Whistle and I'll Come to You (2010 short)

Summary

After placing his ailing wife in an home for care of elderly patients, a university professor retreats to a remote coastal village on the English coast to recuperate, and finds his beliefs challenged and shattered by the terrifying and inexplicable events that occur there.

Details

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• Release Date: 2010
• Country/Language: UK, English
• Genres/Technical: Horror, Suspense, Mystery
• Setting: Norfolk, Classic or Gaslight
• Runtime: 52 min
• Starring: John Hurt, Gemma Jones, Lesley Sharp
• Director: Andy De Emmony
• Writer: M.R. James (story "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad (fiction)"), Neil Cross (screenplay)
• Producer/Production Co: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Claire Armspach, Ben Evans, Letitia Knight
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Ratings

MPAA Ratings

• Rated: not rated (equivalent to a TV-PG)

Slightly embellished from M.R. James' original story, but nothing really added that would push this very much higher than a TV-PG for general creepiness and scares.

Tentacle Ratings

A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:

• Ss___ (One and a Half Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian; vaguely similar in tone, a loose adaptation of a story that influenced Lovecraft's writing)

After placing his ailing wife in an home for care of elderly patients, a university professor retreats to a remote coastal village on the English coast to recuperate, and finds his beliefs challenged and shattered by the terrifying and inexplicable events that occur there. Is he being haunted by his wife, or something far stranger and more malevolent?

Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.

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Synopsis (SPOILERS)

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A university professor on holiday to a remote coastal village on the English coast, confident in a rational and practical universe, finds his beliefs challenged and shattered by the terrifying and inexplicable events that occur after he blows through an ancient whistle discovered on the beach, awakening horrors beyond human understanding.

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Associated Mythos Elements

• fiction: "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad (fiction)" by M.R. James