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December 25, 2025
The Room in the Tower: A Ghost Story for Christmas review
The understated lead in this year’s creepy festive drama is ideal for the whispered dread it drips with. Be warned, though: it verges on horror – young kids may well be terrified
TL;DR
- The BBC has presented an annual 'Ghost Story for Christmas' series since 1968, adapted by Mark Gatiss.
- Recent adaptations have included stories by MR James, Arthur Conan Doyle, E Nesbit, and this year, EF Benson.
- Gatiss's adaptation of EF Benson's 'The Room in the Tower' is reset during the second world war.
- The story centers on Roger Winstanley's lifelong recurring nightmare involving a room in a tower.
- The adaptation adds atmospheric tension and a twist, blurring the line between ghost story and horror.
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