{"id":6130,"date":"2015-12-20T00:25:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-19T23:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=6130"},"modified":"2016-01-15T01:00:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T00:00:27","slug":"ghost-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2015\/12\/20\/ghost-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Loosely based on the novel of the same name by Peter Straub, John Irvin’s Ghost Story<\/i> (1981) follows four elderly men (Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and John Houseman) who have formed a private club to tell each other creepy tales. <\/p>\n

Released for the first time in the UK by Second Sound, Ghost Story<\/i> is out now on Blu-ray and DVD. <\/p>\n

\"GhostStory\"<\/a>
Comic Strip Review by Hannah Jenkins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
More information on Hannah Jenkins can be found at here<\/A>.<\/div>\n
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To mark its first ever UK Blu-ray and DVD release, we take an illustrated look at John Irvin’s 1981 horror classic.
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