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Warning to the Curious (1972) – L. G. Clark
Filmed for the BBC as part of their Ghost
Stories for Christmas series in the early seventies from a story by M. R. James. I found out about this from the BFI’s review
of British folk horror (located here: http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/where-begin-folk-horror). An archaeologist visits Anglia to find one of
the fabled three crowns that were buried to protect the realm; of course,
disturbing them is bound to bring bad luck.
In this case, the crown is haunted by the ghost of the last remaining
member of the family that charged themselves with guarding the burial
site. The ambience is spooky (all
lonesome beaches and deserted woods) and occasionally creepy as hell and even
scary if you have the lights turned out and put yourself into the “spirit” of
things. I’m reading Lovecraft at the
same time and the mood can be similar (although H. P. does go gruesome more
readily). A treat.
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