Aug 27, 2018

Long before Guillermo del Toro fleshed it out as a feature film, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark was a TV movie legend that loomed vividly in the memory any kid who happened to have caught its first airing in 1973. But does this haunted house flick stand up if you watch it as an adult? Sam is joined by writer-director...

Aug 20, 2018

Who is the ambiguously European-accented woman murdering the men of Los Angeles? What family secret could Donna Mills and Patty Duke be hiding? Why are they playing twins? Can you tell the difference between June Lockhart and June Allyson? These questions and more are asked and kinda-sorta answered in Episode 3 of the...

Aug 13, 2018

Lesson learned: If there’s a storied home in Pennsylvania Amish country, it’s probably haunted. The House That Would Not Die stars Barbara Stanwyck, Kitty Winn and Barbara Stanwyck’s amazing Nolan Miller wardrobe, who all join forces to get to the bottom of a centuries-old mystery and also get in good with their...

Aug 6, 2018

Steven Spielberg’s first TV movie, Duel, won widespread acclaim and even got a theatrical release. Something Evil, which aired on CBS just two months later, did not get a theatrical release, but fans of Spielberg’s work will nonetheless see why the director went on to such success. Sam is joined by writer-director...