This television movie, focusing on recordings from someone investigating paranormal claims while also attempting to disprove them—a writer in this case—tells the story of his encounters with a zombie aiming to call forth a demon. It’s fairly standard fare for its era, but director Dan Curtis, experienced in supernatural films, manages it exceptionally well. Roy Thinnes and Angie Dickinson both treat the material with…

Dan Curtis tried to replicate the success of “Night Stalker” with Roy Thinnes in the lead role. A writer living near San Francisco (Thinnes) is tasked with looking into events that seem supernatural, which brings him to Monterey and a woman (Angie Dickinson) who insists her late artist husband (Nick Dimitri) attacked her. Don Porter portrays his publisher, while Claude Akins plays a sheriff who doubts everything. …