[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Ferryman (1974)

A horror novelist and his wife go to a house in the country for a short vacation. However, they soon find that one of his novels is coming true when they are haunted by the ghost of a drowned ferryman.

The Ferryman is a 50 minute ghost story starring Jeremy Brett and Natasha Parry. One of two ghost stories shown on ITV that Christmas of 74.

Intriguing and odd and very ambiguous in both it's ending and the idea that life follows fiction or perhaps the other way round, the film based on a work by Kingsley Amis is well acted and offers a couple of decent chills with an appearance from the ghostly Lesley Dunlop but fails to trouble MR James when it comes to Ghost Stories For Christmas.

The Pleasure Girls (1965)

A beautiful young girl arrives in London to pursue a modeling career, and finds herself caught up in the whole "swinging '60s" scene.

The premise above from IMDB basically does tell the whole story. I was hoping for another Beat Girl (1960) but this is way too breezy and lacks the drama from that film. Boasting a brilliant cast - Francesca Annis, Suzanna Leigh, Ian McShane, Klaus Kinski, Carol Cleveland, Mark Eden and Anneke Wills, who are wasted with such a light script that showcases the fun, music and fashions of the time but not the thrills and proves as cutting edge as a cheese sandwich.

The BFI's disc is lovely to look at but sadly there's not much substance to it all.