CBS Movie of the Week
Directed by Steven Spielberg
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
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An early TV movie effort from Spielberg, it does not quite reach the heights of Duel, but still a good "haunted house" movie. Sandy Dennis and Darren McGavin buy a house in the country, against the advice of the owner who warns them it is "different". McGavin goes off to work in the city while Dennis stays home to take care of the kids. She becomes obsessed with making pentacles, a design she saw in the barn, and with encouragement from a neighbor begins to read books on black magic. Soon she is hearing babies cry in the barn and has a nervous breakdown. A somewhat silly ending involving possession is a let down, but it does have some genuinely creepy moments. It's also fun to spot the similarities to later Spielberg films, especially Close Encounters and Poltergeist.
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