Horrornation
Street was a spoof of Coronation
Street TV series with a comedy horror-twist. It featured the adventures of
four neighbours. Tootin Common was a 2000-years old Egyptian Mummy. He lived in
a pyramid-shaped house that was full of sand and dust and had many
pyramid-shaped objects inside. Mummy shared his house with a few mummified pets
– a cat, a dog and a rabbit. His next-door neighbour was Hoodoo Yoodoo (sometimes
spelled as Yudoo), a witch doctor. He lived in a pole hut, spoke with a heavy
accent and carried a voodoo stick adorned with a shrunken skull that answered
to the name of Charlie. Sir Headley Deadly was a phantom with a detachable head
who resided in a haunted castle further down the road. Last but not least was Herr
Raisin the Vampire Count, the occupant of Raisin Manor, the fourth residence on
Horrornation Street. The Count was another foreigner who spoke with an
East-European accent. He controlled a swarm of bats, carried a Be A Blood Donor badge and liked ketchup.
Herr Raisin shared the manor with his son who was also a vampire.
Residents
of Horrornation
Street got along very well and spent a lot of time together doing everything
what a normal group of friends and neighbours would do. Their adventures
usually involved a good deal of crashing, falling, tripping and other suchlike
slapstick action accompanied by various sound effects. Humorous situations
involving Mummy often had to do with his bandages. The phantom was the biggest
looser because he kept loosing his head. Herr Raisin’s specialty was coffins, bats,
flying and turning into a monster bat, while Hoodoo Yoodoo was the most
effective of the four because he was really good at casting spells from his
book of “spells and fings”.
Horrornation Street didn’t survive the merger with WHOOPEE! In all likelihood there was no room for
two strips featuring a gang of monsters and Horrornation Street stood no
chance against Scream Inn. Fans of Scream Inn might be interested to know that the
Innkeeper's crew made two guest appearances in Horrornation Street in
issues 3 and 43:
Moreover, in issue 9 a mystery coach tour took the Horrornation Street gang to Scream Inn. This particular episode clearly lacks an ending: it would have been interesting to see them have a go at the prize, don’t you think?
Moreover, in issue 9 a mystery coach tour took the Horrornation Street gang to Scream Inn. This particular episode clearly lacks an ending: it would have been interesting to see them have a go at the prize, don’t you think?
I never liked the African masked character it gives me the creeps masks that move on the outside..
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