With roy thinnes, don porter, angie dickinson, claude akins. 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. A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter david norliss, who has disappeared during an investigation. The norliss tapes dvd 1973 for sale angie dickinson roy thinnes. It shares with kolchak the themes of a writer investigating paranormal. The norliss tapes 1973 stream and watch online moviefone. He served as producer on that abc tv movie classic, but after it.
And of special note is the classy, retrolooking werewolf makeup designs, helmed by none other than william tuttle, the veteran artist who was responsible for virtually all of the. Dan curtis direction had some unusual, quirky touches. 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. A man named nolan wood tries to stop an invasion of earth by aliens disguised as humans. Kolchak the night stalker movie 1972 full version of movie. 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. Rent the norliss tapes 1973 on dvd and bluray netflix. The norliss tapes 1973, dracula 1974 and the beloved trilogy of. 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. That movie was 1973s the norliss tapes and that movie, made a year before curtis turned down kolchak. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. Sep 17, 2017 the norliss tapes directed by dan curtis. The norliss tapes full english full movie the norliss tapes full full movie, the norliss tapes full full movie streaming the norliss tapes full movie engsub watch the norliss tapes full english.
A pilot that never went to series, this supernatural thriller produced and directed by dark shadows creator dan curtis and based on a story by fred. The norliss tapes dvd 1973 angie dickinson roy thinnes tv movie. 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 you were laughing and screaming at the same time. Curtis, robert singer, fred mustard stewart, william f. Mysteries of the organism 1971 dusan makavejev wilhelm reich. An expanded version of the thing, seth rogen takes on memes and more. That movie was 1973s the norliss tapes and that movie. Looking back at the norliss tapes mysterious universe. For the norliss tapes, what is utterly lacking, and which made the night stalker so successful, is a sense of humor. Thinnes stars as david norliss in this pilot that first aired in 1972.
The film premiered as a standalone movie on the nbc network on february 21, 1973. A look back at the hungry haunted house of burnt offerings blastr. In the invaders, roy thinnes was the alienhunting david vincent. Cry of the werewolf 1944 film full movie classic horror duration. The norliss tapes relays the most recent case investigated by occult investigator norliss who has recently disappeared and left behind an archive of tapes detailing his recent cases. Dan curtis has executive producer credit on this film. Jul 26, 2007 the norliss tapes must have been a very expensive tv movie. 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. In this madefortv movie, roy thinnes stars as dan norliss, an investigative reporter specializing the supernatural. 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. Norliss tapes movie to me, this was scarier than the new stuff put out today. In the norliss tapes, he was david norliss, an author investigating the world of the supernatural. 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. 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.
The norliss tapes 1973 changes the movie database tmdb. In monterey, california, he meets ellen cort, a widow who claims she was attacked by her recently deceased husband on their sprawling estate. The norliss tapes is a 1973 american madefortelevision horror film directed by dan curtis. 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. Another movie anchor bay dug up out of the long forgotten section of the archives, the norliss tapes is an interesting mix of events that lead up to a surprisingly satisifying. Another excellent madefortv movie from the early 1970s. A more serious version of the night stalker 1972, the norliss tapes 1973 featured roy thinnes as an author who becomes an investigator of supernatural phenomena. Year later it acquired a modest cult following on the. The norliss tapes introduces a man who sets out to debunk the supernatural. As norliss and the widow investigate, they unravel a plot involving voodoo and the walking dead.
The tapes tell the story of that investigation, involving a recent widow whose late husband has been seen working in his private studio. But, this time around, cassette tapes aint gonna cut it. 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. Full region 1 usa anchor bay studio dvd release with menus on dvd r. It shares with kolchak the themes of a writer investigating paranormal what have you, but lacks the snark and the bite. Move over kolchak for the norliss tapes classic film and. The mansion in the movie was actually played by dunsmuir house. For the best experience please update your browser. The production values were first rate, with impressive on location shooting in san franciso and big sur. Playing the first tape, the publisher hears the story of ellen cort angie dickinson, who one night, while investigated her dead husbands art studio, is attacked by her dead husband nick dimitri.
You can find the norliss tapes on dvd, but the prices are pretty outrageous, and most of the available copies are used. The norliss tapes teases the terrifying horror anthology series. Birds of prey, a quiet place part ii, black widow read more. First finished songs of the full length album are starting to roll in. Investigative journalist david norliss roy thinnes, who specialises in debunking supernatural phenomena, disappears while researching his latest book but passes his tape recordings to publisher sanford t. This was the saturday night movie in the winter of 1985. The good news, though, is that you can watch the whole thing on youtube see above. The norliss tapes is a 1973 american madefortelevision horror film. Movie of the week september 23, 1969 through may 14, 1975 tues, wed, sat. He kills the dog like an undead dick and then takes a full shotgun blast to the.
In the films opening scenes, david norliss thinnes confides to his publisher that his book debunking fake spiritualists has taken a different turn. Angie dickinson in the norliss tapes 1973 the norliss tapes 1973 nick dimitri in the norliss tapes. The norliss tapes tv movie 1973 the norliss tapes tv. The norliss tapes is a 1973 american madefortelevision horror film directed by dan curtis and written by william f. Once the demon is awakened he will be granted immortality. The norliss tapes must have been a very expensive tv movie. An earlier failed attempt by curtis to build a series around a paranormal investigator resulted in the 1969 pilot in the dead of night. Maybe, one day, the norliss tapes will be resurrected with a new cast. Shot almost completely on location in san francisco and around carmel, this was more fun than many movie movies at the time. 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. The and at 75 minutes, the movie just breezes by, interrupted only by comforting fadeins and outs where the original commercial breaks were scheduled to be. 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. 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.
Starring roy thinnes, don porter, angie dickinson, claude akins. The norliss tapes youtube this early 70s tv movie is about a publishing manager who becomes concern. Norliss tapes consist of his observations when tracking down a report about a. Norliss tapes dvd for sale i remember well the abc tuesday night movies, as well as night gallery and ghost story. The norliss tapes a pilot for a show that never took off is, in many ways, very much like the invaders and the night stalker, too. Norliss films is a new production company aiming to bring fresh and exciting films to the world. Rent the norliss tapes 1973 starring claude akins and angie dickinson on dvd and bluray. The norliss tapes teases the terrifying horror anthology. Some sources list the film as having aired on march 8 1974, some claim it was released in 1973. The norlis tapes is another horror by dan curtis starring roy thinnes, angie dickenson, claude akins, a great little horror to go along that. In the films opening scenes, david norliss thinnes confides to his publisher that his book debunking fake spiritualists has taken a. Roy thinnes, angie dickinson, vonetta mcgee, claude akins. The film had a much richer look than most tv movies of the period.
Norliss is a burned out investigative reporter who is writing a book exposing ghost and seance hoaxes supposedly conjuring paranormal phenomena. Still, there are a lot of good things about the norliss tapes. Sally and alex kim darby and jim hutton inherit a big, spooky house from sallys grandmother complete with. The publisher discovers at norliss house a large number of cassette tapes, each of which contains notes on occult investigations. The night stalker, was originally supposed to be the pilot for a weekly tv series. The norliss tapes 1973 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
305 1602 1416 1495 929 323 107 1556 613 412 918 459 1561 1006 1591 1404 1246 1450 412 1354 1253 1525 477 842 1406 958 543 18 595 822 1286 386 20 37 1215 1189 1252 1089 1408 529 428 1186 756 402 678 1279 730