You check out Circle of Fear yet? Or Outer Limits? If not u have got a lot of fun binge time! This is what I got to stay up late and watch on the weekends when I was about 9 or 10. And Kolchak: Night Stalker.
I've gotten older and I 'feel' the same about movies/tv I watched in the 80's as a youngster. But I don't think it's true - we only remember the good ones - and today, personally I'm so sick of seeing bad shows, have seen so many good movies, that I'm loathe to risk wasting 2hrs on something that will likely be crap. But good grief there were some stinkers back then too. Remember "Space:1999"? It looked great, but the acting and stories are pure crap, you wouldn't even get away with that stuff today
@@xamurai00 Keeping up appearances seems to have left the room 20 odd years ago. At least that’s what I’ve experienced living here in LA. I see younger women shopping in sweats, yoga pants, thongs, pajamas, and leotards. Their hair is a mess, un brushed with multi colored dyes. And the men look like they stepped out of prison, or haven’t moved on from dressing like an adolescent. Not to mention most everyone today is thick, because no one eats at home anymore. It is what it is. Sorry for the rant
I have that same voice apparently. In my younger days I did really good as a receptionist. They used to call just to hear my voice...so they said. They were being nice. 😂 Actually my voice is like a mix of demi moore and Patricia Neal. I can easily sound like a guy on the phone if I have to. Lol
This particular episode freaked me out till near the end when we knew what was going on --- very scary --- Patricia Neal was an amazing actress with a velvet voice. GREAT EPISODE.
@@michelleregis6181 EVERYONE READING THE COMMENTS --- stop reading this one if you don't want the story spoiled for you.!!!!!! MICHELLE REGIS - They were all dead - in limbo, waiting to be moved onto the next stage. Her husband survived the crash - that's why he wasn't in the hotel. (The hotel made a mistake thinking he was dead - that's why they moved his suitcases out when they realised he was still alive). At the end she realised what was happening and, although she could have had him with her if she'd asked, she decided to let him live.
It was called "Circle of Fear" a bit into the series. Perhaps that's how you remember it. Not sure why the name changed, but that's also the time that Sebastian Cabot stopped hosting.
I just barely remember it- I think I was 7-8 when it was on. The theme stuck with me, but since I didn't get to see it a million times in reruns like 'Night Gallery' it was essentially a brand-new series for me when I rediscovered it a few years back.
Omg me too I was 7 years old in 1972. I was addicted to scary movies too. And I never heard of this movie series at all. But I remember some of the wonderful legendary actors most are gone now I miss them.
When I was about 7 years old, my mother let me spend the night with my friend who was my age. She just lived down the road about 3 houses, so I just walked there. Well my mother would not let me watch horror movies. But....her mother would let her. So that night, a TV movie aired for the very first time. It was called Legend of Hell House. We watched it on TV with her mother with us. I was so scared it was not funny. Actually, that movie is NOT for children -- even today!! Anyway, I never told my mother. LOL I had that with a couple of friends along the way. When I was a pre-teen, MTV just came out and was brand new on the scene. My mother would NEVER EVER let me watch a show like that - I knew it. But.....my best friend at that time (different friend and different city - LOL) and I would walk home from school and since her house was on the way to mine, I was allowed to stop by her house with her and have snacks and watch a little TV. Well......EVERYDAY, I could not wait to get to her house and watch MTV!! I never told my mother. A few years before that, another best friend and I went to the movies together on a Saturday. This movie her mother let her go to, but I KNEW my mother would never ever let me go to the theater to see. So I went with my friend. The movie was called Xanadu. Once again, I never told my mother. My poor mother.
I read Patricia Neal’s life story some years ago, she had a stroke when she was quite young and had to learn to speak again. You can see the effects of the stroke in her eye and the way she walks. She bravely battled back and resumed her acting career, what a woman!
I have to say, most of these Ghost Story episodes have been average and a little over-long, but this was the best episode hands down. Great writing and atmosphere, and, of course, the legendary Patricia Neal made this an especially excellent and heartbreaking episode. I loved seeing Alice Ghostley, too. Thank you so much for posting these! I look forward to watching Circle of Fear next.
This episode creeped me out even when I was a child when it first aired. I have watched it several times since the DVD release and it gives me such an uneasy feeling. Effectively written, acted, and directed.
She was in a episode of little house on the prairie where she was dying and trying to find a home for her children was very inspiring to me. I started smiling more and changed my tune to the people I love.
@@rogerrendzak8055 If you watched 'Time of Terror" and took the time to read the episode's credits, at 02:27 -- 02:39, the title cards, one right after another, read 'Guest Starring' . . . 'Patricia Neal' [Neal awarded the coveted 'first position'] -- and the producers make it SO EASY and darn-near 'idiot-proof' for viewers because the accompanying, representative footage is of just one adult female -- one whom film goers and television viewers recognize in a micro second as the 'Best Actress' Academy Award-winning Neal, for "Hud" (1963) opposite Paul Newman, and the lead female in the ultra-iconic, sci-fi classic, "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1963), with Michael Rennie, then MOST adults in the audience would deduce, "That's Patricia Neal," while the children would guess and correctly surmise, "Hey, I'll bet that's Patricia Neal."* And if that went 'over the head' of the curious, skeptical or certain 12-year olds 'of all ages,' the VERY FIRST COMMENT here / above, from "nevskislake," spells it out: " . . . and of course, the legendary Patricia Neal . . . " I'll wager most on RUclips would figure "rogerrendzak8055"'s "She, who??" was typed by someone: 1) seeking attention; desperate for it or 2) trying really, REALLY hard to be 'cute'. Whatever; the effort bombs in all characteristics. Simply put: it reads 'annoying' and 'mindless.' *candidate for longest sentence in 'Time of Terror''s Comments & Replies -- unintended, but all the same . . .
I'm 56 now. In that Little House on the Prairie episode, she got her children together and told them to cry now and get it over with and not cry at the funeral, but stand strong.
Alice Ghostley is a wonderful actress. The Graduate 1967, With six you get eggroll, 1968, many tv shows such as Designing Women, and Bewitched. Grease 1978. She had a very good sense of humor
See, in real life, we do not get a flashlight (or a lit candle!) and go outside in the dead of night to see what the sound was. Only in the movies and on TV.
Best episode so far. How fantastic programmes used to look, beautifully shot on 35mm film, which was the norm in those days, then digital came along - and all that seemed to matter was quantity not quality. The best years of tv are gone forever.
this show was one of the best thriller suspense horror tv shows ever made. this episode scared me as a kid. I figured it out before the ending but still a great episode.
I remember watching this when it originally aired...I was 9yrs old. I could never find anyone that ever remembered seeing it. I was beginning to imagine it wasn't real. Even after having the internet to search, I couldn't find it until today...I have been searching for Night Gallery or The Twilight Zone.
I watched this movie first time winter 1973 ( during the oil crisis in DK, so give or take a year ) I simply love (most) of the stories, Time of terror being my favourite, BUT Mr Winston Essex's presentations remain an absolute thrill to me....to this day
@@mortdewerewolfe691 One man's sophistication is another man's smut and poison. I don't think of today's audiences as sophisticated so much as I see them as jaded and cynical, having been bombarded by the current tripe that passes for so much of contemporary 'entertainment.'
@@cynthialyman2636 fair point otoh the type of plot twists you see in CoF are visible from about a thousand miles off and you don't really get this sort of material played straight on mainstream networks now. I can't recall a mainstream adult horror anthology since Masters of Horror over ten years ago. Maybe it's more a British POV we're just more cynical.
I first watched it when I was 13 and had just moved to America. It scared the fool out of me and stayed on my mind for days. Even now, i still find it very disturbing.
I love watching these old shows, seems like they did a better job at horror back then. I really like seeing the old clothes hairstyles cars and furnishings.also, a lot of big names in holiday getting their first start in Hollywood. I was only 2 when this show aired , do not remember if there were re runs or not. Thanks for uploading !
I was twelve in 1972 and I loved growing up during these years. The seventies especially is my go-to comfort decade for movies, TV and music. I feel for people who think our culture was always this sad, morally bankrupt, and shot.
Well, let's not forget Hud, The Subject was Roses, A Face in the Crowd, Fountainhead, and The Day the Earth Stood Still. Her affectionate performance in The Walton's: Homecoming, the pilot episode of the Walton's series. She was always a class act.
I missed this series and many others as a kid, but I'm making up for lost time now. This series is a wonderful new discovery. Thank you for making it available to us. 💜
I remember watching this one as a kid. It was very scary for a 13-year old in the early 1970s. Not sure it still holds up today, but I still wonder if it was perhaps a subconscious influence on the Eagles' "Hotel California" five years later. I have no proof that any of the band members ever saw the episode, and they've certainly never mentioned it in interviews about the song, but there are similarities that always made me think they were more than coincidental. I've seen a lot of appreciation expressed on this page for Patricia Neal, both as an actress and as a survivor of some horrific bad luck in the prime of her life. If you want to see her at her peak, check out her Academy Award-winning performance in "Hud". Terrific film with awesome performances all around.
I, too, watched all these as a kid, and this one hasn't quite held up as some of the others (no reflection on the great Patricia Neal, btw). The story is a bit too obvious, and the denouement can be guessed pretty early on. This was almost like one of those Season 4 "Twilight Zone" episodes where they had to "expand" a half-hour storyline and pad it out to fit an hour slot. Gets a bit tedious three-quarters of the way through.
Hotel California was written about the experience of moving to California and the changes living here created for them, and those changes are permanent. A culture clash kind of song.
We used to watch the old black and white scary moves on television when we were kids. Saturday and Sunday afternoons were fun fests of old movie that I loved during the cold winter months. When I had kids they did not understand why I liked the old black and white movies so much. Even with simplistic storylines the writers and directors of the past made them interesting. The 70s stuff leaves a lot to be desired but still more interesting than the movie makers today that believe that they have to spell everything out for you.
Too cool to get to watch this great series that aired before I was born (not much before, but still...) there's no quality in story or production today like the old stuff has!
Patricia Neal played Olivia in The Homecoming, the TV movie that was later used as the basis of The Waltons, in which Neal's part was taken by Michael Learned.
Maybe, these serial episodes are from a time when writers did not want to indoctrinate and convince the viewers that fantasy is reality and reality is fantasy?
Incredible that this was just seven years after the massive stroke that nearly claimed Patricia Neal's life. Beautiful woman - the grandmother of Sophie Dahl.
I think this is my 3rd time seeing this. The first time, I must have zoned out, so I didn't get the ending. Now, I'm watching for the vintage fun of it.
This was amazing! Fascinating, intriguing and genuinely scary and disturbing! Patricia Neal was such a fine actress. The so-called "acting talent" of today can't hold a candle to her. And likewise, the horror films of today are pathetic by comparison.
That was great! You can figure it out early on, but the story is acted out so well you can't help to watch until the end. I question her husbands grief though. Maybe he'd want to be with her, rather than alive without her?.. Oh well, that's what makes it a classic!
Grecian. My mother had one like that, the only one of her famous pretty nightgowns gifted from my daddy that I begged her to let me wear. No dice. I woulda looked silly anyway, at five-foot-six. She was over five-foot-ten.
I think this is one of the best story/morals that I've seen, What does love mean? Does she keep him for herself or does she let him have another chance at life. I have experienced this, I did not want to live without my wife, (she had bone cancer) but my little 10 mo. old daughter needed me more. ( and God knew it.)
No digital special fx, no bodybuilt men, no siliconed girls...just a story. Awesome !
Yeah, no men with nice big arms. Too bad sigh…
I just got addicted to this series . 70s was great for shows like this !
You check out Circle of Fear yet? Or Outer Limits? If not u have got a lot of fun binge time! This is what I got to stay up late and watch on the weekends when I was about 9 or 10. And Kolchak: Night Stalker.
Kolcheck the night stalker was good for this kind of stuff too
I know it was a lot of fun
@@IdahoRanchGirlyes…. Circle of Fear!
Still better than most of the crappy shows today
Better, smarter scripts and characters
I've gotten older and I 'feel' the same about movies/tv I watched in the 80's as a youngster.
But I don't think it's true - we only remember the good ones - and today, personally I'm so sick of seeing bad shows, have seen so many good movies, that I'm loathe to risk wasting 2hrs on something that will likely be crap.
But good grief there were some stinkers back then too. Remember "Space:1999"? It looked great, but the acting and stories are pure crap, you wouldn't even get away with that stuff today
I liked Space 1999-- but then I was 10, so what did I know? 😊
@@sarahsilverlight2064
exactly! I was so hooked and still love the Eagle ships
Isn't it grand how Patricia Neal could make all of her roles outstanding.
Man one of the old times favorite Actresses Ms. Patricia Neal man if those days would just come back.
Can’t get over how well groomed and dressed we used to be.
True
We didn't strive for sartorial opinions in dem days.
To be fair its a high end resort.. Im sure if you went to one these days they would be pretty groomed as well.
@@xamurai00 Keeping up appearances seems to have left the room 20 odd years ago. At least that’s what I’ve experienced living here in LA. I see younger women shopping in sweats, yoga pants, thongs, pajamas, and leotards. Their hair is a mess, un brushed with multi colored dyes. And the men look like they stepped out of prison, or haven’t moved on from dressing like an adolescent. Not to mention most everyone today is thick, because no one eats at home anymore. It is what it is. Sorry for the rant
@@larkatmic No need to apologize, I'm in LA as well. They roll straight out of bed and go out in public all stank. 😒
They don't write 'em like this anymore. Fabulous, and to see Patricia Neal in ANYTHING is such a gift. Also to see Alice Ghostley. Love.
Reminds me of the British series Tales of the Unexpected . Thanks for posting .
Funnily enough Patricia Neal was married to 'Tales of the Unexpected' host Roald Dahl from 1953 to 1983, when they divorced.
Great episode, so eerie..love Ms. Neal and that voice!
That voice was terrible.
I have that same voice apparently. In my younger days I did really good as a receptionist. They used to call just to hear my voice...so they said. They were being nice. 😂 Actually my voice is like a mix of demi moore and Patricia Neal. I can easily sound like a guy on the phone if I have to. Lol
This particular episode freaked me out till near the end when we knew what was going on --- very scary --- Patricia Neal was an amazing actress with a velvet voice. GREAT EPISODE.
Well, after so many rip offs of this story I kinda figured it out early on. Still good though and interesting to see one of the originals
I knew I recognized her face but couldn't pick up the name. Thanks. :)
ýes she was an excellent actress, ...was the hotel sort of aTwilight Zone situation? because i cant figure the ending out.
@@michelleregis6181 EVERYONE READING THE COMMENTS --- stop reading this one if you don't want the story spoiled for you.!!!!!! MICHELLE REGIS - They were all dead - in limbo, waiting to be moved onto the next stage. Her husband survived the crash - that's why he wasn't in the hotel. (The hotel made a mistake thinking he was dead - that's why they moved his suitcases out when they realised he was still alive). At the end she realised what was happening and, although she could have had him with her if she'd asked, she decided to let him live.
@@michelleregis6181 She let him live and she acepted her own fate! A hart desicion to take surely!
Man I'm scratching my head- I do NOT remember this series! I was addicted to spooky TV!? Enjoying it now.
Same here. I'm baffled, too, because I thought for sure I had caught all things spooky from the era. Somehow, this series got past me.
It was called "Circle of Fear" a bit into the series. Perhaps that's how you remember it. Not sure why the name changed, but that's also the time that Sebastian Cabot stopped hosting.
I just barely remember it- I think I was 7-8 when it was on. The theme stuck with me, but since I didn't get to see it a million times in reruns like 'Night Gallery' it was essentially a brand-new series for me when I rediscovered it a few years back.
Omg me too I was 7 years old in 1972. I was addicted to scary movies too. And I never heard of this movie series at all. But I remember some of the wonderful legendary actors most are gone now I miss them.
@BlueHoursProductions yes I remember night gallery and dark shadows and the six sence half hour series. Just good childhood memories 😊
I love the old style decor, nic naks and clothing. Ha! I have some.
That hotel bedroom looked similar to my grandparents room back then. Quite glamorous.
I love the 70's horror tv shows. They sure knew how to scare the living hell out of you when you were young
Fuck yeah, first on black and white then the Sony Trinitron. 👍🏾
When I was about 7 years old, my mother let me spend the night with my friend who was my age. She just lived down the road about 3 houses, so I just walked there. Well my mother would not let me watch horror movies. But....her mother would let her. So that night, a TV movie aired for the very first time. It was called Legend of Hell House. We watched it on TV with her mother with us. I was so scared it was not funny. Actually, that movie is NOT for children -- even today!! Anyway, I never told my mother. LOL I had that with a couple of friends along the way. When I was a pre-teen, MTV just came out and was brand new on the scene. My mother would NEVER EVER let me watch a show like that - I knew it. But.....my best friend at that time (different friend and different city - LOL) and I would walk home from school and since her house was on the way to mine, I was allowed to stop by her house with her and have snacks and watch a little TV. Well......EVERYDAY, I could not wait to get to her house and watch MTV!! I never told my mother. A few years before that, another best friend and I went to the movies together on a Saturday. This movie her mother let her go to, but I KNEW my mother would never ever let me go to the theater to see. So I went with my friend. The movie was called Xanadu. Once again, I never told my mother. My poor mother.
I read Patricia Neal’s life story some years ago, she had a stroke when she was quite young and had to learn to speak again. You can see the effects of the stroke in her eye and the way she walks. She bravely battled back and resumed her acting career, what a woman!
I have to say, most of these Ghost Story episodes have been average and a little over-long, but this was the best episode hands down. Great writing and atmosphere, and, of course, the legendary Patricia Neal made this an especially excellent and heartbreaking episode. I loved seeing Alice Ghostley, too.
Thank you so much for posting these! I look forward to watching Circle of Fear next.
Brilliant writing & life lesson by Richard Matheson!! amazing directing!! also fab fave Sebastian Cabot always his best in any role!!!
Wow! What a fantastic story. They don't write'm like this anymore!
This episode creeped me out even when I was a child when it first aired. I have watched it several times since the DVD release and it gives me such an uneasy feeling. Effectively written, acted, and directed.
The Keno number caller is really eerie. Gives a whole new meaning to "your number is up."
What's odd is that I was precisely at that place in the film when I read your comment.
Hearing him call numbers for half the episode got old really quick
She was in a episode of little house on the prairie where she was dying and trying to find a home for her children was very inspiring to me. I started smiling more and changed my tune to the people I love.
Well done. It's great to know some fiction can be inspiring even now.
She, who??
@@rogerrendzak8055 If you watched 'Time of Terror" and took the time to read the episode's credits, at 02:27 -- 02:39, the title cards, one right after another, read 'Guest Starring' . . . 'Patricia Neal' [Neal awarded the coveted 'first position'] -- and the producers make it SO EASY and darn-near 'idiot-proof' for viewers because the accompanying, representative footage is of just one adult female -- one whom film goers and television viewers recognize in a micro second as the 'Best Actress' Academy Award-winning Neal, for "Hud" (1963) opposite Paul Newman, and the lead female in the ultra-iconic, sci-fi classic, "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1963), with Michael Rennie, then MOST adults in the audience would deduce, "That's Patricia Neal," while the children would guess and correctly surmise, "Hey, I'll bet that's Patricia Neal."*
And if that went 'over the head' of the curious, skeptical or certain 12-year olds 'of all ages,' the VERY FIRST COMMENT here / above, from "nevskislake," spells it out: " . . . and of course, the legendary Patricia Neal . . . "
I'll wager most on RUclips would figure "rogerrendzak8055"'s "She, who??" was typed by someone: 1) seeking attention; desperate for it or 2) trying really, REALLY hard to be 'cute'. Whatever; the effort bombs in all characteristics. Simply put: it reads 'annoying' and 'mindless.'
*candidate for longest sentence in 'Time of Terror''s Comments & Replies -- unintended, but all the same . . .
Yes.I remember that episode of little house too!
I'm 56 now. In that Little House on the Prairie episode, she got her children together and told them to cry now and get it over with and not cry at the funeral, but stand strong.
I was 10 years old when this series came on the air it made your week to watch a episode.
Alice Ghostley is a wonderful actress. The Graduate 1967, With six you get eggroll, 1968, many tv shows such as Designing Women, and Bewitched. Grease 1978. She had a very good sense of humor
Love 💕
And a cool name too
Awakened in the night by an unknown sound. What better than a good Ghost Story to help me go back to sleep. Thanks so much. Just love these.
See, in real life, we do not get a flashlight (or a lit candle!) and go outside in the dead of night to see what the sound was. Only in the movies and on TV.
Best episode so far. How fantastic programmes used to look, beautifully shot on 35mm film, which was the norm in those days, then digital came along - and all that seemed to matter was quantity not quality. The best years of tv are gone forever.
I was born in 87 and I was introduced to 70s films and shows at a young age. My favorites!
You are a babe!!
Same here
I was a freshman in high school when this was on. I loved these shows.
WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS SHOW I WASN'T ABLE TO SEE THE WHOLE SHOW. DUE TO WORKING. NOW I UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS ROOM IS.
Ghost Story was a cross between The Twilight Zone and The Night Gallery.
this show was one of the best thriller suspense horror tv shows ever made. this episode scared me as a kid. I figured it out before the ending but still a great episode.
I remember watching this when it originally aired...I was 9yrs old. I could never find anyone that ever remembered seeing it. I was beginning to imagine it wasn't real. Even after having the internet to search, I couldn't find it until today...I have been searching for Night Gallery or The Twilight Zone.
I watched this movie first time winter 1973 ( during the oil crisis in DK, so give or take a year )
I simply love (most) of the stories, Time of terror being my favourite, BUT Mr Winston Essex's presentations remain an absolute thrill to me....to this day
why can't todays tv be like this.
Zero talent, society dumbed down, Hollyweird pandering to the lowest common denominator...those are but a few reasons.
Money and audience expectations are more sophisticated. You'd never get anything this cliched and hokey on a network today.
@@mortdewerewolfe691 One man's sophistication is another man's smut and poison. I don't think of today's audiences as sophisticated so much as I see them as jaded and cynical, having been bombarded by the current tripe that passes for so much of contemporary 'entertainment.'
@@cynthialyman2636 fair point otoh the type of plot twists you see in CoF are visible from about a thousand miles off and you don't really get this sort of material played straight on mainstream networks now. I can't recall a mainstream adult horror anthology since Masters of Horror over ten years ago. Maybe it's more a British POV we're just more cynical.
Political Correctness...
I love these old movies. It's to watch this and not the garbage that is on TV now.
Patricia Neal was great in everything she did!!! Excellent and dearly loved lady.
I wish TV shows like this were back on the air again.
Truly a classic! I remember being wowed by this episode as a kid, it left me pondering for days. It is time for a remake of this series.
I first watched it when I was 13 and had just moved to America. It scared the fool out of me and stayed on my mind for days. Even now, i still find it very disturbing.
No.
Leave it alone.
@@ricmorpheus2025 better a remake with updated to blend with society.
Why, so Hollywood can, mess it up???
@@rogerrendzak8055Didn't Hollywood create the series in the first place?
This story was the best out of the series so far
I agree .Have seen about 5 or 6 episodes of Ghost Story/ Circle of Fear and this is the first one that isn't either straight up boring or laughable
*Yeah, it's more Rod Serling-esque.*
It is one of my favorites too!
I love watching these old shows, seems like they did a better job at horror back then. I really like seeing the old clothes hairstyles cars and furnishings.also, a lot of big names in holiday getting their first start in Hollywood.
I was only 2 when this show aired , do not remember if there were re runs or not. Thanks for uploading !
i KNOW! would love to get my hands on those side chairs in her suite (to refinish). Restoration Hardware has them for like $200/ea!!
Exactly
love these old shows, can't get enough
Gina Di Camillo
It scares me so much I have to watch something else. Lol
I was twelve in 1972 and I loved growing up during these years. The seventies especially is my go-to comfort decade for movies, TV and music. I feel for people who think our culture was always this sad, morally bankrupt, and shot.
WOW, I love me some Patricia Neal. R.I.P. All that she went through and outlived most of her contemporaries. What an amazing woman
One of my favorite 'spook movies' was GHOST STORY - she played the wife or mistress of the doctor
Well, let's not forget Hud, The Subject was Roses, A Face in the Crowd, Fountainhead, and The Day the Earth Stood Still. Her affectionate performance in The Walton's: Homecoming, the pilot episode of the Walton's series. She was always a class act.
Me Too she's one of the BEST ...
@@steveprice2718 All superb performances of Patricia Neal's I loved her voice too..
@@lorileew2337 Yes, she had a husky, gin-soaked, tragically unique voice, bar none
I loved these type of shows from the 70’s. They don’t make them like this anymore.
I missed this series and many others as a kid, but I'm making up for lost time now. This series is a wonderful new discovery. Thank you for making it available to us. 💜
Miss watching these with my Dad when I was a boy good old days, proper old school movies love them, going have beer 🍺 and chill
Absolutely Classic Gem ♥️
I love Lynn Hamilton, she is so beautiful. Her role is small here, but she's stunning. #😍
😁😁😁😁😚😚😚😚😚😋😋👋👋👋👏👏👏👏
I recognize her, but as with many actors from back then, I don't remember where from. She sure was pretty.
I remember watching this one as a kid. It was very scary for a 13-year old in the early 1970s. Not sure it still holds up today, but I still wonder if it was perhaps a subconscious influence on the Eagles' "Hotel California" five years later. I have no proof that any of the band members ever saw the episode, and they've certainly never mentioned it in interviews about the song, but there are similarities that always made me think they were more than coincidental.
I've seen a lot of appreciation expressed on this page for Patricia Neal, both as an actress and as a survivor of some horrific bad luck in the prime of her life. If you want to see her at her peak, check out her Academy Award-winning performance in "Hud". Terrific film with awesome performances all around.
I, too, watched all these as a kid, and this one hasn't quite held up as some of the others (no reflection on the great Patricia Neal, btw). The story is a bit too obvious, and the denouement can be guessed pretty early on. This was almost like one of those Season 4 "Twilight Zone" episodes where they had to "expand" a half-hour storyline and pad it out to fit an hour slot. Gets a bit tedious three-quarters of the way through.
I see your point..
It just makes me wonder what happens to us if we DON'T die in Nevada.
I love the possible connection between this show and Hotel California.
Hotel California was written about the experience of moving to California and the changes living here created for them, and those changes are permanent. A culture clash kind of song.
Patricia ONeal was one of the best actresses of her time. She could make you believe she was that person in the part she played, enjoyed her acting.
"todaynow1563" -- Clearly, you're a fan, so it's puzzling how you could blow her name's spelling: Neal.
We used to watch the old black and white scary moves on television when we were kids. Saturday and Sunday afternoons were fun fests of old movie that I loved during the cold winter months. When I had kids they did not understand why I liked the old black and white movies so much. Even with simplistic storylines the writers and directors of the past made them interesting. The 70s stuff leaves a lot to be desired but still more interesting than the movie makers today that believe that they have to spell everything out for you.
Too cool to get to watch this great series that aired before I was born (not much before, but still...) there's no quality in story or production today like the old stuff has!
Patricia Neal played Olivia in The Homecoming, the TV movie that was later used as the basis of The Waltons, in which Neal's part was taken by Michael Learned.
She wanted the part but she was too sick.
This was a great old series that I had forgotten. Thanks for posting!
This is back when actors could act and writers had imagination--television that makes you think
+tapeduk Writers today, are an endangered species.
tapeduk absolutely
Maybe, these serial episodes are from a time when writers did not want to indoctrinate and convince the viewers that fantasy is reality and reality is fantasy?
Indeed
How is that even arrived at?
This was really good!
First saw this when I was 8 yrs old, still remember it vividly. My parents had a little folding clock just like the one Patricia holds up at 2:45!
My mom had the same folding clock. The case was brown.
Thank you for adding this, I remember watching this as a kid. I will be watching all of them. Thanks again.
The actress who played Mrs Carter was in a Twilight Zone episode from the 80's called Anniversary Dinner, one of my favourite episodes
Oh man these are great!!! Thank you..the good stuff
Nothing to compare with the trash we have to see in TV nowadays! That was entertainment!
Incredible that this was just seven years after the massive stroke that nearly claimed Patricia Neal's life. Beautiful woman - the grandmother of Sophie Dahl.
Clever story, great 1970s atmosphere
I'd think I was indeed in hell if I'd found myself in a casino !!
I noticed that Betty was the woman who played the shop teacher in Grease.
and the character named Berniece, on "Designing Women"!!
Patricia Neal was a fine actress and well known for her parts in movies in the 40's-60's and was married to Ronald Dahl a writer.
Patricia Neal was in the Paul Newman film, Hud.
I think this is my 3rd time seeing this. The first time, I must have zoned out, so I didn't get the ending. Now, I'm watching for the vintage fun of it.
Pat Neal was also in 1981s Ghost Story movie with Fred Astaire
Perfect for binge watching while stuck inside 👍 I was 5 or 6 when these were on TV.
I recognize her voice, unique. She played the rich woman in the film of the breakfast at Tiffany's.
“Their calling your number, sir”. Lol
I think I just got the plot!
This was really good indeed ! 👏🖐🌷
This episode still freaks me out all these years later.
The man who played the manager is so handsome.
Craig Stevens
Loved this episode. So glad I got to see it again
Loved this series. It was USA serial but made like a UK tv show the host Mr Essex adds that extra touch of mystery.
Patricia Neal! Great! I am sure that I am going to be impressed after seeing this telefilm.
Those title graphics are at least 20 years ahead of their time. Impressive
I've watched nearly a half dozen episodes of Ghost Story/ Circle of Fear and I think this episode is the best 👍
This was amazing! Fascinating, intriguing and genuinely scary and disturbing! Patricia Neal was such a fine actress. The so-called "acting talent" of today can't hold a candle to her. And likewise, the horror films of today are pathetic by comparison.
Patricia Neal gave an outstanding performance! She was not a star for nothing!
Agreed on all counts
Toast is the only actor that comes close.
@@Darrigrandemarried to Roald Dahl to boot
Oof! That was a hell of a blow to the gut! Well done and the actors were fantastic!👏🏻👍🏻💚
No hotels or casinos for me. Tricking me into a sinful place before judgement. 😶😶😶
thank you I realy enjoyed them all
There is a show called Black Mirror, that has the intent of older shows like Twilight zone and Night gallery, Ghost story.
Patricia Neal was a fabulously gifted actress.
WOW! Now I realize that the movie Sixth Sense with Bruce Willis was based on this story. Fantastic!
That was great! You can figure it out early on, but the story is acted out so well you can't help to watch until the end. I question her husbands grief though. Maybe he'd want to be with her, rather than alive without her?.. Oh well, that's what makes it a classic!
Excellent episode, Neal did an outstanding job on this one.
I really like the music that was played on that part when her number was called. Very nice sound
I love that 1970s French provincial bedroom furniture! I have a night table in that style,just love it.
i love her white nightgown
Grecian. My mother had one like that, the only one of her famous pretty nightgowns gifted from my daddy that I begged her to let me wear. No dice. I woulda looked silly anyway, at five-foot-six. She was over five-foot-ten.
Even the nightgowns were pretty and romantic back then.
This is the second time I watch this one.
Thanks
This was awesome. A lot like the old twilight zone with the weirdness and mysteriousness and trying to figure out exactly what was up. ❤
Wow! An unexpected GEM 👌🏼!!
THANK YOU so much for posting it 👏🏼
It was very much enjoyed by me 😊!!
What a story, so eerie. I love Patricia O'Neal she was an amazing actress.
I think this is one of the best story/morals that I've seen, What does love mean? Does she keep him for herself or does she let him have another chance at life. I have experienced this, I did not want to live without my wife, (she had bone cancer) but my little 10 mo. old daughter needed me more. ( and God knew it.)
I was expecting to see Detective Columbo. The intro scene had that kind of look about it.
I could watch these movies all day great show for the whole family to watch
Beautiful strories. Love these. Thnks for uploading
I LOVE Patricia Neal Thanks for uploading this episode.. Happy New Year to you and Everyone 🎉!
This is,a good one! Can't say I like the story, but it is executed in a most excellent manner.
my favorite form the series love this one ....
49:00 So, that Hotel was a purgatory, interesting.
It was like a transit for unbodied spirits! Each one had to wait for his turn!
Thank you for sharing. I was totally absorbed.
Good episode! Patricia Neal was a fine actress...
Such great actors in this series... Patricia Neal is great... and Esmeralda!!
Kind of reminds me of the song hotel California