What is the name of a older horror film?

Question

The film is about the ghost of a woman that comes back to haunt the men that let her drown, killing the men's families and maybe them too?

Answer 1

Ghost story with john huston and alice krige.

Answer 2

Ghost Story - 1981
It is based on the book by Peter Straub

Fred Astaire .... Ricky Hawthorne
Melvyn Douglas .... Dr. John Jaffrey
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. .... Edward Charles Wanderley
John Houseman .... Sears James
Craig Wasson .... Don/David Wanderley
Patricia Neal .... Stella Hawthorne
Alice Krige .... Eva Galli/Alma Mobley

The book is better than the movie
Ghost Story is a tale of supernatural revenge. As young men, Ricky Hawthorne, Sears James, Edward Wanderly, Lewis Benedikt and John Jaffrey accidentally kill a woman named Eva Galli. They panic, and decide to cover up her death. Placing her body in a borrowed car, they push the vehicle into a nearby lake. As the car sinks into the muck, they see a sight that haunts them for the rest of their lives: for a moment, it appears as if Eva is still alive, as they catch a glimpse of her face through the rear window. Shaken, they vow to keep her death a secret, and go on with their lives.

Fifty years later, the group still lives in their hometown of Milburn, NY, prosperous and content. Now known as The Chowder Society, they meet on a regular basis to swap ghost stories, but they never speak of Eva. Then, Edward Wanderly dies during a party given in the honor of an actress named Anne-Veronica Moore, apparently of fright. The remaining members experience a series of prophetic dreams in which several of them die. Unable to admit to themselves that Eva Galli has returned to haunt them, they send for Don Wanderley, Ed's nephew. A writer by trade, Don has penned a horror novel called The Nightwatcher, based, we later learn, on his own experiences with Eva, known to him as Alma Mobley. Don's arrival in Milburn seems to send a signal to the evil which threatens the group, resulting in the deaths of two more of their number. The survivors band with Don and Peter Barnes, a young man whose mother has been killed by Eva and her minions. Together they struggle to locate and destroy their nemesis.

Answer 3

What Lies Beneath?