Made-for-TV horror movies top 5

[Hedji]

I listened to a podcast that reviewed Salem's Lot. None of them saw it as kids. None of them had praise for it. I think you had to grow up with it.

[Boy_Wonder_1978]

Dark Night of the Scarecrow made a lasting impression on me.

Same here! I saw it as a youngster on VHS and the story lived with me for years to come. I always remembered the story, but the thing that lived with me the most was that poor guy dressed as a scarecrow getting pumped with bullets. For years in my teens I looked everywhere for that film, but to no avail. The fact that I always remembered it as just 'The Scarecrow' didn't help mind. Only by pure fluke I found a bootleg copy on eBay around 7 years ago with the now titled 'Night of the Scarecrow'. It had to be I thought. It has the same artwork as I'd remembered it all those years ago, but not the exact title (as I remembered it). I bought it and to my delight it was that film I'd been searching for all those years. An absolute gem!

[tllgn]

i liked ;

the night stalker
the night strangler
killdozer
gargoyles
willard
bad ronald

[mjaycox]

1) The Night Stalker (natch)
2) 'Salem's Lot
3) Count Dracula (1979 Louis Jourdan version, shown on PBS here)
4) Dark Knight of the Scarecrow
5) Don't be Afraid of the Dark

runners-up: Gargoyles, and Don't Go To Sleep

[mjaycox]

Trilogy of Terror as a whole is not successful, but the segment "Amelia" with the Zuni Warrior Fetish Doll is one of the most singularly terrifying things I have ever seen. It blows everything else on the list away. It is one superb segment of an otherwise mediocre portmanteau. It is probably the best horror segment ever filmed for US TV

On the BBC, the original "The Woman in Black" (1988) was absolutely superb, and far superior to the Harry Potter-starring theatrical version

[Iron Mego]

Same here! I saw it as a youngster on VHS and the story lived with me for years to come. I always remembered the story, but the thing that lived with me the most was that poor guy dressed as a scarecrow getting pumped with bullets. For years in my teens I looked everywhere for that film, but to no avail. The fact that I always remembered it as just 'The Scarecrow' didn't help mind. Only by pure fluke I found a bootleg copy on eBay around 7 years ago with the now titled 'Night of the Scarecrow'. It had to be I thought. It has the same artwork as I'd remembered it all those years ago, but not the exact title (as I remembered it). I bought it and to my delight it was that film I'd been searching for all those years. An absolute gem!

I looked for it for years as well, and never found it, also because I mis-remembered the title. Finally figured it out thanks to IMDb. Haven't seen it since way back when.

[Boy_Wonder_1978]

It got an official 30th Anniversary release a few years ago in the U.S. and Germany.

[Mikey]

I think my last FUN made for TV horror movie was Stephen Kings remake of the Shining

Rebecca De Mornay was crazy hot in that