The final third appears rushed and the conclusion isn’t satisfying enough. Alice Krige is stunning in the movie and it’s always a pleasure to see her on screen when she appears. It creates boredom and even the more ‘shocking’ events just aren’t that shocking. It’s not difficult to follow, but the attempt to create suspense by leaving the surprises till later have the reverse effect. The film flips back and forth to between the past and present. Not to say that these folks can’t branch out, it’s just sometimes they appear a little out of their depth. It was also strange to see that John Irvin was the director as he is more closely associated with action movies. The movie is based on a book by Peter Staraub, but I’ve never read the story so I cannot comment on how faithful the movie is to the source material. He makes you believe that he is still tormented over an event from his past, making the audience eager to find out exactly what went on and what Alma Mobley (Alice Krige) has to do with it all. However he pulls the part off really well. It was very interesting to see Fred Astaire in a serious role such as Ricky Hawthorne, as he is normally known for musicals. But when Edward’s son David dies in mysterious circumstances, then it brings about events that force the friends to address a terrible event that happened 50 years previous.
When the four friends gather to tell stories it’s something they do to entertain each other. When Edward and John die in mysterious circumstances, 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 Alma Mobley.ĭirected by John Irvin (Hamburger Hill, Next of Kin) this is a mild horror that does go some way in capturing the essence of a ghost story that you’d hear before bed time. John Jaffrey and Sears James to tell tales of horror, and together they form The Chowder Society.
He meets his grieving father Edward Charles Wanderley, who has a weekly meeting with his old friends Ricky Hawthorne, Dr. When his brother David dies on the eve of his wedding, Don travels back to his hometown in New England for the funeral services.
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