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Director:
Leo Penn
Writers:
Tom Tryon (book)
Jack Guss (teleplay) ...
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Release Date:
23 January 1978 (USA) more
Plot:
A young couple moves to a quiet New England village, only to soon find themselves mixed up in mysterious rituals.
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. more
NewsDesk:
An Intervention for the possessed
 (From Fangoria. 28 January 2009, 7:28 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Too good for TV! more (14 total)

Cast

  (Series Cast overview, first billed only)

Bette Davis ... Widow Fortune
David Ackroyd ... Nick Constantine

Rosanna Arquette ... Kate Constantine

Rene Auberjonois ... Jack Stump
John Calvin ... Justin Hooke
Norman Lloyd ... Amys Penrose
Linda Marsh ... Maggie Dodd

Joanna Miles ... Beth Constantine

Michael O'Keefe ... Worthy Pettinger
Laurie Prange ... Sophie Hooke

Donald Pleasence ... Narrator (voice)
Lina Raymond ... Tamar Penrose

Tracey Gold ... Missy Penrose
Stephen Joyce ... Robert Dodd

Michael Durrell ... Ty Barth
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Additional Details

Runtime:
300 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Kingsville, Ohio, USA
Company:
Universal TV more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Justin Hooke: I didn't know you city boys liked to fight.
Nick Constantine: Next to lovin' it's what we do best.
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Too good for TV!, 8 February 2000
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Author: solitaryman2 from Brescia, Italy

This film really shocked my infancy and I'll never forget it. I saw it when I was 7 or 8 but I vividly remember many of its sequences: the pagan rites of the Harvest Home, the tongue cut, the protagonist made blind by the terrible widow ... Bette Davis is charismatic as always and in this role she's really unforgettable; Rosanna Arquette lets us see some of the qualities which will lead her to be an important actress in the 80's and some minor characters are well refined. Briefly, it's one of the best TV movies I've ever seen.

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