True Horror with Anthony Head - Season 1 (2004)

Anthony Head, star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, investigates vampires from historical fiction through to terrifying modern-day realism. Vampires have been with us since the dawn of time and we all know about them, familiar to us since childhood as standard characters of fiction and guaranteed box-office attractions. But what exactly are these blood-sucking creatures? And why and how do they instill such fear? Anthony Head interviews scientists, historians and a vampire expert in an attempt to understand why there continues to be a widespread belief in vampires. In ...

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Anthony Head, international actor and star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, sets out to find out the truth behind the werewolf myth. Are they real or just the stuff of myth, folklore and Hollywood movies? Most of us are familiar with the idea of a werewolf: someone who can change into a wolf-like creature with an appetite for blood, but how did these tales come about and how have they been accepted as fact? Anthony Head travels around Europe, first to Greece where he delves into a 2,000-year-old account of werewolves and human sacrifice, and then to France where he ...