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1972·Horror·1h 30m
7.1
A research team from an electronics company move into an old Victorian house to start work on finding a new recording medium. When team member Jill Greeley witnesses a ghost, team director Peter Brock decides not only to analyse the apparition, which he believes is a psychic impression trapped in a stone wall (dubbed a "stone tape"), but to exorcise it too - with terrifying results...
Directed by Peter Sasdy
supernatural

Cast

Michael Bryant
Michael Bryant
Peter Brock
Jane Asher
Jane Asher
Jill Greeley
Iain Cuthbertson
Iain Cuthbertson
Roy Collinson
Michael Bates
Michael Bates
Eddie Holmes
Reginald Marsh
Reginald Marsh
Crawshaw
Tom Chadbon
Tom Chadbon
Hargrave
John Forgeham
John Forgeham
Maudsley
James Cosmo
James Cosmo
Cliff Dow
Neil Wilson
Neil Wilson
Sergeant Paterson
Michael Graham Cox
Michael Graham Cox
Alan

Crew

Peter Sasdy
Peter Sasdy
Director
Nigel Kneale
Nigel Kneale
Writer
Innes Lloyd
Innes Lloyd
Producer
Louis Marks
Louis Marks
Script Editor

Popular Reviews

8 reviews
Ghost
Ghost
The Stone Tape
I kept dissociating while watching this so I only got bits of what was happening but from what I can remember it was meh
I kept dissociating while watching this so I only got bits of what was happening but from what I can remember it was meh
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emilysfilm
emilysfilm
The Stone Tape
jill greeley falling to her death walked so that gwen stacy could run
jill greeley falling to her death walked so that gwen stacy could run
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Kieran
Kieran
The Stone Tape
The Stone Tapes works better retrospectively than it probably did at the time. The contemporary technology has become obselete. It’s from a time when comet trails on film were still left by naked flame- a gorgeous, albeit unavoidable, result of saticon tubing from the tv cameras. It’s from a time when these sort of jokes were acceptable. It’s a time capsule of effects and content in the same way the stones are. 

The ghost in the machine, as it were, is usurped by the machine becoming a ghost. Nigel Kneale really was one of the best.
The Stone Tapes works better retrospectively than it probably did at the time. The contemporary technology has become obselete. It’s from a time when comet trails on film were still left by naked flame- a gorgeous, albeit unavoidable, result of saticon tubing from the tv cameras. It’s from a time when these sort of jokes were acceptable. It’s a time capsule of effects and content in the same way the stones are. 

The ghost in the machine, as it were, is usurped by the machine becoming a ghost. Nigel Kneale really was one of the best.
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The
The
The Stone Tape
Really enjoyed this super dry spook show. I was totally onboard for the technical talky stuff and didn’t expect too much after the initial ghost sighting but this finishes strong.
Really enjoyed this super dry spook show. I was totally onboard for the technical talky stuff and didn’t expect too much after the initial ghost sighting but this finishes strong.
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SamEssss
SamEssss
The Stone Tape
Hate the main character, Jane Asher isn’t great, but it isn’t a bad TV play.
Hate the main character, Jane Asher isn’t great, but it isn’t a bad TV play.
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