10 TERRIFYING Made-For-TV Horror Movies

The title of this 1973 gem can tell us a lot about attitudes towards women over the centuries, especially as The Screaming Woman refers perhaps more to the protagonist than to the poor, barely alive woman prematurely buried within the grounds of a nearby house.

Shot and played like an episode of Columbo, this tale of the unexpected is another creepy short from American sci fi legend Ray Bradbury and it shows. What the film lacks in finesse is more than bolstered by Bradbury's razor sharp eye for how to craft a sinister tale from one simple premise.

Recently released from a mental institution (there's little more detail given there), super rich LA resident and neurotic pensioner Laura Wynant (played by silver screen legend Olivia de Havilland who died in Paris aged 104, we should be so lucky) is convinced that someone has been buried alive in her sizeable back garden.

Even though she can hear the cries emanating from beneath the soil, her devious son will try to use this as another excuse to have her committed so he can inherit a sh*t tonne of money. A deeply suspicious neighbour begins to shed some light on the matter but poor Laura will have to do more than flap if she wants to be believed.

Havilland is superb in this movie, particularly the unintentionally hilarious opening credits; after Laura makes the initial discovery, she literally screams and runs her way through the entire sequence, no doubt filmed off Mulholland Drive somewhere.