Having transformed from Horror Channel, Legend delivers a delicious mix of classic horror, sci-fi, thriller, action, fantasy and suspense titles.
Saturday nights on Legend in August are trigger-happy, with four action-packed premieres. First up is the channel premiere of AN EYE FOR AN EYE, a classic Western revenge drama by Michael D. Moore that stars Robert Lancing and Slim Pickens. Next is Robert Altman’s acclaimed revisionist Western BUFFALO BILL & THE INDIANS, starring Paul Newman, Burt Lancaster, Geraldine Chaplin and Harvey Keitel. August also brings us Stanley Baker, Frank Finlay and Barry Foster in the channel premiere of Peter Yates’ superior crime thriller ROBBERY, and Legend rounds off August with the UK TV premiere of CODE NAME: GEROMINO, John Stockwell’s explosive military thriller starring Tom Sizemore.
The popular strand THE VINTAGE VAULT continues in August with double bills of classic sci-fi and horror films every Sunday night. The vault is unlocked on Sunday August 7th with THE CHANGELING, Peter Medak’s classic supernatural horror starring George C. Scott. If that isn’t enough skin-crawling for you, follow it up with David Cronenberg’s early body-horror shocker THE BROOD, starring Oliver Reed and Samantha Eggar. The following Sundays boast some of the greatest genre movies of all time. John
Carpenter’s THE FOG, Joe Dante’s werewolf cult hit THE HOWLING, David Cronenberg’s body horror masterpiece SCANNERS, Tony Maylam’s THE BURNING all spill across your screen, as does John Carpenter’s brilliant body-mangling monster horror THE THING with Kurt Russell at his most Kurt Russellness and Cronenberg’s the equally brilliant VIDEODROME with acclaimed performances from James Woods and music legend, Deborah Harry.
Full film details in transmission order:
Saturday 6 August @ 21:00 – AN EYE FOR AN EYE (1966) *Channel Premiere
Talion is hunting for the murderers of his family, Ike Slant and his gang, and teams up with youthful bounty hunter, Benny. A fight with the killers goes badly for our heroes as Benny is blinded and Talion’s hand shattered. To overcome these injuries, Benny learns to shoot according to Talion’s shouted command.
Sunday 7 August @ 21:00 – THE CHANGELING (1980) PART OF THE VINTAGE VAULT
Following the death of his wife and child in a car accident, composer John Russell retires to an old, unoccupied mansion. But John’s hopes of peace and quiet prove unfulfilled, as he finds himself regularly disturbed by a haunting presence in the house. John begins to research the house’s past and soon finds that the secrets of the living can be even more terrible than those of the dead.
Sunday 7 August @ 23:05 – THE BROOD (1979) PART OF THE VINTAGE VAULT
Frank Carveth is concerned about his ex-wife Nola’s secretive treatment at the mysterious Somafree Institute of Psychoplasmics. The unorthodox therapy administered by its director Dr Raglan unleashes his patients’ rage which then manifests physically. As Frank delves deeper his discoveries become increasingly horrific and repellent.
Saturday 13 August @ 21:00 – BUFFALO BILL & THE INDIANS (1976) Channel Premiere
In 1885, Buffalo Bill is a renowned hero in America. His famous “Wild West Show”, known all over the country, is organised by his brilliant manager, Nate Salsbury. But off stage, Bill drinks and continually seeks new mistresses, while trying to maintain his prestige. When he calls Sitting Bull for help to improve his show, trouble soon begins…
Sunday 14 August @ 21:00 – THE FOG (1980) PART OF THE VINTAGE VAULT
A Northern California fishing town, built 100 years ago over an old leper colony, houses a dark past. This past returns in menacing form when a killer fog rolls into town containing zombie-like ghosts who seek revenge for their deaths.
Sunday 14 August @ 22:50 – THE HOWLING (1981) PART OF THE VINTAGE VAULT
When a reporter is attacked by a notorious serial killer, she heads to ‘The Colony’, a remote mountain resort, to get over her trauma. But the Colony proves less than soothing when the residents start to exhibit lupine qualities.
Saturday 20 August @ 21:00 – ROBBERY (1967) *Channel Premiere
Based on the infamous Great Train Robbery, Paul Clifton assembles a crew to carry out a daring heist from a government mail train travelling from Scotland to London. Everything goes to plan unforeseen events conspire against the crew and send them into the clutches of the police. Clifton however seeks to escape the country using a false identity.
Sunday 21 August @ 21:00 – SCANNERS (1981) PART OF THE VINTAGE VAULT
Drifter Cameron Vale is plagued by incessant voices in his head. He is a Scanner, one of a group of people with extraordinary powers who can read minds and even tear them apart. He is discovered by a scientist aiming to help his kind adapt to society. However, an
underground movement of Scanners led by the psychotic Derryl Revok has other intentions and the ultimate clash of minds awaits.
Sunday 21 August @ 23:05 – THE BURNING (1981) PART OF THE VINTAGE VAULT
At summer camp, teenagers pull a prank on the camp’s caretaker, Cropsy, only for it to go terribly wrong. After setting Cropsy on fire and rather than face the consequences of their actions, the teens leave Cropsy for dead. But years later, the burned and disfigured caretaker returns to camp to unleash his particular brand of vengeance, armed with his trusty shears.
Saturday 27 August @ 21:00 – CODE NAME: GEROMINO (2012) UK Premiere
Seal Team 8 must fight their way through the Congo to defuse one of the greatest threats the world has ever known.
Sunday 28 August @ 21:00 – THE THING (1982) PART OF THE VINTAGE VAULT
A group of American scientists at an Antarctic research station are disturbed by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks them and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. Helicopter pilot MacReady leads the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature.
Sunday 28 August @ 23:05 – VIDEODROME (1983) PART OF THE VINTAGE VAULT
Visionary filmmaker David Cronenberg directs this delightfully bizarre film about a television programmer who stumbles onto a sadomasochistic video stream that alters his body and reality.
Sky 148 / Virgin 149 / Freeview 41 / Freesat 137
