{"product_id":"ghost-stories-vol-1","title":"GHOST STORIES VOL.1 - DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBBC Ghost Stories: Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968 + 2010)+\u003cbr\u003eA film by Jonathan Miller (1968) Andy De Emmony (2010)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs 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 English 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese adaptations, which have a subtlety and style all of their own, have been a major influence on many contemporary British horror filmmakers and have come to be some of the most sought after British TV titles by their legions of eager fans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWhistle and I'll Come to You (1968)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA film by Jonathan Miller\u003cbr\u003eWhen a sceptical professor, played with eccentric intensity in a brilliant performance by Michael Hordern, finds an old whistle on a Norfolk beach he unleashes a horrifying monster from the depths of his psyche\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWhistle and I'll Come to You (2010)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA film by Andy de Emmony\u003cbr\u003eIn this 2010 rendering of M R James celebrated ghost story, John Hurt plays James Parkin, a lonely retiree who has left his wife in a nursing home. Troubled by this turn of events, he visits their old holiday haunt, but discovery of a mysterious ring on the beach sparks a series of ghostly encounters and disturbing nightmares which refuse to disappear in the cold light of day.\u003cbr\u003eAtmospheric and emotive, this modern adaptation brings a fascinating new interpretation to an endlessly creepy yarn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSpecial features\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJonathan Miller and Christopher Frayling discuss \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhistle and I'll Come to You\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(BBC, 2012, 3 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eM R James original story\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e read by Neil Brand (2001, 42 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntroduction to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhistle and I'll Come to You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by horror writer Ramsey Campbell (2001, 16 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRamsey Campbell reads his own M R James-inspired story \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Guide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2001, 27 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUK | 1968 + 2010 | black \u0026amp; white and colour | English language | 42 minutes + 52 minutes | DVD9 | Original aspect ratio 1.33:1 and 2.35:1 (16x9 anamorphic) | Dolby Digital mono audio (320kbps) | Region 2 DVD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46600838643886,"sku":"BFIVD959","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/ghost-storys-whistle-lime-light.jpg?v=1754409434","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/ghost-stories-vol-1","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}