Horror Fans: Is DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (1973) on DVD? - Page 3

Steve Phillips · 08-04-2006, 06:42 PM

www.xploitedcinema.com has the same disc if you want to buy it from a domestic company.

Greg_S_H · 08-05-2006, 12:18 AM

Here's the unidentified entry that I'm curious about:

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okay here's a tough one, I wanna say it was bette davis, but I've searched her filmography and couldn't find it. A stuborn older woman lives in a house by a sea and she has a vase? or some heriloom that the sea wants back. the characters are trapped in the house through a hurricane and at one point the storm stops and everything goes erriely silent because now the house is in the eye of the storm. eventually she can't take it anymore and hurls the thing back into the ocean. my memory is it's in B+W but I could be wrong. It's haunted me for years.... help!

Anyone know? Sounds interesting.

Tony Zannikos · 08-08-2006, 09:08 AM

I just cant believe it, ive found 6 or 7 diffrent sites that sell the dont be afraid of the dark dvd , and all of them are the 2 pack with gargoyles !If somebody finds a retailer that sells it by itself let me know !

GregoryMesh · 08-08-2006, 10:49 AM

It was not released by itself

Tony Zannikos · 05-08-2007, 06:26 AM

So, from what I understand from reading the transcript from last nights chat is, Warner does indeed own the rights to dont be afraid of the dark.Hopefully we will see it either late 2007 or early 2008.

Peter M Fitzgerald · 05-08-2007, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Tony Zannikos

So, from what I understand from reading the transcript from last nights chat is, Warner does indeed own the rights to dont be afraid of the dark.Hopefully we will see it either late 2007 or early 2008.

Yup, DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (as well as the other two telefilms I listed in my chat question, BAD RONALD and THE STRANGER WITHIN) is owned by Warner. All three films were produced/distributed by Lorimar, and Warner acquired that company's library quite a while ago (I think they got the Allied Artists titles they control through the Lorimar acquistion, in fact).

A couple of other telefilms Warner could possibly release on DVD (via the Lorimar catalog):

DYING ROOM ONLY (1973, scripted by Richard Matheson (DUEL, THE NIGHT STALKER, THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, STIR OF ECHOES, I AM LEGEND, SOMEWHERE IN TIME); Cloris Leachman plays a woman whose husband, Dabney Coleman, goes missing at a roadside diner in the desert, and is threatened by the eatery's owner, Ned Beatty)

WHERE HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE GONE? (1974, directed by John Lewellyn Moxey (HORROR HOTEL, THE NIGHT STALKER); Peter Graves and family are the only survivors when the rest of the world's population is disintegrated by solar flares)

Tony Zannikos · 05-08-2007, 01:49 PM

Since we now have the attention of WB concerning this movie, could a moderator change the thread title to read , Horror fans is dont be afraid of the dark on dvd?Just a suggestion.

Ronald Epstein · 05-08-2007, 03:42 PM

Tony,

I'll change the title at your request.

I wrote the folks at TV and Animation a letter of thanks.

In that email I made a point to specifically mention Don't Be
Afraid Of The Dark, emphasizing the popularity of the title.

Rest assured that the title has gotten the attention of Warner
Brothers. I think, thanks to this chat, chances are better than
ever we may see this title within a year or so.

Peter M Fitzgerald · 05-08-2007, 03:46 PM

Cool beans! Thanks again, Ron!

Tony Zannikos · 05-08-2007, 03:51 PM

Thanks Ron, I just wish more studios were as friendly as WB and do chats .

JeffMc · 05-08-2007, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter M Fitzgerald

Yup, DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (as well as the other two telefilms I listed in my chat question, BAD RONALD and THE STRANGER WITHIN) is owned by Warner. All three films were produced/distributed by Lorimar, and Warner acquired that company's library quite a while ago (I think they got the Allied Artists titles they control through the Lorimar acquistion, in fact).

I've sold all three of these for over $100 each in their original VHS incarnations. There's a pretty rabid audience for all three, especially DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK and BAD RONALD. If people are willing to spend that amount of money for the VHS, it shows you they REALLY want these films. They need to be on DVD! DYING ROOM ONLY also fetches a hefty sum for the original video release. WHERE HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE GONE? saw a brief unauthorized DVD release a couple of years back that was of really poor quality. Warner probably put an end to that release so hopefully they can give us a good version of the film instead. Practically everyone who was a kid in the 70's saw these tv-movies and they made huge impressions.