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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Ghost Stories
"Things are not always as they seem."
2025 1h 30m EN
Horror
Synopsis
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When Professor Goodman, arch-sceptic out to debunk the paranormal, embarks on an investigation of three apparent hauntings – as recounted by a night-watchman, a teenage boy, and a businessman awaiting his first child – Goodman finds himself at the outer limits of rationality, and fast running out of explanations.
“Things are not always as they seem.”
Cast
Dan Tetsell
Professor Goodman
David Cardy
Tony Matthews
Clive Mantle
Mike Priddle
Eddie Loodmer-Elliott
Simon Rifkind
Lucas Albion
Ensemble
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Jeremy Dyson
- Writers
- Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman
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The take
Jeremy Dyson directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 2Released last year.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Dan Tetsell and David Cardy and Clive Mantle carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "Things are not always as they seem.".
- 6Classified under 12 themes, including "coma", "suicide attempt", "childhood trauma", "hit-and-run".
The technical file
- Sound
- Nick Manning
- Runtime
- 90 min · 1h 30m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- 15
Also by
Jeremy Dyson
Key crew
- Costume DesignerJon Bausor
- Lighting DesignJames Farncombe
- Sound DesignerNick Manning
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- coma
- suicide attempt
- childhood trauma
- hit-and-run
- hospital
- miscarriage
- death
- ghosts of the past
- jump scare
- british folklore
- plot twist
- ghosts
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2025-01-1715
