Happy Halloween.
For the final installment of our spooky Norfolk Halloween countdown, we are going to talk about 'filmed in Norfolk'.
If you want to watch some spookiness on your TV and to spot places you know in Norfolk, maybe you can hunt out the following:
Tales of the unexpected. So this dramatisation of Raul Dl's collection of short Stories was filmed almost entirely in East Anglia, from 1979 to 1988. The recurring opening from the famous author of Fireside Dialogue was filmed at the Magdalen Studios in Central Norwich, now epic Studios.
Innumerable other Norfolk locations were put to good use throughout shooting, including Oxborough Hall, Upper St. Giles Street, Bowthorpe Cemetery, and Thetford Forest.
Most Haunted, oh, now, this was a fave of ours back in the day.
Not that long ago, actually, but yeah, filmed a multi-day live broadcast event titled Most Haunted Live, The Silent Town, at the abandoned RAF West Raynham military base in Norfolk in January 2010. They reported odd temperature drops, unexplained noises, and shadows in the empty corridors and hangers.
Most Haunted also filmed an episode at Cromer Pier and the Pavilion Theatre that first aired on December 8, 2009.
Backstage crew and staff reported seeing the apparition of an actress named Elizabeth, who supposedly wears an Elizabethan style costume or period dress and walks down a corridor before vanishing. The investigators and staff noted uneasy presences, odd noises, and unexplained cold spots inside the Pavilion Theatre's seating area and stage. I think if you look definitely on YouTube, you can find that episode of Most Wed at Cromer Per.
Yeah, definitely you can.
Yeah, because I've watched it relatively recently. So it's, yeah, it's worth a look.
Others for our watch list are Witchfinder General - made in 1968, a classic British folk horror - music to my ears 'folk horror' - shot on location in Norfolk, including Castle Acre. It follows a brutal real life witch hunter traversing the grim English civil war landscape of East Anglia. Very atmospheric. We will look that.
A warning to the curious, made in 1972, a legendary BBC ghost story adaptation of the M.R. James tale. Ooh, love a bit of M.R. James. Perfect Halloween fodder.
It features eerie coastal Norfolk locations in including Happisburgh, using St Mary's Church and Waxham. It's all about an amateur archeologist haunted after unearthing an ancient Anglo- Saxon crown. Perfect.
Two newer films include Possum, made in 2018, said to be a deeply psychological, surreal horror thriller, written and directed by Matthew Holmes. It stars Sean Harris as a disgraced puppeteer, returning to a derelict, shadowy childhood home in Norfolk, where he's tormented by a terrifying spider like marionette. Oh, my God.
I should say Andrew researched things. Wow.
Also, the creature from Scroby Sands.
2025. This is award winning.
It is an award-winning independent monster horror comedy feature, which was filmed on location around Great Yarmouth and Scroby Sands and focuses on teenagers terrorised by a mythical sea creature. I imagine that many locals will enjoy watching that.
Apparently, though, this is a harder one to view. There are trailers online, but you'll have to keep a lookout maybe for a local screening.
So there you go.
If you have any recommendations for Halloween watching that is also Norfolk leaning, we would be we're all ears. And on that note, we wish you a Happy Halloween and we hope that your weekend is all treats and no tricks.
