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To answer the OP, wasn't "Duel," with Dennis Weaver, one of these types of movies?
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Originally Posted by KingBing
I think Duel was originally a tv movie and later released as a movie at the theater.
It was a short story by Richard Matheson ("I Am Legend", "The Shrinking Man") that was originally published in "Playboy", and made as a TV movie by Steven Speilberg. I don't know if it was ever released for theater showings.
Yes, "Duel" was such a TV hit and was considered such an excellent work that it was released both in the United States and in theater overseas. I watched it several times recently, and it definitely holds up!
Here are some I recall, a few of which I have been able to see again:
Tribes
Killdozer
She Waits
The People
Black Noon
Bad Ronald
Crawlspace
Sandcastles
Go Ask Alice
Night Slaves
Ritual of Evil
The Love War
Satan's Triangle
Crowhaven Farm
Hauser's Memory
Don't Go to Sleep
The Norliss Tapes
When Michael Calls
Fear No Evil (1969)
Last Bride of Salem
A Cold Night's Death
The Bermuda Depths
Scream Pretty Peggy
Daughter of the Mind
Horror at 37,000 Feet
Song of the Succubus
A Howling in the Woods
Haunts of the Very Rich
The House That Wouldn't Die
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Where Have All the People Gone?
Something Evil ~ also directed by Spielberg
QB VII ~ This might be the first TV miniseries.
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (TV miniseries)
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark ~ which was remade as a theatrical release I'm not sure I want to see
I might be older than some posters, so these are quite clear in my memory even though I haven't seen them for decades.
Last edited by MystMoonstruck; 01-08-2013 at 01:21 AM..
Reason: fix typo
Here are some I recall, a few of which I have been able to see again:
Bad Ronald
"Bad Ronald" was also written by Richard Matheson. I saw it on its initial broadcast, and haven't seen it since. I remember it as being pretty ridiculous and was surprised when I found out years later that it was a Matheson story. I'd really like to see it again.
One of my favorite all-time movies was on TV back around 1980 or so. (I'm goin' on memory here, so don't quote me.)
But I remember it was called "The Promise" and starred James Woods and James Garner as brothers. Woods was a raving schizophrenic (great role for him!) and Garner, his older brother, had once made a "promise" to thier now-deceased mother that he would take care of Woods when she died.
Both actors gave one of the most powerful performances of their careers. Woods especially was awesome, and he should have won an Emmy for his role. (I dunno: maybe he did!)
Given the way that Hollywood loves to remake old movies, I'm surprised that these old scripts haven't been resurrected.
I recall "The Day The Earth Moved", starring Jackie Cooper as a pilot whose photographic equipment seems to be able to predict earthquakes. Of course, nobody believes him. Also had Stella Stevens and Cleavon Little.
I recall "The Day The Earth Moved", starring Jackie Cooper as a pilot whose photographic equipment seems to be able to predict earthquakes. Of course, nobody believes him. Also had Stella Stevens and Cleavon Little.
A good movie...... I have since discovered a 2nd part to this but I havent ever seen it!
2) Living with the dead - 2002
An excellent movie with a surprising ending!! -- You really need to be in the right frame of mind to understand the ending!!!! (It brought me to tears -- A touching movie)
3) Red Alert - 1977
A good movie about a power plant employee gone bad...... Thankfully they get him before anything really big happens!
You'd probably have to be around my age (50) to recall, but the 1970's through (roughly) the early 1980's were what I'd call the heyday of the made-for-TV movie. The major networks used to have a "movie of the week" or something like that. Sometimes they were OK and sometimes not.
I can remember watching titles such as "Gargoyles", "Birds Of Prey" (with David Janssen as an ex-World War II pilot flying a helicopter in pursuit of the bad guys), "The Disappearance Of Flight 412" (with a young David Soul), and a myriad of others. Often times they'd feature young actors who would later become well-known Hollywood names.
If shown nowadays I'm sure they would be somewhat corny and dated, but they were enjoyable "back in the day". Anyone have any positive/negative memories of these?
I remember ''Gargoyles'' if it's the one I'm thinking of. I liked it. A made for TV movie I really enjoyed was the 1998 'The Cowboy and the Movie Star' staring Sean Young and Perry King.
If shown nowadays I'm sure they would be somewhat corny and dated, but they were enjoyable "back in the day". Anyone have any positive/negative memories of these?
They're still around, just not as frequent. Tom Selleck does the Jesse Stone movies every year or two. Stephen King books used to come out as made for TV movies every few years (Salem's Lot, The Shining, IT, and the excellent Storm of the Century). Broken Trail from a few years back was quite good.
TV is changing. Cable is putting the networks to shame. I think cable series have largely taken the place of the made for TV movie. Rather than a movie that runs for a night or a mini-series that runs for a few nights, cable is putting out series of 14 or 15 episodes that run for 3 months.
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