UK, USA, 2 January 1995
68m
16mm film, colour, 4:3
Dolby, English
Series: Screen Two (1985-1998) – series 12, episode 2
A British/American horror television play directed by Paul Murton.
Plot Summary
Marie is pregnant and facing the prospect of losing her unfaithful husband Joe. To patch things up, they take a holiday in the Scottish countryside but end up at the hotel that Joe uses for his meetings with his lover. Marie learns of a young boy who drowned in a nearby lake and finds herself haunted by his ghost as her grip on sanity loosens.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Paul Murton
BBC, WGBH Boston
Executive Producer: Andrea Calderwood
Executive Producer for WGBH: Rebecca Eaton
Producer: Kate Swan
Written by: Paul Murton
Photography: Stuart Wyld
Editor: Peter Hayes
Music: Philip Appleby
Sound: Stuart Bruce
Costume Designer: David Beeton
Make-up Designer: Cheryl Mercer
Designer: Graham Rose
With thanks to Ken MacQuarrie
Cast
Emma Thompson (Marie)
Adrian Dunbar (Joe)
Eleanor Bron (Christine)
David Horovitch (Robert)
Joanna Roth (Beth)
Phyllida Law (Marie’s mother)
Barry Molloy (Kiran)
Lewis Howden (Kenny)
Jim Twaddale (Archie)
Carol Ann Crawford (doctor)
Sandy Welch (Kiran’s father)
Veronica Leer (lover)
Michael Kennedy (baby)
References
Books
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.363
