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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Aug 23, 2018 13:53:07 GMT
You don't count all those episodes of "To the Manor Born" as some form of folk horror? Mark Only the Christmas Special where Richard (Peter Bowles) ignores Audrey's advice about extending the tennis court on the north side of the house and orders the workmen (David Kelly, Roy Kinnear, Brian Glover, Nosher Powell) to remove the long-buried obelisk that's in the way. Marjory (Angela Thorne) begins displaying symptoms not unlike the Black Death, Brabinger (John Rudling) and Mrs Poluvika (Daphne Heard) are arrested for sacrificing a cockerel at centre court while re-enacting a ritual 'Mrs Poo' recalls from 'the old country', old Ned the handyman (Michael Bilton) bleats like a sheep and disgorges thirteen black asps, and the mysterious new vicar, the Reverend Nigel Quatermass (John Woodvine), is haunted by dreams of some vast and malign presence lying dormant in the crypt. An hilarious mix-up ensues.
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Post by helrunar on Aug 24, 2018 1:34:48 GMT
Wow, Daniel, I think I'd crawl over broken glass in a darkened alleyway to see what you describe!
I remember catching a couple of episodes of To the Manor Born around a quarter century ago (or longer?). Enjoyed it for Bowles and Penelope. It was popular over here (in the US) and ran for several years, I believe, in reruns on PBS, but my access to TV was always too intermittent to tune in very often. Same with that one with Hyacinth Bucket and her riparian delights (which ought to count as some form of "suburban horror" if not outright "folk").
cheers, Steve
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Post by franklinmarsh on Aug 24, 2018 11:45:57 GMT
Note to self - scan posts more carefully before reacting with shock; I initially read this as referring to _Penelope_ Keith....... I can only think of one horror film credit for Penelope Keith, Stephen Weeks' 1974 haunted house drama Ghost Story (aka Madhouse Mansion). You wouldn't count Paul Morrissey's The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1978) featuring Pete 'n' Dud, what with the Exorcist parody and all that, Lurks? I thought Penelope played a Madam in that, but IMDB credits her as 'Massage Receptionist'.
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Aug 24, 2018 14:51:49 GMT
I can only think of one horror film credit for Penelope Keith, Stephen Weeks' 1974 haunted house drama Ghost Story (aka Madhouse Mansion). You wouldn't count Paul Morrissey's The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1978) featuring Pete 'n' Dud, what with the Exorcist parody and all that, Lurks? I thought Penelope played a Madam in that, but IMDB credits her as 'Massage Receptionist'. That had entirely slipped my mind. A film I desperately wanted to like, featuring, as it does, so many of my comedy heroes and being based around two of my favourite literary characters. It has moments, I suppose. Peter Bowles, of course, had previous obelisk troubles in A Ghost Story for Christmas: Stigma.
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Post by Michael Connolly on Aug 31, 2018 13:19:38 GMT
When I watched The Night of the Demon last Tuesday I noticed that the last three digits of the number plate of Joanna Harrington's car was 666. She was in league with Karswell!
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Post by Michael Connolly on Sept 12, 2018 13:54:24 GMT
This forum, Your Favorite Antiquarian Ghost Stories by Authors Other than M. R. James, is of some interest: www.sffchronicles.com/threads/569941/ While there is a spectacularly misplaced comment (about Ambrose Bierce!), it does include this illustration by Steve Fabian for Canon Basil A. Smith's The Scallion Stone (Whispers Press, 1980).
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Sept 12, 2018 15:04:17 GMT
Judging from their twitter feed today, Bafflegab Productions are following up their forthcoming audio dramatisations of Casting the Runes and Lost Hearts with The Treasure of Abbot Thomas.
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Sept 14, 2018 11:55:05 GMT
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Post by Michael Connolly on Sept 14, 2018 12:23:56 GMT
This forum, Your Favorite Antiquarian Ghost Stories by Authors Other than M. R. James, is of some interest: www.sffchronicles.com/threads/569941/ While there is a spectacularly misplaced comment (about Ambrose Bierce!), it does include this illustration by Steve Fabian for Canon Basil A. Smith's The Scallion Stone (Whispers Press, 1980). I re-read Mrs Pardoe's review of The Scallion Stone in Ghost & Scholars 3. She says that the church ruins in this picture (illustrating Smith's "The Propert Bequest") don't look like any church ruins she's ever seen! It's still good art. I re-read "The Scallion Stone", which strikes me as being as much science fiction as Jamesian. Beyond the fact that I did read the "The Propert Bequest" (also Jamesian) a few years ago, I don't remember anything about it.
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Sept 14, 2018 12:40:12 GMT
The reference in the review is to 'priory ruins like nothing I've ever seen', so I'm guessing the 'priory' part might be important. It is a nice illustration, though.
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Post by Michael Connolly on Sept 14, 2018 12:53:56 GMT
The reference in the review is to 'priory ruins like nothing I've ever seen', so I'm guessing the 'priory' part might be important. It is a nice illustration, though. Indeed.
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Post by Dr Strange on Sept 14, 2018 14:52:11 GMT
This forum, Your Favorite Antiquarian Ghost Stories by Authors Other than M. R. James, is of some interest: www.sffchronicles.com/threads/569941/ While there is a spectacularly misplaced comment (about Ambrose Bierce!), it does include this illustration by Steve Fabian for Canon Basil A. Smith's The Scallion Stone (Whispers Press, 1980). I re-read Mrs Pardoe's review of The Scallion Stone in Ghost & Scholars 3. She says that the church ruins in this picture (illustrating Smith's "The Propert Bequest") don't look like any church ruins she's ever seen! It's still good art. I re-read "The Scallion Stone", which strikes me as being as much science fiction as Jamesian. Beyond the fact that I did read the "The Propert Bequest" (also Jamesian) a few years ago, I don't remember anything about it. Maybe it's just me - but is there something a bit M.C. Escher about those arches and columns, and how they relate (or don't) to the tower?
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Post by Michael Connolly on Sept 15, 2018 12:04:29 GMT
I re-read Mrs Pardoe's review of The Scallion Stone in Ghost & Scholars 3. She says that the church ruins in this picture (illustrating Smith's "The Propert Bequest") don't look like any church ruins she's ever seen! It's still good art. I re-read "The Scallion Stone", which strikes me as being as much science fiction as Jamesian. Beyond the fact that I did read the "The Propert Bequest" (also Jamesian) a few years ago, I don't remember anything about it. Maybe it's just me - but is there something a bit M.C. Escher about those arches and columns, and how they relate (or don't) to the tower? It does look like the front of one building and the back of another crushed together. Maybe it was a freak earthquake.
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Sept 18, 2018 13:58:18 GMT
And Bafflegab's modern day Jamesian adaptations continues, as they have been recording a new version of A View from a Hill today.
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Post by Michael Connolly on Oct 17, 2018 13:10:44 GMT
BBC Radio 4's Open Book on Sunday had a feature on the resurgence in horror fiction. Daryll Jones, who contributes, recommends M. R. James, thankfully with no theories. The programme is repeated tomorrow or can be heard here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000qpl
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