Ghost Stories For Christmas

Get into the Christmas spirit at the Rio with an evening of festive ghost storytelling—a special double bill of two of the celebrated BBC adaptations, rarely seen on the big screen, which have become a much-loved part of the Christmas tradition for folk horror fans. Both films are hallmarks of British television, known for their minimalism, deliberate pacing and largely quiet but tense runtimes, they intimately capture the essence and ritual of ghost stories. With mulled wine in hand, settle in for an evening steeped in the timeless tradition of Victorian ghost storytelling. Presented in partnership with Lammiland. WHISTLE AND I’LL COME TO YOU 1968, dir. Jonathan Miller. Michael Hordern, Ambrose Coghill, George Woodbridge Based on a story by M.R. James. A university professor, confident that everything which occurs in life has a rational explanation, finds his beliefs severely challenged when, during a vacation to a remote coastal village in Norfolk, he blows through an ancient whistle discovered on a beach, awakening horrors beyond human understanding. + THE SIGNALMAN 1976, dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark. Denholm Elliott, Bernard Lloyd, Reginald Jessup Based on a story by Charles Dickens. A traveller comes across a signalman stationed by the exit of a railway tunnel in a deep cutting. The traveller becomes familiar with the signalman, and finds that he is troubled by an apparition which appears by the tunnel.Ghost Stories For Christmas showing at: December 20, 8:45 pm

Location: Rio Cinema107 Kingsland High Street, London, E8 2PB3

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Michael Hordern

Denholm Elliott

Jonathan Miller

Lawrence Gordon Clark,

Ghost Stories For Christmas"