EPISODE · Apr 24, 2021 · 1H 13M
9 - Death Line (1972) aka Raw Meat
from General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast
Late one night at the Russell Square station in the London Underground, university students Patricia and her American exchange student boyfriend Alex find an unconscious man on the stairwell. Fearing that he may be diabetic, Patricia checks his wallet and finds a card that reads James Manfred, OBE. They inform a police officer, but find that Manfred has vanished. Inspector Calhoun is assigned to look into the disappearance. Calhoun questions Alex and suggests that he and Patricia robbed the man.Calhoun's colleague tells him about the history of the London Underground, particularly the Victorian railway workers who constructed the tunnels under dire conditions, and an urban legend that a group of descendants who survived an 1892 cave-in still live belowground. Meanwhile, one of the last surviving members of a family of these railway workers watches his pregnant female companion die; they have survived in the underground by resorting to cannibalism of the patrons. In an empty chamber, Manfred's body lies, mutilated. The man, now left in complete solitude, goes into a brutal murderous rage!.Death Line premiered in London on November 17, 1972 as a double bill with The Triple Echo and was later released in the United States under the title Raw Meat on October 3, 1973 in an edited cut to avoid an X rating.Something HorrificParasitehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xH0HfJHsaYCallshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfpzdSJlv6oNosferatuhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Rachk7ipIMy Best Fiendhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lae8FewbnuU$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$Just in case anyone has too much money and wants to give a bit to us to help with our hosting n stuff. It would be amazing if you fancied sending us some pennies - thank you.https://supporter.acast.com/general-witchfinders$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/general-witchfinders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Late one night at the Russell Square station in the London Underground, university students Patricia and her American exchange student boyfriend Alex find an unconscious man on the stairwell. Fearing that he may be diabetic, Patricia checks his wallet and finds a card that reads James Manfred, OBE. They inform a police officer, but find that Manfred has vanished. Inspector Calhoun is assigned to look into the disappearance. Calhoun questions Alex and suggests that he and Patricia robbed the man.Calhoun's colleague tells him about the history of the London Underground, particularly the Victorian railway workers who constructed the tunnels under dire conditions, and an urban legend that a group of descendants who survived an 1892 cave-in still live belowground. Meanwhile, one of the last surviving members of a family of these railway workers watches his pregnant female companion die; they have survived in the underground by resorting to cannibalism of the patrons. In an empty chamber, Manfred's body lies, mutilated. The man, now left in complete solitude, goes into a brutal murderous rage!.Death Line premiered in London on November 17, 1972 as a double bill with The Triple Echo and was later released in the United States under the title Raw Meat on October 3, 1973 in an edited cut to avoid an X rating.Something HorrificParasitehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xH0HfJHsaYCallshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfpzdSJlv6oNosferatuhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Rachk7ipIMy Best Fiendhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lae8FewbnuU$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$Just in case anyone has too much money and wants to give a bit to us to help with our hosting n stuff. It would be amazing if you fancied sending us some pennies - thank you.https://supporter.acast.com/general-witchfinders$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$£$Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/general-witchfinders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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