The Signalman (1976)

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   nbats

   https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6c73c3 4 years 1 month ago
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   Siskoid

   The BBC's adaptation of Charles Dickens' The Signalman is an eerie ghost/supernatural story that has the feel of an episode of Sapphire & Steel, if that means anything to you. A gentleman gains an interest in a despondent railway signalman - that's archaic today, his job is to keep watch on a tunnel and send word if there's a train coming the other way or some other obstruction - who tells him tales of seeing a ghostly figure that presages doom. At its best, the descriptions of what happens when there's an accident inside a tunnel are enough to give you chills, without ever having to see it. Not so strong, perhaps, is the final twist, in part because we've been final twisted a LOT since the mid-70s (never mind the 19th Century), but the necessary shock really isn't on screen. Still a good, if understated, adaptation of Dickens' OTHER ghost story. 5 years 4 months ago
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   the3rdman

   Superior, atmospheric horror in the same vein as Clark's A Warning to the Curious, although I preferred the latter. This one ought to be in the top 50" as well. 9 years 6 months ago

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