Peter M Fitzgerald
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In addition to DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, these four classic telefilms of the early 1970s would make a nice collection (all are from the Lorimar catalog that Warner controls), in the manner of Warner's upcoming "Cult Camp Classics" series of theatrical films:
BAD RONALD (1974, directed by Buzz Kulik (BRIAN'S SONG ('71), WARNING SHOT ('67), several classic TWILIGHT ZONE episodes))
--Scott Jacoby plays a teenage nerd who accidentally kills a neighbor's daughter. His mom, Kim Hunter, hides him from the police in a special hidden room in their house. However, she dies, and a new family moves into the house, unaware that the deranged son secretly still dwells there. Co-starring Dabney Coleman, Pippa Scott, John Larch and John Fiedler.
THE STRANGER WITHIN (1974, scripted by Richard Matheson (DUEL, THE NIGHT STALKER, THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, STIR OF ECHOES, I AM LEGEND, SOMEWHERE IN TIME, etc)
--Basically a sci-fi variation of a ROSEMARY'S BABY-style plot, starring Barbara Eden as the expectant mother. Co-starring George Grizzard, Joyce Van Patten, David Doyle ("Bosley" from CHARLIE'S ANGELS) and Nehemiah Persoff.
DYING ROOM ONLY (1973, scripted by Richard Matheson)
--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. Co-starring Ross Martin.
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. Co-starring Kathleen Quinlan, Verna Bloom (Dean Wormer's wife in ANIMAL HOUSE), and Nobel Willingham.
BAD RONALD (1974, directed by Buzz Kulik (BRIAN'S SONG ('71), WARNING SHOT ('67), several classic TWILIGHT ZONE episodes))
--Scott Jacoby plays a teenage nerd who accidentally kills a neighbor's daughter. His mom, Kim Hunter, hides him from the police in a special hidden room in their house. However, she dies, and a new family moves into the house, unaware that the deranged son secretly still dwells there. Co-starring Dabney Coleman, Pippa Scott, John Larch and John Fiedler.
THE STRANGER WITHIN (1974, scripted by Richard Matheson (DUEL, THE NIGHT STALKER, THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, STIR OF ECHOES, I AM LEGEND, SOMEWHERE IN TIME, etc)
--Basically a sci-fi variation of a ROSEMARY'S BABY-style plot, starring Barbara Eden as the expectant mother. Co-starring George Grizzard, Joyce Van Patten, David Doyle ("Bosley" from CHARLIE'S ANGELS) and Nehemiah Persoff.
DYING ROOM ONLY (1973, scripted by Richard Matheson)
--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. Co-starring Ross Martin.
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. Co-starring Kathleen Quinlan, Verna Bloom (Dean Wormer's wife in ANIMAL HOUSE), and Nobel Willingham.