--- title: 'Ghost Story (1981)' type: 'film' director: 'John Irvin' released: '1981-01-01' runtime_minutes: 107 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Horror' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ghost-story-1981' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082449/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Ghost Story (1981) 1981 · 107 min · Drama, Horror, Thriller · United States ## Synopsis Ghost Story is a 1981 American supernatural horror film directed by John Irvin from a screenplay by Lawrence D. Cohen, based on Peter Straub's 1979 novel. It stars Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman, Craig Wasson, and Alice Krige. The film 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. ## Credits - **Editor:** [Tom Rolf](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-rolf) - **Director:** [John Irvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-irvin) - **Screenplay:** [Lawrence D. Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-d-cohen) - **Original Music Composer:** [Philippe Sarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-sarde) - **Producer:** [Burt Weissbourd](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-weissbourd) - **Director of Photography:** [Jack Cardiff](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-cardiff) ## Cast - [Douglas Fairbanks Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-fairbanks-jr) - [Ken Olin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-olin) - [Michael O'Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-o-neill) - [Patricia Neal](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-neal) - [John Houseman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-houseman) - [Fred Astaire](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-astaire) - [Alice Krige](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-krige) - [Craig Wasson](https://cinepixo.com/people/craig-wasson) - [Melvyn Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/melvyn-douglas) - [Brad Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-sullivan) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/ghost-story-1981 Film facts: Wikidata (Q230488); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.