Ghost Story (1981) - Newspaper Ad

Oakland Tribune - December 16, 1981

Universal Studios released a ghost story for Christmas in 1981. Based on the acclaimed best-seller of the same name by Peter Straub, the film deviates just a tad from the novel's sprawling narrative, but still manages to capture some of its source material's wintery chills. Even if it did choose to downgrade the almost cosmic horror level threat to a woman's spirit seeking revenge upon the elderly men responsible for her tragic death many, many years in the past.