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Ghost Story

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Ghost Story
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R,1hr 50min
Genres:
Horror,Action
Release:
1981
Director:
John Irvin
Distributor:
Image Entertainment
Starring:
Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.  ...more
Synopsis: This 1981 John Irvin picture constitutes an adaptation of Peter Straub's colossal, bestselling novel. The central plot -- shared by both book and film -- revolves around the four elderly members of the Chowder Society (Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and John Houseman), who gather in each other's drawing rooms each winter to sip cognac and spin elaborate ghost stories. The four men also share a dark secret far more unsettling than fiction -- a secret which has literally come ... Full Synopsis
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Derek Armstrong, AMG Review
Arriving at the end of arguably the most fertile decade of horror filmmaking, John Irvin's Ghost Story (1981) proves that even the lesser-known genre entries could be quite chilling. In fact, elements that might have detracted from this film's scare factor -- a score that's too bombastic, and a starring role for the 82-year-old Fred Astaire -- do nothing of the sort. Irvin's smart, tension-sustaining ... Full Review
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Fred Astaire
Ricky Hawthorne
Melvyn Douglas
John Jaffrey
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Edward Wanderley
John Houseman
Sears James
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