TV Movie on YouTube of the Day…

Updated on September 1, 2010 By Ken Begg 17 Comments

Don’t know who long I can stretch this one out, but maybe some of you guys would be interested in seeing some of these, following the Bermuda Depths review. Quite a few MotWs are posted in chunks on YouTube. They may not stay up, as I’m sure there are copyright problems with at least some of these. For instance, the really quite good Kolchak knock-off (made by the same producer) The Norliss Tapes is available, but also out on an official DVD. So I could see that coming down.

For now, though, enjoy. Today’s selection is Trapped. In sum, James Brolin ends up, well, trapped after hours in a department store patrolled by vicious and very intelligent guard dogs. Consider it the dark side of the Amazing Doberman Gang movies popular around the same time.

First part here.

By the way, if that article really whetted your appetite, you might want to pick up a copy of this book.

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  • I remember seeing “Trapped” when it first came out. It was better than “Cujo” which is no great shakes.

  • I also remember thinking how lame an idea it was to release killer super-dogs into your department store after hours. Seems like they’d poop all over the place, chew on the shoes in the ladies department, and nestle up for a nap in Sleepwares. You’d have to clean up every morning.

  • BeckoningChasm

    Wait, what book?

  • BC — Sorry, my Amazon link must be getting filtered where you are. It’s The ABC Movie of the Week Companion. I think it’s self published, but it’s a nice little tome on a subject not much covered elsewhere.

    If you have bigger bucks to spare, there’s Television Fright Films of the 1970s, one of those huge hardcover books from McFarland, that covers pretty much what the title promises. It’s pretty swank.

  • BeckoningChasm

    Argh, sorry Ken, my fault. I keep disabling AdBlock on Jabootu, but it never seems to stick…Jabootu’s ways are mysterious indeed…

  • Rock Baker

    The TV movie I saw most recently was the 1980 hit Dark Night of the Scarecrow (and 1980 still looked an awful lot like 1976). I was fairly impressed, they pulled a nice switch on the formula most such TV Horror/Revenge movies use. (I’d give details, but if you haven’t seen it I don’t want to spoil it.) It was also pretty violent for a TV movie…

    Has Killdozer been released? That’s the TV movie Pop would most like to get ahold of. If only all these old TV movies would get a DVD release as nice as the one for The California Kid (not a single extra, but the print they use is just beautiful).

  • Rock — Killdozer was made by Universal, who has followed in Warners steps and created a professional DVD-R on demand collection. Warners has released several MTV titles via the Warners Archive Collection; perhaps Universal will follow suit.

  • BeckoningChasm

    OT: Red Letter Media has released a new review, for the 09 Star Trek movie.

  • roger h

    The one that always stands out for me is one involves competing aliens in a pre-invasion undercover operation. One alien befriends a lady. They have special glasses to spot aliens in disguise. Don’t know name, seemed very Outer Limits like.

    “City beneath the Sea” was another memorable movie as well as the one with William Shatner on a plane this time plagued by demons instead of a gremlin.

  • Roger — I believe you’re referring to The Love War with Lloyd Bridges and Angie Dickinson. I’ve never seen it, but I’ve read about it.

  • BeckoningChasm

    I remember Harlan Ellison going off on a HUGE rant about “The Love War.” He was not happy, but it was pretty entertaining and I certainly agreed about the ending.

  • The even-tempered Harlan Ellison? In a RANT?! Surely you jest.

  • fish eye no miko

    @Rock Baker: Dark Night of the Scarecrow is an AWESOME movie, regardless of the medium it was shown on. And good news, it’s coming out on DVD on Sept. 28th! Yay!

  • TongoRad

    One rainy Sunday over the summer my wife, kids and I got to enjoy Killdozer and The California Kid. I got them as DVD-Rs via somebody at work, but the quality was good. Something about the pacing of these TV movies really works, you can tell they were designed around commercial breaks so there rarely is a lull.

  • roger h

    That’s it. Did not realize the nutty little man had anything to do with it. I was thinking it was Richard Basehart so could not find it.

    Thanks folks.

  • Rock Baker

    Thanks for the info Fish Eye!

  • fish eye no miko

    No problem, Rock!