Ghost Story (1981)

Directed by

John Irvin

Genre

drama film, horror film, thriller film, ghost film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 171 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of elderly men in New England meet to share stories about a woman they were involved with decades ago. One member believes her ghost is now haunting him.

atmosphericmelancholicslow-burnhauntingthoughtfulcreeping dreadsomberelegiac

What happens

Ghost Story is a 1981 American supernatural horror film directed by John Irvin from a screenplay by Lawrence D. Cohen, based on Peter Straub's 1979 novel. It stars Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman, Craig Wasson, and Alice Krige. The film follows a group of elderly businessmen in New England who gather to recount their involvement in a woman's death decades prior when one of them suspects her ghost has been haunting him. This was the final film for Astaire and Fairbanks, the final completed film for Douglas and the first film to feature Michael O'Neill. Ghost Story was shot in Woodstock, Vermont; Saratoga Springs, New York; and at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. The film was released in the United States by Universal Pictures on December 18, 1981. It received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, but was a commercial success, and has since developed a moderate cult following. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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