1970s

The heyday of sexy, savvy occultism

WCIX Creature Features

1973 – 1987

Big Wilson: Night Owl Theater

1976 – 1984

The Screaming Skull

1958 [1975]. By John Kneubuhl. Directed by Alex Nicol.

The Night Stalker

1972 [1975]. By Richard Matheson & Jeffrey Grant Rice (story). Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey.

The Six Million Dollar Man

1973 – 1978. By Martin Caidin (novel).

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

1974 – 1975. By Jeffrey Grant Rice. Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey.

Matango (マタンゴ)

1963 [1976]. By Takeshi Kimura. Directed by Ishirō Honda.

The Crimson Cult

1970 [1975]. By Mervyn Haisman & Henry Lincoln. Directed by Vernon Sewell.

We have a winner!

Trilogy of Terror

1975 [1975]. By Richard Matheson & William F. Nolan. Directed by Dan Curtis.

The Reincarnation Of Peter Proud

1975 [1977]. By Max Ehrlich & Max Ehrlich (novel). Directed by J. Lee Thompson.

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home

1978. By Jack Guss & Tom Tryon (novel). Directed by Leo Penn.

Westworld

1973 [1976]. By Michael Crichton. Directed by Michael Crichton.

Burnt Offerings

1976 [1978]. By Dan Curtis, William F. Nolan & Robert Marasco (novel). Directed by Dan Curtis.

By far and without a doubt the best network TV horror in history

Salem’s Lot

1979 [1979]. By Paul Monash & Stephen King (book). Directed by Tobe Hooper.