The Mad Death (1983– )Britain is gripped by the "mad death", an outbreak of rabies, after an afflicted pet cat is illegally smuggled into the country. |
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Britain is gripped by the "mad death", an outbreak of rabies, after an afflicted pet cat is illegally smuggled into the country.
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I was nine years old when this no-punches-pulled miniseries about a rabies epidemic first aired on British TV, and it continues to haunt me to this day! THE MAD DEATH remains one of the most shocking, disturbing and compelling things I've ever seen, largely due to the fact that it was typically over-emotive and traded heavily on shock tactics, and that very creepy opening sequence that featured still pictures of canine faces subtly distorted by a rippling water effect, whilst a spooky voice whispered "All things bright and beautiful"...Help! Long overdue a repeat, it'd knock spots off the sanitized, politically correct crud served up in the name of serial drama these days, and I just hate the thought that there are a lot of nine-year-olds out there whose idea of scary stuff is THE LORD OF THE RINGS!
Elsewhere in this series, we were 'treated' to the painful, foaming deaths of innocent pet owners, plenty of once-cute creatures turned rabid killers, dog-shooting exercises and even a few genuinely bizarre hallucinations...it wasn't anybody's idea of a comedy, but it was totally unmissable, and certainly got people talking. I think the BBC released the whole thing as one long film (on video) not long after its TV debut, but I'm not sure...if anyone has a copy, please e-mail me!