Best Made-for-Television Movies
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vinsane — 13 years ago(November 26, 2012 12:00 PM)
I was just going to add Dark Night of the Scarecrow. Aside from the spate of "very special" subject matter movies like Something About Amelia and the great mini-series like Roots and Shogun I think I have tended to forget most of the rest of the Made for TV material I've watched from the 70s and early 80s. Dark Night of the Scarecrow always seemed a notch above anything else. It could have been a film.
I never saw it but Brian's Song was probably about the same caliber as it got theatrical release after first showing on TV.
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dyannarosemarie — 13 years ago(December 11, 2012 05:16 AM)
sometimes I forget that this was a made for tv movie great film, great soundtrack.. it did win an Emmy or twobut, just had the movie feal too it.. I keep hearing about them remaking this as a Major Motion Film not sure if its true.. but would be amazing if they did.
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michaelasiclari — 13 years ago(March 23, 2013 06:16 AM)
The 1970's was without a doubt THE decade for made-for t.v. movies. The ABC T.V. Movie of the Week was the pioneer of this format, the brainstorm of Aaro Spelling Productions. A majority of the films had a supernatural tone to them. My favorites are as follows;
- " The Night Stalker " (1971)
- " The House That Would Not Die " (1970)
- " The Norliss Tapes " ( 1973)
- " Crowhaven Farm " (1970)
- " Gargoyles " (1972)
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cryptoflovecraft — 4 years ago(February 09, 2022 02:20 PM)
Duel (1971)
The Deadly Dream (1971)
A Howling in the Woods (1971)
Terror on the Beach (1973)
Trilogy of Terror (1975)
Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978)
Are You in the House Alone? (1978)
Helter Skelter (1976) (miniseries)
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978) (miniseries)
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I love hutch — 4 years ago(February 13, 2022 01:11 PM)
Tv movies are my favorite. They are so much fun! Especially if they are horror/suspense genre and from the 70s.
You have some really good ones on your list!
In no particular order, I love them all!- Duel
- A Howling in the Woods
- Terror on the Beach
- A Force of Evil
- Trilogy of Terror
- The Paper Man
- Scream, Pretty Peggy
- Night Gallery
- The Possession of Mrs. Oliver
- Sarah T. Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
- Born Innocent
- Cage Without a Key
- The Spell
- The Initiation of Sara
- Are You in the House Alone?
- The Girl Most Likely To…
- Midnight Offerings
- Consenting Adults
- Dark Night of the Scarecrow
- Vacation in Hell
- Friendships, Secrets and Lies
- Bad Ronald
- Death Car on the Freeway
- Death at Ocean View Park
- Summer of Fear
- Death Cruise
- Dawn: Portrait of a teenage Runaway
- Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
- Little Ladies of the Night
- Something for Joey (a tearjerker!)
- Dying Room Only
- Night Terror
- A Cold Night's Death
- Katharine
- Death Sentence
- Someone touched Me
- Hitchhike!
- A Taste of Evil
- The Execution
- Satan's School for Girls
- Outrage
- Crowhaven's Farm
- Murder on Flight 502
- Flood!
- Fire!
- Survival of Dana
- The Stepford Husbands
- The Stepford Children
- Breaking Up is Hard To Do
- Between Friends
- Death of Richie
- Intimate Strangers
- A Gun in the house
- Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
- Revenge!
- Gargoyles
- Diary of a Hitchhiker
- Go Ask Alice
- How Awful about Allan
- Someone's Watching Me!
- Let's Scare Jessica to Death
- Amityville Horror, Part IV: the Evil Escapes
- Before and After
- The Screaming Woman
- Smash Up on Interstate Five
- The Legend of Lizzie Borden
- Secrets of Three Hungry Wives
- Weekend of Terror
- The House on Green Apple Road
- When Michael Calls
- A Little Game
- The Victim
- Home for the Holidays
- Killer Bees
- The Stranger Within
- The Possessed
- Zuma Beach
- Devil Dog: Hound of Hell
- Snatched
- Hustling
- The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
- The Night Stalker
- She Cried Murder
- The Strangers in 7A
- Deadly Intentions
- Desperate Lives
- The Babysitter
- Playing for Time (the only movie on this list with no replay value)
- Stone Pillow
- Born to be Sold
- The Best Little Girl in the world
- Blind Witness
- Death of a Cheerleader
- Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? (Best title on the list!)
- Revenge of the Stepford Wives
- Sins of the Mother
- The Black Widow Murders
Couldn't quite make it to 100
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cryptoflovecraft — 4 years ago(February 13, 2022 04:30 PM)
Christ, exhaustive list! I've seen maybe a quarter of those listed.
I've been told Bad Ronald is essential viewing and I still need to see Dark Night of the Scarecrow. I'm pretty sure Let's Scare Jessica to Death was a theatrical release (and it's a great film at that). -
I love hutch — 4 years ago(February 14, 2022 01:35 AM)
I went through the IMDB lists for MTV movies for the 70s, 80 and 90s, so you are right, it is pretty exhaustive. It's not really a genre per se, but these movies are insanely fun. The only MTV movie that I didn't really go for was the popular, "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark", with Kim Darby.
"Let's Scare Jessica to Death" is a very good movie. I didn't think it was a MTV movie, but that's what IMDB has it listed as. So I went and checked on some other sources and it sounds like IMDB has it wrong.
"Bad Ronald" and "Dark Night of the Scarecrow" are both worth finding.
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I love hutch — 4 years ago(February 14, 2022 05:52 PM)
#32 - "Night Terror"
That's funny you mentioned that movie because I saw it for the first time about three weeks ago. Richard Romanus was creepy.
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I love hutch — 4 years ago(February 14, 2022 08:09 PM)
I did start to watch it, but then I got distracted. I do need to go back and watch the whole thing because it looked like some I would enjoy.
Robert Reed was in it, if I recall.
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MovieManCin2 — 4 years ago(February 09, 2022 03:25 PM)
The Day After
(1983)
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This remains the most watched TV Movie in U.S. history. An estimated 100 million Americans watched, and it had a Nielson Share of 62. It was a truly unnerving experience.
If you're interested, here is the attack segment. It makes extensive of stock footage, but is nevertheless very effective and very chilling.
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MAGA! FAFO!
Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. Dumbocraps: evil people who celebrate murder. 
