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mariocki · 6 years

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A Ghost Story For Christmas: Lost Hearts (BBC, 1973)

"Some annoyance may be experienced from the psychic portion of the subjects. Especially in those cases where they can command the allegiance of... what we are pleased to call material objects."

#a ghost story for christmas #lost hearts #m. r. james #robin chapman #classic tv #lawrence gordon clark #joseph o'conor #simon gipps kent #susan richards #james mellor #christopher davis #michelle foster #roger milner #more festive spookiness!#fyi both this and the ash tree are available on bbc iplayer atm #so i highly recommend watching while you can #clark gave up writing duties for this one to robin chapman #who ramps up the unease and confusion in the motivations of the characters #so that its unclear for much of the episode who means our hero well and who means him ill #o'conor is marvellous. twinkly and warm but with just... something... under the surface #this might be the most visually horrible as well #the young cast are all excellent too #rewatching these two has just made me all the more determined to dig out my box set

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