From: nosp@mplea.ze   
      
   You might try a forum on the Zone Horror website, this usenet ng is too   
   general, i'm afraid....   
      
   The Fug.   
      
   @ndyB schreef:   
   > Hi there, I’m not sure I’m actually posting in the right group here, so   
   > apologies for that in advance.   
   >   
   > I’m wondering is someone might be able to assist my failing memory and   
   > help me to identify a series from the late 70’s, possibly very early   
   80’s.   
   >   
   > It was in a similar genre to Tales of the Unexpected and Hammer House of   
   > Horror, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t either of them. I can only vaguely   
   > remember 2 episodes.   
   >   
   > First was about a couple, the wife was pregnant, who found jar that was   
   > concealed behind a wall in their house they were renovating. And in the   
   > jar was what looked like a mummified .... er..... something. I remember   
   > it looking pretty gross and about the size of a smallish dog. It’s all a   
   > bit hazy, but I remember in the end the woman came down the stairs in   
   > the night to find the mummified thing being suckled by a larger gross   
   > looking thing.   
   >   
   > The second one, which I remember a lot clearer, was about a group of   
   > people in a country house who had rats under the floor boards. It   
   > started off with a scratching sound every so often, to which one of the   
   > residents would stamp on the floor to scare the rodent away. But as time   
   > went on the scratching got louder and more persistent. And also there   
   > were news flashes on TV/Radio, can’t remember which, about a new super   
   > rat that was impervious to poison. It was a real psychological thing   
   > where the tension increased, and at one point I seem to think one of   
   > them tried to make a run for it and got mowed down by the killer rats,   
   > which you never witnessed, and indeed throughout the whole program you   
   > never once saw a single rat. It was all psychological, but very menacing.   
   >   
   > Can anybody else remember these, or help me identify the series?   
   >   
   > Massive thanks in advance.   
   >   
   > @ndyB   
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