Happy Christmas to all and if you’ve not been making too merry, Legend has some more fab films and TV series to keep the spirits up. Here are our picks you shouldn’t miss this week…
Monday December 26th, 1pm – Dr Who and the Daleks (1965)
Peter Cushing plays the big-screen alt-version of the famous Time Lord, reimagined here as a kindly old inventor. Produced by Amicus, this is visually lush and a whole load of fun. (Also screening on Sunday at 3pm)
Tuesday December 7th 1pm – Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966)
Cushing’s Doctor is back in this equally flash sequel. Bernard Cribbins, who sadly died this year, is along for the ride in this one – nearly forty years before he appeared in the regular BBC series. (Also screening on Sunday at 4.35pm)
Saturday December 31st, 9pm – The One (2001)
Jet Li stars in this all-action sci-fi film in which a police officer must kill a parallel universe version of himself to become immortal. Our editor’s favourite muscle guy, Jason Statham, also stars. Directed by Final Destination’s James Wong.
Sunday January 1st, 8.30pm The Twilight Zone – Season 1 Episode 1
It might be a whole new year, but tonight, we’re transported back to 1959 for the very first episode of Rod Serling’s timeless masterpiece. This opening story, Where Is Everybody?, sets the tone perfectly.
Sunday January 1st, 9pm – 12.30am The Vintage Vault
Legend continues to celebrate the Golden Age of genre cinema with a season of double bills. This week, Robert Powell stars in the channel premiere of the Victorian-set chiller The Asphyx (1972) in which a photographer tries to capture the moment the spirit leaves the body at death. This is followed by the Hammer classic Twins of Evil (1971), where Peter Cushing appears once more as a priest whose nieces fall under a vampire’s spell. Real-life twins Madeline and Mary Collinson play the titular sisters in the last of Hammer’s ‘Karnstein trilogy’ movies inspired by Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla.
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