ABC Movie of the Week

[Mike Scott]

Ran across this page on the "ABC Movie of the Week" with a list of nearly 250 titles. Man, I must have seen every horror, sci-fi, thriller movie from that series! Everybody remembers "Duel", "The Night Stalker" and "Trilogy of Terror", but who remembers "The Love War", " Dr. Cook's Garden", or "Satan's School for Girls"?

http://tviv.org/ABC_Movie_of_the_Week

"ABC Movie of the Week" opening:
http://www.youtube.com/v/rM-Vkd7On2Q&hl=en

[Wich2]

Mike, what memories!

I recall missing a few - including 90% of the NIGHT STALKER premiere! - because it was Boy Scout night...

...but saw many! How great for a poor Trailer Park kid: free new spooky movies (luckily, Mom has always loved this stuff.) I've revisted a few - FER DE LANCE, MOON OF THE WOLF - by way of pd DVD.

And not long after this time, the CBS Late Movie started running recent, and older, classics - like some of Hitch's best.

Good time to have a tv set!

Great week,
-Craig W.

[Mike Scott]

How great for a poor Trailer Park kid: free new spooky movies

Yeh, that was great! Didn't even have to buy a ticket! I don't suppose ABC still has the broadcast rights to these movies, but it would make great late night programing!

[capt.hendry51]

Yeah, they had some good movies on that show.  My favorite was The Cat Creature.  It was written by Robert Bloch and starred David Hedison the great Gale Sondegaard, Stuart Whitman and John Carradine.  My local CW affiliate WWHO53 ran Moon Of The Wolf last year and I managed to make a copy of it for my collection.  Thanks for the memories Mike!!

[raycastile]

I don't see The Bermuda Depths on that list.  Anyone see it on there?  Interesting that Trilogy of Terror came at the tail end of the series run.  I see a lot of titles that bring back memories.

[Mike Scott]

I don't see The Bermuda Depths on that list.

"Movie of the Week" only ran through '75 and "Depths" first aired in '78 (on ABC). I'm not sure if the MOTW list is a complete one, either.

They do have a "Satan's Triangle", which is another Bermuda Triangle movie.

[typhooforme]

"Dr. Cook's Garden"----yes!  That was Bing Crosby in a rare villian role!  I loved those movies, & vividly remember how freaked out & delighted I was at "Trilogy of Terror" the first time I saw it. 

[Mike Scott]

"Dr. Cook's Garden"----yes!  That was Bing Crosby in a rare villian role!

And his last (movie) role. The movie was adapted from a play by Ira Levin. Burl Ives played Cook for it's entire Broadway run (6 performances).

[capt.hendry51]

Movie Of The Week also premiered Steven Spielberg's early classic Duel, with Dennis Weaver.  I believe a remake is in development.

[ProfGriffin]

Yeah, for me and my family it was always the CBS late movie.
That's were we saw The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, Gargoyles, Frogs, Kolchak The Night Stalker (TV series) the Hammer Horror movies, Race with the Devil, The Valley of Gwangi, and many more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6UsTm5-oc8

[Wich2]

Yes, Prof!

And NIGHT OF THE LEPUS, and SSSSSSSSSSS!, and THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN.

And switching genres: NO TIME FOR SARGEANTS, and A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA.

-Craig W.

[Meek]

   And then in the 1980's they had some original late night series, my favorite being "Adderly" a Canadian made spy story about agent V.I. Adderly who gets demoted to the Department of Miscellaneous Affairs after a villian crushes one of Adderly's hands(left one?) and renders it useless. In each episode Adderly proves that he's just as able as before even with a bum paw. They even did a spoof of "Casablanca" .

   "Meek"(where in the world is Winston Rekert?)

[avenger]

Right on Professor !!
The memories that  CBS Late Movie clip brought back.Of course,I have most of those movies
in my collection.When a friend once asked about my purchasing such movies I simply
explained that I was buying back my memories !

[JohnWMorehead]

I remember The Love War, and several other gems of the ABC Movie of the Week. The 1970s were a great time for television sci fi and horror. Remember "The Norliss Tapes"? I recently posted on "The Love War" on my website TheoFantastique. Interested readers can join the discussion here:

http://www.theofantastique.com/2008/09/28/the-love-war-a-legacy-of-the-abc-movie-of-the-week/

John Morehead

[CreepysFan]

 I had all but forgotten about "Satan's School for Girls", thanks Mike for bringing a forgotten Monster Memory back to the surface.