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Overview

Date of Birth:
1 August 1862, Goodnestone Parsonage, Kent, UK more
Date of Death:
12 June 1936, Eton, Berkshire, England, UK more
Mini Biography:
Born in 1862, Montague Rhodes James developed a reading habit at an early age... more
Trivia:
English Apocryphal scholar and academic. Occasional writer of ghost stories... more
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(4 articles)
The House Of Lost Souls (Book Review)
 (From Fangoria. 13 September 2009, 6:49 PM, PDT)
Branagh Has His Eye on Night of the Demon
 (From shocktillyoudrop. 17 March 2009)
Alternate Names:
Montague R. James | Montague Rhodes James

Filmography



Writer:
  1. Lost Hearts (2007) (V) (short story)
  2. Number 13 (2006) (TV) (author) (story)
  3. Ghost Story for Christmas: M.R. James - A View from a Hill (2005) (TV) (story)
  4. "Ghost Stories for Christmas" (2000) TV mini-series (stories)
    ... aka Christopher Lee's Ghost Stories for Christmas (UK: complete title)

  5. La chiesa (1989) (story "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas") (uncredited)
    ... aka Cathedral of Demons
    ... aka Demon Cathedral
    ... aka Demons 3
    ... aka In the Land of the Demons
    ... aka The Church

  6. "ITV Playhouse" (1 episode, 1979)
        - Casting the Runes (1979) TV episode (from a story by)
  7. The Ash Tree (1975) (TV) (story) (book "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary") (as Montague Rhodes James)
    ... aka Ghost Story for Christmas: The Ash Tree (UK: series title)
  8. Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974) (TV) (story) (book "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary") (as Montague Rhodes James)
    ... aka Ghost Story for Christmas: Treasure of Abbot Thomas (UK: series title)
  9. Lost Hearts (1973) (TV) (story) (book "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary") (as Montague Rhodes James)
    ... aka Ghost Story for Christmas: Lost Hearts (UK: series title)
  10. A Warning to the Curious (1972) (TV) (story)
    ... aka Ghost Story for Christmas: A Warning to the Curious (UK: series title)
  11. The Stalls of Barchester (1971) (TV) (story "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral") (book "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary") (as Montague Rhodes James)
    ... aka Ghost Story for Christmas: The Stalls of Barchester (UK: series title)

  12. "Omnibus" (1 episode, 1968)
        - Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968) TV episode (story "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad")
  13. "Mystery and Imagination" (4 episodes, 1966-1968)
        - Casting the Runes (1968) TV episode (story)
        - Room 13 (1966) TV episode (story "Number 13")
        - Lost Hearts (1966) TV episode (story)
        - The Tractate Middoth (1966) TV episode (story)

  14. Night of the Demon (1957) (story "Casting the Runes") (as Montague R. James)
    ... aka Curse of the Demon (USA: recut version)
    ... aka Haunted
  15. "Lights Out" (1 episode, 1951)
        - The Lost Will of Dr. Rant (1951) TV episode (story "The Tractate Middoth")

Additional Details

Other Works:
Book: A Thin Ghost and Others (1919) more
Publicity Listings:
3 Print Biographies more
Genres:
Horror | Drama | Mystery | Fantasy more
Plot Keywords:
Based On Book | Anthology | Demon | Ghost more

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