A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James
| 28 December 1995 (USA)
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A biopic on the author M. R. James. If M.R. James wrote his ghost stories purely to entertain his friends, why do they seem to strike such resonances in readers? Why are they so terrifying? Clive Dunn's fifty minute documentary sets out to try to answer this question. In the words of its fictional narrator, nicely played by Dangerfield's Bill Wallis, "was there something that made [Monty James] believe that evil and malice could become palpable?"

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PodBill

Just what I expected

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Dirtylogy

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

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Keeley Coleman

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

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Michelle Ridley

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

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