up their latest occult acquisition. They discover a dark supernatural force has been unleashed upon the home's owners and use turn of the century technology to exorcise the eldritch evil. A Steam-Punk tale inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft.
An excerpt from Plato's Republic, the 'Allegory of the Cave' is a classic commentary on the human condition. It is an example of the philosophical underpinnings of Lovecraft's thought and fiction. Fans of cosmic horror should have no trouble discerning in Plato's allegory the roots of Lovecraft's theme of awakening to a vast and terrible ultimate reality
In a secure military laboratory, a scientist has become obsessed with the half-human half eel creature he's studying. When she beckons him to her, it's the call of a siren...
Justin Sayer (Brad Renfro) suffers from a mental illness which causes vivid hallucinations. The voices in his head have forced him to isolate himself from the world and from his two year old son. After several unsuccessful attempts by visiting therapists to cure him, Justin attempts to hide his illness from a new therapist. But this therapist is unlike the others.
A young clerk is sent deep into the dungeon of the Seven Bloody Torturers, where he discovers they are about to face the most painful torture of all: a threat to their name-brand recognition.
When a convicted killer escapes his prison transfer, he seeks refuge in a nearby forest. With a manhunt underway he moves deeper into the woods, unaware he's become host to a mysterious infection that gives rise to a strange and eerie metamorphosis...
