Best TV Horror/Thriilers Of All Time

[Wicked Lester]

I've got Zoltan on DVD. It gets a bit tedious but still cool for a TV movie.

I had SnowBeast on one of those multi movie disks and stupidly sold it. DOH!

[Minion]

"The World Beyond" staring Granville Van Dusen, JoBeth Williams, and Barnard Hughes.



I happened to catch this when it aired back in 1978. I was 5 and it scared the crapola out of me. People trapped on an island being stalked by a mud monster. Had no idea what it was called and I tried to find it for years but nobody ever knew what I was talking about. When I finally found info about it online I was surprised to find a lot of people's stories were similar to mine - saw it as a kid, scared the crap out of them, looked for it for years but no one knew what they were talking about. LOL!

There is no official DVD or VHS tape of it, only one known version that was taped off the TV. I know of a site that lists it or you can try ebay

[Unknown Primate]

RACE WITH THE DEVIL (1975)
I always thought this was a made-for-tv movie, but evidently it was a theatrical release.  Starring Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, Lara (Angelique!) Parker & the great R.G. Armstrong as the sheriff.  I love this flick!  Satanic cult relentlessly pursuing the two couples.  Some real creepy sequences and sometimes very surreal.  I highly recommend it.  I hear there's gonna be a (sigh!) remake. 

* Semi-Spoiler Alert *
A classic, downbeat ending.

[Dr.Teufel Geist]

How about "Devil's Rain"  it had Satan worshipers and Ernest Borginine as the Devil...William Shatner also starred..
I cant remember too much, but the scene where the flesh is melting off in the rain...icky... 
Couldnt think of any other word than icky...
Not sure if this was a made for tv or other...just remember seeing it on tv.

[Monolith]

I always liked the Devil's Rain,too.
It also has Eddie Albert and Tom Skeritt in it. And they say it's John Travolta's first role, but his part must be minor or his face is covered by a hood 'cuz every time I watch it I miss him somehow.
I have it on dvd.
Me and a friend had a band called Borg9 (named after Ernest). We played improvisational space rock, kind of sounded like the soundtrack to a science fiction or horror movie and we sampled some dialogue from the Devils Rain and mixed it into the music.

[Unknown Primate]

Speaking of ZOLTAN, there was another "evil canine" made-for-tv movie called DEVIL DOG: HOUND OF HELL from 1978 starring Richard Crenna.

[MDG]

RACE WITH THE DEVIL (1975)
I always thought this was a made-for-tv movie, but evidently it was a theatrical release.  Starring Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, Lara (Angelique!) Parker & the great R.G. Armstrong as the sheriff.  I love this flick!  Satanic cult relentlessly pursuing the two couples.  Some real creepy sequences and sometimes very surreal.  I highly recommend it.  I hear there's gonna be a (sigh!) remake. 

YEah--it's really only tangentially a horror movie--more of a road/chase action film, but it really holds up. with great car (and RV) stunt work.

[Dr.Teufel Geist]

There was a movie long ago I watched, and scared me as a kid...I think it was called "Something wicked this way comes"
I cant remember too much about the movie, but it seems like an evil carnival comes to town, or maybe I am thinking of two different movies.

[MDG]

There was a movie long ago I watched, and scared me as a kid...I think it was called "Something wicked this way comes"

Adaptation of a Ray Bradbury novel. Haven't seen it since the original release, and thought it was OK--but I was a huge Bradbury fan back then, and would've though anything paled next to the book.

[The Creeper]

This is such a great thread!  I am going to have to watch Moon of the Wolf again!  Geoffery Lewis was in it and Salems Lot which I need to watch again!  I recently watched Frogs and Food of the Gods!  I know these are theatrical movies but are good 70's cheese.  Also liked Squirm.  

[Dr.Teufel Geist]

This is such a great thread!  I am going to have to watch Moon of the Wolf again!  Geoffery Lewis was in it and Salems Lot which I need to watch again!  I recently watched Frogs and Food of the Gods!  I know these are theatrical movies but are good 70's cheese.  Also liked Squirm.  

I remember watching Squirm on a friends projector one night, first time I ever saw that movie, talk about a gross me out movie, for a long time I hated taking showers 

Frogs-I have that on dvd...it's not bad, it does have Sam Elliot in it, and he's cool.

[RICKH]

The Other and The Dark Secret of Harvest Home were two that  I really enjoyed back in the 70's.  They certainly had a creepy vibe to them.   I love the books they were based on, Tom Tyron was the author. 

[Spock]

Mmm a very interesting thread. From your side of the great pond I think the Night Stalker and Trilogy of Terror are two of the top TV movies shown on English TV but I think Duel should be thrown into the mix. I always found this film a tense experience and a great idea. But don't forget some of the great British made for TV movies. BBC's version of Count Dracula for example was a fantastic movie, Frankenstein, True Story was another one. Both using Great British stage actors. Count Dracula, despite the cheesy special effects, was a spooky film and Louis Jordan made a great Count. One of my favourite scenes is where like the book, he scales the castle walls like a lizard. And of course don't forget BBC's The Woman In Black, probably the scariest made for TV movie ever.

[marsattacks666]

RACE WITH THE DEVIL (1975)
I always thought this was a made-for-tv movie, but evidently it was a theatrical release.  Starring Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, Lara (Angelique!) Parker & the great R.G. Armstrong as the sheriff.  I love this flick!  Satanic cult relentlessly pursuing the two couples.  Some real creepy sequences and sometimes very surreal.  I highly recommend it.  I hear there's gonna be a (sigh!) remake. 

* Semi-Spoiler Alert *
A classic, downbeat ending.

Race with the Devil. That movie is still great!
Creepy too!

[RICKH]

I agree with Spock about the Jourdan Count Dracula.  It was one of the most faithful adaptations of the novel at the time.  Jourdan was the perfect combination of menace and nobility. I watched it again last summer and alas, it did not hold up so well.   Also, the Dan Curtis production of Dracula with Jack Palance was one of my favorites.