An investigative reporter stumbles onto an artist that has made a pact to come back after his deat. Watch the latest norliss tapes trailer on video detective. Norliss is a burned out investigative reporter who is writing a book exposing ghost and seance hoaxes supposedly conjuring paranormal phenomena. The night stalker the movie and the shortlived tv show they inspired. Sometimes, however, major studios dont release these timeless treasures on dvd, a. Watched this movie around the late 70s and, considering im not impressed at all by horror movies, this really gave me the creeps. Rent the norliss tapes 1973 starring claude akins and angie dickinson on dvd and bluray. 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. But on this afternoon, my mind really wasnt on the scenery.
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. That movie was 1973s the norliss tapes and that movie, made a year before curtis. Shot almost completely on location in san francisco and around carmel, this was more fun than many movie movies at the time. In this madefortv movie, roy thinnes stars as dan norliss, an investigative reporter specializing the supernatural. The norliss tapes is a 1973 american madefortelevision horror film directed by dan curtis and written by william f. The norliss tapes had several good things going for it. Trailing a slew of superlatives and a reputation as the scariest tv movie ever, its no great surprise that dan curtis busted 1973 tv pilot the norliss tapes is. Theres no doubt this rugged peninsular country could give the french. Musicals are a truly special art form enjoyed by many worldwide. 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. A mother and daughter compete over the same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man. 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. Theres no doubt this rugged peninsular country could give the french riviera tough competition. The production values were first rate, with impressive on location shooting in san franciso and.
The ocean below bellowed and roared, smashing into the coastline spilling white foam along the sand. When he mysteriously disappears while inquiring into reports of a walking dead man, the tapes are all that is left. 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. Rent the norliss tapes 1973 on dvd and bluray netflix.
A reporter working on a book debunking supernatural phenomena,meets a widow who is convinced she is being terrorized by her dead husband who has become a zombie. 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 teases the terrifying horror anthology. The norliss tapes must have been a very expensive tv movie. Norliss tapes consist of his observations when tracking down a report about a. Roy thinnes, don porter, angie dickinson, claude akins, michele carey, vonetta mcgee, hurd hatfield. Norliss films is a new production company aiming to bring fresh and exciting films to the world. Thinnes stars as david norliss in this pilot that first aired in 1972. As i headed for the cort estate along the seventeen mile drive, acres of lush cyprus and tall pine loomed over me. The norliss tapes pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released the norliss tapes pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie pictures archive.
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