Cruise into Terror

I watched this made for tv movie more than ten years ago.  I watched 30 minutes with my sister and she quit it.  The first thirty minutes of this movie are boring.  It's the Love Boat.  However then they find an Egyptian sarcophagus that has Satan in it.   The preacher of course goes on about it.  I told my sister it got hammy after thirty minutes.  I found this on modcinema and was happy about purchasing it and watching it again. 

The People

I love Zenna Henderson's short stories of the people.  This short made for tv movie is an adaptation of those stories.  It's about an alien race of children who can do things like float in the air.   Their teacher Kim Darby supports their decision to remember their home.  William Shatner plays a minor role.  The short stories are better.  I watched this movie years ago and it made me seek the short stories.  I got this off modcinema since there's various complaints about the copy on Amazon.

Susan Slept Here

Debbie plays a 17 year old juvenile delinquent who marries screenwriter Dick Powell to keep her out of trouble.  Only she wants to stay married.  Anne Francis plays his girlfriend who is mad at the situation.  I thought Dick Powell was too old to play the 35 year old screenwriter.  Debbie and Anne are a lot of fun to watch. 

An American Tragedy

This movie was adapted from the classic by Theodore Dreiser.  A Place in the Sun which was also adapted from it was a much better movie.  This movie is about a man who falls for Sylvia Sidney who works for his company.  Only he falls for rich Frances Dee and he arranges for a boating accident with Sylvia Sidney.  The problem I had with this movie is that Sylvia Sidney was supposed to play a dowdy girl and she was one attractive actress.  I just couldn't buy it.  It was ok.  There's better precodes.   

See no Evil

My mom once told me that Mia Farrow's career would have been better if she hadn't met Woody Allen.  I love The Purple Rose of Cairo so I disagreed with her.  However after seeing this and Rosemary's Baby I have to agree with my mom.  Mia Farrow was a great horror actress.
Mia Farrows plays a blind girl.  One day she goes horseback riding with her boyfriend and comes back and discovers that her family's been murdered.  The man who murdered them is still lingering around.  This was ok.  If you're a Mia Farrow fan it's definitely a must to watch.

Crowhaven Farm

I loved Hope Lange in the 50's.  She had such charisma in The Best of Everything and Peyton Place.  So when I learned she was in this made for tv horror movie I was thrilled.  This is one of the better made for tv horror movies in the 70's.  Actually I think it's an unique genre.  There were pretty scary movies like Bad Ronald and Don't be afraid of the Dark.
In Crowhaven Farm Hope Lange discovers that she had a past life as a witch.  She learns that there are people in the town who still want to get revenge at her for events that happened hundreds of years ago.  Her husband thinks she's crazy but he eventually realizes that the truth behind what his wife is saying.  The couple also adopt a 10 year old girl from the town and she proves to be evil. 
This sells on Ebay.  It's not officially on DVD.

Mr. Sardonicus

Mr. Sardonicus .is a man with a disfigured face.  His wife Audrey Dalton loves another, a doctor.  The doctor comes to try to see if he can save Mr. Sardonicus' face.  The ending which is bleak is pretty cool.  William Castle may have been a gimmicky director but I feel he is not given enough credit.  He was a fun horror director and his movies always bring me joy.