Hammer Chillers by Various (2015)

Hammer Chillers

Written by Stephen Volk, Stephen Gallagher, Christopher Fowler, Mark Morris, Paul Magrs and Robin Ince.

Full cast drama

Bafflegab Productions - 2015

Audible / digital download

    I've said it before and I'll say it again,  Bafflegab Productions make the finest audio dramas.  They get every element so right.  The selection of stories, the writing, the casting, the acting, the production and ultimately the pay off at the end.

   

   Hammer Chillers contains six modern horror stories, all around about 30 mins in length.  Imagine Hammer House of Horror TV series brought back from the 1980's for a modern audience.  The production values are perfect because there are no budget constriction to your imagination - unless you have manifested a seriously weird inner accountant! - but it's the quality control that makes these stories really stand out.  Nothing outstays its welcome by a single minute.  Every performance is pitch perfect and the sound design really elevates the spookiness.  In a word: Perfection.  So good in fact that I've just ordered the CD to add a hard copy to my Bafflegab collection.

   These are your spooky episodes

   The Box by Stephen Gallagher and starring Con O’ Neill and Zoe Lister is a tale of an underwater haunting in a helicopter crash simulator.

   The Fixation by Mark Morris and starring Miles Jupp and Camille Coduri tells of a neighborhood clean-up campaign that stirs up an ancient force

   Sticks and Stones by Robin Ince stars Alex Lowe and Zoe Lister and draws a line between witches and witch hunters and modern day internet trolls

   The Devil in the Darkness is by Christopher Fowler. It stars Lauren Kellegher and Dylan Charles and traps us in a lift in a St Petersburg building with a very dark history.

   Spanish Ladies is by Paul Magrs and stars Camille Coduri and Jacqueline King and takes us back to the 1970's for knitting, bingo and murder

   Don’t Go There is by Stephen Volk and stars Tony Gardner and Lizzie Roper and transports us to Greece for sun, sex and monsters.

   Another series of these would be lovely but if we cant have one then I'll happily console myself with everything else this company has produced.

Steve