In the movie Ghost Story, a group of elderly men who like to get together and tell ghost stories find themselves unwilling participants in their own horrifying supernatural adventure. The storytelling group The Chowder Society is composed of Ricky Hawthorne (Fred Astaire), Dr. John Jaffrey (Melvyn Douglas), Edward Charles Wanderley (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) and Sears James (John Houseman). As a series of deadly and gruesome incidents occur in the present day, Edward’s son David (Craig Wasson) uncovers the truth: these successful and reputable men share more than a predilection for scary tales they also share a dark and deadly secret from their past. A mystery woman named Alma (Alice Krige) coincidentally reappears in their lives, at which point all of the men become truly haunted.