Old Flames

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Old Flames

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Overview

Modern day lovers are manipulated by the ghosts of the doomed previous inhabitants of an isolated Welsh cottage.

Carole buys a remote cottage in her dead father's home area. She comes under the influence of the cottage's previous inhabitant, and like her seduces a local boy while her boyfriend is away in London. History repeats itself as her boyfriend plots the death of his unfaithful partner as the male inhabitants had done in the past. Carole realises that she is being haunted and sets about solving the mystery of the cottage. But will she be able to avert history repeating itself once more? If you can't shake off your ghosts, you're dead too…

Description

Modern day lovers are manipulated by the ghosts of the doomed previous inhabitants of an isolated Welsh cottage. As history repeats itself, they must fight to avoid meeting the same tragic fate. Carole takes her dying father back to his home village in the mountains of mid Wales, for a last holiday. The old man is haunted by the ghost of Ifan, a puritanical sea captain, a malignant force. Following her father's death, Carole uses her inheritance to buy a remote traditional cottage outside the village, which was home to Ifan. The cottage has a bad history; the previous owner, Mr. Phillips killed himself there. Carole's boyfriend Peter is shocked by the state of the cottage. During their first night at the cottage, Carole and Peter are possessed by the ghosts of the former inhabitants – the violent Ifan and his wife Mari, the local white witch. Peter returns to London and under Ifan's malignant influence and his life goes to hell. Carole stays at the cottage and under Mari's influence seduces a local boy Geraint as Mari had seduced a young lad when Ifan was away at sea. History repeats itself as Peter plots the death of his unfaithful partner as Ifan and Mr. Phillips had done in the past. Carole realises that she is being haunted and sets about solving the mystery of the cottage. But will she be able to avert history repeating itself once more? If you can't shake off your ghosts, you're dead too…

About the author

Dewi Griffiths is a native Welsh speaker from the coast of Pembrokeshire in West Wales, Great Britain. Pembrokeshire is the setting for many of the stories from the Ancient Celtic Myths written down a thousand years ago in the Mabinogion. This scenery, remoteness, mythology and the supernatural were strong early influences on Dewi. Combined with a love of story telling, photography and film making, Dewi entered a career in feature film and high end television drama, working worldwide. Dewi worked on four continents for such production companies as BBC, S4C, ITV, Sky, Merchant Ivory, and Full Moon. Dewi was head hunted by senior staff at the AFI and USC Film School to head up Producing at The Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts in Jordan, teaching award winning film makers from across the MENA region. Dewi runs Garland Stone Productions Ltd, which builds on his connections and experience, to produce horror films, TV and literature: contemporary stories grounded in folklore. Today Dewi is Senior Lecturer in Film Producing at the University of South Wales.