Chimera 1991 TV REVIEW | Spooky Isles Shades of Frankenstein and Quatermass meet in Stephen Gallagher's Chimera. RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES looks back on director Lawrence Gordon Clark's return to the genre with ITV's 1991 adaptation.

I'm over at #SpookyIsles, taking a look back at 1991's Chimera.

From the #StephenGallagher novel, it marked #LawrenceGordonClark 's return to the genre.

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#Horror #BritishHorror

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1:05pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

👌One to Watch👌

The 1976 #BBC #Ghost #Drama📺 “The Signalman” directed by #LawrenceGordonClark & written by #AndrewDavies

Based on the 1866 #CharlesDickens short story📖"The Signal-Man"

🌟 #DenholmElliott #BernardLloyd #ReginaldJessup #CarinaWyeth

Stigma (1977) A young couple move into a remote country house in the middle of a stone circle. They employ workmen who disturb an ancient menhir, unleashing a supernatural force.

#NowWatching #AGhostStoryForChristmas - Stigma (1977) on #Shudder

Directed by #LawrenceGordonClark
#Horror #BritishHorror

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The Signalman (1976) A traveller comes across a signalman stationed by the exit of a railway tunnel in a deep cutting. The traveller becomes familiar with the signalman, and finds that he is troubled by an apparition whic...

#NowWatching #AGhostStoryForChristmas - The Signalman (1976) on #Shudder

Directed by #LawrenceGordonClark
#Horror #BritishHorror

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The Ash Tree (1975) Man of leisure Sir Richard 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 o...

#Watched #AGhostStoryForChristmas - The Ash Tree (1975) on #Shudder

Directed by #LawrenceGordonClark
#Horror #BritishHorror

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The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974) The Reverend Justin Somerton, a scholar of medieval history, and his protégé Lord Peter Dattering are visiting an abbey library. While studying a stained glass window, they uncover clues leading to a ...

#NowWatching #AGhostStoryForChristmas - The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974) on #Shudder

Directed by #LawrenceGordonClark
#Horror #BritishHorror

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Lost Hearts (1973) A young orphan, Stephen, is sent to go and live with his strange, much older cousin at his remote country house. Once there, Stephen experiences terrible dreams in which he sees a young girl and boy w...

#NowWatching #AGhostStoryForChristmas - Lost Hearts (1973) on #Shudder

Directed by #LawrenceGordonClark
#Horror #BritishHorror

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A Warning to the Curious (1972) Paxton, an amateur archeologist, travels to the town of Seaburgh and inadvertently stumbles across one of the lost crowns of Anglia, which, according to legend, protect the county from invasion. On di...

#NowWatching #AGhostStoryForChristmas - A Warning to the Curious (1972) on #Shudder

Directed by #LawrenceGordonClark
#Horror #BritishHorror #ChristmasHorror

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The Stalls of Barchester (1971) Scholar Dr. Black's seemingly mundane assignment of sorting through the assets of the Barchester Cathedral library takes an eerie turn when he comes across the papers of the late Archdeacon, who plott...

#NowWatching #AGhostStoryForChristmas - The Stalls of Barchester (1971) on #Shudder

Directed by #LawrenceGordonClark
#Horror #BritishHorror

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A Ghost Story for Christmas: Stigma (1977) by #LawrenceGordonClark
w/ #KateBinchy #PeterBowles
After a young couple move into a remote country house near a stone circle, workmen disturb an ancient menhir, unleashing a supernatural force.
#Horror #Mystery #FolkHorror

Stigma, the final Ghost Story for Christmas directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark, is a materful piece of folkhorror with a shocking climax.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MSy...
#Stigma , #GhostStoryforChristmas #LawrenceGordonClark #folkhorror

8:20pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

👌Worth a Watch👌

The 1975 #BBC #Supernatural #Drama📺“The Ash Tree” directed by #LawrenceGordonClark & written by #DavidRudkin

Based on the 1904 #MRJames ghost story📖

🌟 #EdwardPetherbridge #BarbaraEwing #PrestonLockwood #LallaWard #LucyGriffiths

#RandomSaturdayLateMovie
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Ash Tree (1975) by #LawrenceGordonClark
w/ #EdwardPetherbridge #PrestonLockwood #BarbaraEwing #LallaWard
An aristocrat inherits his family estate and is haunted by visions of his ancestor's role in a witch trial.
#Horror

8:15pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

The 1973 #BBC #Ghost Drama📺“Lost Hearts” directed by #LawrenceGordonClark & written by #RobinChapman

Based on the 1895 #MRJames ghost story📖

🌟 #JosephOConor #SusanRichards #SimonGippsKent #JamesMellor #ChristopherDavis

#RandomSaturdayLateMovie
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Stalls of Barchester (1971) by #LawrenceGordonClark
w/ #RobertHardy #CliveSwift #ThelmaBarlow
A mysterious box in a library leads a scholar to piece together events leading to the murder of an archdeacon.
#Horror #Mystery

The BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas 1971-1978 are badly in need of restoration. Some of us love these old shows a lot and want to see them available for new generations of viewers.
#LawrenceGordonClark #MRJames #GhostStoriesForChristmas #BBC
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7:55pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

👌One to Watch👌

The 1972 #BBC #Ghost #Drama📺 “A Warning to the Curious” directed & written by #LawrenceGordonClark

Based on the 1925 #MRJames ghost story📖

🌟 #PeterVaughan #CliveSwift #JulianHerington #JohnKearney #DavidCargill