Good Against Evil (1977) (TV)

Director:

Paul Wendkos

Writer:

Jimmy Sangster (writer)

Release Date:

22 May 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Romance

Tagline:

She became Satan's play thing.

Plot:

ABC-TV pilot about a writer, Andy Stuart, teaming up with an exorcist, Father Kemschler, to battle Satan, and a group of Devil worshipers led by Mr. Rimmin. |

Plot Keywords:

Cat | Devil Worship | Black Cat | Exorcism | Priest

Cast

Dack Rambo	...	Andy Stuart
Elyssa Davalos	...	Jessica Gordon
Richard Lynch	...	Mr. Rimmin
Dan O'Herlihy	...	Father Kemschler
John Harkins	...	Father Wheatley
Jenny O'Hara	...	The Woman
Lelia Goldoni	...	Sister Monica
Peggy McCay	...	Irene
Peter Brandon	...	Dr. Price
Kim Cattrall	...	Linday Isley
Natasha Ryan	...	Cindy Isley
Richard Sanders	...	The Doctor
Lillian Adams	...	Beatrice
Erica Yohn	...	Agnes
Richard Stahl	...	Brown

Runtime:

USA:84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone System)

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Goofs:

Continuity: While the story is unfolding in New Orleans, the film jumps back to a view of Andy's van parked on the waterfront near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, then back to New Orleans.

Quotes:

Jessica Gordon: Every time I get close to a man, he dies.

Movie Connections:

References The Exorcist (1973)

Boring!

This is a real waste of time. Only 74 minutes long, but seems much more, a dreary, sanitised "Exorcist" style plot is trotted out in typical seventies TV movie style. That means no violence and very little action as a group of satanists plot to stop their chosen disciple from falling in love with any man who will stand in the way of her union with the god Astoroth. Even Hammer's "To the devil a daughter" which was weakly plotted along similar lines, had more going for it than this tedious offering. Too much chocolate box romance and too little horror sinks this one. Not suprisingly, this pilot movie didn't launch a series. I guess the producers realised that there wasn't much they could do with the format of a priest and a lovesick man mooning around the country looking for his lost love and throwing in the odd exorcism every week .A few TV movies from the seventies managed to stir up some shudders, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, The Night Stalker, Gargoyles, Trilogy of Terror spring to mind, but this anaemic offering deserves to remain anonymous.