{"id":5858,"date":"2022-12-09T07:33:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T07:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=5858"},"modified":"2022-12-09T07:34:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T07:34:28","slug":"a-ghost-story-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=5858","title":{"rendered":"A Ghost Story For Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>As temperatures plummet well below zero and many will be putting their Xmas trees and decorations up, it\u2019s the perfect time to curl up by the fire with a glass of port and a mince pie to watch the BFI\u2019s collection of the BBC\u2019s adaptations of M.R. James ghost stories.<br \/>\nSARAH GREGORY is ready to be spooked, in HD<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Throughout the \u201970s the BBC\u2019s <em>A Ghost Story For Christmas<\/em> was a cherished seasonal tradition. Retellings of classic Victorian tales of the supernatural in equal parts gripping, haunting and terrifying \u2013 and which continue to captivate to this day.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Warning to the Curious (1972) - A Ghost Story for Christmas\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w7xJSQY8Ssw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Previously only available on DVD, the BFI are launching a beautifully packaged limited-edition three-disc Blu-ray boxset, <i>Ghost Stories For Christmas<\/i> Volume 1, just in time for \u2026 Christmas.<br \/>\nCoinciding with the awesome UK-wide <a href=\"https:\/\/indreamsaremonsters.co.uk\/\"><i>In Dreams Are Monsters<\/i><\/a> horror film season, this box set focuses on the master of ghost storytelling, M.R. James. Featuring his two masterpieces, <i>Whistle And I\u2019ll Come to You<\/i> \u2013 Michael Hordern unwittingly unleashing a terrorising supernatural force in the Suffolk seaside \u2013 and\u00a0<i>A Warning To The Curious<\/i>\u00a0(this writer\u2019s absolute fave), which sees Peter Vaughan meddling with centuries-old East Anglian mythical traditions; \u00a0the supernatural revenge tale <i>The Stalls Of Barchester<\/i> and the heart-breaking vampiric <i>The Lost Hearts<\/i> complete the set.<br \/>\nFor those, like me, who love these ghost stories already, a Blu-ray version with lots of bonus extras is very exciting! For the uninitiated, you are in for one hell of a treat this winter.<\/p>\n<p><i>Ghost Stories For Christmas <\/i>Volume 1 is available now. Order <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.bfi.org.uk\/ghost-stories-for-christmas-volume-one-blu-ray.html\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<span class=\"synved-social-container synved-social-container-share\"><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F5858&#038;t=A%20Ghost%20Story%20For%20Christmas&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F5858&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F12%2FE9D03956-6870-4BDB-8171-7386166E52E8.jpeg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=A%20Ghost%20Story%20For%20Christmas\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F5858&#038;text=New%20post%20on%20our%20site\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=A%20Ghost%20Story%20For%20Christmas&#038;body=New%20post%20on%20our%20site:%20https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F5858\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As temperatures plummet well below zero and many will be putting their Xmas trees and decorations up, it\u2019s the perfect time to curl up by the fire with a glass of port and a mince pie to watch the BFI\u2019s collection of the BBC\u2019s adaptations of M.R. James ghost stories. SARAH GREGORY is ready to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[1076,827,1075],"class_list":["post-5858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-videos","category-reviews","tag-bbc","tag-bfi","tag-m-r-james","post_format-post-format-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5858"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}