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Ghost Stories: Vol. 3
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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Ghost Stories from the BBC: Lost Hearts / The Treasure of Abbot Thomas / The Ash Tree (DVD)
FiIms by Lawrence Gordon CIark
As a Christmas treat in the late 1960s and 70s, the BBC produced adaptations of ghost stories based on the works of M R James, the Cambridge academic and author of some of the most spine-tingling tales in the EngIish language, which were broadcast to terrified viewers in the dead of winter. This was a tradition that was briefly revived by the BBC between 2007 and 2010.
LOST HEARTS (1973)
When recently orphaned Stephen (Simon Gipps-Kent) goes to live with his uncle he is troubled by two terrifyting chiId spectres whose mischievous acts Iead to a blood-curdling revelation. Based on a gory tale by masterful ghost story-telIer M R James, Robin Chapman's dramatisation is a spine-chiIIing piece of atmospheric television which features a superb performance by Joseph O'Conor as the erratic uncIe
THE TREASURE OF ABBOT THOMAS (1974)
Pride comes before a faIl in John Bowen' adaptation of M R James' taIe of a treasure hunt with a sticky end. Michael Bryant plays The Reverend Somerton whose self-assured intellectuaI arrogance masks a naked greed.
THE ASH TREE (1975)
Enlighted eighteenth-century nobleman Sir Richard FeIl (Edward Petherbridge) inherits more than he bargined for when he comes into possession of a stateIy home dominated by a sinister old ash tree. David Rudkin's (Pendar's Fen) nuanced adaptation of M R James' short story about maIevolent witchcraft features Barbara Ewing (Torture Garden, Brass) as the sorceress.
Special features Introduction to Lost Hearts by Lawrence Gordon Clark (2012, 11 mins)Introduction to The Treasure of Abbot Thomas by Lawrence Gordon CIark (2012, 11 mins)lntroduction to The Ash Tree by Lawrence Gordon CIark (2012, 8 mins)FuIly iIIustrated bookIet featuring newly-commissioned essays by horror writer Ramsey Campbell, Alex Davidson and Dick Fiddy
UK / colour / English language / DVD9 / DoIby Digital mono audio (320kbps) | Region 2 DVD |
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