Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)

An old house ... a mysterious locked room ... a terrifying secret. Elements that make a horror movie memorably chilling get a taut, spooky reworking in Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. Kim Darby ( True Grit) and Jim Hutton (The Green Berets) star as Sally and Alex, young marrieds who inherit a crumbling mansion. Despite warnings to leave well enough alone in her new home, Sally unlocks the mysterious room, opens a bricked-up fireplace ... and unleashes a horde of hideous whispering, murdering mini­demons only she can see and hear. This is the original TV movie that inspired the 2010 theatrical remake starring Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce.