The Signalman

Synopsis

Based on a story by Charles Dickens. A curious traveller encounters a lonely, isolated worker in a dark and dismal railway cutting. The man appears strangely troubled; is it his isolation and the tedium of his job that is playing with his mind? Or is there a presence haunting the gloom around the danger light and the black mouth of that oppressive and forbidding tunnel?

Our Review:

22 March 2012

An historic pub in the winding streets of old Hampstead – what could be a more apt venue for The Signalman, Dickens’ short tale of the supernatural? Descending to the barely lit vaults below, wreathed in mist, you sit in apprehension as weird music and groans greet your ears. But don’t panic as that’s about as scary as it gets.

The Signalman of the title (Anthony Cord) works in a dark and dreary railway cutting leading to a tunnel. A Traveller (Joshy Connor) comes to visit him and notices the Signalman seems preoccupied. He agrees to explain why if the Traveller will return. The next day he reveals that he has twice seen a spectre at the tunnel entrance and each sighting was followed by a tragedy. He has seen the spectre again in the past week and is filled with dread. The Traveller doubts his story and suggests he see a doctor. Returning for a third time he finds that the Signalman’s sense of impending doom was well-founded...

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DanS - 31 March 2012:

Your review is actually too kind. It was hopelessly amateur....

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