Product Details

• Actors: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson, Ian Hendry
• Writers: Sydney Newman
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• VHS Release Date: June 30, 1998
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 0767011031
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #483,528 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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In "The Living Dead," reports of a ghost seen in the chapel of a private estate, owned by the 16th Duke of Benedict, bring agents John Steed and Emma Peel into the British countryside to investigate. Another agent is killed while looking for evidence, and soon after, Mrs. Peel disappears. What Steed finds while searching for his partner is a particularly imaginative invention by writer-producer Brian Clemens, a nice blend of science fiction, conspiracy tale, and the usual unflappable charm of the two principals. In the second episode on this tape, "The Hidden Tiger," the villains within an organization called PURRR intend to overwhelm England with ordinary household kittens who are made savagely violent by radio transmitters altering their brain waves. The script by Philip Levene is a succession of clever little mysteries (How did a big-game hunter get mauled to death while he was inside a cage?), and the outrageousness of several scenes (a seemingly doomed Steed is tied to a chair, surrounded by furry kittens) is a hoot. --Tom Keogh

Product Description

The undefinable chemistry between the genteel yet ruthless John Steed (Patrick Macnee) and the lovely yet deadly Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) captivated American audiences in the spring of 1967. The very name Emma Peel derives from the British broadcasting term "M-Appeal" or "Man-Appeal." "The Living Dead" First aired 25 February, 1967 A haunted chapel provides the first clue to an underground (literally!) effort to conquer all of Britain. Look for the series’ signature use of acronyms: FOG (Friends of Ghosts) vs. SMOG (Scientific Measurement of Ghosts). Directed by John Krish, Written by Brian Clemens, based on a story by Anthony Marriott. "The Hidden Tiger" First aired 4 March, 1967 THE AVENGERS attempt to track down a tiger and avert a cat-astrophe. Listen for Mrs. Peel and Steed’s titillating references to their respective "pet pussycats": John’s ("very bad-tempered first thing in the morning") and Emma’s ("a cuddlesome brown tabby"). Directed by Sidney Hayers, Written by Philip Levene.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Living Dead has suspenseful prologue, February 29, 2000

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This review is from: Avengers: Living Dead & Hidden Tiger [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Brian Clemons Living Dead captures the attention with a provocative prologue. A drunken man stumbles out of the pub and cuts through the graveyard. To his horror, a stone coffin begins to move and the cover slides open, revealing a white haired man in a white outfit who rises, enters the church, and begins tolling the bell. The drunk gibbers to the pub owner and others that he has seen the late, dead Duke Rupert. When they enter the church it is empty, but the bell continues to toll. Wonderful opening, more average script. Clemens repeated his plot , 1965 Town of No Return. It has a little humor FOG- Friends of Ghosts, and SMOG Scientific Measurement of Ghosts. Emma rescues Steed and for a refreshing change Emma and Steed save a few lives instead of everyone being murdered.

Hiden Tiger is hugely overrated. The teaser of Emma painting walls, tearing off paper and being confronted with "Mrs. Peel" printed on the wall, and Steed appearing and tearing paper off the opposite wall "we're needed" is delightful. The cat references are ubiquitous: cat among the pidgeons, quiet as a mouse (Steed to the cats!) I found watching everyone be clawed to death pitiless and redundant. Escape in Time by writer Philip Levene was a far wittier script. HIden Tiger is very overrated. Clemens'scripts the Joker, superlative Seven, Richard Harris The Winged Avenger, and Roger Marshall Something Happened on the Way to the Station were much better scripts. By 1967, midway thorugh the season, the Avengers scriptwise was missing the variety of writers: Roger Marshall, Tony Williamson , John Lucaroti etc. Clemens and Levene are beginning to run out of ideas. If the viewer is a cat lover he or she will probably enjoy HIden Tiger. I found it mundane. Delightful tag of Steed sketching a heart on Emma's wall with his initials. Before he can add hers she spies it and indicates she is not pleased!