Bradbury's Chamber of Horrors
Bradbury's Chamber of Horrors (Original title: The Ray Bradbury Theater ) is a US-American - Canadian - British - French - New Zealand science fiction - and fantasy - television series . From 1985 to 1992 a total of 65 episodes were produced in six seasons, the first six episodes of which were broadcast on HBO and the rest on USA Network . The idea for the series came from actor Larry Wilcox and his producer Mark Massari, who both also became producers of the series after proposing the project to Ray Bradbury in 1984 . The filming locations were in England, Canada, New Zealand and France.
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All of the scripts in the series are written by Ray Bradbury. As an executive producer, he had been granted complete artistic freedom . Bradbury therefore used either his original short stories as a template or combined elements of various short stories of his own for the scripts . Each episode begins with an intro spoken by Bradbury himself:
People ask where do you get your ideas. Well right here. All this is my Martian landscape. Somewhere in this room is an African veldt. Just beyond perhaps is a small Illinois town where I grew up. And I'm surrounded on every side by my magicians toyshop. I'll never starve here. I just look around, find what I need, and begin. I'm Ray Bradbury, and this is "The Ray Bradbury Theater".
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The series was broadcast in Canada and the United States from 1985. The first three German episodes were dubbed by ARD in 1988 under the title Bradbury Trilogy and broadcast in the evening program. In 1991 and 1992, 45 more episodes were dubbed by Tele 5 and broadcast under the new series title Bradburys Horror Cabinet , apparently the three episodes of ARD were re-dubbed. As far as known so far, there has been no re-broadcast since then (2012).
Directors
Randy Bradshaw , Roger Tompkins , John Laing , Costa Botes , Brad Turner (Director) , Lee Tamahori , Paul Lynch , Bruce Pittman , Tom Cotter , Bruce McDonald , Ian Mune , Peter Sharp , John Philip Dayton , Anne Wheeler .
actor
On the series worked u. a. the following actors with: James Coco , William Shatner , Peter O'Toole , Patrick Macnee , Jeff Goldblum , Drew Barrymore , Hal Linden , Michael Ironside , Robert Vaughn , Eugene Levy , Saul Rubinek , Donald Pleasence , Denholm Elliott , David Ogden Stiers , John Saxon , Harold Gould , Bruce Weitz , Barry Morse , Eddie Albert , David Carradine , Sally Kellerman , Vincent Gardenia , Robert Culp , Shawn Ashmore , Richard Benjamin , John Vernon , Elliott Gould , Tyne Daly , Lucy Lawless , Jean Stapleton , Marc Singer , Michael Hurst , Louise Fletcher , Magali Noël , John Glover , Howard Hesseman and Shelley Duvall .
Episodes
Bradbury trilogy
- Die Marionetten AG (Marionettes, Inc.), German first broadcast: January 5, 1988 ARD
- A Stranger in the City (The Playground) January 12, 1988.
- The Crowd, January 19, 1988.
Bradbury's Chamber of Horrors
- Das Mörderlein (The small assassin), German first broadcast September 7, 1991, Tele 5.
- Punishment without crime, September 14, 1991
- The coffin, September 21, 1991.
- There was an old woman, September 28, 1991.
- Fingerprints (The fruit of the bottom of the bowl), October 5, 1991.
- The skeleton, October 12, 1991.
- The emissary, October 19, 1991.
- Harmless game (Gotcha), October 26, 1991.
- The man upstairs, November 2, 1991
- Orient Express to the North (On the Orient, North), November 9, 1991.
- King of the Lizards (Tyrannosaurus Rex), November 16, 1991.
- The evil end of Riabouchinska (And so died Riabouchinska), November 23, 1991.
- Marionettes (Marionettes, Inc.) November 30, 1991.
- The playgrounds, December 7, 1991.
- Messenger of Death (Banshee), December 14, 1991, Tele 5
- The crowd, December 21, 1991.
- The screaming woman, December 28, 1991.
- Exorcism, January 4, 1992.
- The long years, May 31, 1992.
- The Fall of the House of Usher 2 (Usher II), June 7, 1992.
- Das Wundersame Harpenspiel (The day it rained forever), June 14, 1992.
- The black ferris, June 21, 1992.
- A touch of petulance, June 28, 1992.
- The murderer, July 5, 1992.
- Touched with fire, 102 degrees Fahrenheit, July 12, 1992.
- The Toynbee convector, July 19, 1992.
- The invasion of the giant mushrooms (Boys! Raise giant mushrooms in your cellar!), November 9, 1992.
- To the Chicago abyss, November 10, 1992
- The dwarf, November 11, 1992.
- Hail and farewell, November 12, 1992.
- The haunting of the new, November 13, 1992.
- The lake, November 16, 1992.
- A miracle of rare device, November 17, 1992.
- The pedestrian, November 18, 1992.
- A sound like Donnerhall (A sound of thunder), November 19, 1992.
- The steppe (The veldt), November 20, 1992.
- The wind, November 23, 1992.
- The wonderful death of Dudley Stone, November 24, 1992.
- Two souls, one poem, November 25, 1992.
- Encounter on Mars, November 26, 1992.
- Fast Food for Mars, November 27, 1992.
- The jar, November 30, 1992.
- Die Poisonmischerin (Let's play poison), December 1, 1992.
- Zero hour, December 2, 1992.
- Mummenschanz (Colonel Stonesteel and the desperate empties), December 3, 1992.
- The lonely one, December 4, 1992.
- The Martian, December 7, 1992.
- The utterly perfect murder, December 8, 1992.
Complete list of original episodes with first broadcast dates
- Marionettes, Inc., May 21, 1985
- The Playground, June 4, 1985
- The Crowd, July 2, 1985
- The Town Where No One Got Off, February 22, 1986
- The Screaming Woman, February 22, 1986
- Banshee, February 22, 1986
- The Fruit At the Bottom of the Bowl, January 23, 1988
- Skeleton, February 6, 1988
- The Emissary, February 13, 1988
- Gotcha! 20th of February 1988
- The Man Upstairs, March 5, 1988
- The Small Assassin, April 9, 1988
- Punishment Without Crime, April 16, 1988
- On the Orient, North, April 29, 1988
- The Coffin, May 7, 1988
- Tyrannosaurus Rex, May 14, 1988
- There Was an Old Woman, May 21, 1988
- And So Died Riabouchinska, May 28, 1988
- The Dwarf, July 7, 1988
- A Miracle of Rare Device, July 14, 1989
- The Lake, July 21, 1989
- The Wind, July 28, 1989
- The Pedestrian, August 4, 1989
- A Sound of Thunder, August 11, 1989
- The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone, August 18, 1989
- The Haunting of the New, September 15, 1989
- To the Chicago Abyss, September 22, 1989
- Hail and Farewell, September 30, 1989
- The Veldt, November 10, 1989
- Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar! November 17, 1989
- Mars Is Heaven, July 20, 1990
- The Murderer, July 27, 1990
- Touched With Fire, August 3, 1990
- The Black Ferris, August 10, 1990
- Usher II, August 17, 1990
- Touch of Petulance, October 12, 1990
- And the Moon Be Still As Bright, October 19, 1990
- The Toynbee Convector, October 26, 1990
- Exorcism, November 2, 1990
- The Day it Rained Forever, November 9, 1990
- The Long Years, November 16, 1990
- Here There Be Tygers, November 30, 1990
- The Earthmen, January 3, 1992
- Zero Hour, January 10, 1992
- The Jar, January 17, 1992
- Colonel Stonesteel and the "Desperate Empties", Jan. 24, 1992
- The Concrete Mixer, January 31, 1992
- The Utterly Perfect Murder, February 7, 1992
- Let's Play Poison, February 14, 1992
- The Martian, February 21, 1992
- The Lonely One, July 10, 1992
- The Happiness Machine, July 17, 1992
- Tomorrow's Child, August 14, 1992
- The Anthem Sprinters, August 21, 1992
- By the Numbers, September 11, 1992
- The Long Rain, September 19, 1992
- The Dead Man, September 26, 1992
- Sun and Shadow, October 3, 1992
- Silent Towns, October 10, 1992
- Downwind From Gettysburg, October 17th, 1992
- Some Live Like Lazarus, October 24, 1992
- The Handler, October 27, 1992
- Fee Fie Foe Fum, October 28, 1992
- Great Wide World Over There, October 29, 1992
- The Tombstone, October 30, 1992
literature
- Sam Weller: The Bradbury Chronicles. The life of Ray Bradbury , New York (Morrow) 2005, pp. 310-316. ISBN 978-0-06-054581-9
Individual evidence
- ^ The Ray Bradbury Theater. In: imdb.de. Accessed November 24, 2012 (German).
Web links
- Bradbury's chamber of horrors in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Information about the series at Fernsehserien.de