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1. Shadows at the Door (2018 Podcast Series)
Horror
Adaptations of beloved ghost stories and new spectral yarns created exclusively by some of the most exciting writers in modern horror.
Stars: David Ault, Jake Benson, Ilana Charnelle, Mark Nixon
Votes: 13
2.
Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
Episode:
Room 13
(1966)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Is there - or isn't there - a Room 13 at the small Danish hotel?
Director: Patrick Dromgoole | Stars: Joss Ackland, David Battley, Carl Bernard, David Buck
Votes: 11
3.
Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
Episode:
Lost Hearts
(1966)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Will children become the victims of human sacrifice?
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: David Buck, David Dodimead, Megs Jenkins, Freddie Jones
Votes: 40
4.
Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
Episode:
Casting the Runes
(1968)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Mr. Karswell is very easily angered and never forgets a slight. As he is also a man capable of summoning demons from Hell to do his bidding, his quarrel with Dunning may have unfortunate consequences.
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Robert Eddison, Neal Arden, John Barrett, John Fraser
Votes: 20
5. Ghost Stories for Christmas (2000)
30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
"Ghost Stories for Christmas" was a UK horror anthology mini series where horror legend Christopher Lee hosts and narrates a series of four half hour ghost stories all based on stories by M.R. James.
Stars: Logan Crawford, Christopher Lee, Peter White, Matthew Wheatley
Votes: 274
6. Great Ghost Tales (1961)
30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The last regularly scheduled television series to be broadcast live in the U.S. was hosted by Frank Gallop, and featured dramatizations of ghost stories and other tales of the supernatural,... See full summary »
Stars: Frank Gallop, Robert Duvall, Lee Grant, Walter Matthau
Votes: 54
7. Camera Three (1955–1980)
30 min | Drama
A weekly examination of the arts and literature, on Sunday mornings when there was more likely to be an audience interested in such matters and there was less competition for ratings.
Stars: James Macandrew, Faubion Bowers, Margaret Croyden, Alfredo Antonini
Votes: 63
8. Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
75 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
"Mystery and Imagination" was a UK hosted horror anthology series running from 1966 until 1970 with host David Buck as "Richard Beckett". who was a romantic young Victorian adventurer always had a tale to tell.
Stars: David Buck, Mark Moss, Freddie Jones, Robert Hunter
Votes: 111
9.
Doctors (2000–2024)
Episode:
Whistle...
(2014)
Drama
Al goes to Hardernwick for a night of beer only his Reverend friend doesn't turn up. Alone, he discovers the place to be haunted, especially when he finds a whistle at the local church, blows into it, and summons something evil.
Director: Pip Short | Stars: Owen Brenman, Matthew Chambers, Ian Midlane, Jessica Regan
Votes: 9
10. Curse of the Demon (1957)
Approved | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshipper Julian Karswell.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham
Votes: 15,528
11. Rats by M.R. James (2011)
Not Rated | 19 min | Short, Horror
And if you were to walk through the bedrooms now, you'd see the ragged, moldy bedclothes a heaving and a heaving like seas. With the rats under them.
Director: Stephen Gray | Stars: Craig Malpass, Theresa Roche
Votes: 15
12. A Warning to the Curious (1972 TV Movie)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An archaeologist goes treasure hunting along the English coast in search of a lost, fabled crown that supposedly helps protect Great Britain against invasion, but uncovers something much more sinister.
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Julian Herington, John Kearney
Votes: 1,645
13. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern
Votes: 294
14. The Mezzotint (2021 TV Movie)
29 min | Horror
A museum curator receives a very disturbing engraving that changes each time he and his colleagues look at it.
Director: Mark Gatiss | Stars: Rory Kinnear, Robert Bathurst, Frances Barber, John Hopkins
Votes: 880
15.
Omnibus (1967–2003)
Episode:
Whistle and I'll Come to You
(1968)
Not Rated | 42 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Classic BBC adaptation of an equally classic ghost story about a skeptical professor on vacation in Norfolk who finds a cursed whistle. Unlike most other episodes of this documentary series about music, this one is live action folk horror.
Director: Jonathan Miller | Stars: Michael Hordern, Ambrose Coghill, George Woodbridge, Nora Gordon
Votes: 1,481
16.
Lights Out (1946–1952)
Episode:
The Lost Will of Dr. Rant
(1951)
30 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A dear old woman is supposed to inherit the fortune of her uncle, Dr. John Rant, as soon as she finds his will. He tells her only that it's in a book and that she probably won't recognize ... See full summary »
Director: Laurence Schwab Jr. | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Russell Collins, Pat Englund, Eva Condon
Votes: 49
17.
Classic Ghost Stories (1986– )
Episode:
Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad
(1986)
Horror
An academic on holiday discovers a whistle amongst the remains of a monastery of the Knights Templar. It has the legend "Who is this who is coming?" engraved upon it in Latin. He will find out when he unwisely blows into it.
Director: David Bell | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 26
18. Il fascino dell'insolito (1980–1982)
Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Presents a rare selection of innovative stories in literature from gothic to science fiction.
Stars: Franco Angrisano, Bruno Corazzari, Gino Maringola, Daniele Dublino
Votes: 14
19.
Ghost Stories for Christmas (2000)
Episode:
Number 13
(2000)
40 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Dissatisfied with his hotel room, Professor Anderson demands to be moved to number 12 where he can work undisturbed. But, infuriated by the ghoulish noises made nightly by his neighbour, he... See full summary »
Director: Pier Wilkie | Stars: Christopher Lee, Logan Crawford, Greg Wise
Votes: 40
20. Classic Ghost Stories (1986– )
Horror
Five partially-dramatized readings of classic M.R. James ghost stories by actor Robert Powell. Including "The Mezzotint", "The Ash-Tree", "The Rose Garden", "Wailing Well" and "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad".
Stars: Robert Powell, Arthur Nightingale, Barry Summerford, Jeremy Roberts
Votes: 31
21.
Spine Chillers (1980– )
Episode:
A School Story
(1980)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
"A School Story" by M. R. James, told by Michael Bryant.
Star: Michael Bryant
Votes: 17
22.
Classic Ghost Stories (1986– )
Episode:
The Mezzotint
(1986)
Horror
Mr Williams, the curator of an university museum, purchases a modest engraving of a country house. But a black tint in the corner of the picture seems to resemble a figure and it moves, slowly revealing past horrors.
Director: David Bell | Stars: Robert Powell, Norman Bacon, Michael Richmond, Jeremy Roberts
Votes: 21
23. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Comedy, Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 88
24. Lights Out (1946–1952)
30 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
"Lights Out" was a US narrated horror short story series.
Stars: Frank Gallop, Jack La Rue, Mercer McLeod, Leslie Nielsen
Votes: 204
25. Lost Hearts (1973 TV Movie)
35 min | Horror, Mystery
A young orphan, Stephen, is sent to go and live with his strange, much older cousin at his remote country house. Once there, Stephen experiences terrible dreams in which he sees a young girl and boy who are missing their hearts.
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Simon Gipps-Kent, Joseph O'Conor, James Mellor, Susan Richards
Votes: 965
26. The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974 TV Movie)
37 min | Horror, Mystery
The Reverend Justin Somerton, a scholar of Medieval history, and his protégé Lord Peter Dattering are visiting an Abbey library. Studying a stained glass window they uncover clues leading to a treasure hidden by a disgraced Abbot.
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Sheila Dunn, Anne Blake, Frank Mills, Virginia Balfour
Votes: 721
27. Lost Hearts (2007 Video)
56 min | Drama, Horror
A modern working of the 1893 M.R James ghost story Lost Hearts. An orphaned boy come to live with his reclusive relative, but there are strange manifestations in the house. The ghost children want vengeance - and they want it now.
Director: Patrick Amery | Stars: Julian Mohn, Steve Raymond, Sarah Whitehouse, Glyn Wade
Votes: 11
28. The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance (2016)
Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Horror
A terrifying dream of a sinister Punch and Judy puppet show reveals the grisly details of an unsolved murder. Based on the classic short story written by renowned author of historical ghost stories, M.R. James.
Director: Richard Mansfield | Star: Silas Hawkins
Votes: 11
29.
Spine Chillers (1980– )
Episode:
The Diary of Mr Poynter
(1980)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
"The Diary of Mr Poynter" by M. R. James, told by Michael Bryant.
Star: Michael Bryant
Votes: 18
30. Whistle and I'll Come to You! (1957)
10 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
A whistle, when blown, conjures up...what, exactly? Nothing good.
Star: Doug Alldridge
Votes: 68
31. Spine Chillers (1980– )
10 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Readings of classic ghost and horror stories aimed at older children.
Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Freddie Jones, John Woodvine, Michael Bryant
Votes: 17
32.
Ghost Stories for Christmas (2000)
Episode:
The Stalls of Barchester
(2000)
30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
While cataloguing the collections of Barchester Cathedral library, Dr Black stumbles across an intriguing box of papers belonging to former Archdeacon Haynes. In it, he discovers a hidden ... See full summary »
Director: Eleanor Yule | Stars: Christopher Lee, Logan Crawford, Peter White, Matthew Wheatley
Votes: 52
33.
Spine Chillers (1980– )
Episode:
The Mezzotint
(1980)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
The Mezzotint' by M. R. James, told by Michael Bryant.
Stars: Michael Bryant, Freddie Jones, Jonathan Pryce
Votes: 20
34. The Tractate Middoth (2013 TV Movie)
35 min | Mystery, Thriller
On his deathbed vicar Rant makes a secret confession to his niece Mary Simpson. Some twenty years later young librarian William Garrett is asked by elderly John Eldred to locate a book ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Gatiss | Stars: Louise Jameson, John Castle, Eleanor Bron, David Ryall
Votes: 651
35. The Stalls of Barchester (1971 TV Movie)
45 min | Horror
While cataloging the library of Barchester Cathedral, a scholar finds a diary detailing the events surrounding the mysterious death of an Archdeacon some 50 years earlier. The first of the BBC's famed 'A Ghost Story for Christmas'.
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Robert Hardy, Clive Swift, Thelma Barlow, Will Leighton
Votes: 915
36. A View from a Hill (2005 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 40 min | Drama, Horror
In fact Dr Fanshawe is not on holiday. As an archaeologist, he has been engaged by the squire to catalogue a private collection of local artefacts.
Director: Luke Watson | Stars: Mark Letheren, Pip Torrens, David Burke, Simon Linnell
Votes: 677
37.
Classic Ghost Stories (1986– )
Episode:
The Ash-Tree
(1986)
Horror
A witch condemned to death places a curse upon the Ash tree at the hall of her accuser that stretches down through the centuries and through the generations to invade the life of the ancestor who has inherited the estate.
Director: David Bell | Stars: Robert Powell, Cameron Miller, Arthur Nightingale, Barry Summerford
Votes: 17
38. Whistle and I'll Come to You (2010 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 52 min | Horror
After finding an intriguing ring on a deserted beach, retired academic James Parkin soon becomes the victim of a supernatural revenge. But who is the avenger?
Director: Andy De Emmony | Stars: John Hurt, Gemma Jones, Lesley Sharp, Sophie Thompson
Votes: 1,048
39. Count Magnus (2015)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short, Horror
Mr. Wraxall is visiting the De La Gardie family in Sweden to inspect their family history for his new travel book on the area. He discovers the family's dark past in Count Magnus, a ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Mansfield | Star: Silas Hawkins
Votes: 19
40. Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance (1976 TV Short)
17 min | Short, Drama, Horror
Mr Humphreys, a modest clerk, unexpected inherits a country mansion from an obscure uncle. In its grounds lies a maze and when he explores it, the new owner disturbs something frightening at its center.
Director: Tony Scull | Stars: Geoffrey Russell, Peter Wheeler, Peter Clough
Votes: 73
41. Number 13 (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 40 min | Horror, Mystery
In order to authenticate some historical papers in a cathedral town, Oxbridge academic Anderson stays at a local hotel in room 12, initially disregarding the lack of a number 13 as provincial superstition.
Director: Pier Wilkie | Stars: Greg Wise, Paul Freeman, David Burke, Tom Burke
Votes: 643
42. Count Magnus (2022 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama, Horror
The inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.
Director: Mark Gatiss | Stars: Jason Watkins, MyAnna Buring, Max Bremer, Jamal Ajala
Votes: 432
43. The Ash Tree (1975 TV Movie)
32 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Man of leisure Sir Richard (Edward Petherbridge) receives notification that his Uncle has died, bequeathing him his stately country manor and all its lands. On his return to England he ... See full summary »
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Edward Petherbridge, Preston Lockwood, Barbara Ewing, Lalla Ward
Votes: 768
44.
ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Episode:
Casting the Runes
(1979)
Not Rated | 47 min | Comedy, Drama
Like Curse of the Demon (1957), this adaptation is only very loosely based on the original ghost story by M.R. James. However, it does feature eerie scenic views and is directed by Lawrence "Ghost Story For Christmas" Gordon Clark
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Iain Cuthbertson, Jan Francis, Bernard Gallagher, Joanna Dunham
Votes: 188
45.
Classic Ghost Stories (1986– )
Episode:
Wailing Well
(1986)
Horror
A group of Scouts on an excursion are strictly told not to go near an old well that has been marked with a red circle on their maps. However, one disobedient boy pays no heed to the warnings and thus pays a terrible price.
Director: David Bell | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 22
46. The Church (1989)
R | 102 min | Horror
An old Gothic cathedral built over a mass grave develops strange powers that trap a number of people inside with ghosts from a 12th Century massacre seeking to resurrect an ancient demon from the bowels of the Earth.
Director: Michele Soavi | Stars: Hugh Quarshie, Tomas Arana, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Barbara Cupisti
Votes: 8,916
47.
Classic Ghost Stories (1986– )
Episode:
The Rose Garden
(1986)
Horror
Mrs Anstruther wants to convert a neglected corner of her property into a rose garden. She tells her gardener to remove the old seat and an old post it was attached to. This unleashes disturbing visions for her and her husband.
Director: David Bell | Stars: Robert Powell, John Beardmore, John Cannon, Peter Creasey
Votes: 16
48. Martin's Close (2019 TV Movie)
30 min | Horror
John Martin is on trial for his life. Facing him, the infamous 'hanging judge', George Jeffreys. But this is not a cut-and-dried murder case, because the innocent young girl Martin is accused of killing has been seen after her death.
Director: Mark Gatiss | Stars: Peter Capaldi, Elliot Levey, Wilf Scolding, Sara Crowe
Votes: 463
49.
Il fascino dell'insolito (1980–1982)
Episode:
La mezzatinta
(1980)
Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Biagio Proietti | Stars: Sergio Fiorentini, Bruno Cattaneo, Germana Dominici, Marisa Belli
Votes: 6
50.
Il fascino dell'insolito (1980–1982)
Episode:
La stanza numero 13
(1980)
Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The hotel has no Room 13. Or does it?
Director: Paolo Poeti | Stars: Franco Angrisano, Gino Maringola, Tino Scotti, Pino Cuomo
Votes: 7