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Five Films to Check Out on Legend This Week – 010822

Written By:

Martin Unsworth
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How is it August already? Time might fly, but that doesn’t stop us from having things to look forward to – like our picks for what to watch on Legend this week…

 

 

Tuesday August 2nd, 11.20pm – Night Drive (2018)

A.J. Bowen is a frustrated software developer forced to take a job as a rideshare driver who has the weirdest night of his life when he picks up Sophie Dalah. Don’t miss this fun and surprising little shocker!

 

 

Thursday August 4th, 9pm – The Resident (2011)  

A latter-day Hammer film starring Hilary Swank, who feels she’s being watched in her new apartment. Jeffrey Dean Morgan also appears as well as a cameo from Christopher Lee.

 

 

Friday August 5th, 9pm – Christine (1983)

A possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury is the focus of this John Carpenter film based on a Stephen King story. Followed by another King adaptation, Sleepwalkers (1992)

 

 

Saturday August 6th, 10am – 3pm – Special Unit 2

Here’s a chance to catch up with the sci-fi comedy series as all of this week’s episodes are shown back-to-back. Kicking off with the first episode, in which the department begins their quest for ‘links’, monsters from folklore and mythology.

 

 

Sunday August 7th, 9pm – 12.55am The Vintage Vault

Legend continues to celebrate the Golden Age of genre cinema with a season of double bills. This week, George C. Scott begins to feel a ghostly presence in a large, secluded house in The Changeling (1980). This is followed by David Cronenberg’s body-horror The Brood (1979), starring Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, and Art Hindle.

Find out more information at https://www.legend-tv.co.uk/

Tune into Legend on Sky 317, Virgin 149, Freeview 41, Freesat 138.

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