Church of Film: 4 Ghost Stories by M.R. James

In the grave tradition of English ghost tale master M.R. James, four films explore the uncanny and unclear boundaries between the living and the dead.

In THE SlGNALMAN, a lonely train station functionary is haunted by visions of a phantom and the trauma of a crash that occurred years before. THE ASH TREE is a chilling tale of atavism and a witch’s revenge on a witchfinder general’s descendant. An elderly man with a taste for the Occult has a habit of adopting young orphans in LOST HEARTS, but for what nefarious purpose? And a buried treasure brings misfortune and terror on the archaeologist who finds it, for the treasure has an undead guardian in A WARNlNG TO THE CURlOUS…

Lawrence Gordon Clark’s stark and frankly terrifying adaptations of classic English ghost stories were a beloved Christmas tradition in the UK, and still bring a chill!