Ghost Story (1981 film)

Ghost Story
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Irvin
Screenplay byLawrence D. Cohen
Based onGhost Story
by Peter Straub
Produced byBurt Weissbourd
Starring
CinematographyJack Cardiff
Edited byTom Rolf
Music byPhilippe Sarde
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 18, 1981 (1981-12-18)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$13.5 million[1]
Box office$23.4 million[2]

Ghost Story is a 1981 American supernatural horror film directed by John Irvin and starring Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman, Craig Wasson, and Alice Krige. Based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Peter Straub, it follows a group of elderly businessmen in New England who gather to recount their involvement in a woman's death decades prior when one of them suspects her ghost has been haunting him.

Ghost Story was the final film for Astaire and Fairbanks, the final completed film for Douglas and the first film to feature Michael O'Neill. The film was shot in Woodstock, Vermont; Saratoga Springs, New York; and at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. Ghost Story was released in the United States on December 18, 1981.

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