Horror Fans: Is DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (1973) on DVD? - Page 2

Bradley Newton · 07-15-2006, 08:31 AM

Great thread...I remember this movie well.
I want to jump in and ask you guys if anyone remembers Frankenstein: The True Story? It was a four hour TV movie written by Christopher Isherwood (his life and short stories formed the basis for the musical "Cabaret") and starring Leonard Whiting (Romeo and Juliet) as Dr. F and Michael Sarrazin as the creature. It's really an amazing film with terrific special effects and an incredible cast: James Mason, John Gielgud, Agnes Moorehead, Ralph Richardson, Jane Seymour, etc.
Anyway, the four hour version is very rarely shown anywhere. I caught it on Sci-Fi many years ago and it has never been re-run since. It's another film from my childhood that scared me silly. A man has his arm sawed off and it comes back to life and crawls across the floor. A woman has her head ripped off at a formal dance. Lots of creepy moments. And I love the fact that the "creature" begins his second life as a beautiful, cultured man until his flesh begins to rot and decay.
I would LOVE to see this on DVD. I contacted Tim Lucas at Video Watchdog to inquire who owns the rights and he told me to contact Universal. But I'm sure this is so far off their radar.

Bob Graham · 07-15-2006, 08:43 AM

Another great macabre movie from that era that I'd like to see on DVD is DR COOK'S GARDEN with Bing Crosby as small town doctor who "weeds out" undesirable residents.

Jordan_E · 07-15-2006, 09:47 AM

Frankenstein: The True Story was excellent, and if I remember, James Mason, John Gielgud were told that it was going to be a theatrical release, not made for TV.

Tony Zannikos · 07-15-2006, 09:56 AM

No offense meant to anyone , but i revived this thead to get interest in a dvd release of dont be afraid of the dark . It has turned into what horror movie you want to see released, lol !!!

Jordan_E · 07-15-2006, 10:23 AM

And you're surprised by this turn of events? Heheh.

David Tolsky · 07-15-2006, 03:40 PM

Man, I remember Satan's Triangle and Trilogy of Terror. As a kid, I vaguely remember Satan's Triange as being scary as hell (no pun intended). Trilogy of Terror with Karen Black had it's moments and of course those little critters running around the kitchen with knives wanted to stab the hell out of Karen. Man, they don't make 'em like that anymore : )

Tony Zannikos · 07-15-2006, 04:35 PM

Dont you mean little critter, instead of critters? I recall there was only 1 chasing her. Man, its going to be a treat seeing that dvd released at the end of this summer.

TonyD · 07-16-2006, 12:27 AM

yep one critter. in trilogy.
dont be afraid had critters.

btw someone over in tv section said the trilogy of terror demon doll appeared in a tv episode on the new stephen king anthology series the other day.

Tony Zannikos · 07-16-2006, 08:23 AM

I just read an older thread here at home theatre forum , where someone mentions dont be afraid of the dark is owned by warner bros, is this true ? Specifically it was in a thead titled abc movie of the week.I wonder if warner bros even knows their is a decent demand for the dvd.

Amy Mormino · 07-16-2006, 10:01 AM

It could be a good sign if the movie is owned by Warners. They won't have much left in terms of horror product after their Halloween stuff comes out this year, so perhaps they will turn to their TV movies.

Peter M Fitzgerald · 07-17-2006, 02:08 PM

Yeah, DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (1973) is currently owned by Warner Bros, due to it being a Lorimar release. However, apparently WB's catalog movie division, which has given us so much over the last few years, can't release it themselves, since the old TV-movies the company controls belong to WB's separate TV-on-DVD division. This info came out in one of the threads in this forum's "Home Theater Software - TV Shows and TV Movies" section, around the time of the last big HTF chat with George Feltenstein & co.