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The Conception of Terror takes inspired by M.R. James volume 1 with a great cast of and narrating the four stories. I thought the first story was the best and creepiest. The narration was very good.
Ohh I hated this. It's a modern retelling of classic ghost stories originally written by M.R. James and done as a radio play. I tend to avoid radio plays because although sometimes the acting is great, sometimes it's awful, as is the case with this recording. Plus making the stories more modern took away from the creepy atmosphere. Hard pass.
Individual grades I'd assign to each story, in order: A, B, C, D.First one was fairly solid in terms of plot and acting; they should have all been more like this. Second one required a bit of suspension of disbelief for a conspiracy theory, but otherwise okay. Performance by the actors for the third story wasn't too bad, but I don't feel I understood the ending, or point of the story, as well as resenting relying on the cliche of scandal at a boys' school. Final offering was just downright tedio...
A bit like listening to the Twilight Zone; the first of the four short stories included in these dramatizations of the ghost stories of M. R. James (1862-1936) was by far the scariest in my estimation. The other three were a bit weaker but still quite entertaining. Perfect stories for a good scare around the campfire -- if you are into that type of thing. As an Audible freebie, this one worked for me.
I really enjoyed listening to this book. It was very well done.
I've not read a lot of M.R. James. This collection reminded me that I need to read more of him. However, I think I would rather have an audio collection of his actual works rather than an audio dramatization adapting his works to the modern day, which is what this is. It's good in that it inspired me to look into M. R. James and will get me to read his ghost stories, but it really wasn't that great on its own. The stories start out strong and go downhill, meaning that the first story was quite g...
Ugh, the stories themselves aren’t terrible and have decent premises but except for the first story the endings need some work. My biggest complaint is the Audio, normally this would be separate from my general review but seeing how this is an Audible Original it’s relevant, whoever mixed this needs to check their files and maybe take some more classes the volume is all over the place randomly super high or super low, the interludes are way too long. Had I not been driving down the road I would
My review is probably not at all indicative of what these stories are actually worth. But I didn’t like it overall and so, here we are. It’s me. I never learn. Here. I’m going to type it here and then say it out loud. I. Am. Not. A. Fan. Of. Short. Stories. Phew. Do I know this? Yeah. Will I keep on trying short story compilations every now and then with hopes that I will find one that will make me change my entire mind on the genre (or whatever you call short stories?) Also yeah. I suppose I ca...
An audible original, not a fan of dramatization. I think it was a lot of noise and did little to create atmosphere. At least it was free. Four short stories.4 ghostly tales inspired by M. R. James; Casting the Runes, Lost Hearts, The Treasure of Abbot-Thomas, A View from a Hill.I would have rather read these without the dramatization.
This was free on audible and I love spooky reads or listens, so definitely jumped on this.I found I liked some of the stories and others I was a bit bored.
One of August's Audible member's free picks, 4 short-stories, 4-hours 13-minutes. The first 3 stories were interesting and a pleasant listen, but highly predictable. Story number 4 was torture to get through, it's too bad they included it at all. Number 4 is placed last so the irritation of it lasts with you, taking away the enjoyment of the first 3. If it had been placed 1st I would have assumed they were all like that and not gone any farther.Stories are narrated by 2 to 4 narrators and are do...
There are four tales here that are performed by a cast of people with sound effects and music. For the most part, I enjoyed that though some of the sound effects were a bit overbearing. The acting was wonderful, and I really enjoyed that aspect.While half of them were predictable, the predictability wasn't necessarily a bad thing. I thoroughly enjoyed both the first and the last tales. Both got my heart pumping a little bit, but the first one was my absolute favorite. I will say these tales aren...
One of these days, Audible is going to absolutely nail an old, radio storytelling production. Today isn’t that day, but these are getting better. What could they do to improve this? Well, for starters, I don’t need 90 seconds of music to introduce each story, nor do I need 90 seconds of music at the conclusion of the tale. That’s right, if you’re a patient person, you’ll listen to 3 minutes of creepy, mood-setting music between stories. Additionally, while sound effects can be admittedly fun, I
I am a huge M. R. James fan, and I didn't know what to expect with this dramatic adaptation, but it is excellent! The actors did a terrific job, the writing is excellent, and the sound effects added to the story rather than distracting from it. Very well done!
3/5 — Audible Membership included selection. There were 4 stories in a dramatized format. The first story was my favorite. I felt it succeeded in being creepy and no one doing really stupid things. I think it’s possible and enjoyable to make a good horror story that doesn’t involve main characters who freeze and just scream. Second stories had mid aged teenagers as main characters, which I usually don’t enjoy as much. Third story had an implied lesbian partner living with the main character, thi...
