ORBzine - Dr Terrible's House of Horrible TV Review
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible [Season 1, Episode 1]
Lesbian Vampire Lovers of Lust
Shown 12 November 2001
1877, Carpathia. The heroic Captain Hans Brock (Steve Coogan, who also plays the Narrator Dr Terrible) and his virgin bride take their honeymoon in Carpathians. They end up guests at the castle of Countess Kronstein ( Ronni Ancona ). Unbeknownst to them, the place is full of lesbians (and) vampires. Ben Armstrong ( Primeval ) is the camp Renfield character.
The good side to the episode: Ronni Ancona in a lesbian kiss. We also get to see a buff blonde vampire-hunter ( Honor Blackman ). Like Buffy would be, if she became a grandmother.
The problem with this series is, it is too straight-faced and big-budgeted. The only humour is in the dialogue, a never-ending stream of puns. In other words, this is high-brow parody indeed.
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible [Season 1, Episode 2]
Frenzy of Tongs
Shown 19th November 2001 - Monday
Dr Terrible (Steve Coogan - Night at the Museum ) introduces us to the tale of Nathan Blaze (also Steve Coogan), gentleman inventor and adventurer. Set in London, 1910, the story concerns Blaze's conflict with his arch-enemy, the evil Chinaman Hang Man Chang.
This is a nice parody of the Fu Manchu movies. One character is named Sergeant Rohmer in reference to Fu Manchu's original creator, Sax Rohmer .
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible [Season 1, Episode 3]
Curse of the Blood of the Lizard of Doom
Shown 26th November 2001 - Monday
Dr Donald Baxter (Steve Coogan - Night at the Museum ), a mad Victorian Scotsman, searches for a cure for the common burn. As with many Hammer Horror medical scientists, this involves injecting people with strange serums.
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible [Season 1, Episode 4]
And Now the Fearing...
Shown 3 December 2001
Three somewhat obnoxious strangers are trapped in an elevator in Amicus House. Yes, this is a parody of the 1970s Horror anthology films .
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible [Season 1, Episode 5]
Voodoo Feet of Death
Shown 10 December 2001
A famous ballroom dancer is victim of a horiffic accident that severs both his feet. He manages to get new feet surgically grafted onto his body. However, they are eeeevil feet.
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible [Season 1, Episode 6]
Scream Satan Scream!
Shown 17 December 2001
The story starts in The Barbaric North - Blackburn 1645. Captain Tobias Slater, witch locator, is cursed by one of his victims as she burns at the stake. He is then summoned to the village of Devil's Hole, where evil is afoot. He probes and screw-tinizes every woman in the village, with the help of his dwarf assistant (Warwick Davis - Willow ).
