Just want to say, "Thank you, Chris!" for bringing up THE DARK SECRET OF HARVEST HOME! Good job, man! I also saw this movie, when it was aired on TV in 1978. (I was 12) And although there are MANY made-for-TV movie delights and strong memories from the 70s and early 80s, this particular film seems to be one of the more obscure entries. As you said, NO DVD release, and finding the whole thing on VHS is no easy task either. Anyway, whenever I bring this one up to friends, they never know what the hell I'm talking about.. with the guy's tongue in a Mason jar, or any of those acutely perverted scenes with the alluring women! So again, thanks for bringing this one into the mix, Chris! I actually dig all of your picks, yours and Pete's. I myself enjoy all of these. To me, Made-for-TV films of the 1970s were very special indeed! And although they might not have the nudity, they definitely have the badass subject matter! Marc ⚡

I think I mentioned this in part 1, but the Dan Curtis production with Jack Palance as Dracula has always been one of my favorites.

"Duel" is a great film, period. The fact that it was Spielberg's movie debut, as a *network TV-movie* in '71, really makes me miss the days of thriller/horror TV movies, even more than I already do! I loved "Dark Night of the Scarecrow" and many others, including 1985's "Chiller," directed by none other than Wes Craven. I wish that one had been released on Blu-ray, with a Craven commentary, before he died.

It`s implied in Dark Night, that the Charles Durning character had a thing for the little girl. That`s why he was always out to get Bubba. He was jealous. Pretty warped.

The pilot episode for Night Gallery, which includes Steven Spielberg's directorial debut, is pretty great. Another memorable TV movie is The Norliss Tapes. Very similar to the two Kolchak movies.

So love Chris mentioned RANKIN/BASS!!! Their holiday stop motion are staples in our home almost 60 years after they were made!!! Love you guys!! Pete thank you for the platform! If you ever want some random fan to join into the discussion… please keep me in mind!!!

"Duel" is an awesome film. Some discussions on other sites have indicated that the multiple license plates on the old truck were 'souvenirs' from other victims the truck ran off the road. So the truck driver was definitely intending to kill Weaver's character.

Count Dracula (1977) BBC movie starring Louis Jourdan as Dracula and Frank Finlay as Van Helsing.

When Michael calls is my favorite

Love Duel, I seen that film many times when I was young and finally got a collection of short stories by Richard Mathson and loved reading the story of Duel. I was hoping you would bring this film up and glad you brought it up, Pete. I'll have to watch again.

Do you guys remember the series "The Dark Room"? It was a series in the 1980s that aired prime time on Fridays and had different stories each episode like the Twilight Zone. I think it only ran one season before getting cancelled. It was a really good show. Another good series developed later on was hosted by Henry Rollins called "Night Visions". It also had different stories each episode. Really good writing. The one episode that starred Chad Allen had his character as having some type of curse on him. Everyone that came in to contact with him would react with hate towards him. Another really good episode starred Michael Rappaport and had him inheriting an old estate. Turned out his ancestors had exploited the local town folk pretty harshly and someone had placed a curse on his family. Despite being offered a fair price to sell the estate, Rappaport's character succumbs to greed and tries to live in the estate with grave consequences before all is said and done.

Another great episode guys. I'm not the biggest horror movie fan, but do enjoy some of them, but you guys are always so entertaining to watch and I watched this mostly with a big smile, thoroughly enjoyable, thanks guys.

You guys took my two picks right at the beginning! Love both Bad Ronald and Dark Night of the Scarecrow. Justice for Bubba!

"Bad Ronald" was played by Scott Jacoby. Even better known for "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane" (1976), with Jody Foster.

Seven channels, Chris? Luxury! We had four. And one was PBS.

Dark Secret of Harvest Home sounds crazy! That was made for TV!? Wow! I loved Chris's description and Pete's face listening! Hahaha

I remember Moon Of The Wolf cuz I was a big David Janssen fan after The Fugitive.

Next week’s episode sounds great, can’t wait!!

The book "Dark Secret of Harvest Home" was written by Tom Tryon, who also wrote "The Other" and, as an actor, played the alien in "I Married a Monster From Outer Space".

I remember a made for TV monster movie called "Q, The Winged Serpent" in the early 80's. It was about a prehistoric flying beast terrorizing a city. It was pretty cool for it's time.

The Possessed (1977) with James Farentino used to scare the hell out of me as a kid.

I believe ,from the last shot you see of the driver's boots, it show it's a woman in "Duel" and that was Spielberg's way of intimating Weaver is unfaithful on these trips (indicated by the calls to his wife) and the truck symbolizes the looming consequences of being unfaithful.

Dennis Weaver starred in at least 2 bizarre Made For TV Movies of the Week. There was one called Terror On the Beach with Susan Dey as Weavers daughter. The family takes a vacation to camp on a beach only to be tormented by some really strange Hippies. The other Dennis Weaver movie was about his Psycho daughter's Reign of Terror on the family involving a pizza cutter of among other methods. Very unique film and Valerie Harper plays the girl's mother and Dennis Weaver the father

Devil Dog is, for me, a classic!

Another fun episode guys. Not sure if I laugh harder when Chris reviews a movie he likes or when he reviews a movie he doesn't like. Either way, it's always fun and the these shows remain a highlight of the week. Thanks for the revisit to the times of very few channels, no video devices and just TV when movie thereon were, in fact, a big deal. Looking forward to that top 10 of next week. Thanks again, Chris and Pete.

I remember Bubba in Dark Night Of The Scarecrow always referring to himself in the 3rd person. Like, "Bubba didn't do it!"

Moon of the Wolf was good for a tv horror film it starred David Janssen(the Fugitive),Barbara Rush(Peyton Place), Bradford Dillman(many films and television shows),Geoffrey Lewis(various films and TV shows), John Beradino(General Hospital),Royal Dano(veteran of numerous tv guest roles and several films), John Davis Chandler(many films and television shows),among other well-known actors.

I was really glad to see Bad Ronald, Dark Secret of Harvest Home and Dark Night of the Scarecrow get some love. I'd love to get a physical copy of DSOHH.

Hi from the UK, another great show..a real doozy I remember being shown over here but is a US made for TV film,is the best possessed bulldozer film ever..Killdozer,must have been mid 70s.. keep up the good work🎥🎬

Chris showing disappointment is just hilarious!

I know it’s not a movie, but my wife reminded me of a show she used to watch called “Dark Shadows”. I had never heard of it, but it was a soap opera about a vampire. I guess I was too busy watching cartoons the Munsters and Adams Family. Good times

Trilogy Of Terror, Kolchak The Night Stalker are two that immediately come to mind. Salem’s Lot is another.

I will definitely have to check some of these out , especially Dark Night of the Scarecrow and Bermuda Depths . Thank you for the recommendations !

Great Show 1 word "more" Thanks Guys

Memory Lane! Incredible. Dual and Devil Dog were great! I remember both as a kid. Which reminds me: Was "The Car" made for TV. That freaked me out as a kid. A devil possessed car killing people! I also thought Kingdom of the Spiders with William Shatner was made for TV but I guess not.

Speilberg reused the dying/crashing sound of the truck on the Jaws soundtrack as the shark sinks to the ocean floor.

Sybil was the scariest 🎥 I've ever seen on TV. My dad left the living room several times..first time I ever saw my dad visibly shaken. At anything.

Some more TV Horror/Sci Fi that I didn't see mentioned: A cold night's death - this is the one with the super-intelligent monkeys knocking off the researchers at an arctic base. Haunts of the Very Rich - creepy, but I seem to recall it had a dumb ending. The Love War - EVERYBODY dies in the end. There was also a feature length omnibus series on NBC in the late 60's/early 70's called Name of the Game that had a couple of memorable episodes. One was Spielberg's 2nd directorial effort named Los Angeles: 2017 an ecological nightmare that's pretty good. It also had an anti-drug episode that had some pretty effective make-up effects for the time that scared the living hell out of me.

Six channels! When I was a kid in the UK we had three!

Beyond the Bills and beyond the Sabres Buffalo will always be in my heart for channel 7. Maybe it was an NBC thing but there were movies at 4 everyday usually with themes for the week like Godzilla.

Pete, I forgot snot Snow Beast! I remember watching that as a kid scared the heck out of me. Bo Svenson as always great too! Dark Night of the Scarecrow, I mentioned last time. It says CBS aired that Oct. 24, 1981 but I could have sworn it was Halloween Night 1981! Awesome!

Four rare Anthony Perkins TV movies from the same year, 1990's Daughter of Darkness, Psycho 4, The Ghost Writer and I'm Dangerous Tonight. The first one is Stuart Gordon's vampire flop, the second Perkins' last Norman Bates outing, the third about a writer getting inspiration from weird creatures, the fourth one sees Perkins as a teacher with a murderous ancient Aztec priest's red cloak. None are truly great to be honest but I do kind of dig them.

Remember liking “This House Possessed” sometime in the mid 80s.

I remember most of these films. They leave an impression. Creepy and done well was the mini series Chiefs.

One of my favorite MFTVM`s back then was Spielberg`s "Something Evil". With Darren Mcgavin, Sandy Dennis and the ubiquitous kid actor Johnny Whitaker as their possessed son. Loved it.

Has anyone seen The Norliss Tapes ????? Great TV movie from 1973,

Duel is a great movie! If mini series are included, then I would say The Stand 1994 and Storm of the Century!

One time, when the Scorpions came to Cleveland at Nautica....they played "Coast to Coast" and behind them on the video screen was a sequence from "Duel"...the crowd went fricking nuts.

Dark Night of the Scarecrow was a premonition of going postal before going postal was the norm

Very interesting show!!! Good insights.. . Do you guys recall a PBS film of Dracula from the mid seventies? All I remember was an image of a baby in a leather bag, and Draculas daughters eating the baby!!!... WTF???!!! What was this called. Very scary for 70's made for TV.

Duel was another another cheap tv film directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Dennis Weaver and the mysterious truck driver is actually played by Carey Loftin a veteran stunt driver in films and TV also Loftin was Terry-Thomas' stunt double and jeep driver in Its a MAD,MAD, MAD,MAD WORLD and many others.

Duel is such a great movie. It still stands up as one of the best suspense films of all time.

Night drive..underated tv movie..

Spelling Productions remade Satan's School for Girls in 2000 with Shannon Doherty from Charmed,

Duel is a masterpiece and in my opinion the greatest made for tv movie ever made...Just FYI, Spielberg made The Sugarland Express before Jaws.

Chris, if you liked "Bad Ronald", I highly recommend you check out "Crawlspace" (1972) and "Crowhaven Farm" (1970). Both are made for TV horrors and have a very similar feel to Bad Ronald.

The original Night Gallery movie scared the living daylights out of me. Only later did you find out it was Spielberg who directed the second bit with Joan Crawford. The bit with the Nazi war criminal was especially unnerving. Totally remember watching Dark Secret of Harvest Home.

Night of the scsrecrows was great

Great video . What was the tv movie where the guy drives onto a small town ,tries to get his car fixed but they wont let him leave ,made in the 90s .

Not really a horror movie per se, though it has creepy moments (freezer room sequence) it's unsettling the way a group will conspire to drive you nuts. Cry Panic (1974) stars John Forsythe running over some guy on the road outside a small town, when he reports it everybody's acting all strange like he's only dreamt it then when he starts digging a little deeper he's of course now the hunted.

Watched "The Bermuda Depths", and it's one of the best-worst movies I've seen. It was great!

you guys should do a top horror movie soundtracks alot of good ones shocker .maximum overdrive etc

Since I listed my 1-5 on the last what follows are my 6-10 10. Vampire (1979) 9. Spectre (1977) 8. Sometimes They Come Back (miniseries) 7. Moon of the Wolf 6. Duel

Dark Night Of The Scarecrow Rules…

Was The Car made for TV? I remember that being on several times

The Oil Truck Sounds like it’s in pain going over the hill Squealing 💀damn I miss those times 💀

Sometimes They Come Back ( 1991, a Stephen King short story adaptation, starring Tim Matheson, I watched it the other night, forgot how much I liked that movie ). The California Kid ( 1974, Martin Sheen, Vic Morrow, Michelle Phillips & a young Nick Nolte) Duel ( 1972, Dennis Weaver )

Steven Spielberg directed the very first made for TV movie for Colombo starring Peter Falk

I saw a film in the early eighties where a man with a voice box is relentlessly chasing a woman in his yellow sports car, does anyone remember what it was called ?

Thank you again lads, love to hear you both on the Monster's Den. We had many of the American TV movies shown here in the UK . Watching Pete's facial expressions while Chris is talking has become one of the highlights. Pete, Rich and Chris are quite different characters and that's why it worked as a trio, is rich going to join you again? I don't really expect a reply and I love this show no-matter who is on, just sayin'.

shudders been adding sum great flicks from 80s whatnot

The leisure suits, big cars and smoking add to horror of some of these 70s movies.

For mega horror fans such as yourselves and many of us watching top 10's are almost impossible so a suggestion would be make it top 20 and do it in 2 halves.

I put duel and bad Ronald in the comments for the last show. I may be wrong but was bad ronald one of those afternoon specials that abc use to show because they never showed the violence .a very special afternoon special or some type thing

I would love to see a DUEL remake with Michael Shannon as the lead, perhaps David Fincher directing.

Daughter of the Mind TV movie 1969 with Ray Milland

Every Horror movie I have ever seen always has people that never answer the questions when someone asks about the reason for their fears. They typically give the victims of the monsters etc a dirty look when they try to find out what is really going on, most of the time being completely rude and dismissing their curiosity

The 1978 Doctor Strange made for TV movie. I remember watching this as a kid I thought it was really creepy.

I vaguely remember the scarecrow movie

Larry Drake also know as Dr Giggles. Ha

Nowadays, a movie made in 1978 would take three week, as for every three minutes of movies, there are seven minutes of ads.

You’ll be happy to know that Rosanna Arquette was born in 59 so she was at least 18 in that film.

“I didn’t mean to kill her.”

How I wish more movies were 75 minutes. Oddly enough when bands started releasing albums in the CD era that were far too long, filmmakers would make movies that lasted hours. Even a giant like Scorsese is seriously guilty of this. Why do so many creators think that an 170 minute film is somehow superior? Less is more!

Saw a horror splatter movie many years ago. Can't remember the name. But it was about a guy who killed a lot of women and scalped them and undressed them. Took their clothes and hair back home and dressed up mannequin dolls. Later the dolls wakes up and kill him. The next morning the police burst in and find his lifeless body surrounded by the mannequin dolls. It might be the movie Maniac from 1980 by William Lustig When I was younger they showed the old black and white Frankenstein with Boris Karloff. My dad watched it but I was in his mind to young and had to go to bed. Bummer!

What about It, or the Langoloirs

"Killdozer"......enough said.

Bad Ronald is the greatest TV sick ass movie ever. Duel is equal but not horror.

Killdozer let's hide in the big metal tube it won't get us

Norlis tapes

Death Car On The Freeway........another strange Made For TV Movie

70s made for TV horror is bettet than most modern horror films.

Pete “Simpleton” is an offensive word to use for someone who is intellectually impaired. My wife has made it her life’s work to help people overcome these type of stereotypes.