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. The norliss tapes was one of these films, an often forgotten and overlooked example of the genre. Originally broadcast february 21st as part of the nbc wednesday mystery movie. Dan curtis has executive producer credit on this film. When he mysteriously disappears while inquiring into reports of a walking dead man, the tapes are all that is left. The norliss tapes dvd 1973 for sale angie dickinson roy thinnes. Dan curtis with roy thinnes, angie dickinson, claude akins, michele carey, hurd hatfield. 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. The norliss tapes teases the terrifying horror anthology. 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.
A writer experiences the supernatural in a very good tv movie with angie dickinson. That movie was 1973s the norliss tapes and that movie, made a year before curtis turned down kolchak. The enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. Prime time tv listings from wednesday february 21, 1973. Great special effects and decent acting overall wdan curtis dark shadow type music. The norliss tapes followed hot on the heels of the curtisproduced the night stalker, which gave us the character of carl kolchak, arguably one of the most enduring and beloved cult figures in genre circles. Prime time tv listings from wednesday july 18, 1973. The norliss tapes is a made for televsion tvmoviea pilot for a proposed seriesproduced and directed by dan curtis dark shadows. Aired on nbc on february 21, 1973, the film stars roy thinnes as david norliss, a writer trying to solve a supernatural mystery. The norliss tapes 1973 angie dickinson in the norliss tapes 1973.
Hbo game of thrones the complete eighth season dvd. The norliss tapes 1973 changes the movie database tmdb. Visit dan norliss is an investigative reporter writing a book about the supernatural. Norliss is a burned out investigative reporter who is writing a book exposing ghost and seance hoaxes supposedly conjuring paranormal phenomena. A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter david norliss, who has disappeared during an investigation. In this madefortv movie, roy thinnes stars as dan norliss, an investigative reporter. The norliss tapes introduces a man who sets out to debunk the supernatural only to discover. 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. So the series ended two episodes short of its planned second season. 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.
Hes become despondent, and his book debunking paranormal charlatans is long overdue. Thinnes stars as david norliss in this pilot that first aired in 1972. Hopefully roys series the invaders will come out soon. Dan norliss is an investigative reporter writing a book about the supernatural. The norlis tapes is another horror by dan curtis starring roy thinnes, angie dickenson, claude akins, a great little horror to go along that stands up to all the other dan curtis stories. Sanford finds the tape neatly labeled 1 and pops it into the tape recorder. In monterey, california, he meets ellen cort, a widow who claims she was attacked by her recently deceased husband on their sprawling estate. As norliss and the widow investigate, they unravel a plot involving voodoo and the walking dead. Once the demon is awakened he will be granted immortality. Dan curtis with roy thinnes, angie dickinson, claude akins, michele carey, hurd hatfield, vonetta mcgee, robert mandan.
The norliss tapes tv movie 1973 the norliss tapes tv. Another excellent madefortv movie from the early 1970s. That movie was 1973s the norliss tapes and that movie, made a year before 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. Find out when and where you can watch the norliss tapes on tv with the full listings schedule at. The night stalker, was originally supposed to be the pilot for a weekly tv series. Its no surprise that this later film gets lumped in with the night stalker as its practically a carbon copy of it. Staring claude akins, angie dickinson, vonetta mcgee and roy thinnes. Curtis was producer andor director of a number of television adaptations of classic horror texts including the strange case of dr. Catherine hides at the end of episode 4 of the tv series kolchak. Mar 26, 2017 on the third episode of the kolchak tapes, chris and mike are joined by guest cohost amanda reyes to talk about the norliss tapes 1973. 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 nightmare fuel. The norliss tapes by dan curtis dan curtis, roy thinnes. 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.
An earlier failed attempt by curtis to build a series around a paranormal investigator resulted in the 1969 pilot in the dead of night. It shares with kolchak the themes of a writer investigating paranormal what have you, but lacks the snark and the bite. For those who can locate the norliss tapes, i definitely suggest watching it as it is most certainly one of the great vampire flicks. Made in 1973 this movie was really nbcs answer to the very highrated abc tvmovie the night stalkershown the. The norliss tapes dvd, 2006 ntsc, region 1, brand new.
For the norliss tapes, what is utterly lacking, and which made the night stalker so successful, is a sense of humor. Dec 06, 2015 dan norliss is an investigative reporter writing a book about the supernatural. Rent the norliss tapes 1973 on dvd and bluray netflix. This fucker moves like a terrifying freight train filled with bluefaced, bloodsucking monsters. The norliss tapes 1973, usa tv 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. 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 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. Even brilliant anthologies like the monster club 1981 and the vault of horror 1973 were able to utilize tales about vampire cults in a unique and creepy manner. Comments originally aired february 21, 1973 on nbc, the norliss tapes were producerdirector dan curtis apparent attempt to double his chances at another tv series, after the hugely successful occult soap opera dark shadows enjoyed a gradual cult following after its 1966 debut, spawned two big screen hybrids in 1970 and 1971, and fizzled out on the small screen soon after. When the worrisome word scribe goes missing, and friend and publisher sanford evans don porter finds a pile of cassette tapes dictating the tome norliss hasnt yet finished. Hyde 1968, dracula 1973, frankenstein 1973, the picture of dorian gray 1973, and the turn of the screw 1974. The norliss tapes teases the terrifying horror anthology series. Norliss tapes film roy thinnes stars as david norliss,skeptic turned believer,whose sole purpose was to debunk the supernatural only to find himself drawn into a nightmare world of voodoo and zombies. Some sources list the film as having aired on march 8 1974, some claim it was released in 1973. Home video extra clip from anchor bay entertainment. The norliss tapes 1973 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. Nolan, the film was directed by dan curtis who had helmed the night strangler. Jun 21, 2014 the enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. Working on his latest book debunking the supernatural as mere hocus pocus tripe, writer david norliss thinnes hits a rather unavoidable wall when hes approached by shaken ellen cort the always lovely dickinson.
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. It stars roy thinnes the invaders as david norlissa reporter writing a book exposing supernatural hoaxes and paranormal phenomena. The norliss tapes movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Norliss tapes, the on dvd 01452594 from starz anchor bay. Rent the norliss tapes 1973 starring don porter and vonetta mcgee on dvd and bluray. With roy thinnes, don porter, angie dickinson, claude akins. Rent the norliss tapes 1973 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Roy thinnes, angie dickinson, vonetta mcgee, claude akins. Theres no escaping death in et in arcadia ego part 1.
The norliss tapes 1973 david norliss roy thinnes is a reporter hard at work on a book that he hopes will debunk many supposedly supernatural and. And no one could save her 1973 owen marshall, counselor at law. In the films opening scenes, david norliss thinnes confides to his publisher that his book debunking fake spiritualists has taken a different turn. The norliss tapes 1973 the gentlemens blog to midnite. The tapes tell the story of that investigation, involving a recent widow whose late husband has been seen working in his private studio. Move over kolchak for the norliss tapes classic film and. On the third episode of the kolchak tapes, chris and mike are joined by guest cohost amanda reyes to talk about the norliss tapes 1973. 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. 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 is a 1973 american madefortelevision horror film directed by dan curtis and written by william f.
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