Tom Baker hosts weird cult films like your unhinged uncle at Halloween.
In 1997, Reeltime Pictures launched a new series of VHS home entertainment videos with the title Beyond Belief! The concept was to make available rare cult films which were … shall we say … a little macabre or weird - and package them with a new introduction. Former DOCTOR WHO, TOM BAKER was enlisted to host the series and explain the background to each film in a “top and tail” piece to camera.
Acting
Baker's twinkling menace as your ghoulish guide.
Production
Gloriously cheap VHS aesthetic, unapologetically cursed.
Director
Keith Barnfather
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reeltime Pictures specialized in Doctor Who-adjacent content, making Baker's hosting a savvy bit of casting for 90s cult fandom.
The 'top and tail' format mimicked classic horror hosts like Vampira, but with Baker's uniquely theatrical detachment—he treats even the worst films as curious artifacts worthy of gentle mockery.
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