Though certainly not terrible, the show struggled to find its footing, changing names and abandoning its host mid-stream. If only the show itself held up as nicely.
This extras-free, 6-disc set does good by Ghost Story in presenting sharp looking transfers that look as solid today as they must have in the '70s. It lasted for one season, 23 episodes, from 1972 to '73, and having never seen syndication (to my knowledge) could be looked at as a holy grail for TV horror fans of the right age. Legendary producer William Castle's Ghost Story aka Circle of Fear (hereafter referred to as Ghost Story for brevity's sake) tried mightily to keep those viewers coming back. In other words, there's very little to keep the viewer coming back. God love those who try, since they face an uphill battle: there just aren't that many horror fans, most horror fans are tough critics, and the anthology format allows no characters to identify with from episode to episode. The most difficult television to float is the type of program known as the horror anthology.
