Actually, it's a word that rhymes with it, but same difference. Melissa Sue Anderson goes from perfect daughter on the prairie to overachiever who has a secret that gets out of control. A beloved teacher dies in a car accident she apparently caused, fire breaks out in her rival's bedroom and her mom suffers cuts from a broken glass when she gets into an argument over her father. When first seen, Anderson is reciting an incantation, accompanied by her black cat who screeches in one of the oddest freeze frames I've ever seen, giving me a nice chuckle.
With Patrick Cassidy as the football star boyfriend, Mary Beth McDonough as the sweet newcomer (who learns white magic to fight against her demonic rival), Gordon Jump and Cathryn Damon as Anderson's perplexed parents and Marion Ross as an older witch, this is perfectly cast. A throwback to earlier made TV movies with young people involved in the occult, and very chilling. Anderson is quite creepy in this, a shock for fans of "Little House". Curly haired Cassidy may not be as well known as other similar early 80's hunks, but handsome and heroic. Definitely perfect for the Halloween season, a good nightmarish film for a gloomy day.
With Patrick Cassidy as the football star boyfriend, Mary Beth McDonough as the sweet newcomer (who learns white magic to fight against her demonic rival), Gordon Jump and Cathryn Damon as Anderson's perplexed parents and Marion Ross as an older witch, this is perfectly cast. A throwback to earlier made TV movies with young people involved in the occult, and very chilling. Anderson is quite creepy in this, a shock for fans of "Little House". Curly haired Cassidy may not be as well known as other similar early 80's hunks, but handsome and heroic. Definitely perfect for the Halloween season, a good nightmarish film for a gloomy day.