Whistle and I'll Come to You

Sessão folk-horror (05/??)
Achei ok. Tem algumas cenas que chamam atenção pra época, mas que ficam engraçadas se você não tenta levar a sério.
E que cara simpático.

Sessão folk-horror (05/??)
Achei ok. Tem algumas cenas que chamam atenção pra época, mas que ficam engraçadas se você não tenta levar a sério.
E que cara simpático.

Tends to get overshadowed, including by me, by the weighty silhouette of the LGC Ghost Stories. It’s probably unfair as this is superb, it’s just next to those basically everything pales in comparison. Everything is so sotto voce in this that a genuine conversation with full sentences almost seem brash. The final scare is chilling in the same way the previous conversations are non-linguistic. It’s really good. 

I will refute the claim that this is James’ “darkest” story however.

Tends to get overshadowed, including by me, by the weighty silhouette of the LGC Ghost Stories. It’s probably unfair as this is superb, it’s just next to those basically everything pales in comparison. Everything is so sotto voce in this that a genuine conversation with full sentences almost seem brash. The final scare is chilling in the same way the previous conversations are non-linguistic. It’s really good. 

I will refute the claim that this is James’ “darkest” story however.

boring and then bone chilling. that’s what the movies are about baby. last scene will stay with me

boring and then bone chilling. that’s what the movies are about baby. last scene will stay with me

they're doing ordinary language philosophy on ghosts and the ghosts are winning

they're doing ordinary language philosophy on ghosts and the ghosts are winning

A Ghost Story for Christmas: 0.5

After finally gaining physical copies of them, I’m starting a watch of the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas films. The original incarnation of it anyway. This isn’t really the first, more of prelude, made before the official series title but it’s still remarkable. 

This turns M.R. James’ story into a minimalist, almost experimental, exercise in simplicity. A mumbling, fumbling professor, the English countryside, a spirit. That’s all you get. And it’s all you need. Takes the bare bones of nighttime fright and delivers them beautifully: the paralysing fear of waking up with to a sound in your bedroom, the inexplicability of the supernatural through the eyes of a factual man. Gorgeous, if a little lacking in James’ fleshed-out vision as a result of the presentation. 

It also highlights the creative powerhouse that was 60s Omnibus. Miller was working amongst peers like Ken Russell and proves why he deserved to.

A Ghost Story for Christmas: 0.5

After finally gaining physical copies of them, I’m starting a watch of the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas films. The original incarnation of it anyway. This isn’t really the first, more of prelude, made before the official series title but it’s still remarkable. 

This turns M.R. James’ story into a minimalist, almost experimental, exercise in simplicity. A mumbling, fumbling professor, the English countryside, a spirit. That’s all you get. And it’s all you need. Takes the bare bones of nighttime fright and delivers them beautifully: the paralysing fear of waking up with to a sound in your bedroom, the inexplicability of the supernatural through the eyes of a factual man. Gorgeous, if a little lacking in James’ fleshed-out vision as a result of the presentation. 

It also highlights the creative powerhouse that was 60s Omnibus. Miller was working amongst peers like Ken Russell and proves why he deserved to.