TV HORRORS OF THE 1970s
FEAR
NO EVIL A psychiatrist specializing in the occult becomes involved
with a man possessed by an ancient mirror and his fiancee, who discovers
that it can return her boyfriend, killed in an auto accident, back from the
dead. Starring Louis Jourdan, Carroll O'Connor, Bradford Dillman, Wilfred
Hyde-White, Lynda Day, Marsha Hunt. Based on a story by Guy Endore. Written by
Richard Alan Simmons; Directed by Paul Wendkos. A Universal production. Original air date:
March 3, 1969.
DAUGHTER
OF THE MIND A cybernetics professor believes that his dead daughter is
communicating with him from beyond the grave. Starring Don Murray, Ray
Milland, Gene Tierney, Barbara Dana, Edward Asner, Pamelyn Ferdin, George
Macready, John Carradine, Virginia Christie. Based on the novel "The Hand of
Mary Constable" by Paul Gallico. Written by Luther Davis; Directed by Walter
Grauman. A 20th Century-Fox production. Original air date: December 9, 1969.
SOLE
SURVIVOR The ghosts of a bomber crew that
crashed in the Libyan desert during World War II return 25 years later to
haunt the navigator, now a general, whom they accuse of desertion. Starring
Vince Edwards, Richard Basehart, William Shatner, Lou Antonio, Patrick Wayne. Written by Guerdon Trueblood; Directed by Paul Stanley. A
Cinema Center production. Original air date: January 9, 1970.
RITUAL
OF EVIL Noted psychiatrist David Sorell
delves into the death of one of his patients, a young heiress involved in
witchcraft. Starring Louis Jourdan, Anne Baxter, Diana Hyland, John
McMartin, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Belinda Montgomery, Georg Stanford Brown.
Written by Robert Presnell Jr.; Directed by Robert Day. A Universal Studios
production. Original air date: February 23, 1970.
HOW
AWFUL ABOUT ALLAN A semi-blind man is
tormented by guilt over his father's death and by strange voices from an
unseen menace. Starring Anthony Perkins, Julie Harris, Joan Hackett, Kent
Smith. Based on the novel by Henry Farrell. Written by
Farrell; Directed by Curtis Harrington. An Aaron Spelling production.
Original air date: September 22, 1970.¤
NIGHT
SLAVES A family finds themselves stranded
in a western town where all the people have been turned into zombies.
Starring James Franciscus, Lee Grant, Scott Marlowe, Andrew Prine, Leslie Nielsen. Based on the novel by Jerry Sohl. Written by
Everett Chambers, Robert Specht; Directed by Ted Post. A Bing Crosby
production. Original air date: September 29, 1970.¤
THE
HOUSE THAT WOULD NOT DIE Witchcraft, black
magic and unsettled ghosts in an inherited house in Amish country. Starring
Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Egan, Michael Anderson Jr., Kitty Winn. Based on the novel "Ammie, Come Home" by Barbara Michaels. Written by
Henry Farrell; Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. An Aaron Spelling
production. Original air date: October 27, 1970.¤
CROWHAVEN
FARM Reincarnated witches haunt a middle-class couple living on an old
inherited farm. Starring Hope Lange, Paul Burke, Lloyd Bochner, John
Carradine, Cindy Eilbacher, Virginia Gregg, William Smith.
Written by John McGreevey; Directed by Walter Grauman. An Aaron Spelling
production. Original air date: November 24, 1970.¤
DR.
COOK'S GARDEN A small-town doctor sees to it that the bad people in his
community die before their time and the good people live longer--like the
flowers in his garden. Starring Bing Crosby, Frank Converse, Blythe Danner,
Abby Lewis, Barnard Hughes. Based on the play by Ira Levin. Written by Art
Wallace; Directed by Ted Post. A Paramount production. Original air date:
January 19, 1971.¤
THE
DEADLY DREAM A research scientist is driven to the brink of madness by
a recurring dream that he is marked for death by a mysterious tribunal.
Starring Lloyd Bridges, Janet Leigh, Carl Betz, Leif Erickson, Don Stroud,
Richard Jaeckel. Written by Barry Oringer; Directed by Alf Kjellin. A
Universal production. Original air date: September 25, 1971.¤
SWEET,
SWEET RACHEL
An ESP
expert uses his powers to search for a psychic employing telepathy to commit
murder. Starring Alex Dreier, Stefanie Powers, Pat Hingle, Louise
Latham, John Hillerman. Written by Anthony Lawrence; Directed by
Sutton Roley. An ABC Circle Films production. Original air date: October
2, 1971.¤
A
TASTE OF EVIL Returning from a mental
institution following a traumatic rape experience, a young woman finds
herself the target of someone trying to drive her insane. Starring Barbara
Stanwyck, Barbara Parkins, Roddy McDowall, William Windom.
Written by Jimmy Sangster; Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. An Aaron
Spelling production. Original air date: October 12, 1971.¤
BLACK
NOON An occult Western about a
circuit-riding minister and his wife who are caught up in a web of
witchcraft involving a mute beauty and a satanic gunfighter. Starring Roy
Thinnes, Lyn Loring, Yvette Mimieux, Ray Milland, Henry Silva, Gloria
Grahame. Written by Andrew J. Fenady; Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski. A
Fenady Associates production. Original air date: November 5, 1971.¤
A
HOWLING IN THE WOODS A disillusioned housewife vacationing in the
wilds is disturbed by her nagging husband and a mysterious howling in the
night. Starring Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, John Rubinstein, Vera Miles,
Tyne Daly. Based on the novel by Velda
Johnson. Written by Richard DeRoy; Directed by Daniel Petrie. A Universal
production. Original air date: November 5, 1971.
THE
DEVIL AND MISS SARAH A legendary western outlaw with satanic
powers, being escorted to justice by a homesteading couple, uses hypnosis to
possess the wife's soul and help him make his getaway. Starring Gene Barry,
James Drury, Janice Rule, Charles McGraw, Slim Pickens, Logan Ramsey. Written by Calvin Clements; Directed by Michael Caffey. A Universal
production. Original air date: December 4, 1971.¤
SOMETHING
EVIL A young couple move into a Pennsylvania farmhouse unaware that it
is occupied by an unseen presence that tries to possess the wife. Starring
Sandy Dennis, Darren McGavin, Jeff Corey, Ralph Bellamy.
Written by Robert Clouse; Directed by Steven Spielberg. A Belford/CBS
production. Original air date: January 21, 1972.
THE
PEOPLE A young teacher in an isolated
California community discovers that her pupils and their parents possess
special powers and a secret bond. Starring Kim Darby, William Shatner, Diane
Varsi, Dan O'Herlihy. Based on the novel "Pilgrimage" by Zenna Henderson. Written by James M. Miller; Directed by John Korty. A
Francis Ford Coppola/Metromedia Producers Corp. production. Original air
date: January 22, 1972.¤
SHE
WAITS A murdered woman seeks vengeance by
possessing her husband's new bride. Starring Patty Duke, David McCallum, Lew
Ayres, Dorothy McGuire. Written by Art Wallace; Directed by
Delbert Mann. A Metromedia Producers Corp. production. Original air date:
January 28, 1972.¤
THE
SCREAMING WOMAN An ex-mental patient discovers a woman buried
alive and screaming for help on the grounds of her sprawling estate.
But in its greed to get hold of her money, her family refuses to believe the
bizarre story, using it instead as proof of her incompetence. Starring
Olivia de Havilland, Ed Nelson, Laraine Stephens, Joseph Cotten, Walter
Pidgeon. Based on the short story by Ray Bradbury. Written by
Merwin Gerard; Directed by Jack Smight. A Universal production. Original air date: January 29,
1972.¤
WHEN
MICHAEL CALLS (aka Shattered Silence)
A woman is tormented by phone calls from a nephew who supposedly died 15
years earlier. Starring Ben Gazzara, Elizabeth Ashley, Michael Douglas,
Karen Pearson. Based on the novel by John Farris. Written by
James Bridges; Directed by Philip Leacock. A Palomar/20th Century-Fox
production. Original air date: February 5, 1972.
THE
EYES OF CHARLES SAND A young man inherits the ability to see visions
from beyond the grave after his uncle's sudden death and is pursuaded to
investigate a girl's story about her brother's alleged murder. Starring
Peter Haskell, Joan Bennett, Barbara Rush, Sharon Farrell, Bradford Dillman,
Adam West. Based on a story by Henry Farrell. Written by Farrell, Stanford
Whitmore; Directed by Reza Badiyi. A Warner Bros. production. Original air
date: February 29, 1972.¤
HAUNTS
OF THE VERY RICH After receiving
mysterious invitations, seven people arrive at an idyllic tropical resort,
only to find their dream of paradise turning into an inescapable nightmare.
Starring Lloyd Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Ed Asner, Anne Francis, Tony Bill,
Donna Mills, Robert Reed, Moses Gunn. Based on a story by T.K. Brown.
Written by William Wood; Directed by Paul Wendkos. An ABC Circle Films
production. Original air date: September 20, 1972.¤
THE
VICTIM A wealthy woman is trapped by a fierce storm with no electricity
or phone, her murdered sister's body hidden in the basement, and a killer
waiting for an opportunity to make her his next victim. Starring Elizabeth
Montgomery, Eileen Heckhart, Sue Ane Langdon, George Maharisn.
Based on a story by MacIntosh Malmar. Written by Merwin Gerard; Directed by
Herschel Daugherty. A Universal production. Original air date: November
14, 1972.¤
HOME
FOR THE HOLIDAYS An ailing father summons
his four daughters home for Christmas and one by one they are killed by a
slicker-cloaked murderer. Starring Jessica Walter, Sally Field, Jill
Haworth, Julie Harris, Walter Brennan. Written by Joseph
Stefano; Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. A Spelling-Goldberg/ABC Circle
Films production. Original air date: November 28, 1972.¤
THE
DEVIL’S DAUGHTER A young girl whose infant soul was sold to the devil
is now called to the fold by Satan for a demonic marriage. Starring Shelley
Winters, Belinda J. Montgomery, Robert Foxworth, Jonathan Frid, Joseph Cotten, Diane Ladd, Abe Vigoda, Robert Cornthwaite. Written by
Colin Higgins; Directed by Jeannot Szwarc. A Paramount Pictures production.
Original air date: January 9, 1973.¤
BAFFLED!
An American race car driver has
premonitions of disaster and joins with a lady psychiatrist specializing in
ESP to prevent future tragedies. Starring Leonard Nimoy, Susan Hampshire,
Rachel Roberts, Vera Miles. Written by Theodore Apstein;
Directed by Philip Leacock. An Arena Productions/ITC production. Original
air date: January 30, 1973.
A
COLD NIGHT’S DEATH Two scientists, snowbound in an Arctic research
station while looking into the death of a colleague, find themselves stalked
by an unknown force. Starring Robert Culp, Eli Wallach, Michael Gwynne.
Written by Christopher Knopf; Directed by Jerrold Freedman. A
Spelling-Goldberg/ABC Circle Films production. Original air date: January
30, 1973.¤ NOTE:
PARTS OF THIS FILM HAVE TV SIGNAL INTERFERENCE.
HORROR
AT 37,000 FEET A druid stone in the baggage compartment puts a jetliner
and its passengers in danger with its malevolent influence. Starring Chuck
Connors, Buddy Ebsen, Tammy Grimes, Lyn Loring, France Nuyen,
William Shatner, Roy Thinnes, Paul Winfield, Russell Johnson. Based on a
story by V.X. Appleton. Written by Ronald L. Austin, James D. Buchanan;
Directed by David Lowell Rich. A CBS production. Original air date: February
13, 1973.¤
DYING
ROOM ONLY A rest stop at a dingy roadside diner in the desert becomes a
terrifying ordeal for a woman when her husband mysteriously disappears in
the washroom and her search for him is thwarted by the surly proprietor and
his sinister friend. Starring Cloris Leachman, Ross Martin, Ned Beatty,
Louise Latham, Dana Elcar, Dabney Coleman. Based on the story by Richard
Matheson. Written by Matheson; Directed by Philip Leacock. A Lorimar
production. Original air date: September 18, 1973.¤
SATAN'S
SCHOOL FOR GIRLS A young woman's
investigation into her sister's suicide leads to an exclusive girls' school
where she soon finds herself in the same satanic grip that drove her sister
and others to their deaths. Starring Pamela Franklin, Roy Thinnes, Kate
Jackson, Lloyd Bochner, Cheryl Ladd. Written by Arthur
A. Ross; Directed by David Lowell Rich. A Spelling-Goldberg production.
Original air date: September 19, 1973.¤
ISN'T
IT SHOCKING? An inexperienced small-town sheriff is confronted with the
mysterious deaths of the local senior citizens, an ingenious killer, and
some very odd goings-on. Starring Alan Alda, Louise Lasser, Edmond O'Brien,
Ruth Gordon, Will Geer, Lloyd Nolan. Written by Lane Slate; Directed by
John Badham. An ABC Circle Films production. Original air date: October 2,
1973.¤
DON’T
BE AFRAID OF THE DARK A young couple inherits an old mansion
inhabited by demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of
their own. Starring Kim Darby, Jim Hutton, Barbara Anderson, William
Demarest. Written by Nigel McKeand; Directed by John Newland. A
Lorimar production. Original air date: October 10, 1973.¤
SCREAM
PRETTY PEGGY A sculptor hires young college girls to take care of his
elderly mother and his supposedly insane sister, both of whom live in the
old family mansion with him. Starring Ted Bessell, Sian-Barbara Allen,
Bette Davis, Charles Drake, Allan Arbus. Written by Jimmy Sangster, Arthur
Hoffe; Directed by Gordon Hessler. A Universal production. Original air
date: November 24, 1973.¤
THE
CAT CREATURE The theft of an amulet from a
mummified Egyptian priestess sets off a reign of terror that involves an
archeology professor, a mysterious shopkeeper, a pretty salesgirl and an
Oriental thief. Starring Meredith Baxter, David Hedison, Gale Sondergaard,
John Carradine, Stuart Whitman, Keye Luke, Kent Smith, Peter Lorre Jr. Written by Robert Bloch; Directed by Curtis Harrington. A
Douglas Cramer/Screen Gems/Columbia Pictures production. Original air date:
December 11, 1973.¤
KILLDOZER
A group of construction workers is pitted
against a murderous bulldozer controlled by an alien being. Starring Clint
Walker, Carl Betz, Neville Brand, James Wainwright, Robert Urich. Based on the novella by Theodore Sturgeon. Written by
Sturgeon, Ed MacKillop; Directed by Jerry London. A Universal Studios
production. Original air date: February 2, 1974.¤
THE
PHANTOM OF HOLLYWOOD A masked executioner
goes on a deadly rampage after his home, the legendary MGM back lot, is
slated for destruction. Starring Skye Aubrey, Jack Cassidy, Jackie Coogan,
Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Peter Lawford, Kent Taylor.
Written by George Schenck, Robert Thom; Directed by Gene Levitt. An MGM
production. Original air date: February 12, 1974.¤
The
Invasion of Carol Enders After her murder, Diana Bernard's
spirit becomes trapped in Carol Enders, so she can expose the murderer.
Starring Charles Aidman, Meredith Baxter, Christopher Connelly, George
DiCenzo, John Karlen. Written by Merwin Gerard, Gene R. Kearney;
Directed by Burt Brinckerhoff, Dan Curtis. A Dan Curtis Production.
Original air date: March 8, 1974.¤
THE
STRANGE AND DEADLY OCCURRENCE A family's
move to a new home in a remote area coincides with a series of mysterious
accidents, and they soon realize that someone is deadly serious about
getting them out of the house. Starring Robert Stack, Vera Miles, L.Q.
Jones, Herb Edelman. Written by Sandor Stern; Directed by
John Llewellyn Moxey. A Metromedia Producers Corp./Alpine production.
Original air date: September 24, 1974.¤
THE
STRANGER WITHIN An expectant mother's
bizarre actions are controlled by her unborn baby. Starring Barbara Eden,
George Grizzard, Joyce Van Patten, David Doyle, Nehemiah Persoff. Based on a
story by Richard Matheson. Written by Matheson; Directed by Lee Philips. A
Lorimar production. Original air date: October 1, 1974.¤
WHERE
HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE GONE? A father and his
two children struggle to survive after a lethal virus, the aftermath of a
mysterious radiation explosion, kills most of the surrounding population.
Starring Peter Graves, Verna Bloom, George O'Hanlon, Jr., Kathleen Quinlan, Noble Willingham. Written by Lewis John Carlino,
Sandor Stern; Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. A Metromedia Producers
Corp./Jozak Co. production. Original air date: October 8, 1974.¤
BAD
RONALD A family with three daughters moves
into an old house, unaware that it has a secret room occupied by a teenage
murderer. Starring Scott Jacoby, Pippa Scott, John Larch, Dabney Coleman,
Kim Hunter, Cindy Eilbacher, Lisa Eilbacher, Aneta Corsaut, Linda Purl.
Based on the novel by John Holbrook Vance. Written by Andrew P. Marin;
Directed by Buzz Kulik. A Lorimar production. Original air date: October 23,
1974.¤
REFLECTIONS
OF MURDER Remake of the 1955 French
thriller DIABOLIQUE. The wife and former mistress of a tyrannical
schoolmaster team up to murder him but he diabolically haunts them following
the disappearance of his body. Starring Tuesday Weld, Joan Hackett, Sam
Waterston, Lucille Benson, Michael Lerner, R.G. Armstrong, Lance Kerwin,
Jesse Vint. Based on the novel "Celle Qui N'Etait Plus" by Pierre Boileau,
Thomas Narcejac. Written by Carol Sobieski; Directed by John Badham. A
Rosenberg-Lederer/ABC Circle Films production. Original air date: November
24, 1974.
THE
DEAD DON'T DIE A sailor in the 1930s is
drawn into the netherworld while trying to prove that his brother was
wrongly executed for murder. Starring George Hamilton, Ray Milland, Linda
Cristal, Ralph Meeker, Joan Blondell, Reggie Nalder, Yvette
Vickers. Written by Robert Bloch; Directed by Curtis Harrington. A Douglas
Cramer production. Original air date: January 14, 1975.¤
SATAN'S
TRIANGLE Strange ocean phenomena force the
lone survivor of a shipwreck and her would-be rescuers to pay the price for
trespassing in the Bermuda Triangle. Starring Kim Novak, Doug McClure,
Alejandro Rey, Jim Davis, Ed Lauter. Written by William Read Woodfield;
Directed by Sutton Roley. A Danny Thomas production. Original air date:
January 14, 1975.¤
THE
LEGEND OF LIZZIE BORDEN Ethereal retelling
of the story of the New England spinster accused of the axe murders of her
father and stepmother in 19th century Fall River, Massachusetts. Starring
Elizabeth Montgomery, Fionnuala Flanagan, Ed Flanders, Katherine Helmond,
Don Porter, Fritz Weaver, Bonnie Bartlett. Written by William Bast; Directed
by Paul Wendkos. A George LeMaire/Paramount Pictures production. Original
air date: February 10, 1975.
THE
UFO INCIDENT Supposedly based on true
events: an interracial New Hampshire couple are taken aboard a UFO in
September 1961 and medically examined by strange extraterrestrial creatures.
Starring James Earl Jones, Estelle Parsons, Barnard Hughes, Dick O'Neill. Based on the book "The Interrupted Journey" by John G.
Fuller. Written by S. Lee Pogostin, Hesper Anderson; Directed by Richard A.
Colla. A Universal production. Original air date: October 20, 1975.
THE
NIGHT THAT PANICKED AMERICA Drama
recalling the widespread fright caused by the famous Halloween night 1938
radio broadcast, Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre adaptation of H.G. Wells' The
War of the Worlds, which sent millions into the streets convinced that
America was being invaded by Martians. Starring Paul Shenar, Vic Morrow,
Cliff DeYoung, Michael Constantine, Eileen Brennan, Meredith
Baxter, Tom Bosley, Will Geer, John Ritter, Casey Kasem. Written by Nicholas
Meyer, Anthony Wilson; Directed by Joseph Sargent. A Paramount production.
Original air date: October 31, 1975.
BEYOND
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE A retired businessman probes into mysterious ship
and plane disappearances off the Florida coast after his friends and fiancee
are involved. Starring Fred MacMurray, Sam Groom, Donna Mills, Suzanne Reed,
Dana Plato. Written by Charles A. McDaniel; Directed by William A. Graham.
A Playboy production. Original air date: November 6, 1975.¤
CONSPIRACY
OF TERROR A husband and
wife detective team investigates satanism in suburbia. Starring Michael
Constantine, Barbara Rhoades, Mariclare Costello, Roger Perry, Logan
Ramsey. Based on the novel by David Delman. Written by Howard Rodman;
Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. A Lorimar production. Original air date:
April 10, 1976.¤
DEATH
AT LOVE HOUSE A young writer and his wife accept the challenge of
writing a movie script about a 1930s film queen; gaining access to her old
mansion, they are menaced by a spirit that reaches out from her glass tomb.
Starring Robert Wagner, Kate Jackson, Sylvia Sidney, Mariana Hill, Joan
Blondell, John Carradine, Dorothy Lamour. Written by Jim Barnett; Directed
by E.W. Swackhamer. A Spelling-Goldberg production. Original air date:
September 3, 1976.¤
LOOK
WHAT’S HAPPENED TO ROSEMARY’S BABY (aka
Rosemary's Baby II; Whatever
Happened to Rosemary's Baby?) This
sequel to Roman Polanski's 1968 chiller traces the growth to adulthood of
the half-human/half-demon child whose life is a macabre battleground between
human and satanic forces. Starring Stephen McHattie, Patty Duke Astin,
Broderick Crawford, Ruth Gordon, Tina Louise, George Maharis,
Ray Milland, Donna Mills. Written by Anthony Wilson; Directed by Sam
O'Steen. A Culzean Corp./Paramount Pictures production. Original air date:
October 29, 1976.
BEAUTY
AND THE BEAST A striking adaptation of the
children's classic about a beautiful maiden who agrees to marry a beast and
live in his magical castle in order to save her father's life. Starring
George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Virginia McKenna, Bernard Lee. Written by Sherman Yellen; Directed by Fielder Cook. A Palm Films
Ltd. production. Original air date: December 3, 1976.
NIGHT
TERROR A housewife becomes the quarry of a
psychopathic killer after she sees him shoot down a highway patrolman.
Starring Valerie Harper, Richard Romanus, Nicholas Pryor, John Quade, Quinn Cummings, Dinah Manoff. Written by Carl Gabler, Richard
DeNeut; Directed by E.W. Swackhamer. A Charles Fries production. Original
air date: February 7, 1977.
THE
SPELL An overweight teenager, taunted by
schoolmates and unloved at home, turns her supernatural powers on her
tormentors. Starring Lee Grant, Susan Myers, Lelia Goldoni, Helen Hunt, Jack
Colvin, James Olson. Written by Brian Taggert; Directed by Lee Philips. A
Charles Fries/Stonehenge production. Original air date: February 20, 1977.
THE
STRANGE POSSESSION OF MRS. OLIVER A housewife, seeking to change
her ordinary routine, alters her hairstyle, makeup and wardrobe, and
gradually takes on the personality of another woman who had died five years
earlier. Starring Karen Black, George Hamilton, Robert F. Lyons,
Lucille Benson. Written by Richard Matheson; Directed by Gordon
Hessler. A Schpetner Company production. Original air date:
February 28, 1977.¤
SNOWBEAST
A killer beast on the rampage terrorizes a
ski resort during a winter carnival. Starring Bo Svenson, Yvette Mimieux,
Robert Logan, Clint Walker, Sylvia Sidney, Annie McEnroe. Written by Joseph
Stefano; Directed by Herb Wallerstein. A Douglas Cramer production. Original
air date: April 28, 1977.
THE
POSSESSED A defrocked minister--and
freelance exorcist--battles the forces of evil apparently responsible for a
rash of mysterious fires threatening an isolated girls' school. Starring
James Farentino, Joan Hackett, Claudette Nevins, Eugene Roche, Harrison
Ford, Ann Dusenberry, Diana Scarwid, Dinah Manoff, P.J. Soles. Written by
John Sacret Young; Directed by Jerry Thorpe. A Warner Bros. production.
Original air date: May 1, 1977.¤
SPECTRE
A world-famous American criminologist and
his usually tipsy doctor friend are summoned to England to investigate a
suspicious wealthy financier and the supernatural forces at work in his
Playboy-style estate. Starring Robert Culp, Gig Young, John Hurt, Gordon
Jackson, James Villiers, Majel Barrett, Jenny Runacre. Written by
Gene Roddenberry, Samuel A. Peeples; Directed by Clive Donner. A Gene
Roddenberry/20th Century-Fox production. Original air date: May 21, 1977.
SPECIAL EDITION: CONTAINS NUDITY NOT SHOWN IN THE ORIGINAL BROADCAST.
GOOD
AGAINST EVIL
A young couple is beset by evil
forces--she's been spoken for by the devil. Starring Dack Rambo, Elyssa
Davalos, Richard Lynch, Dan O'Herlihy, Kim Cattrall, Natasha
Ryan, Richard Sanders. Written by Jimmy Sangster; Directed by Paul Wendkos.
An 20th Century Fox production. Original air date: May 22, 1977.¤
THE
DARK SECRET OF HARVEST HOME A New York commercial artist, his wife and
daughter move to a rustic New England village they visited during their
travels, only to find a ritualistic lifestyle full of foreboding
secrets. Starring Bette Davis, David Ackroyd, Rosanna Arquette, Rene
Auberjonois, Joanna Miles, Michael O'Keefe, Tracy Gold. Based on the novel by Thomas Tryon. Written by Jack Guss,
Charles E. Israel, James M. & Jennifer Miller; Directed by Leo Penn. A
Universal Studios production. Original air dates: January 23-24, 1978.
SPECIAL EXTENDED VERSION RESTORES NEARLY AN HOUR OF FOOTAGE CUT FROM THE
VIDEO RELEASE: AVAILABLE AT $15.00 VHS OR $18.00 DVD.
THE
BERMUDA DEPTHS Scientists investigating
the briny deep are threatened by a giant turtle and the spirit of a young
brunette swimmer in the Bermuda Triangle. Starring Burl Ives, Leigh
McCloskey, Carl Weathers, Connie Sellecca. Written by William Overgard, Arthur Rankin Jr.; Directed by Tom Kotani. Original air date:
January 27, 1978.
CRUISE
INTO TERROR Evil emanates from an ancient sarcophagus brought aboard a
cruise ship. Starring Dirk Benedict, Frank Converse, John Forsythe,
Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Jo Ann Harris, Lee Meriwether, Ray
Milland, Hugh O'Brian, Stella Stevens, Marshall Thompson, Roger E. Mosley.
Written by Michael Braverman; Directed by Bruce Kessler. An Aaron Spelling
production. Original air date: February 3, 1978.
THE
INITIATION OF SARAH A naive college coed
rejected by snotty social climbers joins an old sorority, where the house
mother encourages her to use psychic powers for revenge. Starring Kay Lenz,
Shelley Winters, Kathryn Crosby, Morgan Brittany, Morgan Fairchild, Tony
Bill, Tisa Farrow, Robert Hays, Talia Balsam. Written by Don Ingalls, Carol
Saraceno, Kenette Gfeller; Directed by Robert Day. A Charles
Fries/Stonehenge production. Original air date: February 6, 1978.
THE
GHOST OF FLIGHT 401 Supernatural mystery involving an actual plane
crash in December 1972 in the Florida Everglades and the subsequent legend
growing from it about the recurring presence on other flights of the ghostly
figure of its captain. Starring Ernest Borgnine, Gary Lockwood, Tina Chen,
Kim Basinger, Howard Hesseman, Russell Johnson, Robert F.
Lyons. Based on the book by John G. Fuller. Written by Robert Malcolm
Young; Directed by Steven Hilliard Stern. A Paramount production. Original
air date: February 19, 1978.
DEATH
MOON An overworked executive vacationing in Hawaii finds that his
romance with an attractive businesswoman is threatened by a strange native
curse. Starring France Nuyen, Robert Foxworth, Joe Penny, Barbara Trentham,
Charles Haid. Written by George Schenck;
Directed by Bruce Kessler. A Roger Gimbel/EMI production. Original air date:
May 31, 1978.
ARE
YOU IN THE HOUSE ALONE? A beautiful high
school student becomes the target of a terror campaign that eventually leads
to rape. Starring Kathleen Beller, Blythe Danner, Tony Bill, Robin Mattson,
Tricia O'Neil, Dennis Quaid, Ellen Travolta. Based on the novel by Richard
Peck. Written by Judith Parker; Directed by Walter Grauman. A Charles
Fries/Stonehenge production. Original air date: September 20, 1978.
Sanctuary
of Fear A Manhattan priest with a penchant for solving crimes
comes to the aid of a young actress enmeshed in a series of bizarre
incidents. Starring Barnard Hughes, Michael McGuire, George Hearn, Robert
Schenkkan, David Rasche, Fred Gwynne, Kay Lenz, Saul Rubinek. Based on the
"Father Brown" stories by G.K. Chesterton. Written by Gordon Cotler, Don
Mankiewicz; Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. An ITC Entertainment
production. Original air date: April 23, 1979.
DEATH
CAR ON THE FREEWAY A female TV reporter is determined to find a maniac
who is methodically attacking lone women drivers on the Los Angeles Freeway
by pushing them off the road with his powerful van. Starring Shelley Hack,
George Hamilton, Frank Gorshin, Peter Graves, Harriet Nelson, Barbara Rush,
Dinah Shore, Abe Vigoda, Alfie Wise, Morgan Brittany, Robert F. Lyons, Sid
Haig. Written by William Wood; Directed by Hal Needham. A Stan Shpetner
production. Original air date: September 25, 1979.
VAMPIRE
A handsome millionaire who has an
irresistible power over women becomes the quarry of a pair of frenzied
vampire hunters in present-day San Francisco. Starring Jason Miller, Richard
Lynch, E.G. Marshall, Kathryn Harrold, Michael Tucker,
Jessica Walter, Scott Paulin, Joe Spinell. Written by Steven Bochco, Michael
Kozoll; Directed by E.W. Swackhamer. An MTM Enterprises production. Original
air date: October 7, 1979.
SHE'S
DRESSED TO KILL (aka SOMEONE'S KILLING THE WORLD'S GREATEST MODELS)
A once-reigning fashion designer assembles a group of her top models, a
fashion photographer, several critics and her best customers at her
mountaintop retreat for a comeback gala, only to have someone start
murdering the guests one by one. Starring Eleanor Parker, John Rubenstein,
Jessica Walter, Connie Sellecca, Clive Revill, Joanna Cassidy, Jonathan Banks. Written by George Lefferts; Directed by Gus Trikonis. A Grant-Case-McGrath Enterprises/Barry
Weitz Films production. Original air date: December 10, 1979.
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