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Circus of Fear stars Christopher Lee as one of a sinister Circus troupe, who commit serious crimes when they come to town. Get it this #halloween and we’ll throw in a free Blu-ray of Night of the Living Dead. Visit networkonair.com/halloween #horror

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.

As a child, Jack the Ripper’s daughter witnessed one of his murders. Now an adult, she too is driven to kill! This Hammer classic is part of our #Halloween promo, where you get Night of the Living Dead on Blu-ray free with every new horror purchase. Visit networkonair.com/halloween

#BOTD Michael Jayston, star of shows like The Power Game, Ladykillers, Doctor Who and The Wednesday Play, for which he won a BAFTA. Famously he was Guillam in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and he was also considered for Bond, eventually getting to play him on Radio 4.

Cinema has captured so many of our greatest fears. But has there ever been anything as truly terrifying as Marlon Brando doing an Irish accent? The Nightcomers is part of our #Halloween promo where you can get a free Night of the Living Dead Blu-ray. Visit networkonair.com/halloween

A new batch of pre-loved classics has just landed on NetworkOnAir.com. We only get a limited amount of each one so grab them while you can. networkonair.com/351-pre-lov… #networkonair #physicalmedia #blu-ray #DVD

#BOTD one of the literal giants of British comedy - he was 6ft tall by the age of 12 - John Cleese. For a laugh, Cleese used to invent fake film credits for his Who’s Who entry, these included Abbott & Costello Meet Sir Michael Swann and Confessions of a Programme Planner.

To get inspiration for his next book, Michael Gough hypnotises his assistant to force him to commit murder in Horrors of the Black Museum. It’s part of our Halloween sale – where you get a FREE BLU-RAY of Night of the Living Dead with your purchase. networkonair.com/halloween

In a suitably sinister new piece on The Edit, Barry Forshaw writes about the classic siege movies that influenced George Romero’s zombie classic, Night of the Living Dead networkonair.com/blog/post/1… #halloween #horror #zombies #networkonair

Did you hear about our big Halloween deal? When you buy one of our selected new horror titles we’ll give you a FREE Blu-ray copy of Night of the Living Dead, fully restored and remastered in HD. While stocks last: networkonair.com/halloween #Halloween #bluray #film #zombies

Get a FREE BLU-RAY this Halloween. We’re giving away a free copy of the HD remastered Night of the Living Dead when you buy one of our selected new horror titles. Get this scarily good deal while stocks last: networkonair.com/halloween #Halloween #bluray #film

#BOTD Diana Dors. The British Marilyn had a stellar career, playing femme fatales in films like The Last Page, as well as major leading roles in pictures like Yield to the Night. She also had a notorious private life. Her autobiography was called Swingin’ Dors for a reason #film

The Strange World of Gurney Slade was first transmitted by ITV on this day in 1960. Easily the most surreal TV event of the year, it was quickly shifted to the graveyard shift. 66 years later, it is well worth revisiting.

We somehow only just noticed that Terry-Thomas’s name is hyphenated. So it’s a single-word name. Like Karloff or Shakira. He used to joke that the hyphen was there to symbolise the gap in his teeth. #networkonair #physicalmedia #blu-ray #DVD #comedy #film

Thanks to the folks at @filmstories for the shout out and the good vibes. Appreciate it! filmstories.co.uk/tv/network…

#BOTD The Count! Bela Lugosi was cinema’s 1st iconic Dracula and no stranger to these shores. He made 3 films in the UK including The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (the 2nd Hammer film) and the shocking Dark Eyes of London, which we have in our shop: bit.ly/4jtGWK3

#BOTD Harry Alan Towers, pioneer of international co-productions. Towers produced quality films, like Ten Little Indians (65) & Black Beauty (71) & not so quality films like Lady Libertine (84). Reportedly, before he died, he was working on a film of Fanny Hill with Ken Russell!

Need a relaxing Sunday read? We’ve got a nice piece up on The Edit about some of our favourite Richard Attenborough performances. Have you seen them all? networkonair.com/blog/post/1…

Hammer built a full-size fake galleon for The Devil-Ship Pirates, but the team were warned not to have too many onboard at once. Unfortunately, during filming, there was a rush to one side of the boat to get a cuppa and the boat capsized, throwing cast and crew in the water.

Which famous cop show debuted on UK television on this date 42 years ago today? If you want a clue, just listen to this classic library track. It might sound familiar... youtu.be/NWv5ac-dn8g?si=os5b…