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Something Evil

It was a happy home... Until the devil had his way.

5.4(61)19721h 13m2

A young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants to take possession of the wife.

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Released
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Language
English
  • pennsylvania, usa
  • supernatural
  • possession
  • isolated farmhouse

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TVCBS21 Jan 1972
  • BrazilBR

    • TV1 May 1974

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Something Evil was released on 21 January 1972.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    4/14/2014

    6/10

    Beware the supernatural jam jars! Early Steven Spielberg TV movie that is a considerable step down from Duel released the previous year, but showing signs of a directorial craft to follow. Something Evil is not a great horror movie, well it was to those of us at a very young age who were allowed to watch it that is. The plot finds a family of four moving into a pastorally pleasing Pennsylvania farmhouse only to…

  • W

    Wuchak

    5/12/2026

    4/10

    **_Tame television precursor to “The Exorcist”_** This was Spielberg’s second of three TV movies before breaking into cinema as a powerhouse. Meanwhile star Darren McGavin just got done doing the first Kolchak movie, “The Night Stalker,” which would lead to a sequel the next year, “The Night Strangler,” and the TV series in 1974-1975, albeit just 20 episodes. It was influenced by Hammer’s “The Devil Rides Out” …

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