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Five atmospheric dramatizations of classic ghost stories, introduced by Derek Jacobi as the voice of M. R. James. Widely acknowledged as the master of the supernatural, M. R. James penned many of his classic ghost stories to be read aloud to friends, by candlelight, in his study on Christmas Eve. These five adaptations, originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, perfectly capture the mood of nerve-jangling suspense that would surely have been present during those readings.In "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad", Professor Parkins embarks on a terrifying journey of discovery after he removes a curious artifact from the ruins of a Templar preceptory, while "The Tractate Middoth" sees diligent curator David Garrett caught up in the machinations of the mysterious Dr Rant when he's sent to retrieve an obscure manuscript from the library stacks. "Lost Hearts" tells of a young boy haunted by two ghostly children and in "The Rose Garden", terrifying forces are unleashed when the Goodmans tear down their old summer house. Finally, "Number 13" takes us to the Danish town of Viborg, where Dr. Anderson puts himself in terrible danger as he investigates why the hotel he's staying at does not contain a room 13. Starring BAFTA and Emmy-award winning actor Derek Jacobi ("Cadfael", "Gosford Park", "Doctor Who"), and with powerfully chilling music and sound effects, these rich, riveting dramatizations make for irresistible listening.
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73 of 73 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
You have got to try this little gem,
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This review is from: Spine Chillers (BBC Audio) (Audio CD)
This is a series of 'radio plays' first broadcast on Radio 4 over Christmas. If you like a good old fashioned Ghost Story, told in the semi darkness while sitting by the fire on a cold winters night - you are just going to love this. I have never been a fan of 'spoken word' CDs until now. The plays are professional and the stories are genuinely chilling. What makes it so is the superb acting and the fact that your imagination is allowed to fill in the pictures. Honestly, this was a really great experience and you will be transported to another time. Well worth listening to ...but if you listen in bed...yiou won't want to turn the light out. AND DON'T LISTEN ALONE...genuinely spooky but wonderful!
29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Creepy stories,
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This review is from: Spine Chillers (BBC Audio) (Audio CD)
I had hoped Derek Jacobi would be reading these word for word, but in fact he introduces them and the stories are dramatised. However, they grew on me and I have listened to them time and again with much enjoyment.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Good But Short Dramatisations,
By Richard London (Thriller Fan) (Bangkok, Thailand) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Spine Chillers (BBC Audio) (Audio CD)
This CD comprises several of M. R. James's famous ghost stories and is generally very well done. The acting is effective, as other reviewers have noted, and the stories are intrinsically intriguing. I think Derek Jacobi's opening and closing narrations are particularly effective (his voice is perfect for his role of narrator).
However, there are a couple of negative aspects to this CD: firstly, the dramatisations are really short, so that inevitably a lot of material from the original stories gets left out; and secondly, the dramatisations significantly change some elements of the story - for example, in the dramatised version of the superb story, 'Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad', Professor Parkins does not discover the whistle by himself (alone), but in the company of a rather young-sounding Colonel Wilson (this is at variance with the original story). Furthermore, the voices of the two actors who portray Parkins and Wilson respectively are confusingly similar, so that it took me two or three listenings before I could be sure which character it was who was supposed to be speaking at any given time. On balance, I think that hearing the stories read in their entirety is preferable to these dramatisations, but the latter are certainly very fine and enjoyable as a lightweight 'back-up' to the full tales themselves.
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