Shadows of Fear (1970)
Anthology series in which characters find themselves in weird and scary situations. Not evoked by the supernatural but by other people.
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Episode 1 - Did You Lock Up?
Release Date: 1970-06-17After Peter and Moira Astle's house is burgled while they are away celebrating their wedding anniversary, he becomes obsessive about preventing a repeat of the incident.
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Episode 2 - Sugar & Spice
Release Date: 1971-01-12Anne and Victor's marriage come under further strain when she becomes concerned over their son Michael's whereabouts.
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Episode 3 - At Occupier's Risk
Release Date: 1971-01-19Judith is an unexpected guest at the quiet country hotel run by Mr and Mrs Darbon, a very strange couple. And a curiously threatening hitch-hiker adds up to a situation of unbearable suspense. It's less a case of wondering what will happen next, than hoping it doesn't happen al all.
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Episode 4 - The Death Watcher
Release Date: 1971-01-26A scientist embarks on an experiment dealing with life after death and ghosts.
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Episode 5 - Repent at Leisure
Release Date: 1971-02-02Recovering from a broken heart, Isabel takes a cruise and meets a man who may or may not be after her money.
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Episode 6 - Return of Favours
Release Date: 1971-02-09When a stranger intrudes on the privacy of Judith and Roger to give them tea, Judith is sure he's a killer. Roger discovers the truth about the intruder, but cannot reveal it.
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Episode 7 - The Lesser of the Two
Release Date: 1971-02-16A neighbour's disapproval: a brick through a window: cat-calls and jeers: a petition. Throughout the day, a world of menace closes in on Margaret as she tries to adjust to a situation that everyone else finds unacceptable. And she tends to think they're right - until it's too late.
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Episode 8 - White Walls and Olive Green Carpets
Release Date: 1971-02-23Lena has her ideal, in the shape of the perfect room in an idyllic country retreat. Robert, too, has an ideal: he believes if you can't live without someone, you must either live with them, or get rid of them - permanently.
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Episode 9 - Sour Grapes
Release Date: 1971-03-02"A holiday in Spain at a luxury villa for two" read the brochure. But there had been no mention of the visitor who wanted to share the couple's food and accomodation, and who certainly wasn't there for sun and relaxation.....
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Episode 10 - Come Into My Parlour
Release Date: 1971-03-09Deanna Ward goes back to her job as a customer representative. Her first customer is a bachelor who promises to buy something for his fiancee. When Deaana returns with the goods, however, she walks into a macabre and terrifying situation.
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Episode 11 - The Party's Over
Release Date: 1971-03-16Something evil is happening in the Parkers' marriage. There is terror in the quiet suburban house with its locked cellar; murder may not be far away. Or could it just all be in the imagination?