Kill and Cure
Genrehorror
Written byJames Workman
Directed byDavid Cahill
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerDavid Cahill
Running time30 mins
Original release
NetworkSeven
ReleaseJanuary 25, 1971 (1971-01-25)

Kill and Cure is a 1971 Australian television play. It was a pilot for a proposed thriller anthology series The Shockers that was not picked up but which aired as a stand-alone production.

It aired in Melbourne on 27 January 1971 along with a number of pilots for series, including The Group, Catwalk, The Undertakers, and The Chris Kirby Show.[1] (On Sydney on 25 January it aired along with another pilot E Force One.) Jim Oswin, General Manager of ATN-7, said "we are going to make them and we are going to play them. Then the network is going to sit back and take a good, critical look at them. And we want viewers to do the same."[2] It was shot at Channel Seven's studio in Epping.

Reception

The Age felt it was too unsubtle and derivative.[3] The Sun Herald felt the series would have to come up with something better if it was to be greenlit.[4]

The Seven Network reportedly authorised "three or four" more episodes.[5]

Premise

Two doctors working in a mental asylum in France experiment on patients. One of them turns into a monster.

Cast

  • Ron Haddrick
  • Don Barkham
  • Tony Dreary
  • Tim Elliott

References

  1. ↑ "Pick the best". The Age. 21 January 1971. p. 29.
  2. ↑ Marshall, Valda (15 November 1970). "Channel 7's revolting again". The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald. p. 106.
  3. ↑ "Shades of steptoe". The Age. 29 January 1971. p. 2.
  4. ↑ "How did those pilots rate?". The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald. 31 January 1971. p. 83.
  5. ↑ "Pilot plans". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 February 1971. p. 117.
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