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Ghost Story
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.
1981 · Directed by John Irvin · 110 min · Horror · Drama · Thriller · 8 frames
Tagline
The Time Has Come to Tell the Tale
Crew
- Screenplay: Lawrence D. Cohen
- Cinematography: Jack Cardiff
- Edited by: Tom Rolf
- Music: Philippe Sarde
- Production design: Norman Newberry
- Produced by: Burt Weissbourd
Cast
- Fred Astaire as Ricky Hawthorne
- Melvyn Douglas as John Jaffrey
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Edward Wanderley
- John Houseman as Sears James
- Craig Wasson as Don / David
- Patricia Neal as Stella
- Alice Krige as Eva / Alma
- Jacqueline Brookes as Milly
- Miguel Fernandes as Gregory Bate
- Lance Holcomb as Fenny Bate
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Universal Pictures
- Themes: based on novel or book, nightmare, revenge, gothic horror, guilt, new england, ghost story, elderly, 1930s
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