Is Ghost Story actually good?

Ghost Story sits in the 40.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 40.5% of them.

How does Ghost Story compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Ghost Story lands in the 38.1% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Ghost Story's score based on?

120 calibrated reviewers stand behind Ghost Story's score.

1981

global pct

40.5

Film · 1981 · Films · 1980s

Ghost Story

Name: Ghost Story
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Released: 1981

Scored from 120 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

40.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

38.1%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

28.4%

AI-adjusted percentile

120 calibrated reviewers

Summary

In a small New England town, four elderly friends known as the Chowder Society are haunted by a shared secret from their youth involving a mysterious woman. When one of their sons returns home after his twin brother's strange death, long-buried guilt resurfaces and a vengeful presence begins to close in on them.

Ghost Story is a 1981 drama, horror and thriller film.

3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside. The calibrated figure is built from 120 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 121 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 225 of whom clear the calibration test.