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This second audio adventure of the Scarifyers is a pleasingly old-fashioned romp... The first installment, The Nazad Conspiracy, introduced the odd couple twosome of Inspector Lionheart and Professor Dunning, played by Doctor Who alumni Nicholas Courtney and Terry Molloy, both of whom work for MI-I3, the branch of the government that investigates the weird and the fantastic... They both return for the sequel, and their interplay is quite charming, their distinctive voices Courtney's in particular, his purring timbre immediately recognizable and a temporal short-cut to many fondly-remembered childhood teatimes in the company of vintage Who adding much in the way of character and atmosphere. And perhaps charming is the best way to describe this... It s a gentle comedy, as old-fashioned as the setting, full of peculiarly British eccentrics and grotesques (including an entertaining Aleister Crowley, who returns from The Nazad Conspiracy), but is no worse for that. The story, concerning Lovecraftian goings-on, RAF experiments with acoustic mirrors, and melting ministers, is a rum old concoction, full of pulp fun and spirited (no pun intended) characters... The Scarifyers gentle, wry and occasionally creepy adventures deserve to continue, and we look forward to future exploits. --Death Ray Magazine
Cosmic Hobo should send me compensation as I broke out into fits of laughing in the high street, much to the consternation of passers by. Word of warning, if you're going to listen to this in public you may spend an inordinate time with a silly grin on your face. Having settled into their new characters Nicholas Courtney (Lionheart) and Terry Molloy (Dunning) put in even better performances the second time around. A professionally produced, well acted, funny yarn, which should entertain anyone from eight to eighty. This release is a little slice of audio perfection. --Sci-Fi Online
Cosmic Hobo should send me compensation as I broke out into fits of laughing in the high street, much to the consternation of passers by. Word of warning, if you're going to listen to this in public you may spend an inordinate time with a silly grin on your face. Having settled into their new characters Nicholas Courtney (Lionheart) and Terry Molloy (Dunning) put in even better performances the second time around. A professionally produced, well acted, funny yarn, which should entertain anyone from eight to eighty. This release is a little slice of audio perfection. --Sci-Fi Online
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The Scarifyers return in their second full-length adventure... A melting minister… a scientific project gripped by madness… a remote village on the Kent coast where the locals have some strange habits indeed. It's all just the ticket for top-secret government department, MI-13. Lionheart (Nicholas Courtney) and Dunning (Terry Molloy) are back, to do battle with the Women's Institute, an old adversary and an inter-dimensional being from the dawn of time - THE DEVIL OF DENGE MARSH.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
The Scarifyers: The Devil of Denge Marsh - Another corking adventure with a devil of a mystery behind it.
10 Feb 2012
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This is the second outing for the Scarifyers, investigators of all that is strange and paranormal played by the inestimable Nicholas Courtney as Lionheart and Terry Molloy as Dunning.
Riffing off popular horror stories and films, gently poking reverent fun at them, this production works on so many levels. First and foremost it is a comedy, but at its heart there is an interesting paranormal story which holds it all together. The story borrows heavily from the likes of Denis Wheatly, and has more than a few references to the Wicker Man. The humour is usually understated and hits the mark. The pastiche of Willow's seduction of Howie in the Wickerman had me in stitches. The two leads have a great chemistry and spark off each other. Special mention though must go to David Benson, who provides the voices of both Aleister Crowley in a short but spot on hilarious cameo, and Charles De-Saxe as a bumbling buffer villain.
While the 2 leads are both famously Dr. Who alumni, there is almost no reference to this, apart from one line from Lionheart that closely echoes the Brigadier's famous line from 'Battlefield'. As with Lionheart's line at the height of the action from 'The Nazad Conspiracy', I thought this was a nicely done reference to Courtney's previous incarnation.
Two episodes spread over 2 discs, total run time 96 minutes. Liner notes are limited to a cast list, chapter points and some cast photos. It is, in all, a perfect audio play and well worth getting. I look forward to hearing more of the adventures of Lionheart and Dunning in future releases.
Riffing off popular horror stories and films, gently poking reverent fun at them, this production works on so many levels. First and foremost it is a comedy, but at its heart there is an interesting paranormal story which holds it all together. The story borrows heavily from the likes of Denis Wheatly, and has more than a few references to the Wicker Man. The humour is usually understated and hits the mark. The pastiche of Willow's seduction of Howie in the Wickerman had me in stitches. The two leads have a great chemistry and spark off each other. Special mention though must go to David Benson, who provides the voices of both Aleister Crowley in a short but spot on hilarious cameo, and Charles De-Saxe as a bumbling buffer villain.
While the 2 leads are both famously Dr. Who alumni, there is almost no reference to this, apart from one line from Lionheart that closely echoes the Brigadier's famous line from 'Battlefield'. As with Lionheart's line at the height of the action from 'The Nazad Conspiracy', I thought this was a nicely done reference to Courtney's previous incarnation.
Two episodes spread over 2 discs, total run time 96 minutes. Liner notes are limited to a cast list, chapter points and some cast photos. It is, in all, a perfect audio play and well worth getting. I look forward to hearing more of the adventures of Lionheart and Dunning in future releases.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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If you have not discovered The Scarifyers this is a good place to start (or perhaps the second best place to start). All the stories are a hoot and the regulars in the cast all give fine performances. Frequently over the top, often ridiculous, but endlessly funny. These are the kind of stories that can be listened to over and over again.
The plot: Well set in the thirties, two old duffers form par of MI13. They investigate the odd, weird and downright bizarre and ghostly. The old world, straight-as-a-die, take-no-non-sense policeman Lionheart and the fish-out-of-water, author of "scary" books Prof. Dunning. Then you have Aleister Crowley (yup the Satanist), the "gorgeous" Mrs Willow, multi-legged goddess from the deep, a wicker fish and...and.. it's just funny. It ranges from a smirk, to a giggle to frequent guffaws. Well-written, nicely-paced and humorous throughout.
The Devil of Denge Marsh is my personal favourite. This is the sort of comedy drama that they don't make any more. If truth were told, they probably never did.
Highly recommended.
The plot: Well set in the thirties, two old duffers form par of MI13. They investigate the odd, weird and downright bizarre and ghostly. The old world, straight-as-a-die, take-no-non-sense policeman Lionheart and the fish-out-of-water, author of "scary" books Prof. Dunning. Then you have Aleister Crowley (yup the Satanist), the "gorgeous" Mrs Willow, multi-legged goddess from the deep, a wicker fish and...and.. it's just funny. It ranges from a smirk, to a giggle to frequent guffaws. Well-written, nicely-paced and humorous throughout.
The Devil of Denge Marsh is my personal favourite. This is the sort of comedy drama that they don't make any more. If truth were told, they probably never did.
Highly recommended.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This is the second exciting instalment of the Scarifyers - Professor Dunning and Inspector Lionheart, assisted in cameo once again by the wonderful Aleister Crowley, whom we discover that when not trolling the Astral Plane, makes his own honey!
Having now dispensed with the main character introductions and setting the scene in "The Nazad Conspiracy" we are launched straight away into the mystery of another inexplicable happening to investigate - an ex RAF flyer, now an aspiring new Government Minister, who walks into the sea and ....MELTS!
This story was penned by Paul Morris and the production ably directed by Simon Barnard. Nicholas Courtney and Terry Molloy once again sport the vocal mantle of our heroes.
This audiostory was a comical delight of an absurd concoction employing aspects of Lovecraftian Mythos, (notably "The Call of Cthulhu" , "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" and "The Dunwich Horror." - or should that be "The Dulwich Terror"!?!), strongly influenced by ... the Wickerman, with underlying Sci-fi Quatermas, east coast tones of the pre-WWII Audio Listening Concrete Sound Dishes, an abandoned old military site on lonely old marshes at Denge, with appropriate Ministry cover-ups and an isolated insular community with less than Christian inclinations! Fans of all these elements should glean intense hilarity from this odd amalgamation of stories. We are also introduced to a new comical element of Dunning's writers group - reminiscent of a parody of "The Inklings" with Tolkienesque and C S Lewis ribbing.
I promise you, after hearing this story you will NEVER view Brit Eckland's showpiece in the The Wickerman quite the same way again! Ilona MacDonald's portrayal of Mrs Willow has to be one of the productions highlights!
Once again, The Scarifyers is rich with material we all are drawn to by the genre. The humour is spot on with laughs being provided by the cleverly written characterizations and absurd circumstances they find themselves in.
My only slight disappointment was the characterization of Peter Vanguard aka Sebastian Malherbe, Crowley's nemesis. One would imagine such a character to have had a more mature, seasoned, darkly rich voice, portraying the likely background of such a man - the actual voice of Jack Fox just sounds far too young and normal! Maybe this is intentional to allay early suspicions but I craved the voice akin to Christopher Lee or Charles Gary for such a smoothly evil villain.
Highly recommended and am now anticipating the Third Story - "For King and Country"
9 /10
Having now dispensed with the main character introductions and setting the scene in "The Nazad Conspiracy" we are launched straight away into the mystery of another inexplicable happening to investigate - an ex RAF flyer, now an aspiring new Government Minister, who walks into the sea and ....MELTS!
This story was penned by Paul Morris and the production ably directed by Simon Barnard. Nicholas Courtney and Terry Molloy once again sport the vocal mantle of our heroes.
This audiostory was a comical delight of an absurd concoction employing aspects of Lovecraftian Mythos, (notably "The Call of Cthulhu" , "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" and "The Dunwich Horror." - or should that be "The Dulwich Terror"!?!), strongly influenced by ... the Wickerman, with underlying Sci-fi Quatermas, east coast tones of the pre-WWII Audio Listening Concrete Sound Dishes, an abandoned old military site on lonely old marshes at Denge, with appropriate Ministry cover-ups and an isolated insular community with less than Christian inclinations! Fans of all these elements should glean intense hilarity from this odd amalgamation of stories. We are also introduced to a new comical element of Dunning's writers group - reminiscent of a parody of "The Inklings" with Tolkienesque and C S Lewis ribbing.
I promise you, after hearing this story you will NEVER view Brit Eckland's showpiece in the The Wickerman quite the same way again! Ilona MacDonald's portrayal of Mrs Willow has to be one of the productions highlights!
Once again, The Scarifyers is rich with material we all are drawn to by the genre. The humour is spot on with laughs being provided by the cleverly written characterizations and absurd circumstances they find themselves in.
My only slight disappointment was the characterization of Peter Vanguard aka Sebastian Malherbe, Crowley's nemesis. One would imagine such a character to have had a more mature, seasoned, darkly rich voice, portraying the likely background of such a man - the actual voice of Jack Fox just sounds far too young and normal! Maybe this is intentional to allay early suspicions but I craved the voice akin to Christopher Lee or Charles Gary for such a smoothly evil villain.
Highly recommended and am now anticipating the Third Story - "For King and Country"
9 /10
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