M.R. James
Writing
Montague Rhodes James OM FBA was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1913–15). James is best remembered for his ghost stories, which some consider among the best in the genre. He redefined the ghost story for the new century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. However, his protagonists and plots tend to reflect his own antiquarian interests. Accordingly, he is known as the originator of the "antiquarian ghost story".
Known for
Writing33
movieMartin's Close
2019
Short Story
movieLiving Night
2015
Original Story
movieThe Tractate Middoth
2013
Short Story
Rats
2011
Story
movieWhistle and I'll Come to You
2010
Short Story
The Wailing Well
2010
Short Story
movieLost Hearts
2007
Short Story
movieNumber 13
2006
Short Story
movieA View from a Hill
2005
Short Story
tvGhost Stories for Christmas
2000
Short Story, Original Story
movieThe Church
1989
Short Story
movieClassic Ghost Stories
1986
Short Story
tvClassic Ghost Stories
1986
Short Story
tvThe Charm of the Unusual
1980
Short Story
movieCasting the Runes
1979
Short Story
movieMr. Humphreys and His Inheritance
1976
Short Story
movieThe Ash Tree
1975
Short Story
movieThe Treasure of Abbot Thomas
1974
Short Story
movieLost Hearts
1973
Short Story
movieA Warning to the Curious
1972
Short Story
movieThe Stalls of Barchester
1971
Short Story
tvA Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
Short Story
movieWhistle and I'll Come to You
1968
Short Story
tvOmnibus
1967
Story
tvITV Playhouse
1967
Writer
tvMystery and Imagination
1966
Short Story, Story
movieNight of the Demon
1957
Short Story
movieWhistle and I'll Come to You!
1956
Short Story
movieThe Lost Will of Dr. Rant
1951
Original Story
