The Stalls of Barchester/A Warning to the Curious (The Complete Ghost Stories of M.R. James) (1971)
Infrequent violence
| Director: | Lawrence Gordon Clark |
| Actors: | Robert Hardy, Clive Swift, Thelma Barlow, Peter Vaughan, George Benson |
Ghostly and macabre tales from the pen of Victorian writer M.R. James, widely considered to be one of the best writers in the ghost story genre.
The Stalls of Barchester - Ambitious cleric Dr Haynes engineers the aged Archdeacon of Barchester's murder to die so that he can take his place. Soon, he is being stalked by a sinister black cat and by a hooded figure both of which seem to have sprung to life from carvings on the cathedral's choir stalls.
A Warning to the Curious - Antiquarian Paxton travels to a small town on the coast of Norfolk and learns of a legend concerning three crowns buried on the coast thousands of years ago to protect the land against marauding Vikings. Paxton tries to find the remaining crown, unaware of the supernatural presence that protects it.
| Status: | Normal |
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| Run time: | 95mins |
| Origin: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Aspect Ratio: | 4:3 |
