Homages, Ripoffs, and Coincidences

Night of Terror (1972)
dir. Jeannot Szwarc

Recommended viewing. The story of a schoolteacher stalked by a killer, this is a great look at what world-class actors can do. Martin Balsam, Catherine Burns, Agnes Moorehead, an eerie-looking Chuck Conners, and Donna Mills at her best since The Incident, all go absolutely Beast Mode on a pretty mediocre little mystery script. Mumbly, idiosyncratic naturalism just bending the walls of the banal sets. Fun watch if you're into that sorta thing.