Legend serves up 60s horror for Sundays in April

LEGEND gives April a spring, serving up a raft of Sixties vintage horror on Sunday nights plus a thrilling slate of prime-time premieres

THE VINTAGE VAULT continues to brighten up Sunday nights with its popular classic horror double-bills, including the Channel premiere of cult sci-fi comedy mystery THE TERRORNAUTS, starring Simon Oates, Charles Hawtrey and Patricia Hayes. You can also journey into the history of 60s genre cinema with Jack The Ripper thriller A STUDY IN TERROR (1965), psycho horror BLACK TORMENT (1964), DR TERROR’S HOUSE OF HORRORS (1965), starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, THE PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES (1966), Hammer’s sole foray into the Zombie genre, THE REPTILE (1966). another Hammer mid-’60s shift away from the traditional staples of Dracula and Frankenstein, THE SORCERERS (1967), the debut feature of cult-director Michael Reeves, Terence Fisher’s DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1966), FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMEN (1967), the fourth of Hammer’s Frankenstein series starring Peter Cushing and eco sci-fi chiller NIGHT OF THE BIG HEART (1967),

April’s entertaining slate of premieres is spearheaded by the UK premieres of action thrillers EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM, starring Richard Dreyfuss, and MONEY PLANE, starring Kelsey Grammer and Denise Richards.

Plus, there are Channel premieres for air highjack thriller EXECUTIVE COMMAND, starring Bryan Cranston, high-octane crime adventure AN EYE FOR AN EYE (1981), starring Chuck Norris and Christopher Lee, and tense detective thriller STANDOFF, starring Laurence Fishburne and Thomas Jane.

Full film details in transmission order:

Sat 1 April @ 21:00 – EXECUTIVE COMMAND (1997) *Channel Premiere
Sun 2 April @ 21:00 – A STUDY IN TERROR (1965) *Part of The Vintage Vault
Sun 2 April @ 22:50 – THE BLACK TORMENT (1964) *Part of The Vintage Vault
Fri 7 April @ 21:00 – AN EYE FOR AN EYE (1981) *Channel Premiere
Sun 9 April @ 21:00 – DR TERROR’S HOUSE OF HORRORS (1965) *Part of The Vintage Vault
Sun 9 April @ 22:55 – THE PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES (1966) *Part of The Vintage Vault
Fri 14 April @ 22:45 – EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM (2021) *Channel Premiere
Sat 15 April @ 21:00 – STANDOFF (2015) *Channel Premiere
Sun 16 April @ 21:00 – THE REPTILE (1966) *Part of The Vintage Vault
Sun 16 April @ 22:50 – THE SORCERERS (1967) *Part of The Vintage Vault
Sat 22 April @ 21:00 – MONEY PLANE (2020) *UK TV Premiere
Sun 23 April @ 21:00 – DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1966) *Part of The Vintage Vault
Sun 23 April @ 22:50 – FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMEN (1967) *Part of The Vintage Vault
Sat 29 April @ 21:00 – NARROW MARGIN (1990) *Channel Premiere
Sun 30 April @ 21:00 – THE TERRORNAUTS (1967) *Channel Premiere *Part of The Vintage Vault
Sun 30 April @ 22:30 – NIGHT OF THE BIG HEART (1967) *Part of The Vintage Vault

Check out Legend on Sky 148 / Virgin 149 / Freeview 41 / Freesat 137