The Norliss Tapes

TV Movie
1973
1h 12m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

1.6K

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Angie Dickinson and Roy Thinnes in The Norliss Tapes (1973)

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An investigative reporter stumbles onto an artist that has made a pact to come back after his death to sculpt a statue of a demon using human blood and clay. Once the demon is awakened he wi... Read allAn investigative reporter stumbles onto an artist that has made a pact to come back after his death to sculpt a statue of a demon using human blood and clay. Once the demon is awakened he will be granted immortality.An investigative reporter stumbles onto an artist that has made a pact to come back after his death to sculpt a statue of a demon using human blood and clay. Once the demon is awakened he will be granted immortality.

Director
- Dan Curtis
Writers
- William F. Nolan
- Fred Mustard Stewart
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

1.6K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Dan Curtis
Writers
- William F. Nolan
- Fred Mustard Stewart
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
This movie was intended as a pilot for a TV series of the same name. It was not picked up by NBC; that's the reason for the ambiguous ending that leave the viewer hanging in mid-air.

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David Norliss: As I headed for the Cort estate along the seventeen mile drive, acres of lush cyprus and tall pine loomed over me. The ocean below bellowed and roared, smashing into the coastline spilling white foam along the sand. There's no doubt this rugged peninsular country could give the French Riviera tough competition. But on this afternoon, my mind really wasn't on the scenery. I kept thinking about the girl who had been murdered the night before, trying to tie what I knew about her into the story Ellen told me. I had a gut hunch the two were connected. How, I don't know. But I was going to have to find out!

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9/10

YIKES! One of the greats!

When it came to dispensing chills on TV in the '60s & '70s, Dan Curtis was the man!

His Dark Shadows vampire soap opera was innovative, but it was THE NIGHT STALKER (1972) TV movie with Darren McGavin and its subsequent follow-up TV movie, THE NIGHT STRANGLER and Night Stalker TV series which earned him his reputation as a Big Time chill-despensing master.

Then came THE NORLISS TAPES...WHOA! This is one scary movie!

Up in beautiful, rainy Marin County, Roy Thinnes investigates the possibility that a recently deceased artist isn't necessarily dead.

I'm not going to give away a thing other than to say that if scary movies are your thing, this one will ring your bell! Do not miss it.