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Fear on 4

By: BBC, Various
Narrated by: Anna Massey, Bernard Cribbins, Edward de Souza, full cast, Imelda Staunton, Sean Barrett, Thora Hird
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An unsettling collection of full-cast dramas from the long-running BBC Radio 4 horror series.

Throughout five series of Fear on 4 from 1988-1997, Edward de Souza was The Man in Black, a sinister raconteur who introduced a weekly half hour of terror and suspense. Here, he welcomes us to his house of horrors as he presents 13 terrifying tales that will make your flesh crawl.

The Snowman Killing by J C W Brook
Green and Pleasant by Bert Coules
Survival by John Wyndham
Soul Searching by Martyn Wade
The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
By the River, Fontainebleau by Stephen Gallagher
The Face by E F Benson
The Monkey’s Revenge by Guy Jenkin
Fat Andy by Stephen Dunstone
The Journey Home by Bert Coules
Dead Man’s Boots by William Ingram
The Judge’s House by Bram Stoker

With eerie sound effects that enhance the atmosphere of dread, these bloodcurdling adaptations run the gamut from the mysterious to the macabre. With superb casts including Imelda Staunton, Bernard Cribbins, Anna Massey, Thora Hird and Sean Barrett.

©2018 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2018 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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was pretty good.

it was very outdated but still good, but im assuming the outdatedness was due to the time it was originally written.

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Annoying

They all end up sounding the same
Hysterical women
Robotic sounding males
Poor sound quality

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Mediocre "Twilight Zone"

There are a couple of decent episodes, but the other 11 fall flat. The overall tone is macabre and melodramatic, without wit or genuine chills. It is hard to recommend it, even to fans of radio horror.

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Not For Me But Not Bad Performances

The subjects and stories of this collection were hit and miss for me. Some were a little too morose but all were not as compelling as I was hoping. The performances were pretty good, not great. I found my mind wandering and I wasn't fully drawn in by them.

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