City of the Dead (1959)
Aug 25, 2002Town of Occultists/Reincarnated Witch
An effort from the early days of the Anglo-horror cycle about a town ruled by a reincarnated witch. This comes drenched in a good deal of heavy black-and-white atmosphere
John Llewellyn Moxey
The House That Would Not Die (1970)
Jan 19, 2008Haunted House
A routine haunted house film that was made as a tv movie,. One of the several early genre works made by celebrated tv producer Aaron Spelling.
The Last Child (1971)
Jul 23, 2019Dystopian Future Where Couples Are Only Allowed to Have One Child
TV movie set in a dystopian future where law mandates that couples can only have one child, concerning a couple who go on the run after becoming pregnant a second time
A Taste of Evil (1971)
Jul 16, 2026Psycho-Thriller
TV movie psycho-thriller produced by Aaron Spelling (plus assorted Anglo-horror veterans) where heiress Barbara Parkins thinks she is going crazy. Barbara Stanwyck goes the Baby Jane route
The Night Stalker (1972)
Jun 29, 2008Journalist Tracks a Vampire
Witty and funny attempt to update the vampire to the present day being hunted by a reporter. Darren McGavin gives an enormously entertaining performance. A hit tv movie that was spun out into a series.
Genesis II (1973)
Dec 30, 2012Cryogenic Sleeper Awakes in a Post-Holocaust World
An unsold Gene Roddenberry tv pilot that is a fascinating almost-ran. Roddenberry rehashes Star Trek by way of Buck Rogers in a post-holocaust setting. This could have made for a worthwhile series
Where Have All the People Gone (1974)
Jun 9, 2016Mysterious Catastrophe/Last People on Earth
One of the first films about a mysterious catastrophe that empties the world of all but a handful of survivors that formed the template of later films like The Quiet Earth