This film gets a 6 on the scale of 1-10, only because it could have been much better. Special-effects are fascinating to watch (pause your videotape--if you rent--to check out Dick Smith-created scary corpses). A promising cast of veterans is wasted... Astaire, Houseman, Fairbanks Jr., Douglas and Neal are given very little to do except worry that the spectre from their past is quickly catching up with them. Fifty years ago, the four men (in the Peter Straub novel, five) unintentionally murdered Eva Galli (Krige), and now she's come back to cause serious mortal damage. One effective scene is when Douglas's character, sustaining a heart attack, is struggling to get his medication from a medicine cabinet, while Eva removes her hood; underneath it, she is a water-logged, drown victim. In closing, read the Straub book before viewing this film, and you'll better appreciate what the filmmakers tried to convey. "E" for "Effort."
Review of Ghost Story
