There have been hideous ones, campy ones, rip-offs, remakes and classics, and this is one, a complete creepfest and well plotted. Told through the tape recordings left behind by the missing Roy Thinnes as occult writer David Norris, it is listened to by his publisher Don Porter after he does not show up for a meeting. Thinnes had a history of exposing false occult groups but he says that his research of this one is beyond human comprehension.
In the flashback, we meet the recently widowed Angie Dickinson whose sculpted husband went too far in creating art work, and Thinnes begins to meet with her to find out the extent of her not so completely dead husband's work. This goes beyond the typical zombie movie, and through the course of this movie of the week's short running time, the audience has plenty of opportunities to be creeped out.
It is genuinely frightening in spots, complete with the witch like Vonetta McGee. It's a perfect follow-up to "Dark Shadows" for its director, Dan Curtis, and even though none of that cult soaps cast appears, this is perfectly acted by the terrific ensemble. Interestingly however, Thinnes did go to appear in the 1991 remake of "Dark Shadows".
In the flashback, we meet the recently widowed Angie Dickinson whose sculpted husband went too far in creating art work, and Thinnes begins to meet with her to find out the extent of her not so completely dead husband's work. This goes beyond the typical zombie movie, and through the course of this movie of the week's short running time, the audience has plenty of opportunities to be creeped out.
It is genuinely frightening in spots, complete with the witch like Vonetta McGee. It's a perfect follow-up to "Dark Shadows" for its director, Dan Curtis, and even though none of that cult soaps cast appears, this is perfectly acted by the terrific ensemble. Interestingly however, Thinnes did go to appear in the 1991 remake of "Dark Shadows".