Best TV Horror/Thriilers Of All Time

[marsattacks666]

Ahhhhhhhh........you can always get the inside scoop at the UMA!

Hey, how was Karen Black in person?? Sometimes you can tell they don't give a crap about the fans and are just out for a buck. Tell me Karen wasn't like that.

She was extremely aprroachable, and very nice. She sighed alot of my stuff, and
was not money hungry.

[FACTO2]

Burnt Offerings was shown on television first, then theatrically released. Some may disagree with that? There two Film books I own, where I have read the details of Burnt's release.  Also, at a Horror convention Karen Black as a guest for R. ZOMBIES:House of 1000 Corpses,
she solitified/ substantiated the info of Burnt and it's release.

Well, you learn something new everyday.  I saw it in the theater.  Didn't even know about the earlier TV release.  Biggest problem I had with it was thinking how similar the ending was to Night of Dark Shadows.

[Scatter]

She was extremely aprroachable, and very nice. She sighed alot of my stuff, and
was not money hungry.

Nice to hear!! Linda Blair was the same way.

[Scatter]

Well, you learn something new everyday.  I saw it in the theater.  Didn't even know about the earlier TV release.  Biggest problem I had with it was thinking how similar the ending was to Night of Dark Shadows.

That's your own fault. Who told you to see NODS first?? 

[FACTO2]

Two more TV movies that I think should be in, well, at least the top 20, are...

"Fear No Evil" which I already talked about in another thread.  Supernatural thriller with Louis Jourdan as Dr. David Sorell.  Very scary (and still not on DVD).

Another one that really scared me as a kid was...

Crowhaven Farm staring Hope Lang with John Carradine in a smaller role.  Sadly, I don't remember this one too well.  But I do remember it as one of the scariest made for TV movies of the 70's.  From the IMDB: "A young couple inherits a farm. Hoping that the rural location might help to patch up their strained marriage, they move into it, only to be confronted by the supernatural forces that inhabit it."  Mix in some witch trials and a scene where they put a board on poor Hope and start putting very large stones on it to crush her...  And you have a fairly horrific moment, at least for me as a teen.

[marsattacks666]

Well, you learn something new everyday.  I saw it in the theater.  Didn't even know about the earlier TV release.  Biggest problem I had with it was thinking how similar the ending was to Night of Dark Shadows.

Night of Dark Shadows sounds familiar?

[Scatter]

I liked "Crowhaven" but didn't love it. Definitely worth the watch, no doubt about it, but I don't hanker for another viewing.

"Fear No Evil" is a new one.......just what I'm looking for! Thanks John!

[FACTO2]

Night of Dark Shadows sounds familiar?  

It was the sequel to House of Dark Shadows.  But no Barnabus this time.  Picks up with Quentin Collins inheriting the Collins Estate (since pretty much everyone got killed in House).  Most of the same actors from DS just playing different roles (just like they did on the series).  Quentin, in a former life, had a relationship with Angelique...  of course we know that never works out.  The really cool news about this one is that they found all of the missing footage and they are trying to restore the original cut.  The studio took out like 20 minutes of this before the theatrical release.  But the footage has been found.  So hopefully when this finally gets released we'll see the original cut as Curtis intended it to be shown.

Sadly, the missing seven or so minutes from House has yet to be found.  Suposedly, a few prints were sent out to theaters before the studio cut it.  But no one's been able to find a copy of the uncut version.

[Opera Ghost]

It was the sequel to House of Dark Shadows.  But no Barnabus this time.  Picks up with Quentin Collins inheriting the Collins Estate (since pretty much everyone got killed in House).  Most of the same actors from DS just playing different roles (just like they did on the series).  Quentin, in a former life, had a relationship with Angelique...  of course we know that never works out.  The really cool news about this one is that they found all of the missing footage and they are trying to restore the original cut.  The studio took out like 20 minutes of this before the theatrical release.  But the footage has been found.  So hopefully when this finally gets released we'll see the original cut as Curtis intended it to be shown.

Sadly, the missing seven or so minutes from House has yet to be found.  Suposedly, a few prints were sent out to theaters before the studio cut it.  But no one's been able to find a copy of the uncut version.

Very cool news F2. Where did you hear about this? What are release plans?

[Wicked Lester]

Ghost Story, an early to mid '70's anthology series, hosted by Sebastian Cabot. It was later retitled Circle of Fear, w/out a host.

Just great, scary teleplays about ghosts & the supernatural that were quite effective. I think you can catch some episodes on Youtube. The writing was probably on the level of Night Gallery, give or take.

I remember those and LOVED em. Right around the same time I was reading D.C and Marvel Horror comics. Great stuff.

[FACTO2]

Very cool news F2. Where did you hear about this? What are release plans? 

There was a dedicated website to the restoration of both films.  Sadly, they ran out of money and the website closed.  I don't even have the link anymore.  One of the last announcements was finding the missing footage from Night.  They thought they might have found the missing footage for House in Japan but it didn't pan out.  Have not heard anything specific about release dates of either films on DVD.  Both were released on Laser Disk but they were the same cut versions that came out on VHS.  I'm hoping that the delay in a DVD release means they really are trying to get these films back to their original cuts.  That would be very cool.

[Wicked Lester]

If you don't mind some Sci-Fi Cheese. I LOVED Killdozer. I wish they would come out with a legit version of this. I have it on plain DVD-R that was burned of TV.

I also have Crowhaven Farm and Satan's School for Girls. I enjoy any creepy witch/ghost/supernatural TV movie from that era.

[BaronLatos35]

- Let's Scare Jessica to Death

One of my favorite ghost movies from golden era of the 70's.

Ghosts, vampires, insanity, a great ending and a creepy vibe layered through out the movie that is downright unsettling.

You never quite know what is real and what is not.

edit: just realized you meant TV horror...that will be my next post

[Scatter]

Never saw "Killdozer", but I know I'd like it.

And "Jessica" was a cool little flick. Very creepy.

[FACTO2]

Hey, O.G.,  I found this article...

http://www.darkshadowsonline.com/dso-news-restoration.html

Of course since it's dated August 2000 one has to wonder what they've been doing for the last ten years.  Or maybe they couldn't get the sound done.  Or maybe they're waiting for the new movie to come out before releasing this.