10 Must See Made For TV Horror Movies
9. The Norliss Tapes
First airing on NBC back in February 1973, The Norliss Tapes was intended to be the launching point for a new TV series. Despite receiving positive reviews at the time, though, that series never came to be, with The Norliss Tapes instead becoming a standalone movie.
In terms of plot, The Norliss Tapes centres on the eponymous David Norliss, an author who's vanished and left various audio tapes behind detailing his investigation into the occult. That investigation? Why, it involved a widow who claims to have been stalked by her dead husband; a husband who had developed a fascination with the dark arts.
As the film progresses, we see Norliss' publisher work their way through those tapes, unwinding the mystery at the core of this tale. And by the time all is said and done, The Norliss Tapes nicely sets up further adventures - further adventures which sadly never came to be due to that decision to turn this intended TV pilot into a simple one-and-done movie.