A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter David Norliss, who has disappeared during an investigation. The tapes tell the story of that investigation, involving a recent widow whose late husband has been seen working in his private studio. As Norliss and the widow investigate, they unravel a plot involving Voodoo and the walking dead.... (Full plot summary below)
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A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter David Norliss, who has disappeared during an investigation. The tapes tell the story of that investigation, involving a recent widow whose late husband has been seen working in his private studio. As Norliss and the widow investigate, they unravel a plot involving Voodoo and the walking dead.
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| User ReviewBlais EThis one was a TV-movie/maybe pilot featuring Claude Akins in a supporting role as a stand-offish law enforcement officer. That aside, this is a pretty fair offering as far as TV movies go. Beautifully done. Whoever portrayed the undead zombie/vampire was truly hair-raising. Fresh. |
| User ReviewBrett BA prototypical 1970s television spooky movie-of-the-week, THE NORLISS TAPES follows in the footsteps of THE NIGHT STALKER and is one of the better made-for-TV genre entries I've seen. Its premise is intriguing: a writer (and paranormal debunker) goes missing, and the only evidence that exists is a collection of cassette tapes on which he dictated his most recent case. In that sense, the story's a mystery within a mystery, and it works well on that level. It's a well-paced 72 minutes of supernatural shenanigans, and it's directed well by Dan Curtis; the staging and blocking of scenes is consistently interesting, there are a couple of nifty long(ish) takes, and the film makes nice use of its San Francisco-area setting. If there's a criticism to be made, it would be that THE NORLISS TAPES is pretty much right out of NIGHT STALKER's playbook, from the subject matter, to the overall look, to the premise, to the voice-over narration. This is not a bad thing in and of itself, but it does leave things feeling just a little bit familiar to those who've seen THE NIGHT STALKER (or its follow-up series, KOLCHAK). Still, it's an above average slice of '70s genre television. |
| User ReviewOrlok WScary, Spooky and Eerie--A film that qualifies as a genuine "creepie"!! |
| User ReviewSteve GThere are a few moments where this made-for-TV movie is dated and unintentionally funny but overall I enjoyed it. The story is pretty good and I like the "film noir" type voiceover narration by the main character. The movie is not gory at all but has some decent thrills and chills at a 70's era level. I was a little distracted by the monster's blue skin and I don't know if that was a quirk of the makeup artists or degradation of the original film quality. One final note: the film ends very abruptly with a major unanswered question and a teaser for a sequel that apparently was never made. |
