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Roger Ebert gave the film a favorable review, praising the performances and considering it an improvement on Straub's novel. [13] In The New York Times, Vincent Canby had the opposite view, also praising the performances but feeling that the movie oversimplified Straub's story and themes. [14]
The story involves a writer named Donald "Don" Wanderley who goes to the town of Milburn in upstate New York after the death of his uncle. He discovers that the death is related to the local Chowder Society and the ghost stories told in its inner circle. The novel was a watershed in Straub's career, becoming a national bestseller and cementing ...
The eighties were a phenomenal time for aficionados of the gruesome, the gory, and the ghoulish. We present a ranked rundown of the sixty finest horror films of the era.
[1] Alone in the Dark: Jack Sholder: Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau: United States [2]Amityville II: The Possession: Damiano Damiani: James Olson, Burt Young, Rutanya Alda
A ghost who is at once present and dead fits right in, especially around Chloe, who has been so sideswiped by grief that she’s treating her own life cheaply, the way kids can do when they’re ...
“2:22 – A Ghost Story,” which opened Friday at the Ahmanson Theatre, isn’t just following in this tradition. The production, directed by Matthew Dunster, is trying to give sophisticated ...
Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1930s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), which earned him an Oscar in 1948. [1]
John Houseman (born Jacques Haussmann; September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988) was a British-American actor and producer of theatre, film, and television. He became known for his highly publicized collaboration with director Orson Welles from their days in the Federal Theatre Project through to the production of Citizen Kane and his collaboration, as producer of The Blue Dahlia, with writer ...