Expert: Popcorn Guy - 1/20/2007

Question
Trying to figure out the name of a movie or TV movie.

A young family leaves the city to go to a small puritan town. The town seems to led by an old lady that eveybody goes to when they are sick. You discover that she is the head witch and all the ladies go to these secret meetings. There is another couple where the husband is blind and every day his wife leaves him a tape recorder with books on tapes on it. The town is preparing for the fall harvest festival where every year a lady is chosen to be the queen and this year the new lady is chosen. A male is also chosen. The male of the town that is chosen is permitted to leave the town and nobody ever sees him after the festival. You discover latter that he is sacrafice so the harvest will be good the following year. The new husband trys then to escape the town with his family but it turns up he is unsuccessful. The movie ends with his wife making him a meal and leaving him with a tape recorder with pre recorded books on it.

Any idea of the name of the movie?

Answer
Hi, Ed...

Sorry this has taken me so long, but I've been out of town... but, I come back with good news... the movie you are looking for is called "The Dark Secret of Harvest Home." It was a made for TV miniseries with Bette Davis in the lead role... and it is one of the TV movie LEGENDS!!! It's one of the few times TV got horror right!

Unfortunately, right now, it's only available on VHS, and the version they have is cut down, much the way they cut down the original "Salem's Lot" miniseries... it really lost a lot in the editing, sad to say. You might be able to find a, shall we say, black market, copy on Ebay that has the full film, though... not that I would ever suggest such as that...

Hope this helps,

PCG