Ghost Story

About 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.

Ghost Story is a 1981 horror thriller film directed by John Irvin. Its themes are nightmare, guilt, gothic horror, and new england.

Fred Astaire appears as Ricky Hawthorne, Melvyn Douglas as John Jaffrey, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Edward Wanderley, and John Houseman as Sears James. Released in December 1981, it runs 110 minutes.

The screenplay is by Lawrence D. Cohen. The story is adapted from a novel.

The Ritual, Live by Night, and The Haunted Palace make useful companions to Ghost Story, all filed under 1930s. TMDB voters put it at 6.0 out of 10 across 182 votes and it carries a R rating.