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E.F. Benson's short story "The Bus-Conductor" is actually the basis for the "hearse driver sequence", and Benson is credited as a writer of the film ("original story"). It is therefore inaccurate to claim that the original short story is a revisitation of the theme in another medium. I hesitate to remove it, however, because it isn't mentioned elsewhere in the article. Could someone please add a section discussing the literary basis for some of the film's story-within-a-story segments? All were short stories adapted for the film, two of them by their authors. 12.233.146.130 ( talk) 19:55, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
==The film is not so much horror as supernatural (the last segment with the ventriloquist's dummy could classify as horror. "Horror" does not need ghosts to be horrific.~~
Nightmare in Wax involves a person dreaming of what may be the future. Would it count?-- 174.99.238.22 ( talk) 19:05, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
Seriously? We are just going to let people know that there is a twist ending, without letting them know what the twist ending is?! -- Bertrc ( talk) 20:42, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
Since the film is considered a classic the plot should be expanded, information on the film's production should be added as well as the film's reception and legacy.-- Paleface Jack ( talk) 03:37, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
Come on, now. We don't know that. It could also be that this is the real deal. But, of course, since we are dealing with fictional events, there is no real deal. Kostaki mou ( talk) 15:14, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
Only later reading the style guide did I realize that my edits to the first paragraph about plot were a little out of line --- the intention is to steamroller plot points into a plain description of the story. My sense was that this flattened the effect of the beginning and ending of the film, and, if you think effects are plotted as much as story events, perhaps you can agree with the changes I've made and left.
Wickersettee ( talk) 15:21, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
The Christmas Party section refers to the Constance Kent case. Unfortunately I don't have anything we could use as a reliable source for this. DuncanHill ( talk) 20:18, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
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E.F. Benson's short story "The Bus-Conductor" is actually the basis for the "hearse driver sequence", and Benson is credited as a writer of the film ("original story"). It is therefore inaccurate to claim that the original short story is a revisitation of the theme in another medium. I hesitate to remove it, however, because it isn't mentioned elsewhere in the article. Could someone please add a section discussing the literary basis for some of the film's story-within-a-story segments? All were short stories adapted for the film, two of them by their authors. 12.233.146.130 ( talk) 19:55, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
==The film is not so much horror as supernatural (the last segment with the ventriloquist's dummy could classify as horror. "Horror" does not need ghosts to be horrific.~~
Nightmare in Wax involves a person dreaming of what may be the future. Would it count?-- 174.99.238.22 ( talk) 19:05, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
Seriously? We are just going to let people know that there is a twist ending, without letting them know what the twist ending is?! -- Bertrc ( talk) 20:42, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
Since the film is considered a classic the plot should be expanded, information on the film's production should be added as well as the film's reception and legacy.-- Paleface Jack ( talk) 03:37, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
Come on, now. We don't know that. It could also be that this is the real deal. But, of course, since we are dealing with fictional events, there is no real deal. Kostaki mou ( talk) 15:14, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
Only later reading the style guide did I realize that my edits to the first paragraph about plot were a little out of line --- the intention is to steamroller plot points into a plain description of the story. My sense was that this flattened the effect of the beginning and ending of the film, and, if you think effects are plotted as much as story events, perhaps you can agree with the changes I've made and left.
Wickersettee ( talk) 15:21, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
The Christmas Party section refers to the Constance Kent case. Unfortunately I don't have anything we could use as a reliable source for this. DuncanHill ( talk) 20:18, 31 December 2020 (UTC)