An earlier failed attempt by curtis to build a series around a paranormal investigator resulted in the 1969 pilot in the dead of night. Shot almost completely on location in san francisco and around carmel, this was more fun than many movie movies at the time. Norliss tapes dvd for sale i remember well the abc tuesday night movies, as well as night gallery and ghost story. Watched this movie around the late 70s and, considering im not impressed at all by horror movies, this really gave me the creeps. The production values were first rate, with impressive on location shooting in san franciso and big sur. Framed through a series of tapes left behind by the missing norliss, an investigator of the occult, it tells the story of his encounter with a widow and her artist husband who has returned from the dead. The norliss tapes, circa 1973, directed and produced by william f. Rent the norliss tapes 1973 starring don porter and vonetta mcgee on dvd and bluray. The wadsworths might not seem too unusual to hear about them at first consisting of the mother, two grown daughters and the diaperclad, bottlesucking baby. The dan curtis macabre collection dracula 1973 the turn of the screw.
First finished songs of the full length album are starting to. Home video extra clip from anchor bay entertainment. Rent the norliss tapes 1973 on dvd and bluray netflix. An occult investigator roy thinnes picks up the trail of a california vampire. Cry of the werewolf 1944 film full movie classic horror. The norliss tapes had several good things going for it. Movies like the norliss tapes if you like the norliss tapes you are looking for scary, tense and mind bending movies about with zombie, vampire, investigation, reporter, crimes, ghost and supernatural themes of horror genre shot in usa. For the norliss tapes, what is utterly lacking, and which made the night stalker so successful, is a sense of humor. It shares with kolchak the themes of a writer investigating paranormal what have you, but lacks the snark and the bite.
Released 1973, the norliss tapes stars roy thinnes, angie dickinson, claude akins, michele carey the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 14 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. He served as producer on that abc tv movie classic, but after it received a sequel the night strangler, 1973 and a shortlived series the following year. The norliss tapes is a tight little horror thriller teasing more ethereal supernatural aspects immortality, ancient gods, sorcery before delivering with. The norliss tapes 1973 author david norliss roy thinnes mysteriously warns his publisher that he cant finish his new book debunking the supernatural, and that all the extensive work for the text has been recorded on a series of cassette tapes. An investigative reporter stumbles onto an artist that has made a pact to come back after his death to sculpt a statue of a demon using human blood and clay. Once the demon is awakened he will be granted immortality. The norliss tapes tv movie 1973 plot synopsis imdb.
The norliss tapes must have been a very expensive tv movie. The night stalker the movie and the shortlived tv show they inspired. Visit dan norliss is an investigative reporter writing a book about. Dan curtis direction had some unusual, quirky touches. A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter david norliss, who has. For the general audience, curtis is also known as the director and producer of the two epic 1980s miniseries the winds of war and war and remembrance, based on two novels by herman wouk, which follow the lives of two american families through the entirety of world war ii. Cast and crew credits for norliss tapes, the, 1973, directed by dan curtis, with roy thinnes, angie dickinson, claude akins, at turner classic movies.
Curtis presents this vignette with fullon monster makeup, offering a. Roy thinnes, angie dickinson, vonetta mcgee, claude akins. Nolan of dark shadows fame and directed by my childhood favorite, dan curtis. Cry of the werewolf 1944 film full movie classic horror duration. The norliss tapes 1973 stream and watch online moviefone.
Shot almost completely on location in san francisco and around carmel, this was more fun. Fries, robert singer, fred mustard stewart, william f. The story begins with david norliss roy thinnes being unable to even begin a book he has been commissioned to write one year prior. That effort mixed humor and horror expertly, with one tone feeding off the other, building the feel of the movie to such a point that. I watched it about three days ago and am having trouble getting all that worked up about it one way or the otheri think i like the norliss tapes more as an idea than the actual product. As norliss and the widow investigate, they unravel a plot involving voodoo and the walking dead. This movie ranks with the best of them, right up there with the night stalker. A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter david norliss, who has disappeared during an investigation. With roy thinnes, don porter, angie dickinson, claude akins. Writer david norliss roy thinnes, who has been working on a book debunking the supernatural, hasnt been seen or heard from in over a week, so his publisher, sanford t evans don porter, pays a visit to davids house in san francisco. Although the proposed series never materialized, the norliss tapes feature. Released 1973, the norliss tapes stars roy thinnes, angie dickinson, claude akins, michele carey the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 14 min, and received a.
A reporter working on a book debunking supernatural phenomena,meets a widow who is convinced she is being terrorized by her dead husband who has become a zombie. The norliss tapes 1973 tv movie halloween spotlight. Nov 16, 2006 the norliss tapes, just released on dvd by anchor bay in the us, doles out the undead, vampirism and satanism all in one actionpacked 72 minutes. The norliss tapes dvd 1973 for sale angie dickinson roy thinnes. The norliss tapes 1973 cast and crew david norliss roy thinnes is a reporter hard at work on a book that he hopes will debunk many supposedly supernatural and occult phenomena as hoaxes. Writer david norliss roy thinnes, who has been working on a book debunking the supernatural. George dicenzo, bob harks, bob schott, angie dickinson, vonetta mcgee, patrick wright, roy thinnes, claude akins, stanley adams, hurd hatfield, jane dulo, ed gilbert, don porter, michele carey, robert mandan, nick dimitri. May 21, 2018 the norliss tapes is a tight little horror thriller teasing more ethereal supernatural aspects immortality, ancient gods, sorcery before delivering with some visceral scares and tangible. I did not know until just last year that it was never released into theatres. The norliss tapes teases the terrifying horror anthology series.
Norliss tapes, the on dvd 01452594 from starz anchor bay. The norliss tapes 1973 vonetta mcgee and roy thinnes in the norliss tapes 1973 nick dimitri in the. Exclusive in your city investigating the unknown roy thinnes stars as david norliss, an author whose investigations into the world of the supernatural produce horrifying results, in the norliss tapes, a metromedia producers corporationdan curtis production airing as an nbctv wednesday night mystery movie on wednesday, feb. In this madefortv movie, roy thinnes stars as dan norliss, an investigative reporter specializing the supernatural. When michael calls 1972 abc movie of the week by cinematedman. That movie was 1973s the norliss tapes and that movie, made a year. The film had a much richer look than most tv movies of the period. The norliss tapes 1973 cast and crew david norliss roy thinnes is a reporter hard at work on a book that he hopes will debunk many supposedly supernatural and occult phenomena as. The norliss tapes, just released on dvd by anchor bay in the us, doles out the undead, vampirism and satanism all in one actionpacked 72 minutes. Norliss tapes consist of his observations when tracking down a report about a.
The fact that this movie easily predates any of the standard paranormal investigation plotlines the xfiles, millenium, in search of, and their like by a good twenty years or more is nothing short of astonishingthe norliss tapes comes to. The norliss tapes introduces a man who sets out to debunk the. That movie was 1973s the norliss tapes and that movie, made a year before curtis turned down kolchak. The norliss tapes tv movie 1973 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The night stalker, was originally supposed to be the pilot for a weekly tv series. Norliss tapes film this movie was derived from the original night stalker series that was on tv in the early 70s. A social worker who recently lost her husband investigates the strange wadsworth family. Norliss is a burned out investigative reporter who is writing a book exposing ghost and seance hoaxes supposedly conjuring paranormal phenomena. Exclusive in your city investigating the unknown roy thinnes stars as david norliss, an author whose investigations into the world of the supernatural produce horrifying results, in the norliss tapes, a metromedia producers corporati.
The norliss tapes teases the terrifying horror anthology. Apr 20, 2007 the fact that this movie easily predates any of the standard paranormal investigation plotlines the xfiles, millenium, in search of, and their like by a good twenty years or more is nothing short of astonishingthe norliss tapes comes to us from the depths of 1973. The norliss tapes was supposed to be a pilot for a postkolchak tv show helmed by dan curtis in 1973 onward, but it was not picked up to series. Despite overseeing the tv movies the night stalker 1972 and the night. The tapes tell the story of that investigation, involving a recent widow whose late husband has been seen working in his private studio. The norliss tapes was the pilot for a series which failed to secure a network slot perhaps no one wanted a program with a nonexistent hero.
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