- published: 14 Feb 2014
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Penny dreadful is a pejorative term used to refer to cheap popular serial literature produced during the nineteenth century in the United Kingdom. The term is roughly interchangeable with penny horrible, penny awful, and penny blood. The term typically referred to a story published in weekly parts, each costing one (old) penny. The subject matter of these stories was typically sensational, focusing on the exploits of detectives, criminals, or supernatural entities. Whilst the term "penny dreadful" was originally used in reference to a specific type of literature circulating in mid-Victorian Britain, it latterly encompassed a variety of publications that featured cheap sensational fiction, such as story papers and booklet "libraries". The penny dreadfuls were printed on cheap wood pulp paper and were aimed at young working class males.
Victorian Britain experienced social changes that resulted in increased literacy rates. With the rise of capitalism and industrialisation, people began to spend more money on entertainment, contributing to the popularisation of the novel. Improvements in printing resulted in newspapers such as Joseph Addison’s The Spectator and Richard Steele’s The Tatler, and England's more fully recognizing the singular concept of reading as a form of leisure; it was, of itself, a new industry. Other significant changes included industrialisation and an increased capacity for travel via the invention of tracks, engines, and the corresponding railway distribution.
Actors: Nick Everhart (director), Nick Everhart (editor), Nick Everhart (writer), Leigh Scott (writer), Nick Everhart (producer), Leigh Scott (director), Devanny Pinn (actress), Jeffrey Combs (actor), Theodore Bouloukos (actor), Leigh Scott (producer), Sid Haig (actor), Barry Ratcliffe (actor), Al Snow (actor), Eliza Swenson (composer), Eliza Swenson (writer),
Plot: Daffy undead gal Penny Dreadful, her smitten zombie buddy Ned, and lycanthrope Wolfboy relate three tales of terror in an old rundown movie theater: A young couple find themselves being stalked by a lethal jack-in-the-box in "Slash-in-the-Box;" mousy young lady Alice tries to figure out what exactly happened to her last night in "The Morning After;" and a group of friends encounter an eccentric backwoods family after their van breaks down in the middle of nowhere in "The Slaughter House."
Genres: Horror,Actors: Cameron McCasland (producer), Cameron McCasland (director), Larry Underwood (actor), Larry Underwood (producer), Larry Underwood (writer), Larry Underwood (editor), Danielle Gelehrter (writer), Danielle Gelehrter (actress), Danielle Gelehrter (producer), Rebecca Paiva (editor), Rebecca Paiva (producer), Rebecca Paiva (director),
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Short,Actors: Cameron McCasland (director), Cameron McCasland (producer), Cameron McCasland (actor), Shawn C. Phillips (actor), Larry Underwood (writer), Larry Underwood (producer), Larry Underwood (writer), Larry Underwood (actor), Larry Underwood (editor), Richard Dyszel (actor), Danielle Gelehrter (writer), Danielle Gelehrter (actress), Danielle Gelehrter (producer), Danielle Gelehrter (writer), Brendan Mitchell (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi,Actors: Chris Butler (actor), Alasdair Beckett-King (writer), Alasdair Beckett-King (director), Fleur Poad (actress), Robin Swailes (producer), Martin Batchelar (composer), Joyce Greenaway (actress), Stephanie Trainer (editor), Louiza Rabouhi Kilcawley (costume designer),
Plot: Dreadful Bazaar is the Gothic tale of a family secret hidden in a dolls' house. Penny Dreadful runs an antiques shop full of exotic mysteries. She is shaken when her poisonous brother Mowbury returns, with the idea of playing family. Unless she can outwit Mowbury, the guilt they share will bind Penny to him forever.
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Short,Actors: Tom Savini (actor), Cassandra Peterson (actress), John Kassir (actor), Joel Hodgson (actor), John Kassir (actor), Leonard Maltin (actor), Tim Conway (actor), Donald F. Glut (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Forrest J Ackerman (actor), Curtis Armstrong (actor), Chris Gore (actor), Neil Gaiman (actor), Joel Thingvall (miscellaneous crew), Phil Tippett (actor),
Plot: American Scary is a look at the nation's tradition of horror hosting, from Ghoulardi to Ghoul-A-Go-Go. Follow this American folk art form from its glamorous beginnings, through repeated waves of popularity, to its scrappy resurgence and survival in the age of cable access and the Internet.
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, actor, author, cameraman, cleveland-ohio, coffinActors: Deborah Dutch (actress), Cassandra Peterson (actress), Julie Strain (actress), David J. Skal (actor), Forrest J Ackerman (actor), Debbie Rochon (actress), Sid Haig (actor), Lloyd Kaufman (actor), Bill Moseley (actor), Kevin Eastman (actor), Ari Lehman (composer), Vampira (actress), Smokey Miles (actor), John Zacherle (miscellaneous crew), John Zacherle (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Danielle Gelehrter (producer), Danielle Gelehrter (writer), Danielle Gelehrter (actress), Rebecca Paiva (director), Rebecca Paiva (writer), Rebecca Paiva (producer), Rebecca Paiva (actress), Rebecca Paiva (editor), Magoo Gelehrter (producer), Magoo Gelehrter (actor), Ivan Bernier (writer), Ivan Bernier (actor), Ivan Bernier (producer),
Genres: Horror,Forgive me if I'm out of order -
This new 'music' has no soul
It may be good for making money,
Sadly that is not my goal
Integrity and honesty are words that you don't understand,
but you're the best - it says so in the penny dreadful in your hand
I saw you in a magazine,
They're calling you messiah
They must be living in a dream -
they couldn't be more wrong
If we'd played this riff more punk
Then maybe we'd have had a million seller
But this piper's tune is not for sale,
I'm glad to say I'm not that kind of fella
D.J.s, V.J.s, pimps and trollops,
Never mind music - this is bollocks
I saw you in a magazine,
They're calling you messiah
They must be living in a dream -
They couldn't be more wrong.
Turn on, tune up, cash in, sell out
Turn on, tune up, cash in, sell out
Stand your ground behind the times -
And refuse to follow fashion
Write your poetry with anger,
And then sing it with a passion
Painted faces in a circus - images that spring to mind,
When I read my penny dreadful filled with pictures of your kind
I saw you in a magazine,
They're calling you messiah
They must be living in a dream -
They couldn't be more wrong
Commercial suicide's appealing after
Ten years on this losing streak
'Cause I'd rather be called sour and bitter
Than be deemed the flavour of the weak
Of the weak, of the weak
Weak of the weak
I saw you in a magazine,
They're calling you messiah
They must be living in a dream -
They couldn't be more wrong
Extra, extra, read all about it!
I saw you in a magazine,
They're calling you messiah
They must be living in a dream -