History Series / HammerHouseOfHorror

* WhamLine: In "Rude Awakening": [[spoiler:"I can't help you, Mr. Shenley. You see, I'm dead"]].

* YourCheatingHeart:
** Mary in "The Witching Time".
** Mr Shenley in "Rude Awakening" [[spoiler:if only in his dreams]].

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: "Children of the Full Moon" attributes its adult male werewolf's choice of multiple mates to actual wolf behavior, and he himself calls his conduct "vulpine". Real wolves are monogamous, and "vulpine" means ''fox''-like; "lupine" is the word for "wolf-like".

* TheEndOrIsIt: At the end "Rude Awakening" it is hinted that [[spoiler:the secretary Lolly is going to experience the same sort of nightmares her boss did]].

* PreciousPuppy: Mr. Blueck tosses a puppy to Chuck Spillers to keep him company in his cell.

* HoistedByHisOwnPetard: Mr.Blueck in "The Silent Scream" [[spoiler: ends up trapped in the impregnable cell he designed for Chuck and Annie Spillers.]]

* NaziGrandpa: Nice old Mr. Blueck who owns the local petshop worked as a guard at a concentration camp.

** In "The House That Bled to Death", [[spoiler:William is discovered to have been responsible for everything that happened in the titular house, including ''killing his daughter's cat'', in order to make money from selling the book and movie rights, caring little that his daughter was left severely traumatised by the events and was still having nightmares years later. He pays for it when his daughter realizes the truth and kills him.]]

* AssholeVictim: The thoroughly despicable Mark from "Charlie Boy".
** Another example would be [[spoiler:William in "The House That Bled To Death" when it's discovered that he was responsible for everything that happened in the titular house, including ''killing his daughter's cat'', in order to make money from selling the book and movie rights, caring little that said daughter was left severely traumatised by the events and was still having nightmares years later. He pays for it when his daughter realizes the truth and kills him.]]

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: "The House That Bled to Death" is similar to TheAmityvilleHorror.

* AssHoleVictim: The thoroughly despicable Mark from "Charlie Boy."
* AwfulWeddedLife: Norman and Emily Shenley in "Rude Awkening." Andy and Flo Capp are a pair of lovebirds compared to these two.

* BurnTheWitch: The fate of Lucinda in "Witching Time."

* DrivenToSuicide: The housekeeper Mrs. Williams in "Charlie Boy."
* FemmeFatale: Natalie [[spoiler: quite literally]] in "The Carpathian Eagle."

* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler: The secret of a group of airplane crash survivors revealed in the twist ending of "The Thirteenth Reunion"]].

* PoliceAreUseless: In "The Silent Scream" the police chief Annie speaks to about her missing husband is very dismissive. He regrets this later and visits the pet store but is set at ease by Mr. Blueck. Later still he continues to feel uncertain, but is shamed out of his concern when his partner taunts him for wanting to be Chuck Spillers "nursemaid."

* {{Ruritania}}: The homeland of Mrs. Henska and her nephew Tadek in "The Carpathian Eagle."
* SassySecretary: Lolly from "Rude Awakening" in [[spoiler: her boss Mr. Shenley's fantasies where she wears a series of stereotypically sexy outfits. In reality she is far primmer.]]

* SerialKiller: A rare example of [[spoiler: of a female killer targeting promiscuous men rather than vice versa]] in "The Carpathian Eagle."
* TheEndOrIsIt: At the end "Rude Awakening" it is hinted that [[spoiler: the secretary Lolly is going to experience the same sort of nightmares her boss did.]]

* WhamLine: In "Rude Awakening": [[spoiler:"I can't help you, Mr. Shenley. You see, I'm dead".]]

* YourCheatingHeart: Mary in "The Witching Time."
** Mr Shenley in "Rude Awakening" [[spoiler: if only in his dreams.]]

* TheEndOrIsIt: At the end "Rude Awakening" it is hinted that [[spoiler: the secretary Lolly is going to experience the same sort of nightmares that her boss did.]]

* TheEndOrIsIt: At the end "Rude Awakening" it is hinted that [[the secretary Lolly is going to experience the same sort of nightmares that her boss did.]]

* SerialKiller: A rare example of [[spoiler: of a female killer targeting promiscuous men rather than vice versa]]in "The Carpathian Eagle."

* AwfulWeddedLife: Norman and Emilt Shenley in "Rude Awkening." Andy and Flo Capp are a pair of lovebirds compared to these two.

* FemmeFatale: Natalie {{spoiler: quite literally}} in "The Carpathian Eagle."

* WhamLine: In "Rude Awakening": [[spoiler:"I can't help you, Mr. Shenley. You see, I'm dead".]]

* WolfMan: The woodsman and his werewolf brood in "Children of the Full Moon".