By James Whittington, 21st August 2022
Friday and Saturday nights in September on Legend are premiere-packed, headed up by the UK TV premiere of Doug Liman's (director of The Bourne Identity, Edge of Tomorrow), deadly psychological thriller The Wall, staring John Cena and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. There are also Channel premieres for horror-mystery The Final Wish, dark comedy vampire horror The Shed, Walter Hill's neo-noir crime thriller The Driver, starring Sam O'Neill and Bruce Dern and Sam Peckinpah/s gritty action-comedy Convoy, starring Kristofferson and Ali McGraw. Plus, Iron Eagle II and Iron Eagle III are on the weekend menu, both starring Louis Gossett Jr.
And the popular strand The Vintage Vault continues, once again presenting double-bills of classic sci-fi and horror films every Sunday night. The season premieres on Sunday September 4th with Bride Of Frankenstein, the celebrated sequel to the 1931 classic with Boris Karloff reprising his role as the monster. This is paired with Christy Cabanne's frightening chiller masterpiece The Mummy's Hand. Then on Sunday September 11th we have Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman, featuring the original Wolfman, Lon Chaney, Jr. and Bela Lugosi as Frankenstein's monster, followed by The Invisible Man, in which Claude Rains delivers a remarkable performance in his screen debut.
Sunday September 18th brings us pulp-horror favourite Tarantula twinned with Revenge Of The Creature, the sequel to Universal's fabulously successful The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Finally, on Sunday September 25th mutant octopus-rampaging favourite It Came From Beneath The Sea hits our screens, followed by the heart-pounding Alien invasion classic It Came From Outer Space.
Plus, the immortal Knight Rider is back! The cult TV series starring the legendary David Hasselhoff receives its channel premiere on Legend.
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Fans of high-flying action will be buckled-up ready to go on the 3rd and the 10th for Louis Gossett Jr's finest moments, Iron Eagle II and Iron Eagle III. In the first sequel The United States and the Soviet Union must work together to destroy a nuclear missile. The real challenge in this mission is to get the pilots from both countries to work as a team. They are more used to fighting each other rather than alongside each other. But when Colonel Charles "Chappy" Sinclair (Gossett Jr.) and the Soviets discover that an American General may sabotage their mission and his plans may kill hundreds of innocent people, they finally unite. Then in the second sequel Chappy teams with three retired maverick fighter jocks from England, Germany and Japan as they fly souped-up World War II airplanes to combat a ruthless German drug lord and his high tech weaponry in the lawless South American jungles.
A UK TV premiere on the 16th brings to your screens a tension-packed war drama, The Wall. U.S. Sergeants Allen Isaac (Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals, Godzilla, Avengers: Age of Ultron) and Shane Matthews (WWE's John Cena) are investigating a pipeline construction site in a desert of Iraq. When he heads into open space, Matthews is shot by an Iraqi sniper, leaving Isaac to take cover and form a rescue plan behind an unsteady, crumbling wall. What unfolds is as much a battle of will and wits as it is of lethally accurate marksmanship in the toughest of conditions. Another Walter Hill classic comes to Legend on the 17th, The Driver. Ryan O'Neal plays a get-away driver. Bruce Dern plays the relentless detective who sets out to trap him and Isabella Adjani plays the mysterious gambler who goes along for the thrill of the game. It is a tale of confrontation between two men of iron will. Each of the characters is the best at what they do; each is committed to a lifestyle that thrives on competition. Who will come out on top?
If you want some chills then we dare you to enter The Shed on the 23rd. When you're the outcast, the underdog; they all think they can mess with you. But what happens when you have a vampire in your shed? The game changes and everyone becomes a target. Make a choice, who lives, who dies? A movie which truly defined the era on the 24th, Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, and Ernest Borgnine star in Sam Peckinpah's Convoy. A mighty convoy of dust-raising trucks heads for a State Line in south-western America. The massive collection of vehicles of all shapes and sizes is led by 'Rubber Duck', a legendary trucker who has gathered this vast army together in protest against police corruption, federal and state laws and shady politicking. In The Final Wish on the 30th you need to be careful what you wish for because every wish comes at a price. Following the death of his father, Aaron (Michael Welch) returns to his hometown to help his devastated mother (Lin Shaye) pack up his father's belongings. Discovering one item of unknown origin, Aaron soon comes to believe his wishes are coming true but the more wishes he makes the more danger he puts those closest to him in. What will happen when Aaron makes 'The Final Wish'?
A series which needs no introduction comes to Legend on the 5th, Knight Rider. This fantastic cult-classic stars David Hasselhoff as a mysterious loner who fights crime with the aid of a super-advanced car equipped with artificial intelligence named K.I.T.T.. An invaluable tool in combatting injustice in the shadowy underworld of America, It has the ability to think and talk, often offering up hilarious witticisms that are remarkably clever considering he's a 1982 Pontiac Trans-Am. Great action! Great fun! Great car!
The Vintage Vault line-up includes; Bride of Frankenstein and The Mummy's Hand on the 4th, Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman and The Invisible Man on the 11th, Tarantula and Revenge of the Creature on the 18th, and to round off the month It Came from Beneath the Sea and It Came from Outer Space on the 25th.
Related show tags: IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN, THE INVISIBLE MAN, THE MUMMY'S HAND, REVENGE OF THE CREATURE, THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE, TARANTULA, THE WALL, THE FINAL WISH, THE SHED, THE DRIVER, CONVOY, IRON EAGLE II, IRON EAGLE III, KNIGHT RIDER MORE FEATURES September contains channel premiers from Travolta, Lundgren and JCVD! Posted on 26th August 2026
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