Two of the best films from the golden age of made-for-tv horror are newly available on Blu-ray just in time for Halloween: Buzz Kulik’s creepy 1974 gem Bad Ronald and Dan Curtis’ 1975 anthology movie Trilogy of Terror. Bad Ronald has long been a word-of-mouth favorite among genre fans for its flawless execution of a genuinely unsettling premise: a teenage sociopath hidden away by his mother is left living within the walls of his home after she dies, only to resurface and terrorize the teenage daughters of the new family that moves into the house. Adapting a novel by John […]...
- 10/26/2018
- by Jim Hemphill
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Two of the best films from the golden age of made-for-tv horror are newly available on Blu-ray just in time for Halloween: Buzz Kulik’s creepy 1974 gem Bad Ronald and Dan Curtis’ 1975 anthology movie Trilogy of Terror. Bad Ronald has long been a word-of-mouth favorite among genre fans for its flawless execution of a genuinely unsettling premise: a teenage sociopath hidden away by his mother is left living within the walls of his home after she dies, only to resurface and terrorize the teenage daughters of the new family that moves into the house. Adapting a novel by John […]...
- 10/26/2018
- by Jim Hemphill
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Legendary TV movie Bad Ronald gets some love from Shock’s Lee Gambin. Made for TV horror movies from the seventies have an undeniably distinct charm. I mean who can forget the sleek sinister tension that builds from story to story in the wonderful Karen Black vehicle Trilogy Of Terror (1975), or the dark creeping spookiness…
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- 4/6/2016
- by Chris Alexander
- shocktillyoudrop.com
“If a movie makes you happy, for whatever reason, then it’s a good movie.”
—Big E
*******Warning: Review Contains Spoilers*******
By Ernie Magnotta
If there’s one thing I love, it’s 1970s made-for-tv horror films. I remember sitting in front of the television as a kid and watching a plethora of films such as Gargoyles, Bad Ronald, Satan’s School for Girls, Horror at 37,000 Feet, Devil Dog: Hound of Hell, Scream Pretty Peggy, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Moon of the Wolf and The Initiation of Sarah just to name a few. Some of those are better than others, but all were fun.
When I think back, there have been some legendary names associated with small screen horrors. Genre masters John Carpenter (Halloween), Steven Spielberg (Jaws), Wes Craven (Nightmare on Elm Street), Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and Joseph Stefano (Psycho) all took shots at television...
—Big E
*******Warning: Review Contains Spoilers*******
By Ernie Magnotta
If there’s one thing I love, it’s 1970s made-for-tv horror films. I remember sitting in front of the television as a kid and watching a plethora of films such as Gargoyles, Bad Ronald, Satan’s School for Girls, Horror at 37,000 Feet, Devil Dog: Hound of Hell, Scream Pretty Peggy, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Moon of the Wolf and The Initiation of Sarah just to name a few. Some of those are better than others, but all were fun.
When I think back, there have been some legendary names associated with small screen horrors. Genre masters John Carpenter (Halloween), Steven Spielberg (Jaws), Wes Craven (Nightmare on Elm Street), Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and Joseph Stefano (Psycho) all took shots at television...
- 11/9/2014
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Baffled screens Wednesday night October 1st at Schlafly Bottlework at 8pm
You never know what’s brewing at Webster University’s Strange Brew cult film series. It’s always the first Wednesday evening of every month, and they always come up with some cult classic to show while enjoying some good food and great suds. The fun happens at Schlafly Bottleworks Restaurant and Bar in Maplewood (7260 Southwest Ave.- at Manchester – Maplewood, Mo 63143).
I was rather baffled when I heard that Webster University was screening a 1973 movie called Baffled on October 1st at Schlafly Bottleworks as part of the ‘Strange Brew’ film series. Baffled because I was completely unfamiliar with Baffled. I thought I was familiar with most ’70 psychotronic product and it was baffling that here was a film showing at this monthly cult film series that I had never heard of. It turns out Baffled is a 1973 Made-for-tv which...
You never know what’s brewing at Webster University’s Strange Brew cult film series. It’s always the first Wednesday evening of every month, and they always come up with some cult classic to show while enjoying some good food and great suds. The fun happens at Schlafly Bottleworks Restaurant and Bar in Maplewood (7260 Southwest Ave.- at Manchester – Maplewood, Mo 63143).
I was rather baffled when I heard that Webster University was screening a 1973 movie called Baffled on October 1st at Schlafly Bottleworks as part of the ‘Strange Brew’ film series. Baffled because I was completely unfamiliar with Baffled. I thought I was familiar with most ’70 psychotronic product and it was baffling that here was a film showing at this monthly cult film series that I had never heard of. It turns out Baffled is a 1973 Made-for-tv which...
- 9/24/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
House At The End Of The Street
Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, Max Thieriot | Written by David Loucka | Directed by Mark Tonderai
Mix together one of the hottest actresses of the Eighties, one of the hottest actresses right now, add a British bit-part actor turned director, blend them all together with a kid-friendly script and you have House at the End of the Street. The film tells the story of a mother, Sarah (Shue), and daughter Elissa (Lawrence), who move to a new town and find themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents. Locals claim that the girl mysteriously vanished after the incident, but as Elissa becomes close to the girls brother, Ryan, (Thieriot) she learns that a dark and terrible secret still lurks within those walls and this sinister story of murder is far from over.
Ok, so I’ll keep this short.
Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, Max Thieriot | Written by David Loucka | Directed by Mark Tonderai
Mix together one of the hottest actresses of the Eighties, one of the hottest actresses right now, add a British bit-part actor turned director, blend them all together with a kid-friendly script and you have House at the End of the Street. The film tells the story of a mother, Sarah (Shue), and daughter Elissa (Lawrence), who move to a new town and find themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents. Locals claim that the girl mysteriously vanished after the incident, but as Elissa becomes close to the girls brother, Ryan, (Thieriot) she learns that a dark and terrible secret still lurks within those walls and this sinister story of murder is far from over.
Ok, so I’ll keep this short.
- 1/27/2013
- by Phil
- Nerdly
The man known as White Owl answered the phone, and I spoke.
“So I have a stupid idea,” I said.
“No idea is stupid,” Owl replied. “Let me hear it.”
“I want a theme song.”
“A theme song? For what?”
“For my Walter Payton book.”
Long pause—for effect.
“I love it,” said Owl. “I absolutely love it!”
Five months later, here I am, perhaps the only author in America with his very own jingle. When my new book, “Sweetness:...
“So I have a stupid idea,” I said.
“No idea is stupid,” Owl replied. “Let me hear it.”
“I want a theme song.”
“A theme song? For what?”
“For my Walter Payton book.”
Long pause—for effect.
“I love it,” said Owl. “I absolutely love it!”
Five months later, here I am, perhaps the only author in America with his very own jingle. When my new book, “Sweetness:...
- 9/22/2011
- by Jeff Pearlman
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
FilmDistrict has released a red band trailer for “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” the remake of the creepy 1973 telepic made at a time when ABC was cranking out the scares with such films as Bad Ronald and Trilogy of Terror. The film stars Katie Holmes, Bailee Madison, and Guy Pearce as a family [...]
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- 8/29/2011
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
FilmDistrict has released a full-length trailer for Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, the remake of the creepy 1973 telepic made at a time when ABC was cranking out the scares with such films as Bad Ronald and Trilogy of Terror. Troy Nixey directed it and Guillermo del Toro produced with Mark Johnson. Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce and Bailee Madison star. The film will close the Los Angeles Film Festival and opens wide in theaters Aug. 26.
- 5/31/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
The creepy new trailer for Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is out in theaters, and we have it below to save you the trip.
This is a remake of a film born in an age long past; a time when movies were made for TV that were actually good. They were actually scary. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - along with films such as Trilogy of Terror, Bad Ronald, and The Other - manage to induce scary dreams and night terrors to the youth of a generation by appearing on otherwise mundane channels such as CBS and ABC. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, with its creepy little mutated dwarfs living in chimneys and walls, was particularly effective in keeping kids up late at night.
The trailer looks great - I can only hope that the actual film doesn't step into too much CGI and keeps the overall...
This is a remake of a film born in an age long past; a time when movies were made for TV that were actually good. They were actually scary. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - along with films such as Trilogy of Terror, Bad Ronald, and The Other - manage to induce scary dreams and night terrors to the youth of a generation by appearing on otherwise mundane channels such as CBS and ABC. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, with its creepy little mutated dwarfs living in chimneys and walls, was particularly effective in keeping kids up late at night.
The trailer looks great - I can only hope that the actual film doesn't step into too much CGI and keeps the overall...
- 5/29/2011
- by Tristan Sinns
- Planet Fury
Debuting simultaneously at the Sundance Film Festival and on VOD this week, writer/director Michael Tully's Septien is the dark, quirky story of a reclusive sports hustler who returns to the family farm after 18 years and reunites with his two emotionally damaged brothers. B-d reporter Chris Eggertsen recently got on the phone with Tully to discuss the film's journey from bizarre conceit to fully-fleshed out Sundance entry (with a pre-fest distribution deal!), why he purposefully conceived it to alienate the majority of the moviegoing public, and how the little-known 1974 made-for-tv oddity 'Bad Ronald' served as one of his major influences. See inside for the full story.
- 1/19/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
For better or worse, 3-D is here to stay but what of the one-shot movie gimmicks of yesteryear? House On Haunted Hill (1959) had .Emergo., a glow-in-the-dark skeleton that swooped over the audience at a key point in the movie. Earthquake had .Sensurround., massive Cerwin-Vega subwoofers that shook the theatres and for Polyester (1981), John Waters passed out self-explanatory .Odorama. cards. .Duo-Vision. was a split-screen technique used for the entire 1973 shocker Wicked, Wicked, a film as forgotten as it.s gimmick and one that is Not available on DVD. Split-screen is an effective story-telling device when used sparingly. Brian DePalma used it quite a bit in Sisters (also 1973) and in many of his other films.It was used intelligently in Woodstock (1970) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) but way overused in More American Graffiti (1979). Wicked, Wicked, where the device is used in 99% of the shots (only a couple of violent inserts and establishing...
- 7/28/2010
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
He's a geek god when he walks the halls of Comic-Con. But Guillermo del Toro just told me he feels the phalanx of print and web media at the festival gave short shrift to the reaction of footage that he, producer Mark Johnson and director Troy Nixey presented for Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark. On Friday, they showed the Comic-Con crowd a chilling eight-minute prologue (think Marathon Man) and a trailer that gave a glimpse of the creatures that haunt a family in the remake of the classic 1973 telepic. It was his second Comic-Con panel, after he announced he'd scared up a writing and producing gig for the movie version of Disney's Haunted Mansion theme park attraction. “Haunted Mansion must have had them thinking, well that’s the big movie for this guy, but I’m telling you the most successful panel I was on was Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,...
- 7/25/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
John Barrowman holds the fate of Wisteria Lane in his hand. Literally. But before we get to to him, let's take a brief look at how the other storylines of the season wrapped up.
Oh Susan. You were so close to being a reasonably sensible person this week. You held it together while selling your wares on the street. Even when Frau Farbissina tried to rip you off, you didn't fall apart. Congratulations!
But then ... when your son complained about you selling his dinosaur doll and begged you to get it back, you got that "faraway look" in your eyes again. Before long you were ranting about having to leave your house and all of its magical door jambs.
Even your kid knows you're a loon
You pulled it together at the end, though, and you and Mike left Wisteria Lane for a small apartment across town. I have to...
Oh Susan. You were so close to being a reasonably sensible person this week. You held it together while selling your wares on the street. Even when Frau Farbissina tried to rip you off, you didn't fall apart. Congratulations!
But then ... when your son complained about you selling his dinosaur doll and begged you to get it back, you got that "faraway look" in your eyes again. Before long you were ranting about having to leave your house and all of its magical door jambs.
Even your kid knows you're a loon
You pulled it together at the end, though, and you and Mike left Wisteria Lane for a small apartment across town. I have to...
- 5/17/2010
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Welcome to HorrorFest 2009. One of the earliest titles I did in this series this month was a look at the Warner Archives release of "Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark," a '70s TV movie that has a passionate cult audience that remembers the film from childhood. The other title they sent me at the same time has a similar nostalgic charge for audiences, and again, I knew the film by name and reputation, but I never saw it back when it originally aired, so I came to it fresh. "Bad Ronald" is one of those films that I've had many people mention...
- 10/26/2009
- Hitfix
The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Quick Stop Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…
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In its 5th season, House (Universal, Not Rated, DVD-$59.98 Srp) has settled comfortably into its routine - crotchety doc, beleaguered staff, ridiculously exotic maladies, miraculous last-minute saves by crotchety doc. And so it is with the 24 episodes featured in this box set, which also sports audio commentaries and a clutch of featurettes (including one on the 100th episode).
I have been waiting years for...
(Please support Quick Stop by using the links below to make any impulse purchases - it helps to keep us going…)
In its 5th season, House (Universal, Not Rated, DVD-$59.98 Srp) has settled comfortably into its routine - crotchety doc, beleaguered staff, ridiculously exotic maladies, miraculous last-minute saves by crotchety doc. And so it is with the 24 episodes featured in this box set, which also sports audio commentaries and a clutch of featurettes (including one on the 100th episode).
I have been waiting years for...
- 8/28/2009
- by UncaScroogeMcD
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