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Don't
Be Afraid of the Dark
Ranking
with Dan Curtis’ Trilogy of Terror
as one of the spookiest made-for-TV horror
films of the 1970’s, this atmospheric
monster chiller stars Kim Darby and Jim
Hutton as a comfortable, reasonably happy
young couple who inherit the archetypal
“Old Dark House” from the
wife Sally’s deceased aunt. While
renovating the creepy mansion, they enter
a previously-sealed room, which features
a securely bricked-up fireplace. Despite
the insistence of a local contractor (My
Three Sons’ William Demarest) that
they leave the room undisturbed, Sally’s
husband manages to open the flue, releasing
a horde of shriveled mini-monsters imprisoned
there for decades. The little demons immediately
fixate their evil attention on Sally in
an effort to claim her soul, a mission
which can only be averted by the love
of her husband -- which, in light of his
self-centered careerism, means poor Sally’s
pretty much on her own.
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