Friday, October 30, 2009

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)


ABC
Directed by John Newland
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)

This TV movie is a precursor to all things Gremlins, Ghoulies and even ET. A couple move into an old house. The wife, played by Kim Darby, discovers a walled-up fireplace in a locked, shuttered room. Once the fireplace is opened, she is tormented by little men with cone heads who speak in whispers and hide in the dark. Nobody believes her of course and think she is having a nervous breakdown. Well, the little people tie her up and drag her to the fireplace one night, and in the downbeat ending we hear her joining the chorus of whispering voices.

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