The Frighteners

S01E02: The Night of the Stag

Ginny receives a phone call from her lover, Mike, telling her that it is over between them. He is calling from the pub where he is celebrating his stag night. Ginny convinces Mike that they should spend one more night together before his wedding the next morning.

Overview

A horror anthology series, with each episode featuring a different eerie tale.

Episodes

S01E01 The Minder

July 7, 1972 30 min
A daring jailbreak is planned - but does Bender mastermind the escape of his boss out of loyalty, or a more sinister motive?

S01E02 The Night of the Stag

July 14, 1972 30 min
Ginny receives a phone call from her lover, Mike, telling her that it is over between them. He is calling from the pub where he is celebrating his stag night. Ginny convinces Mike that they...

S01E03 Old Comrades

July 21, 1972 30 min
A retired army Sergeant receives an unexpected visit from two of his former unit members who seem to have some unfinished business with him.

S01E04 The Manipulators

July 28, 1972 30 min
A lecture on Pavlov's Dogs. A room full of women being computer-tested for their typing skills. Two blokes, in a flat above a butchers' shop have been watching the young couple in the flat opposite,...

S01E05 The Disappearing Man

August 4, 1972 30 min
A tired and worried man fails to see his reflection in a train window. He comes to the conclusion that he is being ignored in life because he is disappearing from the world.

S01E06 Firing Squad

August 11, 1972 30 min
A mercenary returns to the UK having switched sides in a coup and discovers his former associates waiting for him, looking for revenge.

S01E07 Miss Mouse

August 25, 1972 30 min
A hen-pecked husband brings his marriage to a life-changing conclusion one evening after a night out with his wife. Meanwhile their neighbour, Miss Mouse, hears everything via the intercom she uses for babysitting their child.

S01E08 The Treat

September 1, 1972 30 min
It was meant to be a great day out for three veterans and the male nurse. But their uneasy friendship soon became savage enmity.

S01E09 Bed and Breakfast

September 8, 1972 30 min
The Ashworths arrive at Cartwright's remote country house and place a board outside indicating the place is a hotel. They then demand that Cartwright gives them rooms for the night.

S01E10 You Remind Me of Someone

September 23, 1972 30 min
A lorry driver starts to become uneasy about the conversation he is having with his hitch hiker companion Norris and decides it's time for him to leave

S01E11 The Classroom

May 13, 1973 30 min
A teacher is about to retire,very popular with pupils but there is an exception.

S01E12 Glad to Be of Help

May 20, 1973 30 min
An MP, skilled in solving problems, finds his expertise begins to fail in the face of a routine interview that slowly turns into a meeting of mounting menace.

S01E13 Have a Nice Time at the Zoo, Darling

June 3, 1973 30 min
A man has been watching attractive, thirteen-year-old Ruth. When they meet face-to-face, heart-rending mistakes of the past are revealed - but what of the future?

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