A haunted dolphinarium and a dolphin ghost. Yes, really. No, it's not a comedy.
When a nightclub owner buys a derelict dolphinarium, he and a young woman seem to be haunted by the ghost of Buddy Boy, the star attraction. Created as an episode of Nigel Kneale's "Beasts" horror anthology miniseries.
Writing
Nigel Kneale's trademark domestic unease.
Production
Crumbling dolphinarium setting is genuinely haunting.
Director
Don Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nigel Kneale wrote this between his final Quatermass serial and The Woman in Black, during his peak 'ordinary people, extraordinary dread' period.
The 'ghost dolphin' concept deliberately subverts aquatic horror tropes—instead of Jaws-like visceral threat, Kneale weaponizes melancholy and environmental guilt.
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