Nyman & Dyson's "Ghost Stories" - the Movie!

[Deal J]

I have no idea how this one passed me by, but it seems Andy Nyman & Jeremy Dyson's fabulous play "Ghost Stories" has been filmed and was recently featured in the London Film Festival.

ScreenDaily Article

Grauniad Review

Fingers crossed for a home cinema release. Preferably with smell-o-vision

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Nice! I know a lot of people didn't care for the play, but it REALLY worked for me. Hope to have the opportunity to see the film soon!

[Deal J]

Yikes - it's not being released in cinemas until Friday 13 April 2018! I was hoping for a Hallowe'en treat, I guess it'll have to wait until St Voorhees' Day.

[theatrelover123]

'GHOST STORIES'
An adaptation of the critically acclaimed stage play

Written and Directed by
JEREMY DYSON ('The League of Gentleman') & ANDY NYMAN ('Derren Brown: The Heist/Trick Or Treat/The Events')

Starring
Golden Globe Nominated MARTIN FREEMAN ('The Hobbit' Trilogy, TV's 'Sherlock')
ALEX LAWTHER ('The Imitation Game', 'Goodbye Christopher Robin')
Four time BAFTA Winning PAUL WHITEHOUSE ('The Death Of Stalin', TV's 'The Fast Show')
BAFTA Nominated ANDY NYMAN (TV's 'Dead Set', 'Despicable Me 3')
NICHOLAS BURNS ('The World's End', 'The Lady In The Van')

Phillip Goodman - Professor of Psychology, arch-skeptic, the one-man ‘belief buster’ – has his rationality tested to the hilt when he receives a letter apparently from beyond the grave. His mentor Charles Cameron, the ‘original’ TV Parapsychologist went missing fifteen years before, presumed dead and yet now he writes to Goodman saying that the pair must meet. Cameron, it seems, is still very much alive. And he needs Goodman to find a rational explanation for three stories that have shaken Cameron to his core. As Goodman investigates, he meets three haunted people, each with a tale more frightening, uncanny and inexplicable than the last.

'GHOST STORIES' Is Released In Cinemas On Friday 13th April

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I'm really looking forward to this - it began at the local Liverpool Playhouse but at the time I was too ill to go and it's one of those missed plays I've always been p-d off about.

[Deal J]

I went to see this last night, it's a great adaptation.

The changes work really well for cinema, and there's some great use of sound throughout. Without spoilers, I found some of the sound design was more jarring than it was effective, but that may be because of where I was sat in relation to one of the speakers.

I think the stage version was more scary, but that's probably because there's more perceived risk when it's all unfolding in front of you rather than on screen, but it's still got that same eerie atmosphere.

Really good performances too, particularly Alex Lawther.

Did anyone spot the amusing April Fool's version of the poster that was doing the rounds?


Source: Link

[jasper]

I note the title of this thread is incorrect. The poster clearly says the film is called Ghost Storeis. I think they are being clever with the tag line.

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Errors on posters are purposeful and thematically appropriate to the movie. I don't think it's anything to do with April Fools...

I thought the movie took a little time to get going but otherwise managed to be faithful to the show while simultaneously building on it quite nicely. I did remember the show getting less scary as it went on, but they managed to keep the sinister level pretty consistent throughout the film, which was marvellous.

[Deal J]

Yes they're definitely purposeful! It seems Lionsgate (/Loinsgate!) were using April Fools in an attempt to get it trending though: Link to tweet

[Stephen]

I am admittedly coming late to the party with this one. I watched Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson's Ghost Stories last night. It left me chilled and I thought that it was a great British horror film. As I watched I was reminded that this came from the stage production at the Lyric/Duke of Yorks/Arts Theatres and wondered if anyone saw that and how it compared?

I'm a big fan of Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson and expect that the stage show would have been clever but it seems the scares could have been difficult on stage. 

Did anyone see it? Can anyone post some blatant spoilers about the play? 

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The theatre version was great, worked really well with the effects (using old-school theatre trickery) happening right in front of you. I think one of the stories (the Martin Freeman one?) was added for the film

A big difference in the ending:

SPOILER: Click to show

In the stage version, the lecturer played by Andy Nyman is on stage, gets strapped up in a straight jacket, tied to a bed and dragged off screaming, at which point Andy Nyman immediately appears at the back of the auditorium, strolls on stage, and starts delivering his lecture from the first scene again. I never worked out when the switch happens!