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Ghost Story

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 9781417000104
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1417000104
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 07, 2004
Running Time: 111 minutes
Sales Rank: 5861
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: December 18, 1981

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Elderly men telling ghost stories are haunted by a girl they accidentally drowned 50 years before. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/07/2004 Starring: Melvyn Douglas Alice Krige Run time: 110 minutes Rating: R Director: John Irvin

Amazon.com:
Upon its release in 1981, John Irvin's version of Peter Straub's bestselling horror novel was deemed one of the worst adaptations that the genre had ever produced. Now it's available on DVD, and for the first time in widescreen presentation, and not much has changed. It's still a nearly unwatchable dud. Fred Astaire, John Houseman, Melvyn Douglas, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. play old friends, members of the self-created Chowder Society, who get together and tell ghost tales. The scariest story of all, however, is the one they never speak to each other. Fifty years ago, the four men accidentally killed a young woman, and now she's back (with much less meat on her bones) and seeking vengeance. Sound chilling? Well, in Straub's hands it was, and the novel remains the author's finest achievement. Irvin, however, distills Staub's rich characterizations, gradual tension, and creepy atmosphere, and replaces them with aging golden oldies (only Houseman appears to be having any fun) hamming it up and hokey special-effect shots of a rotting corpse. The film moves about as quickly as its ancient cast could during a relay race. The whole thing has arthritis. --Dave McCoy




Rating: - A great chiller!
This film is very well made,based on Peter Straub's classic novel.The movie is a little long but not ... Read More

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Rating: - Will You Forget the Book!!!
When I saw this movie in '81, a breath of fresh air. From the late '70s on,our basic horror choices were ... Read More

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Rating: - Any real horror fan can appreciate the old school scares of Ghost Story
Ghost Story was released in 1981, adapted from a novel of the same name. Sid has never read the book, admitedly, ... Read More

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Rating: - Not as scary as the book
I read the book years ago and found it so scary that I would often have to put it down and take a break or hold off ... Read More

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Rating: - "I will show you places you've never been and I will watch the life run out of you!"
For a movie made in 1981, this one still packs a whollop! For anyone not familiar with this little gem, this one is ... Read More

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