Mysterious Two (1982) (TV)

User Rating:

3.0/10   

Director:

Gary Sherman

Writer:

Gary Sherman (writer)

Release Date:

31 May 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Mystery

Plot:

Two Aliens visit the Earth in an effort to enlist converts to travel the universe with them. |

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Colony | Brainwashing | Cult | UFO

Cast

John Forsythe	...	He
Priscilla Pointer	...	She
Noah Beery Jr.	...	Sheriff Virgil Molloy
Vic Tayback	...	Ted Randall
James Stephens	...	Tim Armstrong
Karen McLarty	...	Natalie (as Karen Werner)
Robert Englund	...	Boone
Robert Pine	...	Arnold Brown
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
E.J. André
Harry Bartron	...	Preacher
Lee Bryant
Ed Call	...	Jasper
Bruce French
Lauren Frost
Jerry Hardin
Mo Malone	...	Martha
Candy Mobley	...	Amanda
James R. Parkes	...	Air Force Captain
Georgie Paul	...	Woman on Bus
Constance Pfeifer	...	Sarah
Bill Quinn	...	Tom
Dale Reynolds	...	Reporter
Renny Roker	...	Williams
Bill Smillie	...	Smilin' Jack
Shannon Wilcox

Directed by
Gary Sherman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gary Sherman		writer

Produced by
Gary Credle	....	producer
Sonny Fox	....	producer
Alan Landsburg	....	producer

Original Music by
Joe Renzetti

Cinematography by
Steven Poster

Film Editing by
Corky Ehlers

Art Direction by
Elayne Barbara Ceder

Set Decoration by
Rick Simpson

Makeup Department
John Norin	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carl Dubliclay	....	second assistant director
Edward Ledding	....	first assistant director

Production Companies

• Alan Landsburg Productions

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1982) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Also Known As:

Follow Me If You Dare (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:15 (video premiere)

Company:

Alan Landsburg Productions

Trivia:

Loosely based on 'Herff Applewhite' (co-founder) and the cult known as "The Two" or the UFO Missionaries. His partner died in 1985 and Herff continued leading the group. Sometime between 1994-1996 the group adopted the name "Heaven's Gate". Their theology had changed somewhat by this time since the co-leaders death.

Prophetic expose of the contactee mind-set

This very interesting and disturbing TV film was based not on the Jonestown cult massacre but on the exploits of "The Two". This male and female pair of deluded UFO contactees roamed America in the 70's enlisting converts. I read articles about them then in major magazines such as TIME. They then disappeared and I wondered what had become of them. They resurfaced in the mid-90's as "Bo & Peep" the leaders of the suicidal Heaven's Gate cult. They believed they were in contact with a spaceship that was coming to Earth to collect them and was following in the wake of the Hale Bop comet. I think this TV movie takes an accurate and chilling look into the world of religious delusion, kooks, cults and the "outsider" mentality. I stumbled upon it late one night and it hooked me and has stayed with me. Highly recommended.