Ghost Stories (TV series)

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Ghost Stories

Ghost Stories title screen
Genre Horror, Mystery, Anthology, Drama
Narrated by Rip Torn
Composer(s) Claude Foisy
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 44
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Frederick Rappaport, Tom Norton, Nicolas Valcour
Producer(s) New Dominion Pictures
Broadcast
Original channel FOX Family
Original run September 28, 1997 – June 08, 1998
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Ghost Stories is an American horror Anthology TV series that ran from 1997 to 1998 on the cable channel FOX Family.

The Show was narrated by Rip Torn and originally two episodes were presented back to back in an hour-long segment. However, towards the end of the series it was broken down into 30 minute episodes with just one story, most featuring a style similar to episodes of The Twilight Zone in which there would be a twist at the end.

There have been three DVD releases and is currently being shown in the United Kingdom on the TV channel Zone Horror.

Contents

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of Ghost Stories episodes

Each episode began with an introduction segment narrated by Rip Torn:

Come with me to a place of wonderess contradictions. A place that is silent and unstirring yet restless and alive. A place of untold peace and boundless dread. Come with me into the very cradle of darkness, where those who dwell, dwell alone.

(viewable [1] in quicktime or [2] in windows media)

Once complete it would then go directly into the episode where Rip Torn would give us an introduction to the episode now starting. When the episode was concluding, Rip Torn would then comment on what we had just seen usually in some form of a Moral.

[edit] DVD Releases

On December 7th 2004, a 5 disc dvd set was released by Platinum Disc Corporation. This is presented in a digipak format.

This set only includes the episodes show below and does not have any special features or commentary.

  • Disc 1:
    • Cold In The Grave
    • Landscape Of Lost Dreams
    • Personal Demons
    • You'll Wake The Dead
    • Mirror, Mirror
    • You'll Always Be Mine
    • Back Ward
    • Beware The Muse
  • Disc 2:
    • The Stainless Blade
    • Wake In Fear
    • Last Flight Out
    • Resting Place
    • Step-Sister
    • All Night Diner
    • Beat The Reaper
    • Green-Eyed Monster
  • Disc 3:
    • Blood Money
    • Cold Dark Space
    • Sara's Friends
    • I Heard You Call My Name
    • Conscience
    • Bless Me Father
    • Fatal Distraction
    • Sleep No More
  • Disc 4:
    • Cloistered
    • The House That Spilled Tears
    • Blazes
    • The New Nanny
    • Underground
    • Point Hope
    • The Scream House
    • The State Of Grace
  • Disc 5:
    • Heartsick
    • From The Ashes
    • Winner Take All
    • Inheritance
    • Denial
    • Erased
    • Parting Shot
    • Consumers

For unknown reasons, 4 out of the 44 episodes produced have not been included in the DVD release. It is unclear if they will be released in 'Volume Sets'.

The episodes are:

  • It's Only A Movie
  • At Death's Door
  • Going Down
  • Cabin Fever

Technical Data:

[edit] Volume Sets

On August 23, 2005, Ghost Stories, Vol. 1 was released. This has a run time of 165 minutes and is basically a repackaged version of disc 1 from the box set above. This was followed by Ghost Stories, Vol. 2, which is disc 2 from the box set above.

Since then, no other volumes have been released and it is unknown if there are any plans to release more volumes or even release the 4 episodes that are currently unavailable on DVD.

Cover of the 5 disc set

Cover of the Vol. 1 set

Cover of the Vol. 2 set

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