Armchair Thriller Vol.7 - The Circe Complex DVD

With memorable and unsettling opening credits and exceptional performances and direction Armchair Thriller became a massive hit for Thames Television in the late 1970s and early 1980s. With its trademark ghoulish razor-sharp cliff hangers and iconic theme tune (by Roxy Music's Andy Mackay) this haunting anthology series was an immediate success its eerie disturbing and downright scary tales regularly attracting over 15 million viewers. Each of its ten stories is a gripping exercise in compelling television showing ordinary people plunged into extraordinary situations.... For many this series remains a high-watermark of dramatic television and its many frightening and spooky moments are remembered by viewers nearly thirty years after its original transmission. The Circe Complex: Tom Foreman has hidden ''400 000 worth of jewellery from a robbery and is now in prison but his wife Val has a plan for aiding his escape. In prison Tom's health begins to deteriorate and is finished off by his cell-mate Ollie Milton. But Ollie soon starts showing hints on insanity and he is driven mad trying to decipher the meaning behind Tom's last words on the whereabouts of the loot. [show more]

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