Banshee (22 Feb. 1986)
"The Ray Bradbury Theater" Banshee (original title)

An American visiting a remote Irish manor hears an eerie moan from the grounds. Braving the dark night, the man sees a beautiful woman flitting across the moor. When he returns to the house... See full summary »

Director:

Douglas Jackson

Writers:

Ray Bradbury (screenplay), Ray Bradbury (story)

Stars:

Ray Bradbury, Michael Copeman, Jennifer Dale

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Ray Bradbury	...	Himself - Introduction
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Copeman	...	Taxi Driver
Jennifer Dale	...	The Banshee
Peter O'Toole	...	John Hampton
Charles Martin Smith	...	Douglas Rogers

Storyline

An American visiting a remote Irish manor hears an eerie moan from the grounds. Braving the dark night, the man sees a beautiful woman flitting across the moor. When he returns to the house, his host, an inveterate practical joker, informs him the woman is really a banshee and dares him to confront her.

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Plot Keywords:

banshee | moor | manor | taxi | american abroad | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Release Date:

22 February 1986 (France)

Company Credits

User Reviews

The Writer, the Director and the Banshee

The American screenplay writer Douglas Rogers (Charles Martin Smith) travels by taxi to the old manor of the director John Hampton (Peter O'Toole) in the countryside of Dublin to show his last work. He finds in John an extravagant man with a peculiar sense of humor. When they hear a moaning in the woods, John tells Douglas that it is a Banshee (Jennifer Dale) ("a female spirit in Gaelic folklore believed to presage, by wailing, a death in a family") wandering in the woods and challenges the writer to meet her. Douglas believes it is a prank of John and meets a weird woman that claims that she is there for William, but pointing to John inside the house. Douglas tells the writer about his meeting with the Banshee and the director believes it is a joke from the American writer, living the mansion to find the woman and his fate.

"Banshee" is a promising episode of "The Ray Bradbury Theater", but unfortunately I lost many words said by Peter O'Toole and Michael Copeman due to their accent. The development of the plot is great but the conclusion is a little deceptive. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Banshee"