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