Ghost Stories for Christmas Vol 1 (BFI)

[AnnThrope]

Originally Posted by James78

Running from 17 October – 31 December 2022, IN DREAMS ARE MONSTERS will be a major UK-wide film and events season, charting how the monsters of horror have made physical the anxieties of their times, and how we react when faced with the monster within. The full programme will be announced on 8 September and will feature:

• A headline season of films, discussions and immersive events at BFI Southbank
• Events and screenings around the UK in partnership with the BFI Film Audience Network (BFI FAN), including four special commissions by leading regional horror film festivals including:
• A "Night of the Cat" exploring the mythology behind the Bakeneko (monster-cat), presented by Mayhem (Nottingham)
• A nationwide event celebrating the Blaxploitation Horror genre, presented by Abertoir (Aberystwyth) in partnership with the Bristol Black Horror Club
• A ghostly, immersive live cinema experience, presented by Celluloid Screams (Sheffield) in partnership with Live Cinema
• A symposium revisiting monsters movies, and their makers, old and new, presented by Grimmfest (Manchester)
• A touring programme in partnership with Independent Cinema Office (ICO) and BFI FAN
• A major collection of films available to stream across the UK on BFI Player
• Re-release of a classic Horror title by BFI Distribution and BFI Home Entertainment

https://www.indreamsaremonsters.co.uk/

"Re-release of a classic Horror title by BFI".
So does that refer to the Ghost Stories For Christmas Volume One blu-ray, or something else?
Or am I being dense?

[James78]

It states a "re-release", so perhaps it will be The Innocents, which is out of print? Regardless, we'll find out on the 8th of September!

[CelestialAgent]

The Innocents is a Fox title so no chance.

[bigshot]

Dead of Night?

[RossyG]

Originally Posted by bigshot

Dead of Night?

Studio Canal so I wouldn’t have thought so, but who knows?

[AnnThrope]

K9 and Company?

[RossyG]

Of course it doesn’t say it’s a British horror classic.

[ste71]

Originally Posted by RossyG

Studio Canal so I wouldn’t have thought so, but who knows?

I hope it's Dead of Night, it is a Studio Canal title as you say but I'm sure 'The Day The Earth Caught Fire' is as well.

[albabe]

Originally Posted by PGW

I almost ordered this from BFI's site - but >$20 to ship a blu-ray to the U.S. is crazy.
Is there somewhere better people in the States are using to order this?

£26.99
£11.51 delivery to the States
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0B8BM6WC9

My wife just ran into this. You folks sound like you like it a bunch.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by PGW

I almost ordered this from BFI's site - but >$20 to ship a blu-ray to the U.S. is crazy.
Is there somewhere better people in the States are using to order this?

Rarewaves has it for ~21 quid + 5.25 shipping.
https://www.rarewaves.com/products/5...stmas-volume-1

[bigshot]

Diabolik DVD is a good place to get it in the US

[Deadend45]

Are these Dickens like ghost stories or more (tv) horror?

[oddbox83]

Originally Posted by Deadend45

Are these Dickens like ghost stories or more (tv) horror?

Yes. They're M R James in the main, but one from later on (not in the vol 1 set) is a Dickens adaptation as it just fits the theme, so yeah I think Dickens-like ghost stories is a pretty accurate description.

[levcore]

Most of these are good, particularly the earlier ones but I thought the first one that was not based on a pre existing story, that had a more contemporary setting was really awful.

[Shingster]

Originally Posted by Deadend45

Are these Dickens like ghost stories or more (tv) horror?

More traditional English ghost stories, one of the films The Signalman is a Dickens short that has almost been transcribed direct from page and filmed, much like watching a stage play, and most of the others are adaptations of MR James (as stated above) so they do not feel like contemporary TV horror shorts, they're very authentic in recreating that slowburn creeping dread of late Victorian/early Edwardian horror.

[AnnThrope]

Originally Posted by levcore

Most of these are good, particularly the earlier ones but I thought the first one that was not based on a pre existing story, that had a more contemporary setting was really awful.

Yeah I agree - if you mean the one with Peter Bowles as the husband that was filmed at Avebury (but, bizarrely, made absolutely no use of the location).
'Stigma' it was called (thanks, Wikipedia).
I just found it thoroughly depressing.

The second of the 'new' episodes though (1978's 'The Ice House') I really enjoyed.

[levcore]

Originally Posted by AnnThrope

Yeah I agree - if you mean the one with Peter Bowles as the husband that was filmed at Avebury (but, bizarrely, made absolutely no use of the location).
'Stigma' it was called (thanks, Wikipedia).
I just found it thoroughly depressing.

The second of the 'new' episodes though (1978's 'The Ice House') I really enjoyed.

Yes that's it, very disappointing. How odd that they didn't make the most of the Avebury location. I agree The Ice House was a big step up.

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by RossyG

Studio Canal so I wouldn’t have thought so, but who knows?

Studio Canal released that on BD so I highly doubt it.

[AnnThrope]

Originally Posted by James78

It states a "re-release", so perhaps it will be The Innocents, which is out of print? Regardless, we'll find out on the 8th of September!

So did we find out? (it's now 13th Sept)

I've been looking but can't find any info on this "re-release of a classic horror title by the BFI"

[oddbox83]

Originally Posted by AnnThrope

So did we find out? (it's now 13th Sept)

I've been looking but can't find any info on this "re-release of a classic horror title by the BFI"

There was that other thing that happened on 8th September that may have understandably paused any planned announcements.