Ghost Story

IMDb link: 0082449
IMDb rating: 6.3 (11,101 votes)
Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama
Director: John Irvin
Cast: Fred Astaire, Craig Wasson, Melvyn Douglas, Alice Krige, John Houseman, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and others

Release date: 18 Dec 1981
Release year: 1981
Runtime: 110 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: based on novel, ghost story, sex scene, guilt, 1930s, female frontal nudity, death of son, 1980s, male frontal nudity, death

Plot:

When his brother David dies on the eve of his wedding, Don travels back to his hometown in New England for the funeral services. He meets his grieving father Edward Charles Wanderley, who has a weekly meeting with his old friends Ricky Hawthorne, Dr. John Jaffrey and Sears James to tell tales of horror, and together they form The Chowder Society. When Edward and John die in mysterious circumstances, Don sees the picture of Eva Galli from the 20's and he joins Rick and Sears to tell a ghost story about his romance with Alma Mobley.

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