Television Fright Films of the 1970s
A list of the films covered in David Deal's book of the same name.
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- DirectorPaul StanleyStarsVince EdwardsRichard BasehartWilliam ShatnerThis story is loosely based on the discovery of the B-24 "Liberator" bomber the "Lady Be Good" that was found in the Libyan desert after the crew got lost on their 1st bombing mission to Italy.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsLouis JourdanAnne BaxterDiana HylandA psychiatrist investigates the death of one of his patients, a young heiress.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsGlenn FordRosemary ForsythDean JaggerA successful professor has his life disrupted by a secret from his past - in his college days he became a member of a powerful secret society, and now the society has a job for him.
- DirectorCurtis HarringtonStarsAnthony PerkinsJulie HarrisJoan HackettAfter an eight-month stay in a mental hospital, a tormented man comes home to live with his sister; but a mysterious boarder may be trying to kill him.
- DirectorTed PostStarsJames FranciscusLee GrantScott MarloweA man and his wife find themselves stranded in a small western town. He discovers that a strange force has turned the residents into zombies, and runs into a beautiful woman who he believes is the key to the mystery.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsBarbara StanwyckRichard EganMichael Anderson Jr.A woman and her niece move into an ancestral house in the Amish countryside haunted by two ghosts from the Revolutionary War.
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsHope LangePaul BurkeLloyd BochnerA young couple inherits a farm. Hoping that the rural location might help to patch up their strained marriage, they move into it, only to be confronted by the supernatural forces that inhabit it.
- DirectorTed PostStarsBing CrosbyFrank ConverseBlythe DannerDr Cook has a beautiful garden! But what's the secret to his green thumb?
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsLeif EricksonDoug McClureRoddy McDowallOn a transcontinental flight, the flight crew suffer from food poisioning and become incapacitated. To save the aircraft, the cabin crew locate a passenger with flying experience. He is coached by an experienced pilot on the ground.
- DirectorAlf KjellinStarsLloyd BridgesJanet LeighCarl BetzA scientist keeps having dreams that he is marked for murder by a mysterious tribunal for something that he's not aware that he's done, and that his wife and his friends are part of the conspiracy. Soon he's not sure which is the dream and which is reality.
- DirectorTed PostStarsRobert ConradAnjanette ComerBradford DillmanFive young women vacation together at a resort on an isolated island. They are the resort's only customers and, aside from the boat Captain who brought them there and the resort's handyman, Wylie, the island's only inhabitants. When one of the women is found dead, the others begin to fear the Captain, who's been acting strangely. Wylie and the Captain argue over the identity of the murderer, each accusing the other, and a fight erupts. Alarmed, the women attempt to leave the island, but the boat, their only means of escape, explodes and sinks before they can board it. Then Wylie comes to their aid, claiming to have killed the boat Captain in self-defense and telling the women they're safe. But are they?
- DirectorSutton RoleyStarsAlex DreierPat HingleLouise LathamAn ESP expert uses his powers to try to track down a psychic who uses telepathy to commit murder.
- DirectorCharles S. DubinStarsJohn ForsytheRichard KileyReta ShawA doctor and the wife of one of his wealthy patients hatch a plot to get rid of her husband so they can be together and get his money.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsBarbara EdenLarry HagmanJohn RubinsteinA disillusioned homemaker on a vacation in the woods is disturbed by her husband continually trying to get her to come home--and, more ominously, a mysterious howling at night.
- DirectorSidney HayersStarsJoan CollinsJames BoothRay BarrettA family plots to take its revenge on the man who raped and murdered their daughter.
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsDean StockwellStefanie PowersJames StacyA prank that starts with a group of college students creating a fictitious person so they can get a credit card develops into a plot that takes a murderous turn.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDennis WeaverJacqueline ScottEddie FirestoneA business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsRoy ThinnesYvette MimieuxRay MillandA traveling minister and his wife are quietly menaced by a devil cult in the Old West. By the time the Good Reverend figures out what's going on it may be too late to stop the evil.
- DirectorMichael CaffeyStarsGene BarryJanice RuleJames DruryA notorious outlaw being escorted to prison by a homesteader and his wife turns out to have satanic powers. He uses them on the man's wife to try to possess her and help him escape.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsDarren McGavinCarol LynleySimon OaklandAn abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsIda LupinoBelinda MontgomeryLois NettletonFemale parole officer poses as an inmate in a women's prison in order to investigate murder, abuse and living conditions.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsPatty DukeDavid McCallumDorothy McGuireA murdered woman possesses her husband's new wife to seek revenge.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsOlivia de HavillandEd NelsonLaraine StephensA wealthy former mental patient goes home to her estate to rest and recuperate. While walking the grounds one day she hears the screams of a woman coming from underneath the ground who has been buried alive. Her family, however, refuses to believe her story, and sees the incident as an opportunity to prove the woman's mind has snapped so they can take control of her money.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDarren McGavinSandy DennisRalph BellamyA young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants to take possession of the wife.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsBen GazzaraElizabeth AshleyMichael DouglasA woman begins to receive ominous phone calls from her nephew, who died 15 years earlier. With each phone call, a family member dies. Will she be the next in line?