A Ghost Story for Christmas: 3
I find it incredible we ever moved to a jump-scare orientated horror landscape as the images captured in this, austere and dry in their forthrightness, do more to unsettle me than any half a second fright.
Or perhaps Lawrence Gordon Clarke is a genius horror director, the likes of which just aren’t around anymore. He knew cloaks and mirrors weren’t going to illicit as much genuine spookiness as having ghosts out in the open from the beginning. There’s a little teasing before an incredible shot in a window that proves this.
In 35 minutes you have to be economical. If this film doesn’t display the technical excellence of the previous entries, it’s because there simply wasn’t time. What you get instead is a tight focus on character and story. A quick but well paced unravelling, set amongst the rolling fog of the English countryside. It’s vintage ghost stuff but done exceedingly well.
A Ghost Story for Christmas: 3
I find it incredible we ever moved to a jump-scare orientated horror landscape as the images captured in this, austere and dry in their forthrightness, do more to unsettle me than any half a second fright.
Or perhaps Lawrence Gordon Clarke is a genius horror director, the likes of which just aren’t around anymore. He knew cloaks and mirrors weren’t going to illicit as much genuine spookiness as having ghosts out in the open from the beginning. There’s a little teasing before an incredible shot in a window that proves this.
In 35 minutes you have to be economical. If this film doesn’t display the technical excellence of the previous entries, it’s because there simply wasn’t time. What you get instead is a tight focus on character and story. A quick but well paced unravelling, set amongst the rolling fog of the English countryside. It’s vintage ghost stuff but done exceedingly well.
