Thursday, July 25, 2013

DEAD OF NIGHT 1977 (DARK SKY)

Another excellent Made For TV horror.

Three stories are told and the first one stars Ed Begley, Jr. as a young man who buys a car and finds it actually takes him back to the past, where he accidentally changes something, which in turn benefits him later. This is based on a short story by Jack Finney and is very well done. The episode is entitled "Second Chance".

The secomnd story is a bizarre one entitled "No Such Thing As A Vampire" which stars Anjanette Comer as a woman who believes she is being victimized by s vampire. Her husband, played by Patrick Macnee calls in a young man to help find the vampire, and there sets up one of the best twists I have ever seen in a story. Horst Buchholz and Elisha Cook round out the cast in this wonderful story by Richard Matheson.

The third and most frightening is entitled "Bobby". It stars Joan Hackett as a mother who wishes her son back form the dead with disastrous results. This is easily the best of the three and it is one of the most terrifying things you'll ever see. In this sad day and age you could never do anything like this on TV as the modern viewer is too stupid and too desensitized from all the reality TV to really appreciate the horror involved.

However, true horror fans who remember the 70's and TV terror will want to see this. Highly Recommended!!

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