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Television Terror Vs. House Of Horror

posted 8 years ago by NeonManiac0
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My two favorite episodes of the series and both have some strong parallels (spoilers ahead if you've never seen either):

Both are set in and around a decrepit house reputed to be haunted (which is the case in the former).

Both have a hateful, selfish and obnoxious antagonist (Horton Rivers in TT, Les Wilton in HOH).

Both feature the use of a chainsaw and in both episodes the antagonists are killed with it.

Both have the people the antagonist is nasty to turning on them at the end and arguably causing their deaths.

TT is better overall but I also love HOH and think it's cruelly underrated among TFTC fans. There's times I can't decide which of the two is my absolute favorite of the show.

[–] VanillaStarr 8 years ago

I love both episodes, but I think I love House of Horror just a little more because of the slightly surprising ending. Television Terror is probably my favorite of season 2 though.

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[–] NeonManiac0 8 years ago

They're my favorites of their respective seasons for sure. Never got why HOH doesn't make more favorites lists.

[–] TampaOutlaw84 8 years ago

Thats like choosing which one of your kids you love more lol but I would go with House of Horrors because it was more entertaining to watch plus it had a sexy woman as the ghoul.

[–] xfastfurious15 8 years ago

I like Television Terror more. Especially since when I bought the dvd set for season 5, the picture next to the episode "House of Horror" showed the girls as ghouls so it was kind of a spoiler for me. :(

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[–] HorrorMetal (839) 3 years ago

House of Horror is quite possibly my favorite episode so I'll definitely go with that. Television Terror is pretty great though too.

[–] Rockman4 (1606) 3 years ago

Television Terror

I go back and forth with that episode and People Who Live in Brass Hearses as my favorite