"A View from a Hill" is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James, first published in the London Mercury in 1925, and collected in James' books A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories (1925) and The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James (1931). It concerns a mysterious set of binoculars that show scenes from the past. It was adapted for television by the BBC in 2005 as part of its series A Ghost Story for Christmas.
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A View from a Hill was adapted into a 2005 television film.
A View from a Hill2005 · television film · 40 min · dir. Luke Watson · IMDb ↗IMDb6.6On holiday, a young man borrows a pair of binoculars when his own are broken. But they seem somehow bewitched, showing things that could only be seen with dead men's eyes... visions from the past. And using them could lead to a sinister rendezvous on Gallow's Hill.
