Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
1973 Directed by John Newland
Synopsis
Following the death of her grandmother, Sally Farnham (Kim Darby) inherits a huge mansion which is badly in need of interior decorating. Upon renovating the house Sally finds her way into a locked room which appears to have been locked up for years, with the fireplace bricked up and the ash disposal pit bolted shut. Disobeying the opinions of a standoffish carpenter, Sally decides to open up the ash pit. Soon after strange things begin to happen and Sally doesn't know if she has gone crazy or if she is being perused by creatures who hide in the shadows.
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Darby moves into a house and accidentally lets out some small, prune-faced creatures who live in her fireplace. They want to reclaim her. It’s a little stagy, and Kim Darby is such a weird screen preseence, but this made-for-TV ’70s horror movie is a decent enough chiller featuring a few genuinely effective scenes.
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best tv movie ever.the commentary on the dvd is probably the only negative i can come up with.sorry dudes your not funny
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As a kid this was right up there with The Exorcist. After watching Bad Ronald I had to follow it up with Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. I've heard mixed things about the remake so I might stay away.
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Darby moves into a house and accidentally lets out some small, prune-faced creatures who live in her fireplace. They want to reclaim her. It’s a little stagy, and Kim Darby is such a weird screen preseence, but this made-for-TV ’70s horror movie is a decent enough chiller featuring a few genuinely effective scenes.
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Pitch perfect old dark house made for tv film starring the incredible Kim Darby...With brilliant Italian horror colors, and perhaps one of the earliest films in women's liberation horror, this is an incredible film and if you saw it as a kid, it changed your life...For an exclusive interview with Kim Darby about this film, please visit in Feb. 2012 - mondofilmpodcast.com