The Stone Tape 1972 (3/11)

'The Stone Tape' - a BBC television play written by Nigel Kneale, first aired on 25th December 1972, Directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Michael Bryant and Jane Asher.

(From IMDb)
A research team from an electronics company move into an old Victorian house to start work on finding a new recording medium. When team member Jill Greeley witnesses a ghost, team director Peter Brock decides not only to analyse the apparition, which he believes is a psychic impression trapped in a stone wall (dubbed a "stone tape"), but to exorcise it too - with terrifying results...

This show was available on DVD from the British Film Institute, by they have now deleted it from their lists.

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[TungstenKid]

Nice twist at the end of the full film; until then we hadn't wondered WHAT had made the chambermaid scream and fall to her death..

[jelly434]

Good lord, she's got a delicate constitution, hasn't she?

[bettypro]

yumm spam and eggs! damn that spam went bad!

[kimmler100]

So creepy and atmospheric...a classic chiller from the 70's, when they had to rely on wit and wisdom and not CGI.

[KingsCrossHarry]

when I saw this in 1972 at the age of 12 I had nightmares for a week

[kookmartin]

what you have up there is very valuable..... for a woman. dont worry your sweet little head about it.

the 70s were so shovernistic..lol

[goodbyelonglive44]

i very much appreciate a man who need a woman for her brain...

[goodbyelonglive44]

HAHAHAH

"What I want for christmas is please go away..."...

hooo hooooooooooooo

[goodbyelonglive44]

man that was just a sweet old ghost not scary