The Gourmet

Charles Gray plays the gourmet in search of the most unusual tastes.
19th December 1989

[@n1les]

Thank you so much, i been years trying to get a vhs copy to see this very very rare movie of Charles Gray. Thought it doesnt existent anymore. Next The Upper Crusts ...

[@JonasSoderstrom]

Thank you so much. I've spent the last 15 years of and on looking for this movie and had given up hope! Watched it last night. And it was just as crazy as I remembered it.

[@Joannehowe]

Presumably the comeuppance happens when the ghost finishes working its way through his digestive system.

[@mattycash1979]

My brother told me about watching this when I was about 7, just the premise itself is one of the many things that turned me into the horror writer I am today. Unbelievably this was the first time I've ever watched it.

[@spookydreamer7370]

Thank you thank you thank you. I saw this once late at night when I was young and it has haunted me ever since. Never to be shown again it seemed, so finding this is like a miracle. You made my day.

[@ajjy1110]

made in 1984 and the original running time was 47 mins

[@DanielFMcGachey]

I saw this three decades ago and have been kicking myself ever since for not recording it. Wonderful to see it again, at last. My memories of the piece are not disappointed. It's marvellous, and Charles Gray is at his sinister best. Thank you for sharing!

[@jamesmurray2690]

Spot on their, Dan. Charles Gray at his “toady” best, especially when slurping down you know what. 😁

[@duantorruellas716]

A very odd and curious film. Charles G. is one of my favorite British actors.

[@theonlyantony]

Lost the VHS with this on, a while back. SO excited to re-watch. Thanks!

[@wallentin76]

He eating Swedish lutfisk!

[@digitaldreamscapeai784]

Its true delicious i was eating ghost in my dream 😊 shes scare me after that i get angry i eat her up my beast mode activate 😅

[@KatieSteedArt1]

I remember watching this with my mum and thinking I'd dreamt it.

[@syspangylium]

How can I make this video start from the beginning and not from 36 minutes? Sure I can add &t=0 to the end of the link, but I will have to remember to do that every time I click share > copy link

[@akarpowicz]

Great story. thanks

[@p1ranesi]

Thanks. I've been looking for this since KZbin started. Just out of curiosity, is there a missing sequence from the beginning?

[@KatieSteedArt1]

I remember there being a different beginning too - how odd.

[@forgottentelevisiondrama2750]

The 1989 broadcast was a repeat. First broadcast on Channel 4 on 4 January 1987.

[@ajjy1110]

1984 was when it was made

[@KatieSteedArt1]

I'm SURE I watched this in the 90s with my mum. I was born in 87 and I remember hiding my eyes with her... It has to have been repeated in the 90s too

[@valiantthor2417]

Gorging out on a ghost.

[@thegurch7313]

cool ....i am vegan but still enjoyed this.

[@KatieSteedArt1]

cool ....I am not a vegan but still enjoyed this.

[@stevenklimecky4918]

I think this story may seem as rather ultimately disappointing as Mr. Kingston's long-awaited and anticipated meal was there.

[@borleyboo5613]

When I first saw this, I thought it was utterly revolting. And I still do. 🤢🤮

[@dai19721]

no twist ending, what a let down.

[@knshinn2]

Okay, M Night.

[@spookydreamer7370]

I often tell a version of this as a spooky story, and if it's little kiddies then I spruce up the ending, they love some gore.

[@ACNC1]

The twist was, that vagrant who was mixed up in that ghostly cuisine had aids

[@travellingunderpants]

Inside inside number 9 brought me here 🫡

[@witewabbit]

And I.

[@garathdobbs492]

And i!

[@angriella]

Boring..