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Old 29-12-2016, 17:49
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On a related note does anyone here remember Steve Coogan's Doctor Terrible's House of Horrible from about 15 years ago?
It is the most similar thing to this that I can think of but it was a series rather than a one-off.

It didn't work quite as well as this in the execution, probably because they overdid it with the ham, but I'd still recommend anyone to seek it out as it was still pretty good and quite similar to this episode of Inside No. 9.
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Old 29-12-2016, 17:51
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On a related note does anyone here remember Steve Coogan's Doctor Terrible's House of Horrible from about 15 years ago?
It is the most similar thing to this that I can think of but it was a series rather than a one-off.

It didn't work quite as well as this in the execution, probably because they overdid it with the ham, but I'd still recommend anyone to seek it out as it was still pretty good and quite similar to this episode of Inside No. 9.
loved it , got it on dvd , I think Gatiss was involved in that , very much based on the Amicus anthology movies
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Old 29-12-2016, 20:36
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This was fabulous, it really captured the genre well, the devil was definitely all in the detail.

Little things like cameras and boom mikes coming into shot; Pemberton going to slip his hand into his pocket and missing, eventually getting it in on the third attempt; lip-gloss on the female leads; rubbish acting from the child actor; the glare effect of naked flames on, presumably, videotape; then the stock external footage on film... Brilliant.
Loved it. Rula Lenska's character running out of stairs to walk up, and the pet hate about characters carrying empty suitcases were just a few of many laugh out loud comments.
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Old 29-12-2016, 21:09
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Just watched again. I loved the bit where Rula Lenska ran out of stairs.

Mirrored when Steve Pemberton wakes up towards the end and realises Jessica Raine isn't in bed and goes to find her. He walks down the corridor and turns to walk down stairs - it looks as if he does that comedy down stairs walk until the next shot when he is actually walking down stairs. Brilliant.
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Old 29-12-2016, 21:28
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Loved it. Rula Lenska's character running out of stairs to walk up, and the pet hate about characters carrying empty suitcases were just a few of many laugh out loud comments.
That reminded me of going on the Corrie tour in Manchester. David Platt was always stomping upstairs. He got to the top and had to hide somehow as nowhere to go . Too often his heals were seen so they had to reshoot
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Old 29-12-2016, 21:32
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When steve pembertons character rushed through his scene, do you suppose he knew what was going to happen?
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Old 30-12-2016, 12:23
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This was fabulous, it really captured the genre well, the devil was definitely all in the detail.

Little things like cameras and boom mikes coming into shot; Pemberton going to slip his hand into his pocket and missing, eventually getting it in on the third attempt; lip-gloss on the female leads; rubbish acting from the child actor; the glare effect of naked flames on, presumably, videotape; then the stock external footage on film... Brilliant.
Don't forget the perennial problem of turning on a light switch or turning up a gaslight; the timing is always off and the subsequent light far brighter and expansive than it ought to be.
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Old 30-12-2016, 14:48
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loved it , got it on dvd , I think Gatiss was involved in that
Only as a bit part actor in one episode. A bit before his 'time'.
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Old 30-12-2016, 15:50
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Only as a bit part actor in one episode. A bit before his 'time'.
He had a couple of series of The League of Gentlemen under his belt by the time DTHoH came about.
I did love how Coogan's series gave plenty of nods to the many film and TV roots each episode paid homage to.
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Old 30-12-2016, 17:29
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He had a couple of series of The League of Gentlemen under his belt by the time DTHoH came about.
I did love how Coogan's series gave plenty of nods to the many film and TV roots each episode paid homage to.
The episode Gatiss was in was partly inspired by the Doctor Who story The Talons of Weng-Chiang
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Old 30-12-2016, 17:33
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When steve pembertons character rushed through his scene, do you suppose he knew what was going to happen?
I think possibly the only cast member in on it was Reece Shearsmith's character
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Old 30-12-2016, 20:27
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Hasn't Victoria Wood been doing this for years? Apart from the snuff part, thatit.
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Old 30-12-2016, 20:37
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Hasn't Victoria Wood been doing this for years? Apart from the snuff part, thatit.
Not really...... Acorn Antiques was a parody of soaps, mainly Crossroads.
This episode of Inside No 9, was done in the 70's style of Tales Of The Unexpected..... and i also related Thriller and Armchair Thriller to it.
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Old 30-12-2016, 21:11
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I did love how Coogan's series gave plenty of nods to the many film and TV roots each episode paid homage to.
The episode Gatiss was in was partly inspired by the Doctor Who story The Talons of Weng-Chiang
For example, the street where the Chinese criminal's hideout was, is called 'Talons St.'
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Old 30-12-2016, 21:14
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Not really...... Acorn Antiques was a parody of soaps, mainly Crossroads.
This episode of Inside No 9, was done in the 70's style of Tales Of The Unexpected..... and i also related Thriller and Armchair Thriller to it.
Indeed, AA was a complete send-up, whereas this was a homage.
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Old 30-12-2016, 21:35
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For example, the street where the Chinese criminal's hideout was, is called 'Talons St.'
That's probably the sort of thing I'd only notice after a few showings....
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