I too watched this on Talking Pictures who are emulating the BBC Ghost Stories for Xmas this December and good for them.
Doubt I saw this one back then but I'd remembered the moodier MR James ones which for the most part stuck in my mind except for The Ash Tree which I found repellent.
This one is, as others have said a "no ghost" story, there is terror evident but most of the cast remain confused and puzzled throughout as did I.
It is of course quite dated in appearance, not least the flared jeans! So it is of its time but I too doubt it should have been included in this supposed "Ghost Story" series... it should be reiterated that there is gratuitous nudity again (as per Ash Tree) but no smoking, profanity or violence really... it is more subtle but doesn't really work for me.
One last thing, the title: "Stigma" - did someone want to call it "Stigmata" which is sort of more appropriate because otherwise the word did not convey anything contextually useful to me.
Doubt I saw this one back then but I'd remembered the moodier MR James ones which for the most part stuck in my mind except for The Ash Tree which I found repellent.
This one is, as others have said a "no ghost" story, there is terror evident but most of the cast remain confused and puzzled throughout as did I.
It is of course quite dated in appearance, not least the flared jeans! So it is of its time but I too doubt it should have been included in this supposed "Ghost Story" series... it should be reiterated that there is gratuitous nudity again (as per Ash Tree) but no smoking, profanity or violence really... it is more subtle but doesn't really work for me.
One last thing, the title: "Stigma" - did someone want to call it "Stigmata" which is sort of more appropriate because otherwise the word did not convey anything contextually useful to me.