It's Christmas night and you're bit tipsy/befuddled after seasonal indulgence. Onto your small 625 line CRT colour TV comes this grainy sinister ghost story which scares the bejabers out of you, and continues to do so 50 odd years later.
Filmed on a small budget which actually contributes to the mood, it's made on 16mm film with a rather fixed camera which also adds to the atmosphere of an ethereal windswept and isolated Norfolk coast. Fine performances by the limited cast and a true period feel. I recently caught it again on the excellent Talking Pictures TV channel and it can also be found on DVD and even Blu-ray which seems a bit of technical overkill. One of an annual BBC series which could also be revived on BBC4. My only complaint would be that the crown looks like it was bashed out from an old tin can...
Filmed on a small budget which actually contributes to the mood, it's made on 16mm film with a rather fixed camera which also adds to the atmosphere of an ethereal windswept and isolated Norfolk coast. Fine performances by the limited cast and a true period feel. I recently caught it again on the excellent Talking Pictures TV channel and it can also be found on DVD and even Blu-ray which seems a bit of technical overkill. One of an annual BBC series which could also be revived on BBC4. My only complaint would be that the crown looks like it was bashed out from an old tin can...