Added Eyewitness to 1981, a year ruled (so far) by Dudley Moore and John Gielgud in Arthur. It was William Hurt's second film and essentially Sigourney Weaver's, as well, both having taken a step down from their maiden science fiction efforts, Altered States and Alien, respectively. Also with Morgan Freeman: young, but ever philosophical.
Alternate cover for When Michael Calls, a later edition featuring an introduction by Stephen King. Wonder what nonsense he has to say about this one. The King book I most enjoyed on first reading is Danse Macabre -- but of course that was before I had seen/read many of the movies and books he talks about in that work. Having corrected that in later years, I see that while DM is entertaining, King's pseudo-scholarly opinions are often incomprehensible: The Amityville Horror (the original film) succeeded on the basis of America's economic woes, The Exorcist (novel) is "thudding" and "humorless," Mad Max is a "turkey," and so on. But then this is the guy quoted as saying that Carl Jacobi was “One of the finest writers to come out of the Golden Age of fantasy.” Added When Michael Calls to 1967. So far, not a good year, with only three entries, including Frankenstein Created Woman and Valley of the Dolls. Average rating: 1.67. In weak field, have to give the edge to FCW.
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