Rent Ghost Stories for Christmas: Vol.2 (1978)
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2h 53min
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- Synopsis:
- Broadcast in the dying hours of Christmas Eve, the BBC's 'A Ghost Story for Christmas' series was a fixture of the seasonal schedules throughout the 1970s and spawned a long tradition of chilling tales, which terrified yuletide viewers for decades to come. Included in this release are the remaining original instalments - 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas', 'The Ash Tree', 'The Signalman', 'Stigma', and 'The Ice House' - all newly remastered from original film materials and presented for the first time. Also included are the later adaptations 'A View From a Hill' and 'Number 13', plus new and archive extras.
- Actors:
- Sheila Dunn, Anne Blake, Frank Mills, Virginia Balfour, Paul Lavers, Michael Bryant, John Herrington, Peggy Aitchison, Edward Petherbridge, Preston Lockwood, Barbara Ewing, Lalla Ward, Lucy Griffiths, Oliver Maguire, Clifford Kershaw, Cyril Appleton, David Pugh, Glynn Sweet, Denholm Elliott, Bernard Lloyd
- Directors:
- Lawrence Gordon Clark, Luke Watson, Pier Wilkie
- Producers:
- Rosemary Hill, Pier Wilkie, Richard Fell
- Writers:
- M.R. James, John Bowen, David Rudkin, Charles Dickens, Andrew Davies, Clive Exton, Peter Harness, Justin Hopper
- Studio:
- British Film Institute
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Dramas, TV Horror, TV Mysteries, TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy, TV Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 20/11/2023
- Run Time:
- 173 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Audio Description
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Newly recorded audio commentary for 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas' by writer and broadcaster Simon Farquhar
- Newly recorded audio commentary for 'The Ash Tree' by writer and TV historian Jon Dear, incorporating material from author and editor Johnny Mains
- Newly recorded audio commentary for 'The Signalman' by Jon Dear and actor and writer Mark Gatiss
- Newly recorded audio commentaries for 'Stigma' and 'The Ice House' by writer Kim Newman and writer and filmmaker Sean Hogan
- A View From a Hill (2005, 39 mins, SD)
- Number 13 (2006, 40 mins)
- Spectres, Spirits and Haunted Treasure: Adapting M R James (2023, 17 mins): newly commissioned video essay by Nic Wassell exploring some of the classic BBC adaptations
- Introductions by Lawrence Gordon Clark (2012, 39 mins total): the director of seven of the BBC's classic 'A Ghost Story for Christmas' episodes discusses his part in the last four instalments he directed
- Ghost Stories for Christmas with Christopher Lee - Number 13 (2000, 30 mins): Ronald Frame's adaptation of M R James's story is brought to life by the horror maestro
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following films:
- The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
- The Ash Tree
- Special Features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following films:
- The Signalman
- The Stigma
- Special Features - Disc 3:
- This disc includes the following films:
- The Ice House
- Special Features
