Scene from Ghost Story (1981)
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Actresses in this Scene
Birth Name: Alice Krige
Birth Date: 1954-06-28
Birth Place: Upington, ǁKhara Hais Local Municipality, South Africa
Details
Alternate Names: Alice Maud Krige, آلیس کریج
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Full Biography
Alice Maud Krige is a South African actress and producer. Her first feature film role was as the Gilbert and Sullivan singer Sybil Gordon in the 1981 Academy Award-winning film Chariots of Fire. Since then, she has played a variety of roles in a number of genres. Krige first played the role of the Borg Queen in the motion picture Star Trek: First Contact and reprised the role for the final episode of the television series Star Trek: Voyager. A year after the series ended, she reprised the role in "Borg Invasion 4-D" at Star Trek: The Experience.
She attended Rhodes University in Grahamstown where she pursued an undergraduate degree in psychology and literature, but quickly turned to acting, earning an honors degree in drama from Rhodes, before a moving to London to pursue a new career path. Once in England, she studied drama at the London Central School of Speech and Drama before making her acting performance debut in the 1979 BBC Play for Today.
After achieving critical acclaim for her role in Chariot's of Fire, and continued to star and support in both film and stage theater throughout the 1980s. This eclectic trend continued into the 1990s before turning to television for both starring and reoccurring minor roles in prominent television series. In addition, she continued to make sporadic convention appearances and was recently awarded an honorary doctorate in literature from Rhodes University. Alice Krige is married to writer/director, Paul Schoolman, and lives what she describes as an "itinerant" lifestyle. Although she and her husband maintain a permanent home in the United States, they spend much of their time living and working abroad.
About the Movie: Ghost Story (1981)
Release Year: 1981
Nation: United States
Alternative Title: Cuento de fantasmas, Histórias de Fantasmas, Le fantôme de Milburn, Vild opstandelse, Historia macabra, Kummitusjuttu, Spökhistorien, Szellemjárás, Storie di fantasmi, Gjenferdet, Opowiesci o duchach, Fantasma do Passado, Rache aus dem Reich der Toten, Zurück bleibt die Angst
Director: John Irvin
Writer: Lawrence D. Cohen, Peter Straub
Production & Genre
Producer(s): Producer: Burt Weissbourd
Co-Producer: Douglas Green
Companies: Universal Pictures
Genre: Drama, Ghost Film, Horror, Horror Film, Thriller
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Keywords
Keywords: 1930s, based on novel or book, elderly, ghost story, gothic horror, guilt, new england, nightmare, revenge
Story
Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome secret from their past. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to witness a pattern of frightening events. The nature of these events and their connection to the group's secret is not specified.
Summary
Ghost Story (1981) is a horror film directed by John Irvin. Set in New England, it's based on the novel of the same name by Peter Straub. The film revolves around four successful elderly gentlemen who are haunted by their past actions. The movie explores themes of guilt and revenge, with supernatural elements serving as manifestations of their torment.