Anyone familiar with the British comedy troupe, The League of Gentlemen, should be well aware of their love of the macabre. The group's work is rife with references to classic terror films, and both their eponymous television series and its follow-up feature often veered into outright horror at times. The League has kept up their interest in spooky stuff with various projects as a team or individuals (I'm still trying to track down a copy of their DVD commentary for Blood on Satan's Claw), and I'll be sharing a few of them in the next couple of days. First up are a two radio programs recorded in actual haunted houses.
Reece Shearsmith's Haunted House is a roundtable discussion of horror media recorded live at Sutton House in London and broadcast in two parts by the BBC in October, 2009. Among the panelists are comedian Vic Reeves, ghost hostess/charlatan Yvette Fielding, and Reece's fellow League member Mark Gatiss. The show features highlights from great horror films as well as rare clips from classic UK radio and television programs.
Also on offer is The League of Gentlemen's Ghost Chase, in which the gang attempt to stay the night at the most haunted hotel in the UK. Although the team all profess to be non-believers, it's interesting to see how things work out when each is alone in a creepy old manor with only a tape recorder for company. I felt their pain; I'm a skeptic, too, but I am also a chickenshit.
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