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At one time I would have been able to list off the top of my head Murder on Flight 502 (1975) as one of my beloved Farrah Fawcett’s (then, Fawcett-Majors) 1970s TV movie appearances. It had sunk into the quicksand of my memory when I started watching and saw her name in the credits. Had
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David Lowell Rich should be a familiar name to those who join us on Fridays for TV Terror Guide. Beginning his career in the 1950s, he was a prolific director of television shows who made several 1970s TV thrillers. He made the occasional theatrical film and it’s interesting that Eye of the Cat (1969) plays
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After four terrific, some remarkable, 1970s TV movies, the streak ends with Beyond the Bermuda Triangle (1975.) It’s below average, for sure, but I rated it with six vintage televisions because I liked how it ended. Getting there, though, is a long, slow, journey that’s barely worth the time or the effort. Fred MacMurray stars
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The synopsis had me worried… “A gay bar is hit by a group of sociopaths…” For a 1983 exploitation thriller, I feared the community would not fare well. Luckily, while the sociopaths are homophobic and shout some terrible things at the patrons, they could just as well have targeted their anger at another type of
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The UFO Incident (1975) is a remarkable telefilm that maintains our streak of high points in 1970’s TV terrors. I didn’t expect this reaction when I learned it takes place mostly during hypnosis sessions and focuses on the drama and dynamic between the married couple that have repressed memories about an incident that occurred two
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Conspiracy of Terror (1975) was a delightful surprise, not because of the thrills and chills, but because of the thoroughly charming characters and the easy-breezy execution of its episodic format. Like several other 1970s TV movies we’ve discussed, this was a failed pilot. However, it’s one for a series that I could imagine watching week
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You don’t know me at all if you thought I wouldn’t turn right around and watch Blood for Dracula (1974) after Flesh for Frankenstein. While the two are similar, and I like them for the same reasons, this one feels more like a revelation because I didn’t first listen to Rod and Mark talk about
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Thanks to Rod Barnett and his podcast, The Bloody Pit, I finally took a plunge into the gory guts of Flesh for Frankenstein (1973.) Both it and its companion film, Blood for Dracula (1974), have always hidden deep in my watch list, mostly due to fear of what I might find. If I found them.
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Consensus is that the third story of, Trilogy of Terror, Amelia, is the best part of the 1975 TV movie. I don’t disagree; it’s a masterpiece of horror on any sized screen. However, because Karen Black stars in the other two stories as different characters, I tend to enjoy them, as well. Although they move
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When Richard and I recently appeared on Nightmare Junkhead to debate the worthiness of either Creepshow or The Thing to advance to the next round of “Into the Mouth of March Madness,” I asked how much credit we should give to the writer of the latter, Bill Lancaster. Sure, we all praise John Carpenter for
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