The Mistletoe Bough Discover a haunted gem, the earliest film of the Christmas ghost story The Mistletoe Bough. Guaranteed to spook a whole new generation over a hundred years after its creation. With new music by Pete Wiggs of Saint Etienne, commissioned by the BFI. Fantasy 1904 9 mins Cross-Roads Christopher Lee in perhaps his earliest supernatural screen role, as a ghost who returns from the grave to seek revenge. Horror Thriller 1955 19 mins The Tell-Tale Heart Stanley Baker enacts the classic Edgar Allan Poe story in this chilling short film, only recently rediscovered after being lost for 50 years. Drama 1953 21 mins J.B. Williams A Visit to Whitby (1913) Early film footage of the place where Bram Stoker's Count Dracula legendarily arrived in the UK. Documentary 1913 3 mins Dreamlands Gothic-tinged animation, presenting the final day of a fox, who is being sentenced to death for murdering his rabbit lover. Animation & Artists Moving Image 2012 4 mins Prelude A man hallucinates being buried alive after reading an Edgar Alan Poe story. Horror 1927 7 mins Whistle and I’ll Come to You A decade before the BBC's version of M R James supernatural classic came this chilling version from the North Downs Cinematograph Society Amateur film Thriller 1956 10 mins Tut-ankh Amen's Tomb Rare, shaky but priceless images of one of the great excavations of the early 20th Century - and its legendary leader, Howard Carter Non-Fiction 1923 3 mins The Testament of Caleb Meke A young man is left an old mansion in his uncle’s will. Too late he discovers that he's also inherited a legacy of witchcraft and demonology! Amateur film Fantasy 1969 25 mins The Coming of the Black Dawn Something sinister this way comes in one of The Spence Brothers earliest films. Amateur film Fantasy 1965 25 mins Haunted Hotel Guests find things that go bump in the night. Fantasy 1918 17 mins Two-faced Killer: A Modern Thriller Amateur award-winning dramatic thriller influenced by 1940s Universal Horror movies and made by husband and wife team John and Dede Wright. Amateur film 1951 5 mins Shadowman A female protagonist falls prey to the ‘Shadowman’, who stalks his victim before attack. Uses stop-motion animation as well as live action. Amateur film Animation & Artists Moving Image 1994 8 mins Dracula and the Turn of the Tide What connects a vampire count and feuding fishing families? Five miles of coastline, storms at sea, and two contrasting imaginations. Documentary 1981 26 mins The Mistletoe Bough (Short Version) A delightful Christmas adaptation of a classic ghost story with new music by Pete Wiggs of Saint Etienne, commissioned by the BFI. 2013 3 mins Dead Hungry A hungry zombie finds love while terrorising teenage campers in this gruesome but fun twist on the zombie movie. Comedy Horror 2009 10 mins Hand in Glove To carry on his important work the ego-maniacal scientist Dr Kelly must obtain another hand … a hand which begins to take on a life of its own. Amateur film Animation & Artists Moving Image 1976 12 mins Things We Leave Behind For whom does the bell toll? A man discovers a dreadful secret among his late father's belongings. Horror 2009 16 mins Fangs for the Memory A vampire with a taste for the demon drink prowls the dark alleys and subterranean cellars of Durham in the 1970s. Student film 1970 8 mins The Tomb of Frankenstein A strange old hermit uses witchcraft to give life to the Frankenstein monster. Will the creature be his instrument of revenge, or will it turn on its creator? Amateur film Science Fiction 1964 26 mins More Gothic films in our Rentals collection. Explore Rentals Left More Gothic films in our Subscription collection. Explore Subscription Left
