M.R. James

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M.R. James

Writing August 1, 1862

Dover, Kent, England

Montague Rhodes James OM FBA was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He was Vice-Chancell…

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Night of the Demon

Night of the Demon

7.0 1957 Movie
Omnibus

Omnibus

7.2 1967 TV Show
ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

7.0 1967 TV Show
The Church

The Church

6.1 1989 Movie
Mystery and Imagination

Mystery and Imagination

5.8 1966 TV Show
A Ghost Story for Christmas

A Ghost Story for Christmas

7.4 1971 TV Show
A Warning to the Curious

A Warning to the Curious

7.0 1972 Movie
Whistle and I'll Come to You

Whistle and I'll Come to You

6.6 1968 Movie
Whistle and I'll Come to You

Whistle and I'll Come to You

5.7 2010 Movie
Lost Hearts

Lost Hearts

6.1 1973 Movie
The Stalls of Barchester

The Stalls of Barchester

6.3 1971 Movie
The Ash Tree

The Ash Tree

6.3 1975 Movie

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Montague Rhodes James OM FBA was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1913–15). James is best remembered for his ghost stories, which some consider among the best in the genre. He redefined the ghost story for the new century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. However, his protagonists and plots tend to reflect his own antiquarian interests. Accordingly, he is known as the originator of the "antiquarian ghost story".

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2023
    Tales of Ghosts & Demons

    Movie Writer

  2. 2022
    A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus

    Movie Short Story

  3. 2021
    A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

    Movie Short Story

  4. 2019
    Martin's Close

    Movie Short Story

  5. 2015
    Living Night

    Movie Original Story

  6. 2013
    The Tractate Middoth

    Movie Short Story

  7. 2012
    The Haunted Doll's House

    Movie Writer

  8. 2011
    Rats

    Movie Story

  9. 2010
    Whistle and I'll Come to You

    Movie Short Story

  10. 2010
    The Wailing Well

    Movie Short Story

  11. 2007
    Lost Hearts

    Movie Short Story

  12. 2006
    Number 13

    Movie Short Story

  13. 2005
    A View from a Hill

    Movie Short Story

  14. 2004
    M.R. James: Supernatural Storyteller

    Movie Self

  15. 2000
    Ghost Stories for Christmas

    TV show Short Story

  16. 1989
    The Church

    Movie Short Story

More credits
  1. 1986
    Classic Ghost Stories

    Movie Short Story

  2. 1986
    Classic Ghost Stories

    TV show Short Story

  3. 1980
    The Charm of the Unusual

    TV show Short Story

  4. 1979
    Casting the Runes

    Movie Short Story

  5. 1976
    Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance

    Movie Short Story

  6. 1975
    The Ash Tree

    Movie Short Story

  7. 1974
    The Treasure of Abbot Thomas

    Movie Short Story

  8. 1973
    Lost Hearts

    Movie Short Story

  9. 1972
    A Warning to the Curious

    Movie Short Story

  10. 1971
    A Ghost Story for Christmas

    TV show Short Story

  11. 1971
    The Stalls of Barchester

    Movie Short Story

  12. 1968
    Whistle and I'll Come to You

    Movie Short Story

  13. 1967
    Omnibus

    TV show Story

  14. 1967
    ITV Playhouse

    TV show Writer

  15. 1966
    Mystery and Imagination

    TV show Short Story

  16. 1957
    Night of the Demon

    Movie Short Story

  17. 1956
    Whistle and I'll Come to You!

    Movie Short Story

  18. 1951
    The Lost Will of Dr. Rant

    Movie Original Story