Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) Delivers Thrills, Chills, and Creepy Creatures | Overlook Motel

This week, Tyler Doupé is looking back on one of the scariest made-for-TV horror films of the twentieth century.

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[tjsryox]

I've always remembered when she first unbolted the fireplace cover & all the voices whispering 'we're free, she set us free'. Still creeps me out

[simonbalmer]

This film terrified me as a kid, to the point that, now in my 50s, I still remember it vividly and haven't seen it since

[Hellzapppin]

this movie scared the crap outta me, as a kid! my sister, and I, called the creatures "raisin heads." Lol

[chrislusk]

Insightful review, great work! I saw this movie aged 13, and have been haunted ever since by the whispers of "Sally, we want you!" I didn't recall the name of the film, but recently tracked it down by googling "Sally, we want you!". The opening scene is absolutely glorious, and whoever wrote the score deserves an award.

[bhbluebird]

This was one of those rare, "made for tv gems" that would showed up every so often back in the 70s. This was creepy, scary and gave me nightmares when I was a kid.

[JojoChampion]

Watched this alone with my older sister when we were kids. Scared me for years, though all I remembered were them whispering "Sally" repeatedly.

[ShineYourInnerLight]

I saw this as a child and I am not sure I have ever fully recovered 😂😂😬

[BIGNOIDS]

I've looked for this film for years!!!! It terrified me as a child lol but I couldn't remember the name of it.

Thank you.

[bryanlongshore]

Saw it when they showed in on TV in 73 when I was 10....the movie had me afraid of the dark for I own it own

[gregweston]

This shit was nightmare fuel when i was growing up . Incredible material for television at that time.

[tamikeeler]

I loved this movie, it terrified me as a kid but I watched it over and over.

[Lyndanet]

I remember bits and pieces of this.. it is a chiller I can’t watch these films alone !

[a.i.privilege]

I seen this movie when I was way too young to be watching it. Wow this movie freaked me out as a kid and we lived in a house with those big old furnace vents in every room xD Nightmare fuel. Between this movie and trilogy of terror I was done with the tiny people thing.

[TheCheshireMadcat]

Saw it as a kid and it scared me for years. Took me forever to remember the name in later life and rewatch it.

[jamallabarge]

"We have all of the time in the all of the time in the world".

I remember how that ended....

[josecruz]

Im 52 years old. As a young boy I saw this movie on a afternoon matinee show called Creature Feature on Channel 44 in Tampa Florida. It terrified me and later as an adult I asked friends If they knew about this movie and nobody knew. It got to the point that I thought id made it up in my mind. Tonight I asked Chat GPT and it immediately gave me the title. What a relief. I thought it was all in my head. What a scary fucking movie that traumatized me for 40 plus years. Thanks for your channel! Now I know im not nuts!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[jonathanmcmeekin]

Bless ya mate! Like other folk have said this film scared the crap out of me as a kid of 10 and I've never forgot the creepy whispering... "is she coming"... still makes me shiver at 60 for goodness sake.
Well done you for helping to rescare the 10 year old in me all over again... I could have pop my clogs and never have known what the name of this movie was.
Keep up the great scarey work pal.
Cheers from England!
Jonathan

[YGardenRose]

“Let’s get her”! Many years ago Scared me and my friends! We remembered the creatures as being in a furnace but of course it was the fire place. Cult classic!

[YGardenRose]

This movie was a great scary 70’s movie. Trilogy of Terror, Burnt Offerings was terrifying too! Another was the movie Harvest Home with Bette Davis as the head of the coven. 70’s had some great scary tv movies.

[walter_lesaulnier]

First movie to scare the wits out of me. The voodoo doll from Trilogy of Terror is a close second.