Exhumed Films and The Flickering Light Present:
TV Terror!
This screening is made possible by our neighbors:
Two much-loved though rarely-seen ’70s television horror productions (neither of which have ever officially been released to tape or disc) will be screened from complete 16mm prints along with a host of trailers and a rare mystery short.
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (Directed by John Newland, US, 1973, 73 minutes, 16mm) – Commonly remembered as “that movie with the trolls that live in the walls of an old house that try to kill the woman the lives there,” Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark stands as not only one of the creepiest movies of the 70s, but as the the creepiest TV movie of the week ever! Kim Darby plays a young wife who, after discovering the fireplace in the creepy old study of her house bricked up, unleashes a colony of troll-like creatures that terrify her to the point of hysteria. Unavailable on home video for the past 25 years, this obscure gem is still as good as you remember from that late night ABC TV viewing. If you haven’t seen it, you’re bound to find a new favorite.
Bad Ronald (Directed by Buzz Kulik, US, 1974, 74 minutes, 16mm) – Ronald is a spaced-out bug of a boy who lives in his own fantasy world and murders a young girl in his neighborhood. His mother promptly hides him a away in a secret room of their house, but when she croaks, Ronald stays. A new family movies in and finds their home haunted not by a ghost, but by our boy Bad-ass Ronald. Televised mayhem ensues. For a film that’s never seen release on video, Bad Ronald is burned into the memory of those who managed to see it and has taunted others by remaining just out of reach. Come join us for a night with this very special fellow and see what his twisted freakazoid mind gets up to….
