Schalcken the Painter (1979)
- Directed by
- Leslie Megahey
- Genre
- drama, fantasy, horror, tv movie
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 2h 50m
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 22 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A painter in 17th century Holland becomes obsessed with his wealthy uncle's niece. He must confront a supernatural presence to win her hand.
atmosphericcreepyslow-burnmelancholicgothicrestrainedeeriestylized
What happens
Schalcken the Painter is a 1979 British television gothic horror film based on the 1839 story Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu, and stars Jeremy Clyde as Godfried Schalcken and Maurice Denham as Gerrit Dou. It aired on the BBC as an episode of Omnibus on 23 December 1979, following in the tradition of A Ghost Story for Christmas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Dracula (1979)
Tess (1979)
Kalliyankattu Neeli (1979)
Savathiya Neralu (1979)
Arrebato (1979)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Kasper in the Underworld (1979)
The Amityville Horror (1979)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.