Comments on: 6 TV Movie Facts (Including some dirt on Steven Spielberg)

By: WolfHawk

WolfHawk — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:11:38 +0000

Wow! Reading through this has brought back some memories! I can relate to almost every movie already mentioned.

Here’s a few more:
In the Glitter Palace – Chad Everett (of Medical Center fame) and Barbara Hershey. BH’s character left CE’s character for a woman. The woman was later accused of murder and BH asks CE to be the defense counsel. VERY risque for the 70s.

A Circle of Children – Matthew Labradeaux (sp. I think and before he joined Little House on the Prairie) is a kid in a home for mentally and emotionally disturbed kids. He spews out a constant stream of gibberish until one teacher records him and plays it back at a slower speed. She realizes he’s quoting game show hosts at supersonic speed.

80 Steps to Jonah – Wayne Newton, being chased by the law, comes across a school for blind kids set way out in the sticks.

Hand in Hand – Early film about religious tolerance. A catholic boy and a jewish girl become friends and visit each other’s places of worship. Both terrified that they’d be struck dead for doing so.

By: vicki

vicki — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:06:16 +0000

O the memories of sitting with mom and sister watching these films!!! Remember the one about Manson and the Sharon Tate killings, or when the term mini-series actually meant a story that lasted 6 or 8 weeks? Now any 2-parter they call a mini-series. How about Rich Man /Poor Man with Peter Strauss and a very young Nick Nolte?

By: Pauline

Pauline — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:31:33 +0000

In regards to ‘Trilogy of Terror’, I used to have it on VHS, but gave it to a friend a couple of years ago. I just checked, and you can get it ordered through ‘Blockbuster Video’ for $9.99. Not available on DVD, as yet, though. Hope this helps.

By: Emeraldjay

Emeraldjay — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:06:50 +0000

Anyone remember “I Know my Name is Steven”?

By: KG

KG — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:46:03 +0000

My absolute favorite? “Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway”, which starred Eve Plumb (Jan Brady). She runs away and ends up as a young hooker on the streets! Hilariously bad.

By: Comixchick

Comixchick — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:29:26 +0000

Karen Black in “Trilogy of Terror” (thanks again, Richard Matheson!)! That voodoo doll scared the fertilizer out of me… I wouldn’t put my feet near a closed door for ages! If anyone knows where to get this on DVD, tell me – my son, niece and nephew have heard me describe it so many times, they’re begging to see it!

By: judybug

judybug — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:58:25 +0000

I don’t remember the name of the movie but there were 3 kids on their way to the grandparents house. While in the backseat, one sister tied the other sister’s shoelaces together. The car started smoking & everybody got out except the one with the shoelaces. The car blew up with her in it. She can back as a ghost & killed everybody but the sister, who crazy. I only saw it once but I loved it!

And I LOVED the After School Specials!!!

By: Frankly, Mr. Shankly

Frankly, Mr. Shankly — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:19:32 +0000

Kingdom of the Spiders – I don’t know why I watched it. I already had a major aversion to spiders and after seeing that, spiders totally creep the bejeebuz out of me. I blame that movie for my hatred of spiders to this day. They are the only insect that creep me out (well, them and centipedes)

By: hifidigitalboy

hifidigitalboy — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:01:40 +0000

Oh hell… “Dark Night of the Scarecrow” scared the bejesus out of me when I was little.

So did the scene in “Salem’s Lot” when the little boy’s dead brother came floating by and scratched his fingernails on the window. Creepy then, but a bit goofy now.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:24:16 +0000

My Fav is called ‘15 and Pregnant’ it stars Kirsten Dunst as a… dramatic pause … pregnant fifteen year old. Lets just say that all the bad acting was enough to scare me into abstinance.