Something Evil

Something Evil
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Written by	Robert Clouse
Directed by	Steven Spielberg
Starring	Sandy Dennis Darren McGavin Ralph Bellamy
Theme music composer	Wladimir Selinsky
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Alan Jay Factor
Cinematography	Bill Butler
Editor(s)	Allan Jacobs
Running time	73 min.
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	January 21, 1972

Something Evil is a 1972 horror television movie starring Sandy Dennis, Darren McGavin, and Ralph Bellamy.

Directed by Steven Spielberg, the screenplay was written by Robert Clouse.

Synopsis

A married couple with two young children move into a Pennsylvania farmhouse that turns out to be inhabited by demons. Darren McGavin portrays the TV producer husband, while Sandy Dennis plays his actress wife. Popular child star Johnny Whitaker co-stars as their oldest child, who becomes possessed and begins to torment his family and their friends. When the mother begins to sense that something may be wrong with her son, her husband and friends think she is going insane.

Filming locations

• Golden Oak Ranch - 19802 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA
• Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Song

The movie features the "Apple Bar Candy Song" by Charlie Marie Gordon. It appears in the film performed by Laurie Hagen for a commercial Darren McGavin's character is filming. The song has been spoofed several times.

Video release

Something Evil has never been released on video, and remains one of the few Spielberg films still unreleased.

Cast

• Sandy Dennis as Marjorie Worden
• Darren McGavin as Paul Worden
• Ralph Bellamy as Harry Lincoln
• Jeff Corey as Gehrmann
• Johnny Whitaker as Stevie Worden
• John Rubinstein as Ernest Lincoln
• David Knapp as John
• Laurie Hagen as Beth
• Herb Armstrong as Schiller
• Margaret Avery as Irene
• Norman Bartold as Mr. Hackett
• Sheila Bartold as Mrs. Hackett
• Lois Battle as Mrs. Faraday
• Bella Bruck as Mrs. Gehrmann
• Lynn Cartwright as Secretary

See also

• List of American films of 1972

External links

• "Something Evil" at IMDb