Book:
Ghost Story
By Peter Straub
Film:
Ghost Story (1981)
The book was released on 01 January 1979 and would be the watershed moment of Peter Straub career and become a bestselling smash. His earlier work had great critical acclaim but this would be the book that made him a household name. The story would involve five elderly gentleman in which the book explores their five narratives into a chilling story. This is considered one of the greatest horror novels of the 20th Century . Some of the characters and location would pop up in other books by Straub such as the novels Koko and Floating Dragon.
This 1981 film would bring together some of the greatest actors from the golden age which would include Fred Astair, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr and John Houseman and would make Alice Krige an actress to look out for. 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. The film differs from the book as it removes a fifth characters story within the framework of the film. the filming process was emotionally turbulent for star Fred Astaire, who confided in Irvin that he felt he was going to die or be murdered while shooting the film, and at one point considered dropping out of the production.
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.38); Plot Synopsis (7.30); Forming the Plot (8.21); Book Thoughts (16.21); Rating Ghost Story (45.09); Introducing a Film (48.04); Ghost Story Film Trailer (49.23); Film Synopsis (51.41); Lights, Camera, Action (57.17); Epilogue (1:29.57); End Credits (1:36.30); Closing Credits (1:37.21)
Opening Credits– Epidermol Sounds
Closing Credits – Haunted by The Pogues taken from the original soundtrack album Sid and Nancy. Copyright 1986 Epic Records
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Season 5: Episode 227 - DARK SHADOWS: Episodes 766 - 809
Season 5: Episode 226 - THE 80s: Shock Treatment (1981)/Streets of Fire (1985)
Season 5: Episode 225 - BEWITCHED: Season 2 Episode 38/Season 3 Episodes 1-7
Season 5: Episode 224 - KINGS OF HORROR: Green Thoughts (J Collier)/Little Shop of Horrors (1960 & 1986)
Season 5: Episode 223 - DARK SHADOWS: Episodes 723 - 765
Season 5: Episode 222 - THE INTERVIEW: The Don Briscoe Tribute
Season 5: Episode 221 - THE INTERVIEW: The Sam Irvin Interview
Season 5: Episode 220 - THE 80‘s: The Changeling (1980)/The Fog (1980)
Season 5: Episode 219 - BEWITCHED: Season 2: Episodes 29 - 37
Season 5: Episode 217 - SOAP: Episodes 34- 49
Season 5: Episode 216 - KINGS OF HORROR: The Stephen Langford Interview
Season 5: Episode 215 - DARK SHADOWS: Episodes 681 - 721
Season 5: Episode 214 - The 80‘s: Killer Party (1986) / Night of the Demons (1988)
Season 5: Episode 213 - DARK SHADOWS: Interview with Stacey Poulos, Niece of Alex Stevens (The Dark Shadows Werewolf)
Season 2: Episode 212 - BEWITCHED: Season 2: Episodes 21 - 28
Season 5: Episode 211 - KINGS OF HORROR: Cabal by Clive Barker/Nightbreed (1990)
Season 5: Episode 210 - DARK SHADOWS: Episodes 636 - 680
Season 5: Episode 209 - THE 80‘s: Scanners (1981) / Videodrome (1983)
Season 5: Episode 208 - DARK SHADOWS: The David Selby Interview
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