Edited by Gill Burrell, Thursday, 11 Jan 2024, 00:07
The film I watched recently was a Christmas ghost story which was quite good. Title of the film was - "Number 13" An academic from Oxford was lodging in room 12 of a creepy old hotel in a small English cathedral town whilst employed to authenticate papers which appear to date back to the Reformation. Having previously noticed that the hotel rooms jump from 12 to 14, after being awoken one night by mysterious voices, he is shocked to find the door to room number 13 has mysteriously appeared. There follows each night after that, bumps and the sound of a woman sreaming. He decides to investigate with help from his fellow guest a young lawyer, there then follows some strange findings that include the discovery of belongings hidden under the floor boards of a recently disappeared guest, thus suggesting a murder. The professor visits the local library to find out the history of the house. He finds that ithe house previously belonged to a Bishop, he was connected to the Notorious witch fìnder general Matthew Hopkins, who when visiting had lodged in that very room number 13 and who had killed and tortured many innocent women during his time there. (hence the screaming they had both heard!) A not too scary ghost story for Winter.
Made in 2006 Number 13 is the second adaptation of a ghost story by M. R. James broadcast by the BBC in an ongoing revival of the A Ghost Story for Christmas a tradition of the 1970s.
🎞 Winter Films-A Ghost Story "Number13"
The film I watched recently was a Christmas ghost story which was quite good. Title of the film was - "Number 13" An academic from Oxford was lodging in room 12 of a creepy old hotel in a small English cathedral town whilst employed to authenticate papers which appear to date back to the Reformation. Having previously noticed that the hotel rooms jump from 12 to 14, after being awoken one night by mysterious voices, he is shocked to find the door to room number 13 has mysteriously appeared. There follows each night after that, bumps and the sound of a woman sreaming. He decides to investigate with help from his fellow guest a young lawyer, there then follows some strange findings that include the discovery of belongings hidden under the floor boards of a recently disappeared guest, thus suggesting a murder. The professor visits the local library to find out the history of the house. He finds that ithe house previously belonged to a Bishop, he was connected to the Notorious witch fìnder general Matthew Hopkins, who when visiting had lodged in that very room number 13 and who had killed and tortured many innocent women during his time there. (hence the screaming they had both heard!)
A not too scary ghost story for Winter.
Made in 2006 Number 13 is the second adaptation of a ghost story by M. R. James broadcast by the BBC in an ongoing revival of the A Ghost Story for Christmas a tradition of the 1970s.