Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968 & 2010) ( Ghost Stories - Volume 1 )

Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968 & 2010) (DVD) (*)

$33.99

Original Title: Ghost Stories - Volume 1
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
94 min + 88 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1968 - 2010 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Jonathan Miller
Andy De Emmony

Written By:
M.R. James
Neil Cross

Actors:
Michael Hordern ..... Professor Parkins
Ambrose Coghill ..... Colonel
George Woodbridge ..... Hotel proprietor
Nora Gordon ..... Proprietress
Freda Dowie ..... Maid
John Hurt ..... James Parkin
Gemma Jones ..... Alice Parkin
Lesley Sharp ..... Hetty
Sophie Thompson ..... Carol

Synopsis:

As a Christmas treat in the late 1960s and 70s, the BBC produced adaptations of ghost stories based on the works of MR 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.
These 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 of all time by their legions of eager fans. Volume one in the BFI's BBC Ghost Stories collection pairs both versions of the terrifying Whistle and I'll Come To You: the 1968 adaptation directed by Jonathan Miller and starring Sir Michael Hordern, and the more recent reinterpretation, starring the legendary John Hurt, from 2010.

Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968)
A university professor, confident that everything which occurs in life has a rational explanation, finds his beliefs severely challenged when, during a vacation to a remote coastal village in Norfolk, he blows through an ancient whistle discovered on a beach, awakening horrors beyond human understanding.

Whistle and I'll Come to You (2010)
After placing his ailing wife Alice in a care home elderly academic James Parkin goes to stay at a wintry out-of-season hotel which they used to visit together. Walking on a deserted beach he finds a ring with a Latin inscription,which translates as Who Is This Who Is Coming. He takes the ring back to the hotel but at night he hears loud banging on his door,even though he is the sole guest,as well as seeing a white-clad apparition on the beach.He is seemingly the victim of ghostly revenge - but who is the avenger?

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 14 October, 2012.