Released on
VHS and
Betamax, many of the "films" released by
ThrillerVideo were actually episodes of the British TV shows
Thriller and
Hammer House of Horror. Many of the titles in the series were hosted by TV horror hostess
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, who declined to be associated with slasher movies and films involving animal cruelty, so titles such as
Make Them Die Slowly,
Seven Doors of Death, and
Buried Alive as well as later videos featuring episodes of
Thriller were simply released without her. Several of the
Thriller episodes included two to three minutes of additional footage that was not seen in the original British broadcasts. ==Releases==