Ghost Story (1981)

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6.3	IMDB rating

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Directed by

John Irvin

Starring (View all)

Fred Astaire
Ricky Hawthorne

Melvyn Douglas
John Jaffrey

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Edward Wanderley

John Houseman
Sears James

Craig Wasson
Don / David

Patricia Neal
Stella

Alice Krige
Alma / Eva

Jacqueline Brookes
Milly

Written by

Peter Straub
(novel)

Lawrence D. Cohen
(screenplay)

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9 years, 3 months ago at Oct 15 22:57

pantagruella

Only a fraction of the novel, but still quite a film. It's not that the film is so scary, but that the ghost is so alluring. This film has the big boss from Rollerball.

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Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.

Release date: 18 December 1981
UPC: 014381422825

Tags: Ghosts (3), Horror (3), 1981 (2), Ghost (2), Woman (1), Female Frontal Nudity (1), Secret (1), Past (1), 1930s (1), Nudity (1), Small Town (1), Curse (1), Drowning (1), Corps (1), Automobile (1), Supernatural (1), Accident (1), Female Nudity (1), Bathtub Scene (1), Fall From Height (1)

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