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Zuni Hunter	Made for TV Movies	Lead	[-]
Nov 18 07 3:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hello, Is there a definitive list of all the "made for TV movies" out there from the 70s and early 80s? Especially the ones that dealt with horror or the supernatural? Zuni
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jonolder		#1	[-]
Nov 18 07 3:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There are two excellent books published by McFarland that pretty much cover every title in the sci-fi/horror/fantasy genre of tv movies produced in the 1970's and 80's - Fraser A.Sherman's Cyborgs, Santa Claus and Satan (published in 2000) and David Deal's Television Fright Films of the 1970s (published 2007).
Bill Warren		#2	[-]
Nov 18 07 6:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Alvin H. Marrill wrote several editions of his MOVIES MADE FOR TV book. Also, you can set the search parameters on IMDb to sort for made-for-tv movies and specific genres. For example, I just searched on horror made-for-tv movies in English 1965-1970 and got this list: 'It's Alive!' (1969) (TV) 2.9/10 (158 votes) Creature of Destruction (1967) (TV) 1.7/10 (48 votes) Crowhaven Farm (1970) (TV) 6.1/10 (160 votes) Curse of the Swamp Creature (1966) (TV) 2.1/10 (121 votes) Daughter of the Mind (1969) (TV) 6.0/10 (84 votes) Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon (1969) (TV) Fear No Evil (1969) (TV) 6.7/10 (47 votes) ...aka NBC World Premier Series: Fear No Evil (1969) (TV) (USA: series title) House That Would Not Die, The (1970) (TV) 5.8/10 (77 votes) How Awful About Allan (1970) (TV) 5.5/10 (106 votes) In the Year 2889 (1967) (TV) 2.3/10 (245 votes) ...aka 2889 (1967) (TV) ...aka Year 2889 (1967) (TV) Night Gallery (1969) (TV) 7.1/10 (524 votes) ...aka Rod Serling's Wax Museum (1969) (TV) (USA) Ritual of Evil (1970) (TV) 6.2/10 (27 votes) Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The (1968) (TV) 6.4/10 (141 votes) ...aka Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968) (TV) (USA: informal title) Tales of Washington Irving (1970) (TV)
Friend of Daniel		#3	[-]
Nov 18 07 7:29 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Boy, Larry Buchanan really hit his stride during this period. It must be pointed out that IMDb search did miss THE EYE CREATURES (1965), ZONTAR: THE THING FROM VENUS (1967), and, most unforgivably, MARS NEEDS WOMEN (1967). If you're an Andy Milligan fan there's no hope for you.
Bill Warren		#4	[-]
Nov 18 07 9:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think those were classified as science fiction but not also as horror; those that did make the list were of both genres. Here's what I got when I did the same search, only set it for sci-fi. Notice how many of these titles are Republic re-dos of their serials: 'It's Alive!' (1969) (TV) 2.9/10 (158 votes) Braddock (1968) (TV) Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine (1966) (TV) 3.7/10 (5 votes) City Beneath the Sea (1969) (TV) Creature of Destruction (1967) (TV) 1.7/10 (48 votes) Cube, The (1969) (TV) 7.7/10 (150 votes) Curse of the Swamp Creature (1966) (TV) 2.1/10 (121 votes) Cyclotrode 'X' (1966) (TV) 2.0/10 (9 votes) -Day on Mars (1966) (TV) 2.2/10 (9 votes) Deadly Ray from Mars (1966) (TV) 3.7/10 (18 votes) Destination Saturn (1966) (TV) 3.4/10 (5 votes) ...aka Buck Rogers: Destination Saturn (1966) (TV) (USA: video catalogue title) Dr. Satan's Robot (1966) (TV) 5.3/10 (7 votes) Eye Creatures, The (1965) (TV) 1.7/10 (501 votes) ...aka Attack of the 'The Eye Creatures' (1965) (TV) (International: English title: long title) Hauser's Memory (1970) (TV) 6.5/10 (31 votes) Immortal, The (1969) (TV) 7.1/10 (46 votes) In the Year 2889 (1967) (TV) 2.3/10 (245 votes) ...aka 2889 (1967) (TV) ...aka Year 2889 (1967) (TV) Love War, The (1970) (TV) 7.5/10 (52 votes) Man from the 25th Century, The (1968) (TV) Mars Needs Women (1967) (TV) 2.7/10 (341 votes) Mighty Jack (1968) (TV) 1.2/10 (122 votes) Night Gallery (1969) (TV) 7.1/10 (524 votes) ...aka Rod Serling's Wax Museum (1969) (TV) (USA) Night Slaves (1970) (TV) 5.5/10 (42 votes) Out of the Blue (1968) (TV) Peril from the Planet Mongo (1966) (TV) 4.1/10 (11 votes) Purple Death from Outer Space (1966) (TV) 5.1/10 (15 votes) ...aka Purple Death from Outer Space 1940 (1966) (TV) (promotional title) Retik, the Moon Menace (1966) (TV) Shadow on the Land (1968) (TV) 6.0/10 (42 votes) ...aka United States: It Can't Happen Here (1968) (TV) (USA: alternative title) Sharad of Atlantis (1966) (TV) 6.2/10 (5 votes) Slaves of the Invisible Monster (1966) (TV) Space Monster (1965) (TV) 3.2/10 (69 votes) ...aka First Woman Into Space (1965) (TV) ...aka Flight Beyond the Sun (1965) (TV) ...aka Space Probe Taurus (1965) (TV) ...aka Voyage Into the Sun (1965) (TV) Spaceship to the Unknown (1966) (TV) 5.0/10 (9 votes) Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The (1968) (TV) 6.4/10 (141 votes) ...aka Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968) (TV) (USA: informal title) Torpedo of Doom (1966) (TV) Where's Everett (1966) (TV) Zontar the Thing from Venus (1966) (TV) 2.6/10 (234 votes) ...aka Zontar: Invader from Venus (1966) (TV) (USA: video box title)
Zuni Hunter		#5	[-]
Nov 18 07 11:21 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wow, I wasen't aware of all the 1960s made for TV films, I thought they didn't even start until 1970. I was thinking of films like, Trilogy of Terror, Night Stalker/Night Strangler, Don't be Afraid of the Dark, etc.. Zuni
rvoyttbots		#6	[-]
Nov 19 07 7:32 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	One of the first TV movies I ever saw was THE HANGED MAN 1964 starring Robert Culp. Not a horror film though. NIGHTMARE IN CHICAGO 1964 was an episode of KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATER expanded into an 81 minute telefilm about a psychopath named Georgie Porgie who always wore sunglasses. Directed by Robert Altman.
BijouBob8mm		#7	[-]
Nov 19 07 12:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A lot of those retitled and re-edited features cut together from Republic serials also got almost simultaneous 8mm releases. Bill (or anyone), there were a number of "instant movies" cut from multi-part story arcs from the old ROCKY JONES series (many out on DVD); were these done around the same time?
Bill Warren		#8	[-]
Nov 19 07 2:48 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	One of the first TV movies I ever saw was THE HANGED MAN 1964 starring Robert Culp. Close--that was the very second TV movie, the first being SEE HOW THEY RUN , telecast October 7, 1964 (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0058565/) There were movies that, in a sense, were made for television prior to that date--I think you could safely categorize PROJECT MOON BASE as one of them--but they usually first showed in theaters. I'm not certain about when those ROCKY JONES "movies" were created, but I believe it was in about that same period (1965-1970). Last Edited By: Bill Warren Nov 19 07 2:50 PM. Edited 1 times.
Southern Beau		#9	[-]
Nov 20 07 12:39 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I believe HOUSE OF THE SEVEN CORPSES was made for tv. John Carradine is in the cast. And the film is quite good.
CAPTAINCOMPANY		#10	[-]
Nov 20 07 11:23 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hey Southern Beau! Actually, depsite the fact that it sure-as-hell LOOKS like a made for T.V. production, "House" did in fact receive theatrical play dates. I believe there is a thread in the 60's-70's horror folder on the film itself that supports this fact. Bryan
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Southern Beau		#11	[-]
Nov 20 07 11:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks for the correction. I was thrown by the production company, Television Corporation of America.
Zuni Hunter		#12	[-]
Nov 21 07 7:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hello Gang, With the help of Bill Warren, I was able to find this list of all the Horror related Made for TV Movies from 1970-1985. Just in case you were wondering. Alice Cooper: The Nightmare (1975) (TV) 6.7/10 (78 votes) ...aka Nightmare, The (1975) (TV) Are You in the House Alone? (1978) (TV) 5.8/10 (134 votes) Bad Ronald (1974) (TV) 6.8/10 (365 votes) Bad Seed, The (1985) (TV) 5.2/10 (130 votes) Black Noon (1971) (TV) 5.3/10 (51 votes) Blackout (1985) (TV) 6.1/10 (176 votes) Blue Man, The (1985) (TV) 3.8/10 (58 votes) ...aka Eternal Evil (2004) (TV) (Australia: DVD title) Bridge Across Time (1985) (TV) 4.4/10 (92 votes) ...aka Arizona Ripper (1985) (TV) ...aka Terror at London Bridge (1985) (TV) Cat Creature, The (1973) (TV) 6.0/10 (51 votes) Child of Glass (1978) (TV) 7.3/10 (150 votes) Chiller (1985) (TV) 4.2/10 (326 votes) ...aka Wes Craven's Chiller (1985) (TV) (USA: video box title) Cold Night's Death, A (1973) (TV) 7.5/10 (90 votes) ...aka Chill Factor, The (1973) (TV) Comedy of Terrors (1981) (TV) Covenant (1985) (TV) 4.6/10 (16 votes) Crackle of Death (1976) (TV) 7.4/10 (36 votes) Cradle Will Fall, The (1983) (TV) 4.5/10 (56 votes) Crowhaven Farm (1970) (TV) 6.1/10 (160 votes) Cruise Into Terror (1978) (TV) 3.3/10 (52 votes) ...aka Voyage Into Evil (1978) (TV) (USA) Curse of King Tut's Tomb, The (1980) (TV) 5.0/10 (75 votes) Curse of the Black Widow (1977) (TV) 5.0/10 (85 votes) ...aka Love Trap (1977) (TV) (USA: reissue title) Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) (TV) 6.6/10 (498 votes) Darker Side of Terror, The (1979) (TV) 4.5/10 (26 votes) Dead Don't Die, The (1975) (TV) 4.3/10 (60 votes) Dead of Night (1977) (TV) 7.0/10 (49 votes) Death at Love House (1976) (TV) 5.1/10 (72 votes) ...aka Shrine of Lorna Love, The (1976) (TV) (USA) Death Moon (1978) (TV) 4.0/10 (58 votes) ...aka Deathmoon (1978) (TV) (UK) Death Train, The (1978) (TV) 5.9/10 (11 votes) ...aka Death Train (1984) (TV) (USA: video box title) Demon Murder Case, The (1983) (TV) 4.4/10 (50 votes) ...aka Rhode Island Murders, The (1983) (TV) Desire, the Vampire (1982) (TV) 5.6/10 (49 votes) ...aka I, Desire (1982) (TV) Devil and Miss Sarah, The (1971) (TV) 5.5/10 (7 votes) Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) (TV) 4.3/10 (243 votes) Devil's Daughter, The (1973) (TV) 6.1/10 (109 votes) Doctor Franken (1980) (TV) 4.6/10 (18 votes) ...aka Dr. Franken (1980) (TV) (USA) Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) (TV) 7.2/10 (552 votes) ...aka Nightmare (1973) (TV) (Europe: English title: video box title) Don't Go to Sleep (1982) (TV) 6.2/10 (193 votes) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973) (TV) 4.7/10 (38 votes) Duel (1971) (TV) 7.7/10 (14023 votes) Dying Room Only (1973) (TV) 7.1/10 (89 votes) Escape (1971) (TV) 7.4/10 (9 votes) Evil Stalks This House (1981) (TV) 7.1/10 (16 votes) ...aka Tales of the Haunted (1981) (TV) (USA) Fall of the House of Usher, The (1982) (TV) 4.7/10 (65 votes) Frankenstein (1984/I) (TV) 4.7/10 (43 votes) Gargoyles (1972) (TV) 6.1/10 (479 votes) Ghost Story (1972) (TV) 6.6/10 (30 votes) Good Against Evil (1977) (TV) 3.5/10 (130 votes) Halloween Is Grinch Night (1977) (TV) 6.4/10 (80 votes) ...aka Grinch Night (1977) (TV) (USA) ...aka It's Grinch Night (1977) (TV) Halloween That Almost Wasn't, The (1979) (TV) 7.7/10 (81 votes) ...aka Night Dracula Saved the World, The (1979) (TV) (USA) Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) (TV) 5.2/10 (74 votes) ...aka All New Addams Family Halloween, The (1977) (TV) Henderson Monster, The (1980) (TV) 5.5/10 (25 votes) Home for the Holidays (1972) (TV) 6.5/10 (103 votes) ...aka Deadly Desires (1972) (TV) Horror at 37,000 Feet, The (1973) (TV) 4.9/10 (148 votes) Horror of It All, The (1983) (TV) 5.8/10 (19 votes) Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1972) (TV) 5.9/10 (117 votes) ...aka Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972) (TV) House of Evil (1974) (TV) 4.2/10 (6 votes) House That Would Not Die, The (1970) (TV) 5.8/10 (77 votes) How Awful About Allan (1970) (TV) 5.5/10 (106 votes) Initiation of Sarah, The (1978) (TV) 4.9/10 (98 votes) Intruder Within, The (1981) (TV) 4.5/10 (53 votes) ...aka Lucifer Rig, The (1981) (TV) Invasion of Carol Enders, The (1973) (TV) 5.9/10 (9 votes) Invitation to Hell (1984) (TV) 4.1/10 (219 votes) Isn't It Shocking? (1973) (TV) 7.2/10 (71 votes) It Happened at Lakewood Manor (1977) (TV) 4.5/10 (151 votes) ...aka Ants (1980) (TV) (Philippines: English title) ...aka Panic at Lakewood Manor (1977) (TV) Killdozer (1974) (TV) 4.3/10 (269 votes) Killer Bees (1974) (TV) 4.1/10 (122 votes) KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978) (TV) 3.8/10 (979 votes) ...aka Attack of the Phantoms (1978) (TV) ...aka KISS in Attack of the Phantoms (1978) (TV) Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The (1980) (TV) 6.2/10 (165 votes) Lights Out (1972) (TV) 8.8/10 (6 votes) Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976) (TV) 3.2/10 (179 votes) ...aka Rosemary's Baby II (1976) (TV) Man for Hanging, A (1973) (TV) 1.8/10 (15 votes) Midnight Hour, The (1985) (TV) 6.5/10 (203 votes) ...aka In the Midnight Hour (1985) (TV) Midnight Offerings (1981) (TV) 5.6/10 (122 votes) Moon of the Wolf (1972) (TV) 5.0/10 (221 votes) Mystery in Dracula's Castle (1973) (TV) 5.8/10 (33 votes) Night Nurse, The (1978) (TV) 5.4/10 (5 votes) ...aka Night Nurse (1984) (TV) (USA: video box title) Night Stalker, The (1972) (TV) 7.6/10 (1382 votes) Night Strangler, The (1973) (TV) 7.3/10 (519 votes) Norliss Tapes, The (1973) (TV) 6.7/10 (180 votes) Passion of Dracula (1980) (TV) Phantom of the Opera, The (1983) (TV) 5.7/10 (94 votes) Picture of Dorian Gray, The (1973) (TV) 6.2/10 (65 votes) Plumber, The (1979) (TV) 6.2/10 (296 votes) ...aka Mad Plumber, The (1979) (TV) (Australia: video title) Possessed, The (1977) (TV) 4.4/10 (92 votes) Reflections of Murder (1974) (TV) 7.1/10 (54 votes) Revenge (1971) (TV) 7.9/10 (17 votes) ...aka There Once Was a Woman (1971) (TV) Ritual of Evil (1970) (TV) 6.2/10 (27 votes) Salem's Lot (1979) (TV) 6.4/10 (3847 votes) ...aka Blood Thirst (1979) (TV) ...aka Salem's Lot: The Miniseries (1979) (TV) ...aka Salem's Lot: The Movie (1979) (TV) (USA: cable TV title) (cut version) Satan's School for Girls (1973) (TV) 4.8/10 (302 votes) Satan's Triangle (1975) (TV) 6.0/10 (144 votes) Savage Bees, The (1976) (TV) 4.9/10 (121 votes) Scream of the Wolf (1974) (TV) 5.1/10 (140 votes) Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973) (TV) 7.9/10 (187 votes) Screaming Woman, The (1972) (TV) 7.0/10 (95 votes) Shadow Chasers (1985) (TV) 5.1/10 (33 votes) She Waits (1972) (TV) 6.6/10 (37 votes) Sins of Dorian Gray, The (1983) (TV) 5.1/10 (44 votes) Snowbeast (1977) (TV) 4.0/10 (289 votes) Something Evil (1972) (TV) 5.6/10 (240 votes) Song of the Succubus (1975) (TV) Spell, The (1977) (TV) 5.5/10 (70 votes) Stranger in Our House (1978) (TV) 4.9/10 (360 votes) ...aka Summer of Fear (1978) (TV) (Europe: English title) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) (TV) 8.6/10 (690 votes) Sweet, Sweet Rachel (1971) (TV) 6.6/10 (23 votes) Tales of Washington Irving (1970) (TV) Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (1977) (TV) 4.0/10 (112 votes) Taste of Evil, A (1971) (TV) 5.3/10 (50 votes) Terror Out of the Sky (1978) (TV) 4.6/10 (39 votes) ...aka Revenge of the Savage Bees, The (1978) (TV) (USA) This House Possessed (1981) (TV) 6.0/10 (91 votes) Trilogy of Terror (1975) (TV) 7.0/10 (852 votes) ...aka Tales of Terror (1975) (TV) (USA) ...aka Terror of the Doll (1975) (TV) (USA) Turn of the Screw, The (1974/I) (TV) 6.2/10 (42 votes) Vampire (1979) (TV) 6.0/10 (93 votes) Werewolf of Woodstock, The (1975) (TV) 2.7/10 (19 votes) Enjoy, Zuni
Friend of Daniel		#13	[-]
Nov 23 07 1:21 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Werewolf of Woodstock, The (1975) (TV) Woof. That brings back some painful memories. This had to have been one of the first movies ever shot on video tape. Even as a kid this one looked bargin basement cheap to me, much shoddier than the average TV fare. I'd add Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) to that list although technically it was a miniseries, I guess. With Agnes Moorehead and Tom Baker! Also: Dan Curtis' version of Dracula (1973), with Jack Palance. Does anyone have any information/thoughts (such as where I can get a copy ) about the 1968 TV movie Companions in Nightmare? It was a psychological mystery directed by Hitchcock's buddy Norman Lloyd and features an intriguing cast including Melvyn Douglas, Anne Baxter, Gig Young, Dana Wynter, Louis Gossett, Jr., Leslie Nielsen... and Greg Mullavy. I'm particularly interested in this one since it features an original score by Bernard Herrmann. If you're an Andy Milligan fan there's no hope for you.
TheRealGoalDigger		#14	[-]
Nov 26 07 4:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	And the Dan Curtis Frankenstein.
Dr Spyclops		#15	[-]
Nov 26 07 5:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Zuni Hunter and Bill - Great list! Thank you both. Here's a few others to add to the mix... Phantom of Hollywood, The (1974) Strange and Deadly Occurrence, The (1974) When Michael Calls (1971) (A note to all authors out there: MADE FOR TV TERRORS sure sounds like a great title for a book. Hint, hint.) -Rob-
Bill Warren		#16	[-]
Nov 26 07 7:53 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Okay, I just added "Horror" as another genre to the IMDb entries for A STRANGE AND DEADLY OCCURRENCE, WHEN MICHAEL CALLS and THE PHANTOM OF HOLLYWOOD, plus "sci-fi" to FRANKENSTEIN: THE ANYTHING BUT TRUE STORY. "Horror" was already the genre on Dan Curtis' DRACULA, but for some reason, I couldn't add it to his FRANKENSTEIN. This is probably because it's counted as an episode in the overall series WIDE WORLD OF MYSTERY. Last Edited By: Bill Warren Nov 26 07 7:58 PM. Edited 1 times.
Dr Spyclops		#17	[-]
Nov 26 07 11:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Nice going, Bill. Any tags that'll make these movies a little easier to find is very welcome indeed. I wish some of these films were more accessible. ABC in particular made some terrific movies in the early 70's that really deserve proper releases on DVD. -Rob-
capmonte		#18	[-]
Nov 27 07 12:34 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Dr Spyclops wrote: Nice going, Bill. Any tags that'll make these movies a little easier to find is very welcome indeed. I wish some of these films were more accessible. ABC in particular made some terrific movies in the early 70's that really deserve proper releases on DVD. How about THE ABC TV TERROR COLLECTION? As long as it had A COLD NIGHT'S DEATH I'd be a happy camper (though with my luck, that's not an ABC movie). "The important question is not, are there aliens on other worlds? No. The important question is, do they have ray guns?"
Mark Redfield		#19	[-]
Nov 27 07 2:05 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"Crackle of Death" (1976)--love that title! Mark Redfield www.redfieldarts.com
capmonte		#20	[-]
Nov 27 07 6:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Mark Redfield wrote: "Crackle of Death" (1976)--love that title! Mark Redfield www.redfieldarts.com That was one of the Kolchak compilations, no? "The important question is not, are there aliens on other worlds? No. The important question is, do they have ray guns?"
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