Ghost Stories

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Original title: Ghost Stories
Year: 2017
Running time: 98 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman
Screenwriter: Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman
Music: Haim Frank Ilfman
Cinematography: Ole Bratt Birkeland
Cast: Martin Freeman, Alex Lawther, Jill Halfpenny, Andy Nyman, Paul Whitehouse, Nicholas Burns, Daniel Hill, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Jake Davies, Ryan Oliva, Derren Brown, Samuel Bottomley, Lesley Harcourt, Oliver Woollford, Maggie McCarthy, Paul Warren, Emily Carding, Amy Doyle, Ramzan Miah, Louise Atkins, Billy Sneddon, Callum Goulden, Christine Dalby, Benji Ming, Deborah Wastell, Elaine Dyson, Joe Osborne, Maria Major, Macie Allen, Leonard Byrne, Anthony Davis, Mike Aarons, Julie Waring, Richard Waring
Producer: Warp Films / Altitude Film Entertainment / Catalyst Global Media / Lionsgate. Distributed by IFC Midnight [USA]
Genre: Drama
Synopsis / Plot: Arch sceptic Professor Phillip Goodman embarks upon a terror filled quest, when he stumbles across a long lost file containing details of three cases of inexplicable 'hauntings'.

Critics' reviews

"'Ghost Stories' is a witty and well-crafted love letter to old-school horror tropes (...) There is much to savor here, however familiar the ingredients."

Stephen Dalton: The Hollywood Reporter
"A climactic rug-pull that worked grandly on stage is less satisfying on screen, leaving the film less a banquet than a platter of tasty appetizers"

Guy Lodge: Variety
"There’s a certain unevenness (...) Dyson and Nyman’s status as first-time directors shows a little too (...) There’s still a lot of pleasure to be had here"

Oliver Lyttelton: The Playlist
"A disturbing, atmospheric fable (...) Nyman and Dyson have created a weird world of menace, despair and decay (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian
"By keeping things simple and playing to its strengths, 'Ghost Stories' remains an exhilarating and entertaining experience (...) The filmmakers have created moments of subtle, creeping menace"

Nikki Baughan: Screendaily
"At the end, it’s hard to avoid the sense you’ve watched a grab-bag of horror conceits (...) It’s gimmicky, knowing, and nicely crafted entertainment (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Tim Robey: Telegraph
"[It] is arguably the most hair-raising and unsettling British horror in decades (...) A film that many will want to watch again and again (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Terry Staunton: Radio Times
"This turns out to be a deadly serious attempt to chill us to the bone. It just about succeeds (...) The scarier it gets, the more fun it becomes (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Geoffrey Macnab: The Independent

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