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Haunted House | Inheritance
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The total production time - including script approval by Lorimar, casting, special effects, voice-overs, and exterior shots - was slightly over two weeks, making this one of the quickest made-for-TV movie turnarounds ever. This was due mainly to a writers strike that began just before the script was completed.
The idea of the creatures coming out of an ash clean-out pit came from the Spanish house that Nigel McKeand was living in at the time. This house had an old fireplace at the rear with a deep clean-out pit, bolted at the rear. With as creepy and dark as it was, nobody ever wanted the job of cleaning it out.
The role of Alex Farnham was originally to be played by George Hamilton.
Aired as an installment of ABC's The Wide World of Mystery (1973) on February 10, 1975.
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) has often been noted in film criticism for its Freudian themes, it's proto-feminist undertones, and the "fears and anxieties about the changing roles of women and the ways they are so often victimized or go unheard."
"Creatures: [closing lines] When will they come? When will they come? When will they come and set us free? Sally Farnham: Of course they will come. You know they will. Creatures: But when? When? When? Sally Farnham: Soon. Very soon. We've lots of time. Lots of time. All the time in the world. Creatures: All the time in the world . Time. Time. Time to set us free again. Sally Farnham: All the time in the world. Creatures: To set us free. Set us free. Set us free in the world. Free. Free. Free in the world. Set us free! [Maniacal laughter]"
"Creatures: [opening lines] Will she come? Do you think she will come? First Creature: She will. You know she will. Second Creature: But when? When? First Creature: Very soon. It's just a matter of time. Of waiting for a while. All we have to do is bide our time. Bide our time. [laughs] Creatures: But it's been so long. So many years. When will she come and set us free-set us free! First Creature: Patience! Patience! We've all the time in the world. [laughs] Creatures: We've all the time in the world. In the world. In the world. To set us free! In the world! [Maniacal laughter]"
