Christmas time. We all love it. Roasting chestnuts on an open fire, sleigh bells in the snow. But Christmas can also be a backdrop to slightly more troubling things, as these films show.
Selected by Garry Watson, Cornerhouse Chief Projectionist.
Previously in this season
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Dead of Night
A visitor to a manor house can’t shake off déjà vu when the guests begin to recount sinister experiences… Ealing Studios made a detour from…
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The Queen of Spades
Thorold Dickinson’s tantalisingly macabre tale tells the story of an ancient countess and her dealings with the devil in order to secure success at the…
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Curse Of The Cat People
A sequel to 1942’s The Cat People but tenuously connected in terms of plot and characters, Curse Of The Cat People serves up an even…
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A Midnight Clear
December 1944. As the end of the Second World War approaches, American and German soldiers come together in a snowbound forest somewhere near the French/German…
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Lady In The Lake
While few would make a case for Lady In The Lake being classic film noir, its subjective camera technique and eerie Christmas ambience sets it…