Os Mortos Vivos

A história se passa na pacata cidade de Milburn, (NY) e envolve um grupo de cinco amigos que formam a Sociedade Chowder: Ricky Hawthorne, John Jaffrey, Sears James, Lewis Benedikt e Edward Wanderley, que têm o costume de reunirem-se duas vezes por mês para contar histórias de fantasmas, acompanhados por charutos e bebidas. Não importa como as histórias aconteceram, o que importa é a forma em que é contada para o grupo. |...| Quando uma série de estranhos eventos acontecem na cidade, após o funeral de David, o filho predileto de Edward, eles resolvem pedir a ajuda de Don Wanderley -- o outro filho (sobrinho) de Edward. Don é um escritor de histórias de horror e, por isso, a Chowder Society acredita que as pesquisas que Donald fez para seus trabalhos possam ajudá-los... Don chega à Milburn e eventos ainda mais estranhos ocorrem; alguns deles incluem a misteriosa ex-namorada de Donald, que descobrem ser uma antiga moradora / visitante da cidade, e criaturas de uma das histórias de Sears James -- contada em uma das reuniões da Chowder Society.

Ghost Story by Peter Straub (1979). The book was adapted into a film by the same name in 1981, minus the novel's fifth protagonist character, Lewis Benedikt '-' In a small New England town, "four" elderly men form what they call the "Chowder Society," regaling themselves with the telling of scary "ghost stories." Membership in the club, in fact, requires that one present such a story. The four old friends consist of Ricky Hawthorne (Fred Astaire), a lawyer, and his partner Sears James (John Houseman), along with Dr. John Jaffrey (Melvyn Douglas) and Edward Charles Wanderley (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.), a successful businessman and the town's mayor.

They also share a dark secret far more unsettling than fiction -- a secret which has literally come back to haunt them, as well as their own adult offspring! (...) When his twin brother David dies on the eve of his wedding, Don (Craig Wasson) travels back to his hometown in New England for the funeral services... He meets his grieving father Edward Charles Wanderley, who always preferred the other, more ambitious son. (...) When Edward and John die in mysterious circumstances, Don approaches the remaining elderly friends, requesting membership in their group, offering up a bizarre "ghost" story of his own. Don sees the picture of Eva Galli from the 20's and he joins Rick and Sears to tell a ghost story about his romance with the mysterious Alma Mobley.
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Ghost Story Trailer HD:
https://youtu.be/p2UlwI-7etc
https://youtu.be/GIKny0ORX-0
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Story_(Straub_novel)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Story_(film)
https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Fantôme_de_Milburn

Aventura / Cinema / Crime / Fantasia / Ficção / Horror / Romance / Suspense e Mistério / Terror