The Stone Tape (1972)
December 25, 1972Release Date
The Stone Tape (1972)
December 25, 1972Release Date


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Cast & Crew.

Michael Bryant
Peter Brock

Jane Asher
Jill Greeley

Iain Cuthbertson
Roy Collinson

Michael Bates
Eddie Holmes

Reginald Marsh
Crawshaw

Tom Chadbon
Hargrave

John Forgeham
Maudsley

Philip Trewinnard
Stewart Jessop

James Cosmo
Cliff Dow

Neil Wilson
Sergeant Paterson

Christopher Banks
Vicar

Michael Graham Cox
Alan

Hilda Fenemore
Bar Helper

Peggy Marshall
Bar Lady

Peter Sasdy
Director

Richard Henry
ProductionDesigner

Nigel Kneale
Writer

Odette Barrow
Costume Design

Maureen Winslade
Makeup Artist

Geoff Higgs
Editor

Innes Lloyd
Producer

Robert Wright
Lighting Director

Bernard Lodge
Graphic Designer

Desmond Briscoe
Special Sound Effects / Original Music Composer
Media.








Details.
Release DateDecember 25, 1972
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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The Stone Tape is a 1972 British television horror drama film written by Nigel Kneale and directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Michael Bryant, Jane Asher, Michael Bates and Iain Cuthbertson. It was broadcast on BBC Two as a Christmas ghost story in 1972. Combining aspects of science fiction and horror, the story concerns a team of scientists who move into their new research facility, a renovated Victorian mansion that has a reputation for being haunted. The team investigate the phenomenon, trying to determine if the stones of the building are acting as a recording medium for past events (the "stone tape" of the play's title). However, their investigations serve only to unleash a darker, more malevolent force.
Nigel Kneale was best known as the writer of Quatermass. Its juxtaposition of science and superstition is a frequent theme in Kneale's work; in particular, his 1952 radio play You Must Listen, about a haunted telephone line, is a notable antecedent of The Stone Tape. The play was also inspired by a visit Kneale had paid to the BBC's research and development department, which was then located in an old Victorian house in Kingswood, Surrey.
Critically acclaimed at time of broadcast, it remains well regarded to this day as one of Nigel Kneale's best and most terrifying plays. Since its broadcast, the hypothesis of residual haunting – that ghosts are recordings of past events made by the natural environment – has come to be known as the "Stone Tape Theory".
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