The Trap Door
Created by Charlie Mills, Terry Brain
On ITV1
A darkly comedic claymation series about monsters in a castle that balances horror-fantasy aesthetics with playful family entertainment and visual charm.
The Trap Door is a claymation-style animated television series, originally shown in the United Kingdom in 1984. The plot revolves around both the daily lives and the misadventures of a group of monsters living in a castle. Although the emphasis was on humour and the show was marketed as a children's programme but also for family entertainment, the show drew much from the genres of horror and dark fantasy. The show has since become a cult favourite and remains one of the most widely recognised kids' shows of the 1980s. Digital children's channel Pop started rerunning the show in 2010.
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Like The Trap Door
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Same Mood as The Trap Door
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Like The Trap Door, But Darker
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Like The Trap Door, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
