A childless middle-age couple adopt a troubled youth they find living in their crawlspace and attempt to get him to rejoin society with tragic results.
@@thornyrose4709 the egg shells made the coffee less bitter. it actually works, but this technique is mostly forgotten nowadays. that's the interesting thing about those old movies: they are a time capsule with lots of interesting informations about the past. greetings from germany :)
Rob Zombie once said that he could not do a horror movie with the right feel set in the present time. The music, styles, cars, etc. just didn't evoke the proper feel, so he set his movies in the '70's. No matter how good or bad they were, scary movies set in the '70's had a unique eerie feel to them. I watched them all as a kid......and had to sleep with the hall light on until I was about 15! LOL There was some weird one's for sure!
Me too, and to make me more terrified 😨 our house was opposite a funeral home. I thought I'd be stolen during the night, put in a coffin ⚰️ and buried alive. The 70s sure had some really scary movies and with great sound for the time 👍🏻
Not to mention Zero ads!!!!❤ I gotta admit I thought he’d run those two punks off of the road for damned sure 👍 Typical scenario as far as the kid being the senator’s kid so right there ya got your nepotism affecting the way the Sherri handled it. I’ve had issues like this growing into the person who I am today just cuz of long hair and music I am still into as well made a career out of too. Sincerely, DJP Anal C__t; Postmortem and Kilslug Sony; Earache 🇬🇧 Columbia and TAANG!! Records @ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED by copyright infringement laws worldwide Boston Massachusetts Amerikkka quite obvious by this point in time! 😔
Reason being, Darren, is when some of these were made, the intent was to release them theatrically but considering that they weren't theatre material. Not enough grittiness, or fright inducing jump scares, in other words, they were a bit low brow. Television was the best format for them.
So like my great-grandmother's house, except for that array of skillets on the wall, and her house had 3 BR, all larger than the one in this, and she had a big porch with a swing and a rocking chair. Isn't that a funny door they go in and out of? Just a rectangle cut in the wall to provide entry and egress. That part reminds me of her cellar which had been turned into the most wonderful underground playroom and hideaway for my cousin whose parents had cleverly pawned her off as if by circumstances beyond their control. It had a bed with pillows and a patchwork quilt, books and toys, record player and records. I remember dirt walls but that may be imaginary. Still, when you were in there, you knew you were under ground.
Great performances all around. It's a shame Tom Happer's career never took off. He had both the talent and the movie-star good looks to be a successful leading man.
I have not seen this movie since the 1980's, my God, thanks for posting. I used to have the paperback novel. It had a woman's creepy eyes on the cover. Wow, it gave me the chills. Thanks for posting.
I saw this when I was around eight, late 70's on the Sunday Matinee TV Show in Buffalo. I never forgot this movie and recently I happened to think of it and lo and behold, it's here. This movie always stuck with me all these years. I can't believe someone actually uploaded this. Thanks! It's a really well done performance by all. Moral of the story: don't be a Richard. Poor devil.
What about don't be a couple of wasp, upper class morons on a guilt trip? They are too wrapped in themselves to see how ill Richard is. They dress him up like a Ken doll but ignore red flags because they want to believe they are great people. (The term red flags was not in use back then).
@@1977Suspiria I could be wrong but I suspect OP is upper-class English and you’re American? In which case she’s probably using to word ‘quite’ to mean ‘extremely’. Like if they say something’s ’quite awful’ it means it’s really really terrible. Anyway maybe OP will reply in another 6 years and clarify for us 😂
@@Tempe1962 A surprisingly good cast, Mom and Dad were in tons of very good earlier films. It wasn't until the internet [or was it Maltin's movie guide] that I learned this was directed by the creator of the [also creepy] series "One Step Beyond", John Newland.
Excellent movie. Richard was achingly lonely, but then again when you think about it the couple seemed very lonely too. They all were out of the way, away from people, cut off from the world. Isolation can have devastating effects...
If I found someone living in my crawlspace Id be leaving the house quickly and calling 911. I don't know when this was originally written but times were a lot more different before Manson days.
I'm glad my dog would warn me if someone was living in our crawlspace. She warned us when even a little raccoon tried to move in there, let alone a whole human!
holy shit!!! i have been looking for this since i first saw it as a senior in high school. tvterror, bless you for this AND the house that wouldn't die
SPOILER ALERT: TY for this movie! I loved it but was also sad that the woman believed she could toy with this disturbed man pretending he's the child she never had and think that he would just function normally after living like a animal for years. How stupid to leave him alone after he was nearly killed in the car by those bullies! Children ...if you choose to love them can not just be discarded when they are not perfect like she expected. How many times do we read in the news of people adopting troubled kids and then "re-homing" them when they act out from their abuse and neglect!
The couple should have seen the red flag when he moved into their basement in the middle of the night without asking permission. They should have called Mr. Birge and had him removed from the premises immediately. There is a good chance Birge could have turned him to the proper authorities who could have gotten Richard the psychiatric care he needed. By inviting him in they took it upon them selves to care for a mentally ill person,. Care of the mental ill requires professional training, skills, know how and access to medications. By taking it upon themselves they got a mans livelihood destroyed, a foolish teenager killed, and ultimately got Richard killed, not by Mr.Birge but by the old man himself.
WitchidWitchid I remember watching this before cable television when there were not as many viewing choices available. The movie is entertaining and does, for the most part, hold the viewer's interest. But it relies on what is called the "Idiot Plot." At various times, the characters never make sensible choices that most people would make in real life. Instead, they choose the most idiotic option possible and that's what keeps the plot moving along to fill one-and-a-half hours of television time. If the Idiot Plot hadn't been in play here, the movie would have only lasted about five minutes. Just long enough to call the police and have the squatter evicted.
33VMUH I saw it late one night on local television. Then, amazingly, a week later, I found the book at a thrift shop. This film and book were just meant to enter my life.
33VMUH Aw man you just pushed a real peeve button with me. I've never heard it called the "idiot plot"! I just like to say these movies are designed to make the dumb people look smart by making the others incredibly stupid. Decisions so stupid that not even a potty training reject would make them. "Idiot Plot"! .. I like it! I have plenty of movies I can apply that too, as well as most newer American TV series!
sgdeluxedoc I wish I could claim to be the person that coined the phrase "idiot plot." Actually, the first time that I remember hearing it was in 1990 when the late Roger Ebert wrote a review of the movie "Narrow Margin."
My (adopted) son lives in the crawl space. Sure he had some social issues, craps in there, stays in the dark and doesn't talk, but it's nothing really.
I read the paperback of this in one sitting way back when and yet never saw the film until last year when I began exploring UA-cam. Many years have gone by in the interim but I remembered reading that novel as a young teen and being creeped out. What a concept! Thanks for this gem from 1972, featuring Arthur Kennedy, Teresa Wright, and the hapless Tom Happer.
+Cynthia LymanSame for me, exactly--except that I was born the year this movie came out. I came across the book in the mid 90s, and still have it. I never knew there was a movie version! Thanks so much for sharing it!
+Cynthia Lyman it's strange. I'd been thinking about the book for a long time and couldn't come up with the title. I read it years ago. And suddenly this morning the name came to me. I got the book on kindle this morning, and watching the movie now.
+Janine Lea Although not strictly faithful to the novel, as I'm sure you'll soon discover, this made for television film captures some of the intensity and creepiness factor of the book. I hope you enjoy it.
Well, for starters he smashed up a store, he smashed the couples property, he stole the distributor from the car, he threatened the couple with violence if they ever left their own house. I think those are a few good reasons not to want him around.
Well wouldn't you be scared if you were elderly with heart disease and some powerful young and mentally disturbed guy you knew nothing about who wields an axe like a pro lumberjack forbid you to leave your house under threat of violence, smashed your property, disabled your car, destroyed a store in the nearby town... I mean I feel for Richard but at the same time the couple had a right to be terrified and want him out.
Still just as creepy as when i saw it when I was 10! Never could find it till now. Forgot how it ended. THANKS for the upload! Looking for BAD RONALD next.
The Klaus Kinski movie, which has nothing to do with this, is much better. Klaus (Natasha's father) was a Polish immigrant, who came to the United States after WWll. He was forced to be in, the German army, after they took him, as prisoner. He played in many, a scary movies. Unlike his daughter, who starred in only one (1982's 'The Cat People'. The 1942, Val Lewton remake).
Now see, THIS is the movie I think of when someone brings up CRAWLSPACE, not that weird-ass Klaus Kinski thing from the 80s. I even read the book this is based on, it's a pretty close adaptation.
@TVTERRORLAND ..THANKS SO MUCH for letting us watch ''the rest'' of this moving film hun!!!.. I too was anxious to see the remander of it.. You are indeed.. a doll.. heh.
Screenplay by Ernest Kinoy! He wrote some excellent sci-fi radio dramas in the 50s for "X-Minus One" and "Dimension X" UA-cam has these old time radio shows.
Great movie! Thanks for sharing! The Husband in this movie plays in, " Let the sleeping corpses lie" he plays the Sergeant (Police) in that movie! Very good movie as well.
I was 11 watching this in our kitchen. We had a crawl space by the bottom of the basement steps. I was convinced that someone lived in it. This movie haunted my whole childhood. But I thought he was a Vietnam veteran?
Richard seems like a nice guy but had some unfortunate problems. Still, the old man probably could have saved his life and the life of the foolish boy had he spoken to the sheriff sooner. The sheriff was not the nicest guy in the world but there was no other choice.
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Very interesting idea and well-acted. It was quite interesting that each thought they were taking care of the other. Albert and Alice sure do love Vivaldi. It started to crack me up; he's the only composer who's records they play. lol
Yes, the middle aged couple were fools for thinking he's just some guy down on his luck in need of a job and place to live. Just from knowing that he was living in their crawlspace, they should have assumed he was mentally ill, possibly dangerous, therefore, needing serious help in a proper facility which can provide it. They brought it on themselves with their stupid original assumption. Indeed, there are a lot of homeless people out there in need of help and a place/room. It's a cruel world.
Many nice people, at the time in the 70ies no one locked the doors at night. Psychopaths burglers had easy time. Many people let clochards in washed clothed them feed them, but the psychopaths are greedy they want all and more, so yes its, weird i thought its strange that, they considered him like a human being, when he behaved like a stray cat hiding in the dark, he behaved like a drug addict. But i think this movie was good to wake people up, its dangerous to trust blindly. I love the message and the music. Its weird that till today no one, teaches people about psychopaths they are dangerous and most people dont know how they are recognised until it is too late. What most normal people dont know psychopaths often have an eerie smile, its like they think about all the bad things they plan with you enjoys them. They plan all those evil things ahead. I know of a girl who was afraid of heights and her flatmate girl was a psycho and took her on a tour the girl fell of a cliff. Her flatmate claimed insurance on her. I heard it from the mother in the bus, i told her shes a psychopath but in our society nothing happens even if its visible. I too have a psycho who owes me monney, he brake into my house destroyed all my rooms to steal my contracts with him for the monney i lended him. The police is no real help, they wait till im dead. Its horrible so please get informed. Joe Navarro made a list of psychopathic traits.
Maybe someone can help me out. I recall a MFTV flick around this time period with a similar theme. Basic synopsis, a single mother hides her pre-teen son after he kills a neighbor girl, in a hidden room, away from the authorities. Over the years the mother dies, leaving her son to fend for himself, having little knowledge of the outside world. A new family moves in, he retreats to his hiding place and begins to spy on the family from the crawlspace of the house, in particular, the teenage daughter. So, does this strike a chord with anyone..? I have no clue as to the title of the film, at first I thought that 'Crawlspace' might had been it, but it is not.
I saw a picture of my cousin's nursing graduation photo taken in the 60's -- she was only in her 20's but looked 40. People looked older back then -- more mature?
Let's see,,, I'm tired of paying rent and bills...think I'll find me a crawl space in some rich couples home and live 😜!!! Let's see how that works out for me 😱
Corbusier allways had a nice closet planned for maids and workers or attic or cellar room no heating or window. They had to be changed regularly cause of illness. People or psychos treat others inhuman. Human people treat psychos too human, which is dangerous.
I remember this SO well from the 70's. TV movies were good --- back THEN.
Hi I am glad to see a resent comment. I was baffled about the egg shells in the coffee, why eggshells in the coffee?
@@thornyrose4709 the egg shells made the coffee less bitter. it actually works, but this technique is mostly forgotten nowadays. that's the interesting thing about those old movies: they are a time capsule with lots of interesting informations about the past.
greetings from germany :)
I can see the well to do white liberal allowing this in their own homes today.Take in an unvetted young man from 🇭🇳 or something.He's a good boy!
Rob Zombie once said that he could not do a horror movie with the right feel set in the present time. The music, styles, cars, etc. just didn't evoke the proper feel, so he set his movies in the '70's. No matter how good or bad they were, scary movies set in the '70's had a unique eerie feel to them. I watched them all as a kid......and had to sleep with the hall light on until I was about 15! LOL There was some weird one's for sure!
I am unfamiliar with Rob Zombie. What movies can you suggest of his?
@@MrRJMGREEN "The Devils Rejects" for one. Beware though, it's brutal.
Thank you, I will check it out. @@josephconsoli4128
Me too, and to make me more terrified 😨 our house was opposite a funeral home. I thought I'd be stolen during the night, put in a coffin ⚰️ and buried alive. The 70s sure had some really scary movies and with great sound for the time 👍🏻
@@roslynweidemann9487 HAHA - Yes, they put dark, scary thoughts into young minds!
Movies were so much better back in the day. Thanks for these movies
@v ttd I can see why you would think that. Sometimes I do too.
@Ryan Jones Look at the loser popping his head in to troll.
@@whataboutrob442 haha 🤣🤣🤣
You've got to love that wife: "A guy's living in the crawlspace. I wonder what kind of pie he likes best."
It was bad enough of a personal risk 50 years ago, and you were taking your life in your hands then.
And today?
I was 11 when I saw this in 1972, I have never forgotten it, certainly made an impact.
Look honey. I found a kid in the crawl space. He's jusr like the son I never had.
Must've missed this one, years ago. Good cast, too. Can't believe it was directed by OSB's, John Newland!!
You have an amazing selection of movies on your channel, and absolutely perfect for this time of year. These old 70s horror movies are THE BEST!
Not to mention Zero ads!!!!❤ I gotta admit I thought he’d run those two punks off of the road for damned sure 👍 Typical scenario as far as the kid being the senator’s kid so right there ya got your nepotism affecting the way the Sherri handled it. I’ve had issues like this growing into the person who I am today just cuz of long hair and music I am still into as well made a career out of too. Sincerely, DJP Anal C__t; Postmortem and Kilslug Sony; Earache 🇬🇧 Columbia and TAANG!! Records @ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED by copyright infringement laws worldwide Boston Massachusetts Amerikkka quite obvious by this point in time! 😔
Have you noticed that all these 70's tv movies have been copied to death in major motion pictures?
Reason being, Darren, is when some of these were made, the intent was to release them theatrically but considering that they weren't theatre material. Not enough grittiness, or fright inducing jump scares, in other words, they were a bit low brow. Television was the best format for them.
@hammerparsa I know, the other copy online was missing the ending. I got a lot of requests for this one because of that.
The acting is amazing
Love it, I saw it in 1972 when I was 6. It scared the hell out of me!!!
This movie probably cost $20 to make and it's awesome.
This movie is so sad 😢 but true, I feel sorry for the old couple
I hate bullies.
I am Richard and, I AIN'T NEVER LEAVING !! NEVER !!
This was the 1st book I read by choice as a kid ...I STILL have it in my library of books collection.
Vivaldi "Spring" at every evening meal.
I noticed, that too☺️.
Great movie. Thanks for uploading. I remember seeing this on TV late one night back in the 1970's.
Deep down you just know they gotta be as wacky as he is for letting him stay
One of my favorite movies. It never gets old.
So like my great-grandmother's house, except for that array of skillets on the wall, and her house had 3 BR, all larger than the one in this, and she had a big porch with a swing and a rocking chair. Isn't that a funny door they go in and out of? Just a rectangle cut in the wall to provide entry and egress. That part reminds me of her cellar which had been turned into the most wonderful underground playroom and hideaway for my cousin whose parents had cleverly pawned her off as if by circumstances beyond their control. It had a bed with pillows and a patchwork quilt, books and toys, record player and records. I remember dirt walls but that may be imaginary. Still, when you were in there, you knew you were under ground.
Great performances all around. It's a shame Tom Happer's career never took off. He had both the talent and the movie-star good looks to be a successful leading man.
Good intentions back-firing big time, great movie with a social conscience and all too real. A film for grown-ups!
One of the greatest movies EVER.
I have not seen this movie since the 1980's, my God, thanks for posting. I used to have the paperback novel. It had a woman's creepy eyes on the cover. Wow, it gave me the chills. Thanks for posting.
I saw this when I was around eight, late 70's on the Sunday Matinee TV Show in Buffalo. I never forgot this movie and recently I happened to think of it and lo and behold, it's here. This movie always stuck with me all these years. I can't believe someone actually uploaded this. Thanks! It's a really well done performance by all. Moral of the story: don't be a Richard. Poor devil.
I love it too - I was surprised "One Step Beyond"'s John Newland produced it.
I remember Sunday Afternoon at the Movies on WKBW!
Wasn't that a fun era to grow up in?
What about don't be a couple of wasp, upper class morons on a guilt trip? They are too wrapped in themselves to see how ill Richard is. They dress him up like a Ken doll but ignore red flags because they want to believe they are great people. (The term red flags was not in use back then).
I think WKBW also ran a Saturday night movie after the news that was usually a horror or mystery. Such great memories in Buffalo during the 70s.
I was in love with this movie until poor Richard started really acting out. So sad...
Bad Ronald is another good one like this.
@Rebecca McNutt Ronald/Scott Jacoby, starring Jody Foster and Martin Sheen. Yes, indeed a classic.
@Rebecca McNutt "Peopletoys" 1974 (several alternate titles) w/ Leif Garret. Another good movie about killer kids.
Damn that was a sad story, very well done, all the actors were very engaging
The elderly woman "Alice" was played by Theresa Wright. She was in many films and was quite beautiful in her young days.
Jane Mitchell My God, so it was. She was indeed beautiful. She was marvellous in Hitchcocks Shadow of a Doubt, and she is excellent in this.
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I agree.
@@boleyn123 Ah yes, surprised, she was Charlie.
No "quite" about it, she was very beautiful.
@@1977Suspiria I could be wrong but I suspect OP is upper-class English and you’re American? In which case she’s probably using to word ‘quite’ to mean ‘extremely’. Like if they say something’s ’quite awful’ it means it’s really really terrible. Anyway maybe OP will reply in another 6 years and clarify for us 😂
This was a real treat. Thanks for posting it. The ending was a downer but it was a good little story. Well acted.
I caught this back in the mid-1970s about 2:00 AM on NYC's channel 9, I think. Unforgettable.. it creeped me out.
Gee, you remember all that? I have trouble remembering what I did the day before!
@@Tempe1962 A surprisingly good cast, Mom and Dad were in tons of very good earlier films. It wasn't until the internet [or was it Maltin's movie guide] that I learned this was directed by the creator of the [also creepy] series "One Step Beyond", John Newland.
WOR, channel 9. Remember it, well!!
I applaud you on downloading a great well made "vintage" movie to entertain us with !
Thank you for your time
Excellent movie. Richard was achingly lonely, but then again when you think about it the couple seemed very lonely too. They all were out of the way, away from people, cut off from the world. Isolation can have devastating effects...
If I found someone living in my crawlspace Id be leaving the house quickly and calling 911. I don't know when this was originally written but times were a lot more different before Manson days.
This was after the Manson days. Manson murders were in 1969. This was made in 1972.
I'm glad my dog would warn me if someone was living in our crawlspace. She warned us when even a little raccoon tried to move in there, let alone a whole human!
Squirrels in the crawlspace. I accept squirrels in the crawlspace...
holy shit!!! i have been looking for this since i first saw it as a senior in high school. tvterror, bless you for this AND the house that wouldn't die
Really enjoyed it, thanks for the upload! 😊👍
holy crap that movie was crazy amazing this level of scary ,was on TV back when i was young.
Thanks for posting this movie. I saw Teresa on Broadway in "On Borrowed Time".
Another good one. Thanks so much for downloading. Have to watch your channel every night. Cheers.
A very disturbing film!!!
There are people like Richard in real life!!!
hell yeah thanx for uploading this
SPOILER ALERT: TY for this movie! I loved it but was also sad that the woman believed she could toy with this disturbed man pretending he's the child she never had and think that he would just function normally after living like a animal for years. How stupid to leave him alone after he was nearly killed in the car by those bullies! Children ...if you choose to love them can not just be discarded when they are not perfect like she expected. How many times do we read in the news of people adopting troubled kids and then "re-homing" them when they act out from their abuse and neglect!
The couple should have seen the red flag when he moved into their basement in the middle of the night without asking permission. They should have called Mr. Birge and had him removed from the premises immediately. There is a good chance Birge could have turned him to the proper authorities who could have gotten Richard the psychiatric care he needed. By inviting him in they took it upon them selves to care for a mentally ill person,. Care of the mental ill requires professional training, skills, know how and access to medications. By taking it upon themselves they got a mans livelihood destroyed, a foolish teenager killed, and ultimately got Richard killed, not by Mr.Birge but by the old man himself.
WitchidWitchid I remember watching this before cable television when there were not as many viewing choices available. The movie is entertaining and does, for the most part, hold the viewer's interest. But it relies on what is called the "Idiot Plot." At various times, the characters never make sensible choices that most people would make in real life. Instead, they choose the most idiotic option possible and that's what keeps the plot moving along to fill one-and-a-half hours of television time. If the Idiot Plot hadn't been in play here, the movie would have only lasted about five minutes. Just long enough to call the police and have the squatter evicted.
33VMUH I saw it late one night on local television. Then, amazingly, a week later, I found the book at a thrift shop. This film and book were just meant to enter my life.
33VMUH Aw man you just pushed a real peeve button with me. I've never heard it called the "idiot plot"! I just like to say these movies are designed to make the dumb people look smart by making the others incredibly stupid. Decisions so stupid that not even a potty training reject would make them. "Idiot Plot"! .. I like it! I have plenty of movies I can apply that too, as well as most newer American TV series!
sgdeluxedoc I wish I could claim to be the person that coined the phrase "idiot plot." Actually, the first time that I remember hearing it was in 1990 when the late Roger Ebert wrote a review of the movie "Narrow Margin."
Thank you for uploading! I was one of the requests as I got suckered into seeing half a movie a couple of months ago!
Just enjoying these old movies ❤❤
My (adopted) son lives in the crawl space. Sure he had some social issues, craps in there, stays in the dark and doesn't talk, but it's nothing really.
I read the paperback of this in one sitting way back when and yet never saw the film until last year when I began exploring UA-cam. Many years have gone by in the interim but I remembered reading that novel as a young teen and being creeped out. What a concept! Thanks for this gem from 1972, featuring Arthur Kennedy, Teresa Wright, and the hapless Tom Happer.
your welcome
+Cynthia LymanSame for me, exactly--except that I was born the year this movie came out. I came across the book in the mid 90s, and still have it. I never knew there was a movie version! Thanks so much for sharing it!
+C. K. It's a classic, for sure.
+Cynthia Lyman it's strange. I'd been thinking about the book for a long time and couldn't come up with the title. I read it years ago. And suddenly this morning the name came to me. I got the book on kindle this morning, and watching the movie now.
+Janine Lea Although not strictly faithful to the novel, as I'm sure you'll soon discover, this made for television film captures some of the intensity and creepiness factor of the book. I hope you enjoy it.
You are amazing wes i have been dying to see the rest of this online they only had to part 3....your a doll
I couldn't have been that friendly to let someone stay in my crawl space and I don't know who the person is .
I remember watching this movie when I was about seven in the 70's thought about it from time to time and found it here thanks for uploading the movie.
what a disturbing movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, for starters he smashed up a store, he smashed the couples property, he stole the distributor from the car, he threatened the couple with violence if they ever left their own house. I think those are a few good reasons not to want him around.
Plus, Richard used the crawlspace for a toilet!
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Well wouldn't you be scared if you were elderly with heart disease and some powerful young and mentally disturbed guy you knew nothing about who wields an axe like a pro lumberjack forbid you to leave your house under threat of violence, smashed your property, disabled your car, destroyed a store in the nearby town... I mean I feel for Richard but at the same time the couple had a right to be terrified and want him out.
Yes, but they were also rather foolish to invite him into their lives w/out knowing him.
Thanks for posting. From Chile
Still just as creepy as when i saw it when I was 10! Never could find it till now. Forgot how it ended. THANKS for the upload!
Looking for BAD RONALD next.
thanks for this really interesting. what a terrific channel
I was searching for Kinski movie but this was good. thanks.
i was searching for this version after seeing the menu on cable comet station but they just had the Kinsky version god bless UA-cam
The Klaus Kinski movie, which has nothing to do with this, is much better. Klaus (Natasha's father) was a Polish immigrant, who came to the United States after WWll. He was forced to be in, the German army, after they took him, as prisoner. He played in many, a scary movies. Unlike his daughter, who starred in only one (1982's 'The Cat People'. The 1942, Val Lewton remake).
I LOVE your channel!
Just found this movie .Bad day hope this makes me forget .😡😡😡😡😡😡2019MayFirst
Now see, THIS is the movie I think of when someone brings up CRAWLSPACE, not that weird-ass Klaus Kinski thing from the 80s. I even read the book this is based on, it's a pretty close adaptation.
Pretty awesome oldie…I was 8 when this came out 🙏🏼👍!!
@TVTERRORLAND ..THANKS SO MUCH for letting us watch ''the rest'' of this moving film hun!!!..
I too was anxious to see the remander of it.. You are indeed.. a doll.. heh.
Screenplay by Ernest Kinoy!
He wrote some excellent sci-fi radio dramas in the 50s for "X-Minus One" and "Dimension X"
UA-cam has these old time radio shows.
An odd and interesting film…I think the oddest thing to me is that he’s supposed to be a teen probably, except he looks about 30 :o
the book was great too!
Great movie! Thanks for sharing! The Husband in this movie plays in, " Let the sleeping corpses lie" he plays the Sergeant (Police) in that movie! Very good movie as well.
I was 11 watching this in our kitchen. We had a crawl space by the bottom of the basement steps. I was convinced that someone lived in it. This movie haunted my whole childhood. But I thought he was a Vietnam veteran?
I remember reading the book. Herbert Liebermann is a great writer
Richard seems like a nice guy but had some unfortunate problems. Still, the old man probably could have saved his life and the life of the foolish boy had he spoken to the sheriff sooner. The sheriff was not the nicest guy in the world but there was no other choice.
I really enjoyed this movie!
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Very interesting idea and well-acted. It was quite interesting that each thought they were taking care of the other. Albert and Alice sure do love Vivaldi. It started to crack me up; he's the only composer who's records they play. lol
I only knew the 1980s remake with Klaus Kinski - cheers!
Hey !! There he is !! Let's get him !!
WOW, the whole movie...Thx 4 posting!! :)
Yes, the middle aged couple were fools for thinking he's just some guy down on his luck in need of a job and place to live. Just from knowing that he was living in their crawlspace, they should have assumed he was mentally ill, possibly dangerous, therefore, needing serious help in a proper facility which can provide it. They brought it on themselves with their stupid original assumption. Indeed, there are a lot of homeless people out there in need of help and a place/room. It's a cruel world.
Many nice people, at the time in the 70ies no one locked the doors at night. Psychopaths burglers had easy time. Many people let clochards in washed clothed them feed them, but the psychopaths are greedy they want all and more, so yes its, weird i thought its strange that, they considered him like a human being, when he behaved like a stray cat hiding in the dark, he behaved like a drug addict. But i think this movie was good to wake people up, its dangerous to trust blindly. I love the message and the music.
Its weird that till today no one, teaches people about psychopaths they are dangerous and most people dont know how they are recognised until it is too late. What most normal people dont know psychopaths often have an eerie smile, its like they think about all the bad things they plan with you enjoys them. They plan all those evil things ahead. I know of a girl who was afraid of heights and her flatmate girl was a psycho and took her on a tour the girl fell of a cliff. Her flatmate claimed insurance on her. I heard it from the mother in the bus, i told her shes a psychopath but in our society nothing happens even if its visible. I too have a psycho who owes me monney, he brake into my house destroyed all my rooms to steal my contracts with him for the monney i lended him. The police is no real help, they wait till im dead. Its horrible so please get informed. Joe Navarro made a list of psychopathic traits.
@Jeffrey Bone how do you need help?
Great move.
Directed by John Newland, of television's "One Step Beyond" fame.
Oh cool.
2 claws up
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Sad movie.
Damn...the wife went from one extreme to the other real quick 😆
3 thumbs up to this.
Awesome...
Maybe someone can help me out.
I recall a MFTV flick around this time period with a similar theme. Basic synopsis, a single mother hides her pre-teen son after he kills a neighbor girl, in a hidden room, away from the authorities. Over the years the mother dies, leaving her son to fend for himself, having little knowledge of the outside world. A new family moves in, he retreats to his hiding place and begins to spy on the family from the crawlspace of the house, in particular, the teenage daughter.
So, does this strike a chord with anyone..? I have no clue as to the title of the film, at first I thought that 'Crawlspace' might had been it, but it is not.
'Bad Ronald' - great movie. 1974 I think.
cameraman655 The name of the movie you described is 'Bad Ronald starring Scott Jacoby as Ronald and Kim (Hunter, Novak I'm not sure of the last name).
Sad movie!
It's freakin' Pontius Pilate!
I reckon Tom Happer (Richard) looks like Ashton kutcher! LOL
😀😀 Good one
Dear person from 7 years ago.
I thought he WAS Ashton when he first came through door.
@@cathypaul5349 dear person from four weeks ago.... ???
@Jeffrey Bone that there is.
good film - great script.
“A Tongue lashing! What about The Damage to My Car!” 🥴lol
thanks
how sad those ppl. should have got him a therapist.
Another good movie 🍿
Now that I've seen both Crawlspace films, I have to say I was more entertained by this one even though the two are completely different movies
That was so sad.
$20 in 1972 has the buying power of about $126 in 2021. I love how “it’s just twenty dollars!” Also, Teresa was 54 but looked and acted 74.
And Arthur Kennedy, (the husband) was 58 in 1972. They both acted and looked ten years older, at least, lol
@@RMoocherwell 50 is the new 30 now so people in their 50s look a lot younger today than they did back then.
I saw a picture of my cousin's nursing graduation photo taken in the 60's -- she was only in her 20's but looked 40. People looked older back then -- more mature?
Would HAVE...would HAVE... would HAVE... NOT "would of" You're thinking "would've".
Rare movie in which a mature couple are the protagonists.
Bad Ronald brought me here!!
Let's see,,, I'm tired of paying rent and bills...think I'll find me a crawl space in some rich couples home and live 😜!!! Let's see how that works out for me 😱
Corbusier allways had a nice closet planned for maids and workers or attic or cellar room no heating or window. They had to be changed regularly cause of illness. People or psychos treat others inhuman. Human people treat psychos too human, which is dangerous.