Episode: “The
Silent Scream”, in which Hammer’s quintessential star, Peter Cushing, makes a
small-screen appearance as a seemingly kindly concentration camp-survivor who
hires ex-con Brian Cox to care for his menagerie of caged animals. Little does
Cox know that Cushing intends him to be the latest addition to the menagerie
and that a fellow does not need to be imprisoned in a concentration camp to survive
one. Cox’s situation and escape attempts are nerve wracking and Cushing is even
more evil than he ever was as Dr. Frankenstein. A last minute twist really
solidifies the position of “The Silent Scream” as the greatest installment of Hammer House of Horror.
