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Summary
John Travolta’sspooky Disney+ shortThe Shepherdundermines its central wrench by adding another twist on top of it . In the UK , the BBC has a filament of TV moving-picture show calledA Ghost Story for Christmas , which involves vent a unforesightful movie establish on a classic ghost write up on Christmas Eve . Most of these tale likeA word of advice to the Curiousadapt the works of M.R. James , though one of the most famous episodes used Charles DickensThe Signalman . Mark Gatiss ( Sherlock ) is restrain thisChristmas horror movietradition alive , with the 2023 episode - which will star Kit Harington - cover Arthur Conan Doyle ’s mummy taleLot No . 249 .
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The Shepherd’s Second Ghost Reveal Is Pointless (& Hurts The Ending)
For those who have n’t readThe Shepherdor seen the short , it ’s not a major shockJohn Travolta ’s airplane pilot characteris revealed to be a trace . After down safely at an old airfield , the protagonist Freddie ( Ben Radcliffe ) is picked up by Steven Mackintosh ’s kindly RAF Sergeant Joe . He drives Freddie to the local airbase where the latter sees a picture of Travolta ’s mystery pilot Kavanagh , and Joe fill in the backstory , disclose Kavanagh was a cowcatcher during World War 2 who helped steer crippled hero sandwich to safety . Of course , Joe also reveals Kavanagh has been deadened for 14 years .
The Shepherd is streaming only on Disney+ .
Forsyth ’s original story ended with this thunderclap , butThe Shepherdfilm adds another twist , bring out Joe isalsoa shade . Later , when Freddie is being picked up by his own men , he realise the substructure he down at is altogether abandoned . His intact experience with Joe - which included being driven in Joe ’s car and the caretaker alight a fire for him - was entirely supernatural . This is a real chapeau - on - a - chapeau twist that adds little to the storyand even distracts from the excited impact of Freddie realizing he was saved by Kavanagh ’s spirit .
Why Disney’s The Shepherd Adaptation Added A New Ending
This reveal was likely sum to interject the story with another big plait . Again , Travolta ’s Kavanagh being a ghost is comparatively obvious from the jump , even if it was more of a surprise when the novelette was published . Joe being a ghost adds another wind , but not only does it undermineThe Shepherd’sending , it raise further questions . The short would have been stronger for trust in Forsyth ’s original textual matter than trying to sum up another stinger , which slightly bollix up what had been a handsomely mounted Christmas ghost story up to that point .
