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      Night Terror

      1976 1h 18m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 29% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score A housewife (Valerie Harper) flees from a policeman's killer (Richard Romanus) on the road between Phoenix and Denver. Read More Read Less

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      Frank J. Avella Edge Media Network The movie was directed by television vet E.W. Swackhamer contains a handful of terrifying moments, but the real reason to watch is the see Valerie Harper and Richard Romanus go head to head. Rated: B- Jun 30, 2021 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The slight story might work for television, but as a movie it doesn't come close to channeling Spielberg's similar themed legendary made-for-TV brainchild Duel. Rated: C+ Mar 19, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Richard Romanus roll fit him perfectly, he was fantastic as usual! Valerie Harpers roll was extremely predictable & stupid, thank God this movie didn't define her career. Really bad movie, pass on it is my advice.. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Regular TV movie fodder from the 70's. Nothing special. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Valerie Harper is a housewife who is terrorized by a psycho after she witnesses the murder of a highway patrol officer. It's a passable enough of set up, but the end result is pretty much a dull retread to Steven Speilberg's "The Duel." Not much to recommend here unless you're a die hard Valerie Harper fan. John Quade, who I'm sure you remember as Cholla, the Black Widow's Leader in "Every Which Way But Loose," has a bit part as "Old Derelict" and I think I might have liked the film a lot better if he had been the film's villain. Another MGMHD gem. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Rarely do I find a movie with no redeeming value, but this is pretty darn close. The story is dumb, the screenplay is lousy, and the direction stinks. Valerie Harper is pursued by a sociopathic Vietnam vet for hours on end for no good reason. It alternates between her being too dumb to get away or call someone and him being too stupid to kill her one of the many chances he has to do so. Any chance to enjoy the settings is destroyed by it being set almost entirely at night. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member An dated, cheesy but atmosheric and somewhat suspenseful 1977 made for television thriller that has a great concept going for it but the way it was delivered was just not thrilling enough. The acting wasn't the best but the camera is definitely in love with Valerie Harper who plays Carol Turner a mother of two who's family is moving to Denver, Colorado from California and the kids fly there early with grandma as the father works late and she finishes packing and stays at an hotel waiting for her husband to finish work. She gets a phone call late at night saying that her son is in the hospital and in a frantic rush she decides to drive there herself a 16 hour drive after she can't reach her husband and her flight is snow bound. She soon runs out of gas and sees a cop that pulled someone over she slows down to ask for help and the man who was pulled over pulls out a gun and shoots the policeman and she speeds in terror and the getaway for survival begins. Compared to television movies of today which mostly suck this one is halfway acceptable and decent but goes in the typical television path which is playing it safe but hollywood could make a good remake out of it hell they remade the television movie of 1973 Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark why not this as well. 5.6 out of 10 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Harmless, short, rigidly formulaic - exactly what I was expecting. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A housewife (Valerie Harper) flees from a policeman's killer (Richard Romanus) on the road between Phoenix and Denver.
      Director
      E.W. Swackhamer
      Production Co
      Charles Fries Productions
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 17, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 18m
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