Thank you Unkle Lancifer for directing me to this fun article at Den of Geek called 10 Films That Seemed Better When I was a Kid. The TVMs The Intruder Within and Starflight One (aka Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land) made the list! I have to admit, I haven't seen either of these films, so I can't comment on whether or not it is better to watch them in the more formative years, but I always love seeing TVMs getting a mention.
Although I love Gargoyles I think it is a film that is helped greatly if a re-viewing is attached to childhood memories.
Can you think of any TVMs that fall into this category?
I have seen Intruder Within on VHS but I didn't know it was a TV movie at the time. I guess that explains the lack of gore! I remember it being really slow but I'm kind of impressed that it's from 1981. As far as TV movies that don't live up to my memory of them, I'll say ANTS. It's still tons of fun but those ants look so fake now!~Unk
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ReplyDelete"Curse of the Black Widow" doesn't hold up as well as I had hoped.
ReplyDelete"The Night Stalker" and "The Night Strangler," however, just get better with age.
I agree about Ants, Unk. It's good, but not as GOOD as it was when I was 10. Kiddie death is always a shocker though!
ReplyDeletePropagatrix, I haven't seen all of Curse of the Black Widow yet. I like it thus far, but have only seen the first 1/3 I think. And I agree about The Night Stalker as well. I would also say Dark Night of the Scarecrow is also one that has aged incredibly well.
There was an Alice in Wonderland tv movie from the 70's that I would watch religiously at my grandmothers as a kid. I remember being so scared during the final scene when alice is back at home and this monster shows up. But I recently watched a clip online and let's just say I had HORRIBLE tastes as a child lol
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