8.050 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestA young man describes his amorous encounter with, and escape from, a vampiric lady in Eastern Europe. But if this all happened so long ago, why does the storyteller still seem so youthful?
Supernatural is a 1977 British anthology television programme broadcast on BBC One. Each episode follows the Club of the Damned, where a prospective member is required to tell a horror story, and their application would be judged on how fright factor. Applicants who fail to tell a sufficiently frightening story are killed.
Writing
Meta-horror framing device decades before Black Mirror
Production
BBC austerity creates maximum dread on shoestring
Acting
Posh British terror delivered through pursed lips
Creator
Paul Müller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Only 6 of 8 episodes survive in the BBC archives; Episodes 2 and 7 are considered lost forever, making complete viewing literally impossible.
This predates Tales from the Crypt by 13 years with nearly identical framing—British TV invented the 'judgment horror anthology' and Americans got the credit.
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