Weirdies

On this last Ghost Weirdies for Christmas I am looking at Lost Hearts from 1973, starring Joseph O'Conor and Simon Gipps-Kent. It was adapted by Robin Chapman and directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark. And The Ash Tree from 1975, starring Edward Petherbridge and Lalla Ward. It was written by David Rudkin and directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark.Both stories are based on the M.R. James originals.Twitter @weirdiespodBluesky: @weirdies.bsky.socialEmail: [email protected]...

On this Ghost Weirdies for Christmas episode I am looking at The Treasure of Abbot Thomas from 1973, starring Michael Bryant and Paul Lavers. It was adapted by John Bowen and directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark. And The Mezzotint from 2021, starring Rory Kinnear and adapted and directed by Mark Gatiss.Twitter @weirdiespodBluesky @weirdies.bsky.socialEmail [email protected] the Show. Twitter @weirdiespodEmail [email protected] ko-fi.com/weirdies

On this special festive season of Ghost Weirdies for Christmas I am looking at A Warning to the Curious from 1972, starring Peter Vaughan and Clive Swift, and Count Magnus from 2022, starring Jason Watkins and MyAnna Buring. Curious was adapted and directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark and Magnus was adapted and directed by Mark Gatiss.Twitter @weirdiespodBluesky @weirdies.bsky.socialEmail [email protected] the Show. Twitter @weirdiespodEmail [email protected]...

On the first of a special festive series I am looking at 2 Ghost Stories for Christmas, based upon stories by M.R. James. Whistle and I'll Come to You from 1968 stars Michael Hordern and was adapted and directed by Jonathan Miller.The Stalls of Barchester from 1971 stars Robert Hardy and Clive Swift and was adapted and directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark.Twitter @weirdiespodBluesky @weirdies.bsky.socialEmail [email protected] the Show. Twitter @weirdiespodEmai...

On this episode I am looking at Young Frankenstein from 1974, starring Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman and Madeline Kahn. It was written by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks and directed by Mel Brooks.Twitter @weirdiespodBluesky @weirdies.bsky.socialEmail [email protected] the Show. Twitter @weirdiespodEmail [email protected] ko-fi.com/weirdies

On this episode I look at The Hound of the Baskervilles from 1959, starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Andre Morell. It was written by Peter Bryan and directed by Terence Fisher.Twitter @weirdiespodBluesky weirdies.bsky.socialEmail [email protected] the Show. Twitter @weirdiespodEmail [email protected] ko-fi.com/weirdies

On this episode I discuss the 1976 Hammer film To the Devil a Daughter, starring Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Natassja Kinski, Honor Blackman and Denholm Elliot. It was written by Chris Wicking, John Peacock and Gerald Vaughan-Hughes and directed by Peter Sykes.Twitter @weirdiespodBluesky weirdies.bsky.socialEmail [email protected] the Show. Twitter @weirdiespodEmail [email protected] ko-fi.com/weirdies

On this episode I discuss 1980'S The Fog, starring Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, Tom Atkins and Hal Holbrook. It was written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill and directed by John Carpenter.twitter @weirdiespodBluesky @weirdies.bsky.socialEmail [email protected] the Show. Twitter @weirdiespodEmail [email protected] ko-fi.com/weirdies

On this episode I am discussing the 1973 film Theatre of Blood starring Vincent Price, Ian Hendry and Diana Rigg. It was written by Anthony Greville Bell and directed by Douglas Hickox.Twitter @weirdiespodBluesky @weirdies.bsky.socialEmail [email protected] the Show. Twitter @weirdiespodEmail [email protected] ko-fi.com/weirdies

On this episode I am discussing the 2010 film The Last Exorcism starring Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr, Louis Herthum and Caleb Landry Jones. It was written by Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland and directed by Daniel Stamm.Twitter @weirdiespodBluesky @weirdies.bsky.socialEmail [email protected] the Show. Twitter @weirdiespodEmail [email protected] ko-fi.com/weirdies