Children's Ghost Series - Hollow Hippos and Living Scarecrows

[Nowtro]

Re: Children's Ghost Series - Hollow Hippos and Living Scarecrows

The Enchanted Castle ?

Thanks for the suggestion. A cursory check of the details of that series indicates it could be the same. Do I misremember the dinosaur statue as a hippo, and the 'Ugly-Wugglies' as scarecrows? They look pretty chilling in the YouTube clip I've just watched - as sinister as the other nightmarish scourge of children's TV, Mr Noseybonk!

Thanks again

[Heather74]

Re: Children's Ghost Series - Hollow Hippos and Living Scarecrows

The Enchanted Castle ?

[Nowtro]

Can anyone shed light on a dim and distant memory of a scary modern-day, live-action children's drama from the early/mid-1980s?

A group of children explored an abandoned (?) country house that had an empty stone hippo statue in the grounds in which they could gather, or hide;
The house interior was possibly a studio set. The children were chased through the house hall by slow-moving scarecrows, or possibly living mannequins;
There was possibly an old lady who lived in the house, and was either a care-giver, care-taker or a witch character;
The story may have been based on a book. I vaguely recall reading about, though not reading, a children's novel with similar details.

I appreciate these are almost hopelessly vague details, but I keenly recall being terrified of certain scenes. And yes, I'm sure I've actually seen this!

If this has been answered elsewhere, please direct me to that thread, and thanks for your help!