Ghost Story Page #5

Synopsis: 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.
Director(s): John Irvin
Production: Universal Pictures
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
39%
R
Year:
1981
110 min
801 Views


AND MY BROTHER.

AND DR. JAFFREY.

I THINK GREGORY BATE

AND THE BOY...

ARE HELPIN' HER.

I WANT TO GO TO HER HOUSE.

I HOPE YOU'LL COME WITH ME.

I WILL.

AND WHERE DO YOU THINK

YOU'RE GOING ?

OUT.

AH. YOU'LL DO

NO SUCH THING.

YOU'LL MARCH RIGHT BACK

UPSTAIRS BEFORE YOU

CATCH PNEUMONIA.

- BUT I HAVE TO GO OUT.

- WHERE ?

YOU INFURIATE ME

WITH YOUR SECRETS.

I'VE BEEN MARRIED TO YOU

FOR 32 YEARS,

AND I'M NO CLOSER TO YOU

THAN THE DAY WE WERE MARRIED.

I'LL TELL YOU IN THE SPRING.

I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU

TO THE SOUTH OF FRANCE,

TO ANTIBES, SAINT-TROPEZ,

ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO GO.

AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU

THE STORY OF MY LIFE.

I NEVER THOUGH I'D SET FOO IN THIS HOUSE AGAIN.

IF ONLY WE'D BEEN 30

INSTEAD OF 20.

OH, WHAT FOOLS

WE WERE.

I DON'T THINK

ANYBODY'S HERE.

SHE'S HERE.

I'M SURE OF IT.

YOU WANT TO TRY:

UPSTAIRS ?

NOTHING WILL COME OF THIS.

DO YOU WANT TO STAY

DOWNSTAIRS, MR. JAMES ?

NOT ON YOUR LIFE.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BU ALL THIS WAS SO BEAUTIFUL THEN.

THE ROOMS DOWNSTAIRS AND HER

ROOM UP HERE, JUST BEAUTIFUL.

SO WAS ALMA'S.

OHH !

AAAH.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH.

WE'LL ALL GO.

HE CAN'T BE MOVED.

PLEASE, SEARS.

IF WE STAY TOGETHER--

RICKY, DON'T ARGUE WITH ME !

I'M TOO OLD, TOO TIRED

AND TOO FRIGHTENED.

SEARS !

I'LL BE BACK WITH HELP

AS SOON AS I CAN.

I COULD NEVER MAKE HIM

DO ANYTHING HE DIDN' WANT TO DO.

- YOU OKAY ?

- YEAH.

ALL CLEAR SO FAR.

CAN YOU HEAR ME ?

YEAH.

RICKY ?

RICKY ?

FIND ANYTHING ?

JUST AN EMPTY ROOM.

YOU OKAY ?

YEAH.

I WAS JUST THINKING.

WHAT, ABOU THE SIDEWALKS AGAIN ?

NO, YOU SCAMP.

IT'S SEARS.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT HIM.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK I TAKE

TOO MUCH GUFF FROM HIM,

BUT I DON'T MIND THAT.

IT'S SORT OF PERMANEN JUNIOR PARTNERSHIP STUFF,

YOU KNOW ?

WHAT CAN I DO ? I'VE BEEN

MARRIED TO THE GUY AS SURE

AS I'VE BEEN MARRIED TO STELLA.

HE'LL BE OKAY.

I WONDER.

DANCE WITH ME,

YOU LITTLE TOAD.

MAYBE HE JUST GOT STUCK

IN THE SNOW.

HE'D HAVE COME BACK

IF HE WAS ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T LIKE IT.

WE'LL END IT, RICKY.

WE'LL LAY HER TO REST.

- AN OLD MAN AND A PUP, HUH ?

- WE ARE THE CHOWDER SOCIETY

NOW.

SEARS WAS RIGHT.

YOU SOUND LIKE KNUTE ROCKNE.

HERE.

I HAVE TO GET YOU

TO A DOCTOR.

BE RIGHT BACK.

- THANK GOODNESS

YOU CAME ALONG.

- LUCKY FOR BOTH OF US, RICKY.

DON'T STRUGGLE,

OR I'LL KILL YOU RIGHT NOW !

YOU HEAR ME ?

- YOU'LL BE QUIET ?

- YEAH.

- THAT'S A GOOD LITTLE RABBIT.

- WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS ?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO

LIVE FOREVER, RICKY ?

THAT'S WHAT SHE PROMISED US.

IMAGINE THE PEACE

OF LYING DOWN WITH YOUR HANDS

ACROSS YOUR CHEST.

YOU GO TO HELL.

IMAGINE HER WAITING FOR YOU

ALL THESE YEARS.

IMAGINE HER SLEEPING

UNDER ICE AND SNOW.

- WAITING.

- THE POND.

WOULDN'T YOU LIKE

TO BE IMMORTAL,

EVEN IF YOU MUST DIE FIRST ?

GOOD LORD,

SHE'S IN THE POND.

ALIVE.

STILL ALIVE.

SH-SHE TRICKED YOU !

YOU WON'T LIVE FOREVER.

OH, I'LL LIVE LONGER

THAN YOU.

OH, NO, YOU WON'T !

OH.

YOU'RE OUTTA YOUR SKULL.

YOU KNOW THAT, MR. HAWTHORNE ?

WE'VE GOT TO HURRY.

WE'VE GOT TO HELP

THE BOY.

AREN'T YOU EVEN

GOING TO SAY HELLO ?

OH, DON,

YOU DISAPPOINT ME.

I THOUGHT YOU'D

BE DYING TO SEE ME.

Y-YOU'RE NOT HERE.

YOU'RE NOT HERE.

TALK SENSE, DON.

YOU CAN SEE ME, CAN'T YOU ?

YOU CAN HEAR ME.

- I'M HERE.

- GET AWAY FROM ME !

FASTER !

POOR DON.

HAVEN'T YOU BEEN

LONGING FOR ME ?

WAITING FOR ME ?

- I'VE COME FOR YOU.

- YOU'RE DEAD !

AND YOU WILL BE TOO.

DEAD AND WET AND COLD.

DON'T YOU WAN TO MAKE LOVE TO ME ?

DON'T YOU WANT TO KNOW

WHAT YOU'VE TOUCHED ?

I WILL TAKE YOU PLACES

WHERE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN.

I WILL SHOW YOU THINGS

THAT YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN.

NO.

AND I WILL SEE THE LIFE

RUN OUT OF YOU.

CLOSED-CAPTIONED BY

CAPTIONS, INC. LOS ANGELES

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Lawrence D. Cohen

Lawrence D. Cohen is an American screenwriter and producer, best known for his work on Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976), an adaptation of Stephen King's novel. Following this he scripted a simplified film adaptation of Peter Straub's novel Ghost Story in 1981. His output has been infrequent, but he has helped in adapting two other King novels to television, It in 1990 and The Tommyknockers in 1993. In 2006 he wrote a segment for the TV series Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King. In 1981, Cohen began to work on a musical adaptation of Carrie (novel), which premiered in 1988 on Broadway to negative reviews and closed after only 16 previews and 5 performances. In 2012, the musical was revived Off Broadway for a limited engagement at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (with Cohen revising the book). The second production was better received than the original. more…

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