Reference Film: XX – GHOST STORY by John Irvin

Ghost Story (1981)
Directed by John Irvin
Writing credits by Lawrence D. Cohen and Peter Straub (novel)
Runtime: 110 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Colour: Colour (Technicolor)
Sound Mix: Mono

Cast:
Fred Astaire as Ricky Hawthorne
Melvyn Douglas as Dr. John Jaffrey
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Edward Charles Wanderley
John Houseman as Sears James
Craig Wasson as Don/David Wanderley
Patricia Neal as Stella Hawthorne
Alice Krige as Eva Galli/Alma Mobley
Jacqueline Brookes as Milly
Mark Chamberlin as Young Jaffrey
Tim Choate as Young Hawthorne
Kurt Johnson as Young Wanderley
Ken Olin as Young James

Summary
Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.