A beleaguered butler reluctantly presents horror films in a haunted mansion. This week’s film: A schoolteacher discovers the locals are a little out of this world in "The People" from 1972 with William Shatner and Dan O'Herlihy.
Episode 50 Air Date: 10-24-2026
The 1972 science fiction film “The People” follows Melodye Amerson, a young schoolteacher who accepts a position in an isolated rural community. She soon discovers that her students and their families live under unusually strict rules, forbidding ordinary games, recreation and certain forms of expression. As Melodye struggles to understand their secretive behavior, she becomes acquainted with Valancy Carmody, an elder who believes the community is approaching an important turning point. Strange occurrences and unexplained abilities gradually lead Melodye to suspect that the residents are concealing something extraordinary about their origins and their reasons for remaining apart from the outside world.
Cast:
William Shatner as Dr. Curtis
Dan O'Herlihy as Sol Diemus
Kim Darby as Melodye Amerson
Diane Varsi as Valancy Carmody
Laurie Walters as Karen Diemus
Johanna Baer as Bethie
Up Next in Season 2
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LP: Help Me I’m Possessed (1974)
A beleaguered butler reluctantly presents horror films in a haunted mansion. This week’s film: A doctor's patients are dying to leave in "Help Me I’m Possessed" from 1974 with Lynne Marta and Dorothy Green.
Episode 49 Air Date: 10-17-2026
The 1974 psychological horror film Help Me... I'm Po...
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LP: Tales From The Crypt (1972)
A beleaguered butler reluctantly presents horror films in a haunted mansion. This week’s film: Five naughty people have a really bad day in "Tales From The Crypt" from 1972 with Peter Cushing and Joan Collins.
Episode 48 Air Date: 10-10-2026
The 1972 British horror anthology Tales From Th... -
LP: Spectre (1977)
A beleaguered butler reluctantly presents horror films in a haunted mansion. This week’s film: Scotland Yard probably won’t be much help in "Spectre" from 1977 with Robert Culp and Gig Young.
Episode 47 Air Date: 10-03-2026
The 1977 horror film Spectre follows William Sebastian, a former ...
