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Bing Crosby as a serial killer? Sold! In his last television acting appearance, he (and his toupee) plays the titular Dr. Leonard Cook, a small town doctor that has spent his career weeding the town of its ne’er do wells and riff raff. It’s practically the happiest place on Earth. If only he weren’t so
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How many times have you watched a movie that’s really good, and then… it’s ruined by a horrible-looking creature? I don’t know that I’ve ever seen one that’s not that good, and then… it’s rescued by a great-looking creature. Such is the case with Destination Inner Space, during which I was about to doze until
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Crowhaven Farm (1970) cleverly combines several occult elements into its story: reincarnation, witchcraft, and a big spooky house in the country. Its themes of marriage, jealousy, and desire to have children tie events from present to those of the past. The combination makes for an effective chiller, probably my favorite of the TV horror movies
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Finally, here’s the first truly supernatural movie in this series about 1970s TV horror movies. It’s probably the first one that, if you saw it when it was originally aired, you remember. While last week’s Night Slaves established a template, The House That Would Not Die alters it slightly to accommodate characteristics that would become
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Thanks to Derek M. Koch and Monster Kid Radio’s Social Distance Saturday, I discovered a real gem from 1964, La jena di Londra (The Hyena of London.) Not only had I never heard of it, I could not find a single mention of it in any of my film reference books. It sounds like I
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NIght Slaves (1970) permanently establishes the template for many other 1970s television sci-fi/horror movies to follow: something strange is happening, only one person knows the truth, and no one will believe him/her. We got a little of that with The Brotherhood of the Bell, but there was nothing supernatural about its conspiracy. Plus, Night Slaves
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Talk about a bad rap! All right, The Return of Doctor X (1939) isn’t a fantastic movie; however, with a running time that’s barely an hour, It’s perfectly fine. It certainly doesn’t deserve the reputation that precedes it. Ironically, the one feature of the film that is usually mentioned is the one that works the
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If you believe IMDb trivia, Eyes of a Stranger (1981) was originally meant to be a more straightforward thriller; however, somewhere along the way, the producers decided to capitalize on the slasher craze and added some gore. In fact, they added so much gore that it had to be trimmed to receive an R rating.
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We’ve been working through our 70’s TV movies chronologically. However, we’ll occasionally backtrack to see if any we missed the first time have become available. Such is the case with today’s film. Since I’m not a Sherlock Holmes aficionado, I can’t vouch for the faithfulness of this adaptation (one of many) of The Hound of
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In the “unsold pilots” sub-subgenre of 1970’s television horror movies, comes the second of two starring Louis Jourdan as Dr. David Sorrell, a psychologist that became involved in supernatural investigations. The series would have been called Bedeviled, and the first movie was Fear No Evil, broadcast on NBC on March 3, 1969. Nearly a year
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