The Wailing Well

The short story ‘The Wailing Well’ was written by M.R. James in 1927 for the Eton Boy Scouts. Our adaptation ‘The Wailing Well’ tells the tale of three scouts who find themselves separated from their troop on a hike in the English countryside.

On finding himself in trouble, Stanley Judkins, a no good bully and all round bad egg, directs his anger towards the innocent Arthur Goode. Determined to teach Arthur a lesson, Stanley and his weak-willed accomplice Wilfred, set upon him, chasing him deep into the countryside.
The boys find themselves at ‘The Wailing Well’, a cursed place according to local folklore
and inhabited by the ghosts of a nasty pair of Victorian child killers. Arthur is cornered, but finds it’s not just spiteful peers that he has to deal with.

‘The Wailing Well’ is a classic gothic ghost story from one of England’s finest writers of fiction. The team at Loonatik and Drinks have brought a modern sensibility to the adaptation and present a beautiful film that will chill to the core.