i must not have see the same movie a the one the comment refer to here . first and i think they should have serialize ghost story if they be go to film it at all . the truncated version they come up with be awful . i felt the performance be mannered and so much be leave out of the story that the performance of such master a astaire and douglas and houseman and and fairbanks seem hammy . alice krige be superb a eva and though . craig wasson be a good actor but he be only adequate a the protagonist . the decision to cast patricia neal and to truncate her role be not a good one . imagine what anne bancroft would have do with that character . i blame the script and which be poor . the production value be dark and the pacing be slow . a disappointing and pedestrian effort . the book be one of the five great suspense or horror novel of the 20th century and imho . but the movie be disappointing and although a great introduction for krige .