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The Appointment - 1981
Something evil threatens a family in this strange chiller. Recommended
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Edward Woodward, Jane Merrow, Samantha Weysom, John Judd
The Blue Boy - 1994
Marie is an insecure housewife whose husband is having an affair. The two of them take a holiday to rural Scotland, but by sheer bad luck they end up at the hotel Joe uses for his other activities. An eerie tale of love and deception
Quality: 7.5/10 (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: Emma Thompson, Adrian Dunbar, Eleanor Bron
Britain's Most Terrifying Ghost Stories - 2001
Ian McShane narrates some entertainingly re-enacted spooky ghost stories that are fun on a cold Winter's night by the fire
Quality 8/10, 50 minutes (Euro/PAL disc)
Chillers - 1990-1992 (3 discs)
The Cat Brought It In; Sauce For The Goose; Old Folks At Home; The Thrill Seeker; The Day Of Reckoning; Puzzle; Slowly Slowly In The Wind; A Curious Suicide; A Bird Poised To Fly; The Stuff Of Madness; Under A Dark Angel's Eye; Something You Have To Live With
Twelve chilling stories based on the Patricia Highsmith short stories, introduced by Anthony Perkins
Quality: 7-8/10, 3 discs, 12 episodes
The Cormorant - 1993
Inheriting a remote house in Snowdonia seems like a dream come true, but the dream becomes a nightmare for a family who discover it's not the Cormorant that comes with the house, but vice versa
Quality: 8.5/10, BBC Screen Two
Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Helen Schlesinger, Thomas Williams
Do Not Disturb - 1991
When Jenny and Bruce Coldfield bring a curious party of enthusiasts to a remote Norfolk village to visit the hidden world of ghost story writer Eleanor Mont, other forces start to stir
Quality: 8.5/10, BBC Screen Two
Stars: Frances Barber, Peter Capaldi, Éva Darlan
The Enchanted Castle - 1979
Rare Children's adventure series set in a haunted Castle
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Candida Beveridge, Georgia Slowe, Simon Sheard, Diane Mercer
Ghosts - 1995 (3 discs)
Six ghost stories from BBC's Screen Two series, 1995
Three Miles Up
Blood and Water
The Shadowy Third
The Chemistry Lesson
Massage
I'll Be Watching You
Quality: circa 7.5-8/10
Stars: Paul Rhys, Moira Brooker, Douglas Henshall, Anita Dobson, Tim Pigott-Smith, Samantha Bond, Derrick O'connor, Cheryl Campbell, Alan Cumming
Haunting Harmony - 1993
A young member of a choir becomes friends with a ghost in an English Church school
Quality: 8/10 (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: Nathaniel Moreau, Jean-Marc Perret, Frank Middlemass, Francesca Annis
The Haunting Of Julia - 1977
After the death of her daughter a wealthy housewife restarts her life in London where she becomes haunted by the ghosts of other lost children
Quality: 8.5+/10 (Can/UK)
Stars: Mia Farrow, Keir Dullea, Tom Conti, Jill Bennett
The Haunting Of M - 1979
A turn of the Century ghost story in which a woman is haunted by a spectre whom roams the corridors of her shadowy mansion
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Sheelagh Gilbey, Nini Pitt, Alan Hay, Eric Garratt
Leap In The Dark - Supernatural Series 1973-77 Volume 1 (3 discs)
Fantastic, rare time-capsule series investigating real life cases of the Supernatural. Amazing stuff. Quality: 7-8/10
1. Pilot (9th Jan 1973) (S1)
2. The Vandy Case (10th Oct 1973) Written by Anne Owen (S2)
3. Dream Me a Winner (14th Jan 1977) Written by Colin Godman (S3)
4. 2. The Fetch (21st Jan 1977) Written by Anne Owen (S3)
5. The Ghost of Ardachie Lodge (28th Jan 1977, time-coded) Written by Colin Godman (S3)
6. Undercurrents (4th Feb 1977) (S3)
7. Parlour Games (11th Feb 1977) Written by Anne Owen (S3
Leap In The Dark - Supernatural Series Volume 2 (3 discs)
Another set of these brilliantly innovate programmes. This later batch of investigations are all dramatised films, real life cases of supernatural occurences, and are both intriguing and cracking fun to watch!
Quality very good, circa 8/10
1. In The Mind's Eye - 1977
2. Jack Be Nimble - 1980
3. Room For Inward Light - 1980
4. To Kill A King - 1980
5. Poor Jenny - 1980
6. The Living Grave - 1980
Stars include: Diane Collett, Jack Be Nimble, Sally Baxter, Brian Blessed,
Carole Hawkins, John Carlin, Emma Jacobs, Lesley Dunlop
The Lorelei - 1990
A lonely schoolteacher has a strange experience on her walking holiday. It haunts her and threatens to wreck her growing romance with a colleague. A brilliantly weird tale.
Quality: 8/10, UK tv film (time-coding onscreen throughout, but don't let it put you off)
Stars: Amanda Redman, Michael Maloney, Ellie Haddington
Menace Unseen - 1988
A gripping three part tv mini series about a nuclear power industry conspiracy
Quality: 7.5/10, UK tv
Stars: Judi Bowker, Ian Ogilvy, John Sessions, Brenda Bruce
Miss Morison's Ghosts - 1981
The highly regarded and compelling true Victorian ghost story
Quality: 8/10 (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: Wendy Hiller, Hannah Gordon, Niall Toibin, Antonia Pemberton
Shades Of Darkness - 1983/1986 (2 discs)
THE LADY MAID'S BELL (S1, EP 2)
AFTERWARD (S1 EP 4)
THE MAZE (S1 EP 5)
BEWITCHED (S1 EP 7)
THE INTERCESSOR (S1 EP2)
THE DEMON LOVER (S2 EP 1)
Quality: 8.5+/10
Tales Of Unease - 1970
Two episodes of this LWTSupernatural series in colour: Ride, Ride and Calculated Nightmare. Good stuff for it's time
Quality: 8.5/10
RR stars: Susan George, Anthony Jackson. CN stars: Ursula Mohan, Larry Dann
Witchcraft - 1992
Drama series about a crew making a film about witchcraft. The director gets rather carried away and endangers the lives of his cast
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Peter McEnery, Alan Howard, Lisa Harrow, Judy Campbell, Clive Wood, Georgia Slowe
West Country Tales - 1982/3 (2 discs)
West Country Tales was an early 1980s supernatural drama series based on real-life experiences sent in by viewers in response to a BBC appeal. These two discs contain nine of the thirteen surviving episodes from the two series
Quality: 7/10 variable
Narration: Keith Barron, Jack Watson
Massive cast includes: Wendy Richard, Nanette Newman, Jenny Hanley, Anita Harris
White Lady - 1987 (Screenplay)
In a derelict farmhouse, deep in the English countryside, Gil struggles alone to bring up his little daughters 'to need very little. - strong against all harm'. But unknown to any of them, in the surrounding fields of wheat and barley, and in the nodding branches of the fruit trees, there lurks a deathly power
Quality: 8/10, 50 mins.
Stars: Cornelius Garrett, Sophie Thompson, Jessica Martin, Meg Wynn Owen
Worlds Beyond - 1986-88 Volume 1
The first anthology of eight excellent supernatural short films
Serenade For Dead Lovers; The Black Tomb; The Barrington Case; The Eye Of Yemanja; Voice From The Gallows; Home; Captain Randolph; Suffer Little Children
Quality: 7/10, UK TV Series
Stars include: Judi Bowker, Karen Black, Denholm Elliott, Connie Booth, David Warner
Worlds Beyond - 1986-88 Volume 2
The second anthology containing the other five excellent supernatural short films
Oliver's Ghost; Reflections Of Evil; The Haunted Garden; Guardian Of The Past; Undying Love
Quality: 7/10, UK TV Series
Stars include: Denholm Elliott, Janet Key, David Warner, Sheila Gish, Ed Bishop, Judi Bowker, Rosemary Leach, Anna Cropper, Michael Jayston, Liz Smith, Paul Freeman, Mary Tamm