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Michael Gough , Vickery Turner in The Need for Nightmare
Where did the great 19th-century writers of horror-Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson , Bram Stoker , and Edgar Allan Poe find the inspiration for their horrifying stories? In almost every case it was in a nightmare. From these nightmares came: Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Dracula, and the many gruesome tales of Poe.
This Omnibus drama/documentary examines the moment of inspiration for these great works and asks why these stories of man-made monsters, vampires, alter egos and ghastly events have such a powerful attraction.
Film cameraman JOHN HOOPER Film editor DAVID NADEN
Written by ROBERT MULLER
Executive producer MIKE WOOLLER Director HARLEY COKLISS

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Gough
Unknown:
Vickery Turner
Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Unknown:
Bram Stoker
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Edgar Allan Poe
Unknown:
John Hooper
Written By:
Robert Muller
Producer:
Mike Wooller
Director:
Harley Cokliss
R L Stevenson:
Laurence Carter
Fanny Stevenson:
Lisa Daniely
Young Stevenson:
Wayne Brooks
Bram Stoker:
Dominic Allan
Edgar Allan Poe:
Ben Kingsley
Virginia Poe:
Rosalyn Landor
Mary Shelley:
Vickery Turner
Shadow of the Monster:
David Prowse
Source: Radio Times

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