Something Evil
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| Written by | Robert Clouse |
| Directed by | Steven Spielberg |
| Starring | Sandy Dennis Darren McGavin Ralph Bellamy |
| Theme music composer | Wladimir Selinsky |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Alan Jay Factor |
| Cinematography | Bill Butler |
| Editor(s) | Allan Jacobs |
| Running time | 73 min. |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | January 21, 1972 |
Something Evil is a 1972 horror television movie starring Sandy Dennis, Darren McGavin, and Ralph Bellamy.
Directed by Steven Spielberg, the screenplay was written by Robert Clouse.
Synopsis
A married couple with two young children move into a Pennsylvania farmhouse that turns out to be inhabited by demons. Darren McGavin portrays the TV producer husband, while Sandy Dennis plays his actress wife. Popular child star Johnny Whitaker co-stars as their oldest child, who becomes possessed and begins to torment his family and their friends. When the mother begins to sense that something may be wrong with her son, her husband and friends think she is going insane.
Filming locations
- Golden Oak Ranch - 19802 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA
- Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Song
The movie features the "Apple Bar Candy Song" by Charlie Marie Gordon. It appears in the film performed by Laurie Hagen for a commercial Darren McGavin's character is filming. The song has been spoofed several times.[citation needed]
Video release
Something Evil has never been released on video, and remains one of the few Spielberg films still unreleased.
Cast
- Sandy Dennis as Marjorie Worden
- Darren McGavin as Paul Worden
- Ralph Bellamy as Harry Lincoln
- Jeff Corey as Gehrmann
- Johnny Whitaker as Stevie Worden
- John Rubinstein as Ernest Lincoln
- David Knapp as John
- Laurie Hagen as Beth
- Herb Armstrong as Schiller
- Margaret Avery as Irene
- Norman Bartold as Mr. Hackett
- Sheila Bartold as Mrs. Hackett
- Lois Battle as Mrs. Faraday
- Bella Bruck as Mrs. Gehrmann
- Lynn Cartwright as Secretary
See also
External links
- "Something Evil" at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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