The Complete Ghost Stories of M.R. James - 5-DVD Box Set ( A View from a Hill / A Warning to the Curious / The Ash Tree / Christopher Lee's Ghost Stories for Christmas / Lost Hearts / Number 13 ) ( The Stalls of Barchester / The Treasure of Abbot Thomas / Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968) / Whistle and I'll Come to You (2010) )

The Complete Ghost Stories of M.R. James - 5-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: A View from a Hill / A Warning to the Curious / The Ash Tree / Christopher Lee's Ghost Stories for Christmas / Lost Hearts / Number 13
Alternate Title: The Stalls of Barchester / The Treasure of Abbot Thomas / Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968) / Whistle and I'll Come to You (2010)
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
461 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

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

Directed By:
Luke Watson
Lawrence Gordon Clark
Eleanor Yule
Pier Wilkie
Jonathan Miller
Andy De Emmony

Written By:
M.R. James
Peter Harness
Lawrence Gordon Clark
David Rudkin
Ronald Frame
Robin Chapman
Justin Hopper
John Bowen
Neil Cross

Actors:
Mark Letheren ..... Dr. Fanshawe
Pip Torrens ..... Squire Richards
David Burke ..... Patten
Simon Linnell ..... Baxter
Neil Findlater ..... Gameskeeper
Peter Vaughan ..... Mr Paxton
Clive Swift ..... Dr. Black
Julian Herrington ..... Archaeologist
John Kearney ..... Ager / Ghost
David Cargill ..... Boots
George Benson ..... Vicar
Roger Milner ..... Antique Shop Owner
Gilly Fraser ..... Girl
David Pugh ..... Porter
Cyril Appleton ..... Labourer
Edward Petherbridge ..... Sir Richard / Sir Matthew
Preston Lockwood ..... Dr. Croome
Barbara Ewing ..... Anne Mothersole
Lalla Ward ..... Lady Augusta
Lucy Griffiths ..... Mrs. Chiddock
Oliver Maguire ..... William Beresford
Clifford Kershaw ..... The Witchfinder
Cyril Appleton ..... Master Procathro
David Pugh ..... Herdsman
Glynn Sweet ..... Young Cleric
Christopher Lee ..... M.R James
Simon Gipps-Kent ..... Stephen
Joseph O'Conor ..... Mr. Abney
James Mellor ..... Parkes
Susan Richards ..... Mrs. Bunch
Christopher Davis ..... Boy
Michelle Foster ..... Girl
Roger Milner ..... Vicar
Greg Wise ..... Professor Anderson
Paul Freeman ..... Mr. Harrington, Cathedral Archivist
David Burke ..... Gunton, Hotel Landlord
Tom Burke ..... Edward Jenkins
Charlotte Comer ..... Alice
Anton Saunders ..... Thomas
Robert Hardy ..... Archdeacon Haynes
Thelma Barlow ..... Letitia Hayes
Will Leighton ..... Librarian
Harold Bennett ..... Archdeacon Pulteney
Penny Service ..... Jane Lee
Martin Hoyle ..... Verger
Erik Chitty ..... Priest
David Pugh ..... John
Ambrose Coghill ..... Museum Curator
Michael Bryant ..... The Rev. Justin Somerton
Peggy Aitchison ..... Landlady
Virginia Balfour ..... Lady Dattering
Anne Blake ..... Local Lady
Sheila Dunn ..... Mrs. Tyson
John Herrington ..... Abbot Thomas
Paul Lavers ..... Peter, Lord Dattering
Frank Mills ..... Mr. Tyson / Father Dominic
Jonathan Miller
John Hurt ..... James Parkin
Gemma Jones ..... Alice Parkin
Lesley Sharp ..... Hetty
Sophie Thompson ..... Carol

Synopsis:

A View From A Hill (2005)
When Mr Fanshawe borrows his host's binoculars, he sees an unsettling sight on aptly-named Gallows Hill - or does he? Director: Luke Watson
A Warning to the Curious (1972)
A man goes in search of an ancient crown, unaware that anyone who moves it will be cursed. Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
Ash Tree (1975)
Sir Richard inherits the family estate and finds himself overwhelmed with visions of his great uncle's role in the hanging of a woman suspected of witchcraft. Director: Lawerence Gordon Clark
Christopher Lee's Ghost Stories for Christmas (2000)
Christopher Lee hosts and narrates a series of ghost stories written by M.R. James. Director: Eleanor Yule
Lost Hearts (1973)
A powerful drama about Mr Abney, an elderly and excitable black magician, who preys sinisterly upon children. Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
Number 13 (2006)
Greg Wise stars in this unsettling tale in which a traveller finds that the hotel he's booked into conceals a supernatural secret. Director: Pier Wilkie
The Stalls of Barchester (1971)
Robert Hardy stars as an ambitious cleric who decides to advance his career by murdering his archdeacon. Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974)
Michael Bryant stars as a historian who finds the clue to hidden treasure in an old stained-glass window. Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
Whistle and I'll Come To You (1968)
Jonathan Miller's chilling adaptation of the evocative Edwardian ghost story starring, starring Michael Horden. Director: Jonathan Miller
Whistle and I'll Come To You (2010)
James Parkin (John Hurt) encounters an apparition on a desolate British beach - with terrifying consequences. Director: Andy DeEmmony

A View from a Hill (2005)
How different Fanshawe's holiday might have been had his trusty binoculars not broken. The Squire's archaic pair prove strangely bewitching, but is everything they see to be believed? And why does their very mention fill the elderly butler with dread? He looks like he's seen a ghost, or worse. Perhaps Fanshawe should have consulted the old man before venturing up Gallows Hill. Some stones are better left unturned, and questions of the dead should remain the secrets of the past, because sometimes the dead answer back...

A Warning to the Curious (1972)
The narrator begins the story by describing a windswept yet idyllic town on the coast of Suffolk, England called Seaburgh where he used to either live or visit as a child. After the narrator has evoked the setting of the story, he allows his friend to take over the narration. The friend tells of a stay in an inn in Seaburgh where he came across a very nervous-seeming young man who was afraid to be alone. This young man, Paxton by name, then tells his story of having learned from the local rector of a legend of three Anglian crowns buried along the coast as protection from foreign invaders. One crown, according to the legend, had been discovered and melted down, and the second had been washed into the sea by coastal erosion. The third crown, the last remaining defense, was still buried along the coast but protected by the men of the family Ager. When the clergyman casually announces that the last of the Agers has just died, Paxtons curiosity is piqued. When he ascertains from another local the possible location of the buried crown, he is compelled to unearth it. Having done so, however, he finds himself constantly followed by a mysterious presence. He is desperate to put the crown back where he found it, but it may be too late.

The Ash Tree (1975)
Man of leisure Sir Richard (Edward Petherbridge) receives notification that his Uncle has died, bequeathing him his stately country manor and all its lands. On his return to England he immediately sets about taking stock of all legal matters concerning his new property, but during these dealings Sir Richard seems to be more than a little distracted, he hears strange noises from the ash tree outside his bedroom window.

Christopher Lee's Ghost Stories for Christmas (2000)
Horror legend Christopher Lee hosts and narrates a series of four half hour ghost stories all based on stories by M.R. James. 'The Stalls of Barchester', 'The Ash Tree', 'Number 13' and 'A Warning to the Curious' are the tales told.

Lost Hearts (1973)
Lost Hearts is a ghost story by M.R. James, found in his 1904 book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. The tale tells the story of Stephen, a young boy who is sent to stay with his cousin at a remote country mansion. His cousin is a reclusive alchemist obsessed with making himself immortal. Stephen is repeatedly troubled by visions of two gypsy children with their hearts missing.

Number 13 (2006)
In order to authenticate some historical papers in a cathedral town, Oxbridge academic Anderson stays at a local hotel in room 12, initially disregarding the lack of a number 13 as provincial superstition. During the night, noise conspires to keep him awake and the historian is astonished to come face to face with door number 13. Continuing his work, a history of a reformation era witchcraft scandal emerges. The nocturnal disturbances escalate, leading Anderson with no choice but to open the door to room number 13...

The Stalls of Barchester (1971)
A mysterious box in the old library of Barchester Cathedral reveals the strange story leading up to the death of a former Archdeacon. From some old diaries, Dr Black, a scholar, pieces together a chain of events leading to a horrifying climax. As Dr Black delves deeper into the past a macabre explanation emerges.

The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974)
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas is a Ghost story written by M.R. James. It was published in his book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. The original tale tells the story of Rev. Justin Somerton, a scholar of Medieval history, who tells a rector the tale of how, while searching an abbey library he had stumbled across, he found cues leading him to the hidden treasure of a disgraced abbot.

Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968)
The predecessor to the BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas series, this 1968 adaptation of M.R. James' story ""O, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad"" was originally screened as part of the BBC's Omnibus series. It tells the tale of a socially isolated intellectual on holiday (Professor Parkins, played by Michael Hordern) who finds an old whistle while enjoying a coastal walk. After trying the whistle, he experiences increasingly disturbing nightmares which threaten his sanity.

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?

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