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 👍🏻
@@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 :)
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.
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).
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.
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.
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
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.
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...
@@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.
@@NoirFan84 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 😂
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
@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.
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?
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.
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!
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.
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?
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.
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."
I loved those caveman commercials! I had hopes the TV series they made, based on the caveman character, would be good; but it was disappointing. I love that guy who plays the caveman though!
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!
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!
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! 😔
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 🤣🤣🤣
I was 11 when I saw this in 1972, I have never forgotten it, certainly made an impact.
I was 9! I was so glad we did not have a crawl space in our house!
Must've missed this one, years ago. Good cast, too. Can't believe it was directed by OSB's, John Newland!!
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?
@hammerparsa I know, the other copy online was missing the ending. I got a lot of requests for this one because of that.
Great movie. Thanks for uploading. I remember seeing this on TV late one night back in the 1970's.
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.
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.
This was a real treat. Thanks for posting it. The ending was a downer but it was a good little story. Well acted.
One of my favorite movies. It never gets old.
This was the 1st book I read by choice as a kid ...I STILL have it in my library of books collection.
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.
This movie is so sad 😢 but true, I feel sorry for the old couple
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.
The acting is amazing
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.
One of the greatest movies EVER.
I applaud you on downloading a great well made "vintage" movie to entertain us with !
Thank you for your time
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.
I was 7 years old when this movie came out. I'm 59 now it's my first time watching this movie. Very good movie. 😊😮.
Look honey. I found a kid in the crawl space. He's jusr like the son I never had.
Damn that was a sad story, very well done, all the actors were very engaging
Really enjoyed it, thanks for the upload! 😊👍
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
This movie probably cost $20 to make and it's awesome.
Thank you for uploading! I was one of the requests as I got suckered into seeing half a movie a couple of months ago!
Thanks for posting this movie. I saw Teresa on Broadway in "On Borrowed Time".
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.
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...
Another good one. Thanks so much for downloading. Have to watch your channel every night. Cheers.
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!!
Deep down you just know they gotta be as wacky as he is for letting him stay
I am Richard and, I AIN'T NEVER LEAVING !! NEVER !!
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.
@@NoirFan84 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 😂
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.
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!
😒😔😈🎃
Vivaldi "Spring" at every evening meal.
I noticed, that too☺️.
I LOVE your channel!
I hate bullies.
hell yeah thanx for uploading this
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 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).
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.
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.
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.
Squirrels in the crawlspace. I accept squirrels in the crawlspace...
holy crap that movie was crazy amazing this level of scary ,was on TV back when i was young.
Great score by the best (film) composer of all time: the late Jerry Goldsmith.
A very disturbing film!!!
There are people like Richard in real life!!!
Pretty awesome oldie…I was 8 when this came out 🙏🏼👍!!
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?
Just enjoying these old movies ❤❤
WOW, the whole movie...Thx 4 posting!! :)
Can you imagine??!! Leaving the back door /basement entrance wide open overnight on purpose today?
Not happening. Not happening. Not happening.
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
what an awesome movie, slow moving but a great build up
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 remember reading the book. Herbert Liebermann is a great writer
@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.
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?
Thanks for posting. From Chile
I only knew the 1980s remake with Klaus Kinski - cheers!
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.
Just found this movie .Bad day hope this makes me forget .😡😡😡😡😡😡2019MayFirst
I couldn't have been that friendly to let someone stay in my crawl space and I don't know who the person is .
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!
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.
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
Good intentions back-firing big time, great movie with a social conscience and all too real. A film for grown-ups!
Awesome...
the book was great too!
I really enjoyed this movie!
I felt so sorry for that mom try to convince her kid to join her in the house, super sad, if I were the dad I would have pulled from there.
Hey !! There he is !! Let's get him !!
Rare movie in which a mature couple are the protagonists.
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.
what a disturbing movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!
$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?
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.
Great move.
“A Tongue lashing! What about The Damage to My Car!” 🥴lol
3 thumbs up to this.
Damn...the wife went from one extreme to the other real quick 😆
Directed by John Newland, of television's "One Step Beyond" fame.
Oh cool.
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.
'...Nothin worse than CATS...' LMAO
that's my Uncle!
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
Poor Richard,at least he was loyal : )
I was in love with this movie until poor Richard started really acting out. So sad...
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."
A loving helping hand turns into a Nightmare with tragic results
Not to be confused with the movie Crawlspace starring Klaus Kinski where he plays a pervy landlord who spies on his tenants.
You mean that was a movie and not real life?
That one has rats. Don't see it. LOL.
The Nazi landlord 🤣🤣
27:23 Reminds me of the old GEICO caveman commercials. GEICO, so easy even a caveman can do it! Ha-ha
I loved those caveman commercials! I had hopes the TV series they made, based on the caveman character, would be good; but it was disappointing. I love that guy who plays the caveman though!
How many Richards are now everywhere......!
There is so less love and care in the world
Yeah, just look where the old couple's "love and care" got them!😂
2 claws up
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