Child's Play

'Hammer House of Mystery' was one of my favorite TV series (British). And this episode stands out as one of the best, as well as the creepiest. see the entire series if u can, and DON'T miss this one. Actually, there is a pretty basic existential question at the heart of this film, but it is rarely handled with such precision or finesse.

A made-for-TV movie that is simply better than 95% of fantasy and horror works we can see in movie theaters.The story progresses slowly but inexorably and fear never leaves the viewer.It might have had a big influence on "cube" and it might possibly be better,because it deals with every day life and features an ending you'll never guess!Close to the fifties great works such as "the incredible shrinking man" ,"child's play " is absolutely brilliant.

And at a time when "unexpected ends" often come at the most awkward moment,this ending will leave you on the edge of your seat.At once simple and terrifying.

British TV movie, made by Hammer Films for their second series "Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense", does a good job slowly building up the characters' fear without making it feel like things are moving at a snail's pace. Nearly all of its 70 minute run time is spent on the characters attempting various methods of escape and theorizing on who (or what) has trapped them and why.

Other occurrences soon indicate their predicament is even stranger than it appears, such as a mysterious slime oozing into one area of the house, characters suddenly losing feeling/use of a limb for no apparent reason, and total memory loss of major life events.

Always the pessimist, I fully expected the coda to all this to drop the ball. All I'll say is that it definitely does not. If you want to see something a little different and actually driven by its story (something increasingly rare) this is well worth checking out and a perfect example of how horror can best utilize the made-for-TV format.

I may now have given the film Await further instructions such a positive review had I seen this first. All of the creation and imagination was actually done her first.

The idea is fantastic, a family wake up to discover they're walled in, that they're family home is seemingly encased in lead, no means of escape, and it's getting hotter.

We see a symbol on the television, on the tins of food, and even on the badge of the car, it's all very mysterious.

The ending comes as a massive surprise, transmitted in 1984, this is creepy, claustrophobic and incredibly imaginative, in a month of Sundays I wouldn't have seen that ending coming.

It's no wonder they went on to use the premise of the story in Await further instructions.

I've only seen a few episodes from the series, and this is the best of the lot. Loved it. 9/10

I am just revisiting the whole of the hammer series and I have got to say this really is top notch! It grabs your attention straight away and is miles better than any of the Hollywood junk being churned out today.