Ghost Stories

Adapted from the hugely successful stage play, this spine-chilling shocker from co-writer/directors Jeremy Dyson (The League of Gentlemen) and Andy Nyman (creative consultant to illusionist Derren Brown) revives the portmanteau horror anthologies of iconic studios Amicus and Hammer. Nyman also stars as an academic and TV personality debunking supernatural occurrences, tasked with solving three specific terrifying riddles. Paul Whitehouse, Alex Lawther and Martin Freeman excel as the victims of the unexplained spook stories with relative newcomer Lawther (TV's The End of the F***ing World) especially impressive, while Nyman's increasingly unnerved character begins to spot connections to his own troubled past. It's an atmospherically creepy white-knuckle ride that pays affectionate homage to generations of film suspense, delivering sinister chills and out-of-the-blue jolts from beginning to end. The intricately plotted narrative serves up its curveballs with confidence and style, resulting in one of the most unsettling British horrors in decades.