Something Evil

Something Evil

Written by	Robert Clouse
Directed by	Steven Spielberg
Starring	Sandy Dennis Darren McGavin Ralph Bellamy
Theme music composer	Wladimir Selinsky
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Alan Jay Factor
Cinematography	Bill Butler
Editor(s)	Allan Jacobs
Running time	73 min.
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	January 21, 1972

Something Evil is a 1972 horror television movie starring Sandy Dennis, Darren McGavin, and Ralph Bellamy.

Directed by Steven Spielberg, the screenplay was written by Robert Clouse.

Synopsis

A married couple with two young children move into a Pennsylvania farmhouse that turns out to be inhabited by demons. Darren McGavin portrays the TV producer husband, while Sandy Dennis plays his actress wife. Popular child star Johnny Whitaker co-stars as their oldest child, who becomes possessed and begins to torment his family and their friends. When the mother begins to sense that something may be wrong with her son, her husband and friends think she is going insane.

Filming locations

Golden Oak Ranch - 19802 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA
Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Song

The movie features the "Apple Bar Candy Song" by Charlie Marie Gordon. It appears in the film performed by Laurie Hagen for a commercial Darren McGavin's character is filming. The song has been spoofed several times.

Video release

Something Evil has never been released on video, and remains one of the few Spielberg films still unreleased.

Cast

Sandy Dennis as Marjorie Worden
Darren McGavin as Paul Worden
Ralph Bellamy as Harry Lincoln
Jeff Corey as Gehrmann
Johnny Whitaker as Stevie Worden
John Rubinstein as Ernest Lincoln
David Knapp as John
Laurie Hagen as Beth
Herb Armstrong as Schiller
Margaret Avery as Irene
Norman Bartold as Mr. Hackett
Sheila Bartold as Mrs. Hackett
Lois Battle as Mrs. Faraday
Bella Bruck as Mrs. Gehrmann
Lynn Cartwright as Secretary

External links

"Something Evil" at the Internet Movie Database

Steven Spielberg

Filmography Awards and nominations

Directorial works	Firelight (1964) Slipstream (1967) Amblin' (1968) Night Gallery ("Eyes" segment, 1969) L.A. 2017 (1971) Duel (1971) Something Evil (1972) Savage (1973) The Sugarland Express (1974, also wrote) Jaws (1975) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977, also wrote) 1941 (1979) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Twilight Zone: The Movie ("Kick the Can" segment, 1983) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) The Color Purple (1985) Empire of the Sun (1987) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Always (1989) Hook (1991) Jurassic Park (1993) Schindler's List (1993) The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) Amistad (1997) Saving Private Ryan (1998) A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001, also wrote) Minority Report (2002) Catch Me If You Can (2002) The Terminal (2004) War of the Worlds (2005) Munich (2005) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) The Adventures of Tintin (2011) War Horse (2011) Lincoln (2012) Bridge of Spies (2015) The BFG (2016) Ready Player One (2018)

Written only	Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973) Poltergeist (1982, also produced) The Goonies (1985)

Produced only	An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) Flags of Our Fathers (2006) Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Super 8 (2011) The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)

Television series created	Amazing Stories (1985–87) High Incident (1996–97) Invasion America (1998)

See also	Steven Spielberg bibliography Amblin Partners Amblin Entertainment Amblin Television DreamWorks Television Amblimation DreamWorks USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education

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