Encounter with the Unknown

1972
PG
1h 30m

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Trilogy of unsettling stories rooted in realityTrilogy of unsettling stories rooted in realityTrilogy of unsettling stories rooted in reality

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4.7/10

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Trivia
The film has two narrators. Rod Serling does voice over introductions to the three stories, but the opening and closing narration is by someone else.

Goofs
The opening of the film has a roll up of text on screen, like Star Wars and many films do. A narrator, not Rod Serling, is reading the words you see on screen, but about halfway through the roll what the narrator is reading and what is on screen are totally different. One or the other must be from a wrong draft of the script.

Quotes
Mrs. Davis: Listen you well to my word. One by land, two by sky. Look to the heptagon for it is there. Seven times around go the three of you and may your reward be just and true.

Connections
Featured in Scream Stream Live!: Encounter With the Unknown (2023)

Soundtracks
Rememberin' (How It Used To Be)
by Steve Beeson
Performed by Becky Fain

If you're familiar with the Twilight Zone series, it was an anthology of horror and sci-fi stories. Sticking with the horror motif, this movie takes three stories: a traumatic mother's prophecies, a hole in the ground and the traditional story of the ghostly hitchiker, and tries to scare us by claiming they're true. While there are numerous hitchhiker stores out there, Resurrection Mary the most famous, the movie actually makes a slight impact on the atmosphere level, but it is a bit lacking in its suspense factor. The production as well as some of the musical score is a little off-kilter, but the actors do put a fair effort in telling the stories and relating them to the viewer. It's great entertainment for horror fans opposed to the sensationalism of the blood-and-gore pics, but it's just not as scary as it tries to be..