There have been a few creepy made for tv movies. Which creeped you out the most between these?
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Nanook — 14 years ago(October 04, 2011 11:19 PM)
Surprised no one has mentioned these:
Burt Offerings
Salem's Lot (1979) - I actually think the 2004 version is better and more faithful to the book, but it doesn't have anything scare-wise on Tobe Hooper's '79 version.
GhostWatch - While it wasn't exactly a "movie," this TV "special" freaked people out in the UK in 1992, and still provides some great chills today.
Required reading:
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srh_hogarth — 14 years ago(October 23, 2011 06:45 PM)
The scariest ones i've seen are:
Salem's Lot(1979) Tobe Hoopers best film, much better than Texas chainsaw Massacre in my opinion. In fact, Salem's lot is probably my favourite film of all time.
The War Game(1965?) & Threads(1984) Two films dealing with the effects of a nuclear war. Truly terrifying but also very depressing, but both are must see movies nonetheless.
Whistle And I'll Come To You(1968) A forgotton gem! Jonathan Miller's adaptation of the M.R. James classic ghost story. Very creepy, very well made and an ending that not only shows a reaction of fear but also a realisation and the start of acceptence of what has just been witnessed. Very very impressive.
Incidently, and I may be wrong about this, but I suspect that "Whistle And I'll Come To You" was the inspiration behind another great scary TV Movie, "The Woman In Black". -
CognacJacquet — 14 years ago(January 30, 2012 07:02 PM)
It wasn't scary (although it was supposed to be a ghost story) but "The Bermuda Depths" was very memorable in its made-for-tv glory. Giant turtle. Apollo Creed drowning. Scary eyed woman. Wooooo!
Also "This House Possessed"-the memory of the shower & swimming pool scenes creeped me out for years.
Back in the day-before cable was common-we 'depended' on network tv stations to entertain us. And they did!
Oh, and to whomever posted about "The Dummy" from USA Up All Night? Holy bleep-scariest. short. ever. It's the reason why, to this day, I have a clear shower curtain. Ain't no dummy sneaking into my bathroom while I'm washing my hair. -
IFeedPigeons — 13 years ago(August 22, 2012 08:30 PM)
Bad Ronald (1974), hands down. I was only 6 and my sister was 8 when it originally aired, and we had no business watching it, but there we were!
I never saw it again until late in 2010(?? approx) on YouTube, and it scared me just as much as it had when I was a kid. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
The book is extremely hard to come by, but my sister found it on Amazon (for $75!!), and bought it for me for Christmas last year. I stayed up that night until 2:00 am reading it. I had to force myself to stop at page 93 and go to bed.
ANOTHER GOOD MADE FOR TV MOVIE is "Trilogy of Terror."
I too have seen "The Dummy!" The part under the door made me jump so bad! Never watching that one again.
I will be sure to check out some of the recommendations in this thread - my thanks to you.
May I have 10 thousand marbles, please?- Flounder, Animal House
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convergingnow — 13 years ago(October 08, 2012 10:08 PM)
Check out the TVTERRORLAND channel on youtube. They have dozens of these.
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Soujurn — 10 years ago(May 19, 2015 08:53 PM)
For me it was Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark. I saw it on it's original broadcast.
I also remember a TV movie called The House That Wouldn't Die. Starred Barbara Stanwyk.
I remember ABC's movie of the week had a bunch of scary occult type movies.
Along with those mentioned above was Ritual Of Evil with Louis Jourdan and Anne Baxter.
I may have seen the prequel, Fear No Evil but I don't remember.
"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."
-Dennis