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Your regular reminder that British public information films were like brutal horror films condensed into 30 second chunks, and shown during primetime (and children's) TV shows.

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RETURN TO OZ (1985): arguably the darkest of Disney's 'Dark Phase' movies. Bleak, eerie, and downright disturbing in places, it was initially reviled by critics and audiences alike. Full of stunning imagery and brilliant practical effects, it also featured The Wheelers *shudder*

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RETURN TO OZ (1985) is one of the darkest films in all of Disney's 1980s 'Dark Phase'

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Comic book fans: Superman never kills Anti-smoking Superman: hold my Kryptonite

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The great British public information film: accidents, injuries, and death, death, DEATH!

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Part of Disney's brilliant 'Dark Phase', DRAGONSLAYER (1981) is an underrated fantasy movie with some great effects and a great-looking dragon. This scene actually shocked me as a kid (did I mention it was dark?)

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The insanely violent glory that is Captain Scarlet, the greatest Gerry Anderson puppet show of all.

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THE BLACK TOWER (1987): Channel 4 aired John Smith's experimental 'architectural horror' short about a man haunted by a black building which follows him everywhere he goes. A metaphor for depression, it fell into the same 'seen once, never forgotten' category as La Cabina.

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For a kids' puppet show from the 60s, Gerry Anderson's glorious CAPTAIN SCARLET was insanely violent

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PARENT HAZARD WARNING! In 1989, the Children's BBC show What's That Noise, hosted by Craig Charles, gave its young audience a jolt when Napalm Death played 'From Enslavement to Obliteration' at 4pm in the afternoon. "This is music for young lovers, step aside Kylie Minogue!"

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THE USBORNE BOOK OF GHOSTS (1977) was a gateway drug for 70s kids. It was certainly the most terrifying book I'd ever encountered.

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Nothing says 70s Christmas like having your kids construct a genuine fire hazard and having nothing to hang your clothes on.

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A stunning late 70s advert for Jovan Sex Appeal aftershave, animated by the late Richard Williams, was based on the Frank Frazetta painting 'Against the Gods'. They don't make 'em like this anymore.

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Discovering the eye-melting work of French cartoonist Phillipe Druillet as a 12 year-old was a religious experience. Every page was like a prog-rock album cover.

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British 80s adverts were in a class of their own when it came to indefinable creepiness. Here's a classic for British Pork I tweeted a while ago, but it bears repeating. As I said then, I don't think they're eating pork...

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Ah, damn. RIP David McCallum. Famous for The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Colditz, and countless film and TV roles, he will forever be a Scarred For Life legend for his performance as the titular mysterious time agent in Sapphire and Steel.

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Day twenty of the Scarred for Life advent calendar: a masterclass in claustrophobia, it's the Spanish short horror film LA CABINA. If you've never seen it, trust me, you won't guess the places it goes to...

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"Got pork for lunch on Sunday?" This Scarred For Life favourite is easily the most sinister advert ever made, considering what it's selling.

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2 years

It's day 18 of the Scarred For Life Advent Calendar: watch out for that kite! And that car! And that broken bottle, that electricity substation, that sparkler, the hooded monk by the lake... It's the golden age of public information films, when everything was out to get you.

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On this day in 1988, the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode 'Conspiracy' went where no Star Trek had gone before: into full-blown body horror and gore.

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Worzel Gummidge as folk horror: the nightmare that is DAFTHEAD!

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The quintessential 'accidentally scarring' TV show, THE SINGING RINGING TREE (1957) was in constant rotation in the UK for decades, terrifying generations of kids.

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Opening door twenty-three of the Scarred For Life advent calendar, we discover the creepiest, most cannibalistic advert ever, and the horror icon that is the British Pork Dad!

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6 years

One of the most gloriously misleading TV spots I've ever seen.

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Back in the day, ITV's schedules were run on a wish and a prayer, often underrunning, especially in the afternoon. In 1983, faceless baroque orchestra droids RONDO VENEZIANO began to fill those gaps, popping up unannounced with the stunning video to their single Venice in Peril.

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Farewell, beloved 'U' rating...

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Watership Down now rated PG after 45 years of terrifying children

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While the BBC were busy with the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, ITV opted to show V and V: THE FINAL BATTLE across five glorious weekday evenings. What a summer that was.

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RIP children's author and illustrator Jan Pieńkowski. Creator of one of the greatest pop-up books of all time, and a master of magical, moody silhouettes.

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The mind-blowing, psychedelic, nightmarish artwork of LONE SLOANE (1972) by French comic book artist and Metal Hurlant co-founder Philippe Druillet. Every image is like the greatest prog-rock album cover ever.

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Behind door number seven of the Scarred For Life advent calendar is poor, doomed Jimmy in PLAY SAFE: FRISBEE!

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RIP Kevin O'Neill. One of the most unique cartoonists to ever grace the field. Nemesis the Warlock was Hieronymous Bosch for kids, and it changed my life. A true genius has passed, and I'm genuinely gutted.

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In the late summer of 1984, British viewers were faced with a stark choice: the Los Angeles Olympics on BBC1, or 'V' on ITV. No contest.

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On this day, 38 years ago, BBC2 transmitted THREADS. One of the single greatest British dramas ever made (and still the most terrifying thing I've ever seen), by all accounts it changed Ronald Reagan's viewpoint on nuclear war. Here's how BBC2 introduced it to viewers...

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I swear I haven't altered the audio on this advert. But time and general degredation has, and it's now the eeriest thing ever.

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Behind door number eight of the Scarred For Life advent calendar sits Kinder Egg's terrifying 1980s mascot. They genuinely thought it was a good idea to advertise chocolate eggs like this...

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As children's television icons go, the myxomatosis-riddled fleabag that was Pipkins' HARTLEY HARE was pretty unique. Terrifying to behold and camp as Christmas, I adored him, then and now.

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MIAMI VICE - MISSING HOURS (1987): Written by sci-fi author Thomas Disch, this episode sees Crockett & Tubbs investigating a UFO cult fronted by James Brown, Chris Rock makes his TV debut, and Detective Trudy is abducted (by aliens?). You'll never guess where this clip is going.

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THREAD: On 17 December 1976, Thames TV aired a debate about paranormal beliefs. I'm going to present some of the choicest clips here, because believe me: it's the best thing you'll see ALL DAY. First off, host Sandra Harris gets things rolling: (1/12)

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Door number twelve of the Scarred For Life advent calendar explodes into action with the hyper-violent puppetry of CAPTAIN SCARLET!

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2 years

The 1970s and 80s condensed into two minutes. Just add trauma and stir.

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Donald Sutherland is 86 today so this seems as good a time as any to remind people that this is exactly how you should point anything out to people. Or to give directions to strangers.

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Worzel Gummidge as folk horror: Handsome Head is dismembered and decapitated by his terrifying 'fiancee'

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BATTLE OF THE PLANETS was the first exposure to anime for many British kids after its 1979 premiere on BBC1. I was obsessed. Years later, I discovered it was edited from its original and hugely violent Japanese version, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman. Here's a comparison...

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Happy 3pm to those who celebrate

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RIP Ian Gibson, one of the greatest British comic artists ever. His dynamic, flowing work graced the pages of Halo Jones, Judge Dredd and Robo-Hunter, amongst many others.

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Jan Pienkowski's gorgeous pop-up book HAUNTED HOUSE (1979), a hardy perennial for every school library. Six haunted rooms, six beautiful feats of macabre paper engineering, courtesy Tor Lokvig. Every home should have one.

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Day four of the Scarred for Life advent calendar: "Got pork for Christmas dinner?" It's the faintly cannibalistic British Pork dad!

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With its human bombs, shootings, assassinations, car crashes, reanimated corpses, and general carnage, the wonderful CAPTAIN SCARLET (1967) was one of the earliest Scarred For Life-era children's shows. And all behind the grooviest of theme tunes.

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Wood Street, Liverpool, just now. I voted c**k.

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Gerry Anderson's 'Coronation Street: 1999'

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Ah, balls. RIP David Warner. Never less than utterly brilliant, whether he was playing a man possessed by an evil mirror, a photographer on the trail of the Antichrist, an evil computer program, or a Klingon. One of our very best.

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"No animals were harmed in the making of this film. 70 cast and crew members were." ROAR! (1981), the film that health and safety forgot.

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RIP Bernard Cribbins. A true all-time great, an institution, a part of our childhoods. From Dr Who to dramas, from Jackanory to the voice of countless cartoons and adverts. He did it all. It's inconceivable that he's gone.

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La Cabina (1972) is a 35 min long slice of nastiness from Spanish director Antonio Mercero. A man enters a phone box only to find that the phone doesn't work and he can't get out. The phone company ship him and the box to a warehouse which contains box after box with corpses in.

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SUPERMAN III (1983) was criticised for its campy tone, but it still found time for this classic moment of pure body horror. Poor Vera!

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As we spare a thought for the brave people of Moonbase Alpha, who began their journey on this day 24 years ago, let's hope they eventually found a New Earth. Or at the very least, managed to avoid tentacled monsters and Brian Blessed.

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Cocaine Bear (2023)

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Run, children, run! Behind door number two of the Scarred For Life Advent Calendar is that trench coat wearing wrong 'un THE THIN MAN, from The Boy From Space!

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Door nineteen of the Scarred For Life advent calendar opens without a hitch, unlike the doors of LA CABINA (The Telephone Box), a once seen, never forgotten horror gem!

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The stunning 1978 promo video for Eve of the War, the famous single from JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSION OF THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, a classic album which, at one point, seemed to reside in every other home in Britain.

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The title sequence to WORLD IN ACTION, ITV's long-running current affairs programme, unnerved the hell out of me as a kid. I think it was the music - it was like an angry church organ. What titles frightened you, unnerved you, or otherwise made you uneasy?

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RIP Rick Jones, a lovely man who sometimes chipped in to conversations on here about Hamble. Thank you for a treasured part of our childhood memories.

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Gerry Anderson's CANDY (1967) comic was the result of a planned but abandoned TV series. Nothing to see here, just Candy and Andy, two life-size human dolls living with a couple of married Pandas in photo stories that exuded some serious vibes.

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LA CABINA (1972), the once seen, never forgotten Spanish short film that popped up on BBC2 and Channel 4 about a man who finds himself trapped in a phone box. And I'm not spoiling anything beyond that for those who haven't seen it. Trust me, you'll never guess the twist...

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RIP Douglas Trumbull. You blew my mind and made my eyes melt with some of the greatest practical effects I've ever seen.

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The episode of Thomas the Tank Engine where poor Henry refused to emerge from a tunnel because it was raining, so the Fat Controller had him BRICKED UP FOREVER.

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LOOK AND READ: THE BOY FROM SPACE (BBC): Aired in 1971 to little fanfare, the 1980 repeat terrorised a generation of primary school kids. The Thin Man (John Woodnutt), an alien interloper who set off the 'Stranger Danger' alarm loud enough to wake France, was the main culprit.

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Vauxhall's 1973 advertising campaign can be safely filed under 'nope'.

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Scarred For Life Volume Three will take a look at the VHS Horror era of the 1980s. Indie video shops, the 'video man' in his 'video van', barely watchable pirate copies of The Evil Dead, and, of course, those Video Nasties... Here's a brief teaser - how many can YOU name?

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INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978) ends with one of cinema's scariest, not to mention hopelessly tragic, scenes ever...

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The Cronenbergian body horror of TURBO TEEN (1984)

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Who's a character that didn't deserve their fate?

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In 1980, Tyne Tees' magazine show for teens, CHECK IT OUT, gave kids in the North-East the lowdown on nuclear war. And it's a delight from start to finish. You can watch the entire glorious episode here:

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Rabies was a big fear in the 70s and 80s. Adverts on TV such as the bluntly titled "Rabies Means Death" warned of the dangers of smuggling animals into the country and 1983's The Mad Death terrified everyone. Whatever you do, don't open the car door to see what that fox wants

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Haven't a clue why Hartley Hare is trending, but I'm glad he is. An all-time fave.

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THE GHOST HUNTERS (1975): from a time when paranormal documentaries were calm and sedate, this BBC doc features 'the sigh', a sound captured in an empty Borley church, near the site of the old Rectory. Joe Cornish recently called it the scariest thing he'd ever seen.

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Get yer irony overloads here, two for the price of one

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It's 2022! A new year. A clean slate. A chance to- Ah, balls.

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The frankly jaw-dropping title sequence to BBC2's anthology series LATE NIGHT HORROR (1968). It's like the cover art from a lurid horror novel sprang to life.

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A Scarred For Life favourite: the final scenes from the last ever episode of THE COLBYS, in which Fallon (Emma Samms) gets picked up by a passing UFO. Now *that's* how to end a series.

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At times, SPACE: 1999 was pure, unfiltered sci-fi horror. Especially the magnificent 'Dragon's Domain'

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Day eighteen of the Scarred For Life advent calendar finds poor Jimmy about to get several thousand volts straight up his hoop in the classic PIF 'PLAY SAFE: FRISBEE' All together now: JIMMMYYYYYYY!!!

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"DO YOU WORK IN FINANCSSSSSE?"

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This gorgeous, psychedelic Levi jeans advert from 1971 is a work of art. Spoken word jazz legend Ken Nordine provides the smooth voiceover.

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Before frozen chips caught on, chip pan fires were an existential threat to every British kitchen.

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Behind door number six of the Scarred For Life Advent Calendar: Donald Sutherland requires no makeup to look utterly terrifying in the classic final scene of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978)

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I'm not sure, but the end of the first episode of Worzel Gummidge might just be one of the most sinister moments in children's television history.

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A terrifying clip that makes my stomach drop to me arse every time I see it: John Noakes climbs to the top of Nelson's Column in a 1977 episode of BLUE PETER. File under 'never be allowed now/health and safety gone mad!' Spare a thought for the poor cameramen too...

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Kenner's 1975 toy Hugo, Man Of A Thousand Faces was seriously creepy. The box promised that you could make thousands of pretend friends and every one of them was bloody terrifying.

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LONELY WATER (1973): the greatest British public information film ever or what?

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Knightmare (1987-1994) saw teams of 4 children enter a fantasy world with goblins, monsters and puzzles to solve. Overseen by Treguard (Hugo Myatt) 3 of the team would attempt to guide the 4th through a series of dungeons to victory. In 112 episodes only 8 teams ever managed it.

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Scarred for Life advent calendar, day eight: the darkest, scariest Disney film ever? It's the ever-wonderful Return to Oz...

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