"Stigma" is an English short film from 1977, so this one has its 40th anniversary this year. It was a small screen release and if you read the name of director Lawrence Gordon Clark, you possibly know already that this is another of his career-defining ghost stories for the Christmas holidays. These usually live more through quit subtle horror than big effects and even with another writer than usual working on this one (Clive Exton), the recipe stays the same. The makers as well as the cast (haven't heard of any of these actors) are all British of course and this is the story of what happens when a family moves to a new place and has some of the huge stone fragments being removed there. Apparently they disturb the peace of some ancient creature and consequences are pretty drastic. But while the non-gore approach is the one I usually prefer in horror films, I cannot say that this movie really ended up impressing me. It's one of the lesser known from the series for sure and I would say that it's okay because this one is not as good as the others. But honestly, the entire series did not make an impact on me at all. This is why I give this one, just like all the others I have seen (I think), a thumbs-down and I don't recommend checking it out. Unless you have seen and liked some of the installments from other years I say skip this one. Slightly over half an hour not worth seeing.
Review of Stigma
