# Ghost Story (1981)

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**Runtime**: 110 min
**Genres**: Horror, Drama, Thriller
**Directed by**: John Irvin
**Written by**: Lawrence D. Cohen
**Starring**: Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman, Craig Wasson, Patricia Neal

> *The Time Has Come to Tell the Tale*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Snowflakes swirl around a lantern post on a winter night a vintage car speeds down a deserted road. Four elderly friends bound by a dark secret. John Irvin directs this atmospheric horror tale.

**Mood tags**: dread, slow-burn

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