Am I the only one out there who thought this was actually a good movie?

I agree with you, Shannonm93. I first saw this movie at the drive in when I was 8 or 9. My wife and I rented it last night because she had never seen it. It was actually better the 2nd time. I was impressed that it was a movie from 23 years ago; because alot of "horror" movies from back then seem to be slow and boring; but this was actually pretty good.

No, you're not alone this is a good movie. I like it.

I loved it. Sure it shows it's age but hey a young Alice Krieg naked....yum.

It isn't truly horrifying but it is a good ghost yarn in the vein of "Haunted". Good actors all around and a downright creepy story.

I bought ghost story on video a couple of years ago and since then i have watched it over and over again,the acting is great and the New England setting is just beautiful.I would recommend ghost story if you like good atmospheric films.

You can't listen to Critics all the time. Technically it might not been enough for them, but it scared the CRAP out of me when I saw it in 1981.

Alice K. the Bathroom scene was SMOKING! :-))

First I read the book ages before the movie came out. I know that books and movies rarely reflect each other, so I wasn't looking for a perfect match. The book frightened me endlessly. But the movie really frightened me even more. At the time that the movie came out a real murder had taken place not far from where I worked, yet the authorities had not yet found the body - just that this woman and her car were missing, but all knew she was dead (later found dead in a canal). There were woods all around the place I worked at and one evening getting to work it had been storming (snow wise) all day. The roads were not yet paved and my little car couldn't manage over the rutted drifts so I went down the backroads hoping to find a turnout and come back. It was actually nearing dusk, and suddenly in the road ahead I saw a dark figure (believe now it was either a deer or dog). All I can say is I thought it was a woman and I didn't care how stuck I might get I managed to turn around and get away from there! Eeks!! To this day, I cannot read the book again and I still cover my eyes at parts in the movie. Yes, it's a shame that they didn't actually cover the book more accurately with the AM initials etc, but it was a very good film and seeing those great stars of yesteryear in it was just great as well.

For many years, I mis-remembered Alma Mobely/Alice Krige as the woman in the hotel room in 'The Shining', which invariably threw Kubrick's movie up a couple of notches. But I re-remembered and bought the DVD, and sorted things in my head.

In another thread here, many people are saying no re-makes. I'm not familiar with the book, but there are many things inherent to this *film* that are worth a second look, without making it a retread of 'What Lies Beneath'.

I thought it was really good too. I first saw it at age 17 in Saratoga, NY (one of the credited filming locations) on a fairly snowy night in a packed theater shortly after it opened. The audience was frightened (as evident from the periodic screams). It was creepy. It was even creepier driving home in the snow storm - recalling Sears' frantic drive to get help and Eva's image showing up in the roadway. Every shadow seemed to be a ghostly image of some sort. Still like to occasionally watch the video on a stormy winter night.