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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) (TV)
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Release Date:
10 October 1973 (USA) moreTagline:
Can you see them, Sally ... hiding in the shadows. They're alive, Sally. They want you to be one of them when the lights go out. morePlot:
A young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Second Most Memorable ABC Flick moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kim Darby | ... | Sally Farnham |
 | Jim Hutton | ... | Alex Farnham |
| Barbara Anderson | ... | Joan Kahn |
| William Demarest | ... | Mr. Harris |
| Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | ... | Francisco Perez |
| Lesley Woods | ... | Ethyl |
| Robert Cleaves | ... | Doctor |
| Sterling Swanson | ... | Policeman |
| Joel Lawrence | ... | George Kahn (as J.H. Lawrence) |
| William Sylvester | ... | Tom Henderson |
| Don Mallon | ... | Bob |
| Celia Kaye | ... | Anne |
| Elizabeth St. Clair | ... | Party Guest |
| Monika Henreid | ... | Party Guest (as Monica Henreid) |
| Robert Priest | ... | Party Guest |
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One reason ABC plays such a key part in my childhood memories is because we were a captive audience, in a sense. My family and I moved to Sag Harbor in 1971 - a then unknown town on eastern Long Island. Cable was in its infancy back then, and if you didn't have it, well there was ABC, the only network that came in clear as a bell. CBS and NBC were always snowy or fuzzy. So, I remember a lot of ABC programming, whether it was 'Movie of the Week', 'The After School Special', and the many prime time dramas and sitcoms that aired on the network - even those which were short-lived. And even before we moved from the city, I had memories of racing home from parochial school to catch 'Dark Shadows'.
The house in Sag Harbor had a real fireplace, not one of those gas jobs like the house we had in our old neighborhood of Springfield Gardens. Well, the allure of a real log fire wore off quickly when I saw 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark' at the age of 12. I didn't go near our fireplace for about a week afterwards! It creeped me out that much. In spite of the movies disappointing ending, it's still good for what it is: one of ABC's best forays into the supernatural.