Young audiences will be catered for in the BFI’s nationwide celebration gothic film and TV, Gothic: The Dark Heart of Film and the release of Scary Stories – the first of a raft of forthcoming BFI DVDs that have a Gothic theme – will thrill and chill them in equal measure.
Released on 23 September 2013, this fourth volume from The Children’s Film Foundation Collection contains three terrifying tales in new High Definition transfers – The Man from Nowhere (1976), Haunters of the Deep (1984) and Out of the Darkness (1985) – accompanied by an illustrated booklet with essays by The Man from Nowhere writer John Tully, actor Michael Carter (The Keep, Return of the Jedi) and Rachel Moseley.
The Man from Nowhere is a beautifully told Victorian gothic thriller from acclaimed director James Hill (Black Beauty, Lunch Hour). Click above to see a short clip.
The events in Andrew Bogle’s Haunters of the Deep take place along the dramatic Cornish coastline.
In Out of the Darkness, directed by John Krish (Captured, The Elephant Will Never Forget), a Derbyshire village is haunted by a tragic secret from the era of the Black Death.
Marking a first, this volume of CFF films will also be available to buy as an app from The Android Store on the same release date as the DVD. Containing all three films but not the illustrated booklet, the app will be priced at £4.99.
