

Something Evil
It was a happy home... Until the devil had his way.
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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- Language
- English
- pennsylvania, usa
- supernatural
- possession
- isolated farmhouse
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United States of America
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United StatesUS
- TVCBS21 Jan 1972
BrazilBR
- TV1 May 1974
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Something Evil was released on 21 January 1972.
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2- J6/10
John Chard
4/14/2014
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…
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Wuchak
5/12/2026
**_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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