The Haunting of Sarah Hardy

Last updated
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy.jpg
Video box artwork
GenreHorror
Based onThe Haunting of Sarah Hardy
by Jim Flanagan
Screenplay byThomas Baum
Directed by Jerry London
Starring Sela Ward
Roscoe Born
Polly Bergen
Morgan Fairchild
Theme music composer Michel Rubini
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersSalli Newman
Richard Luke Rothschild
Production locations Portland, Oregon
North Coast, Oregon
Cinematography Bojan Bazelli
Editor Bernard Gribble
Running time92 minutes [1]
Production company Paramount Television
Original release
NetworkUSA Network
ReleaseMay 31, 1989 (1989-05-31) [1]

The Haunting of Sarah Hardy is a 1989 American made-for-television horror film directed by Jerry London and starring Sela Ward, Morgan Fairchild, Roscoe Born, Michael Woods, and Polly Bergen. [1] The film aired on the USA Network on May 31, 1989. [1]

Contents

Cast

Production

Filming took place in Portland, Oregon, at the Pittock Mansion. [2]

Release

The Haunting of Sarah hardy was distributed on home video by CIC in the United Kingdom in December 1989. [3]

Critical response

Irv Letofsky of the Los Angeles Times wrote of the film: "The thing about suspense is that the characters can be dumb and the plot can be muddled and the whole production can be awkwardly filmed and sometimes it can still work. But if there's no passion in the playing and it all lies there flat and deadly and every twist and turn of the story is predictable by a mile, then there's not much fun and surprise left." [2]

John Stark of People wrote: "The hokey plot, with its ending right out of When a Stranger Calls , could be excused if the characters weren’t so one-dimensional. There’s no sense of locale, either. Although filmed in and around Portland, Ore., it could be Anywhere, U.S.A. There is one old-fashioned quality we can be thankful for: It isn’t violent." [4]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Morgan Freeman</span> American actor and producer (born 1937)

Morgan Freeman is an American actor, producer, and narrator. Throughout a career spanning five decades and multiple film genres, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as a nomination for a Tony Award. He has also been awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 2008, an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2012, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Polly Bergen</span> American actress, singer, entrepreneur (1930–2014)

Polly Bergen was an American actress, singer, television host, writer and entrepreneur.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Candice Bergen</span> American actress (born 1946)

Candice Patricia Bergen is an American actress. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of the title character on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown. She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama Boston Legal (2005–2008). In films, Bergen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Starting Over (1979) and for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Gandhi (1982).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pittock Mansion</span> Historic house museum in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

The Pittock Mansion is a French Renaissance-style château in the West Hills of Portland, Oregon, United States. It was built in 1914 as a private home for London-born Oregonian publisher Henry Pittock and his wife, Georgiana Burton Pittock. It is a 46-room estate built of Tenino sandstone situated on 46 acres (19 ha) that is now owned by the city's Bureau of Parks and Recreation and open for touring.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Morgan Fairchild</span> American actress (born 1950)

Morgan Fairchild is an American actress. She began acting in the early 1970s and has had roles in several television series ever since.

<i>Evening Shade</i> American television series 1990–1994

Evening Shade is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 21, 1990, to May 23, 1994. The series stars Burt Reynolds as Woodrow "Wood" Newton, an ex-professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who returns to rural Evening Shade, Arkansas, to coach a high-school football team with a long losing streak. Reynolds personally requested to use the Steelers as his character's former team because he was a fan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roscoe Born</span> American actor and songwriter (1950–2020)

Roscoe Conklin Born was an American actor and songwriter. He is best known for his roles on various television soap operas, most notably as archvillain Mitch Laurence on One Life to Live in six stints between 1985 and 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julianne Phillips</span> American model and actress (born 1960)

Julianne Phillips is an American model and actress. She began her career as a model in the early 1980s before moving on to acting. She first attracted attention as the first wife of Bruce Springsteen and later for her role as Francesca "Frankie" Reed on the television drama series Sisters (1991–1996).

<i>The Neanderthal Man</i> 1953 film by Ewald André Dupont

The Neanderthal Man is a 78-minute, 1953 American black-and-white science fiction film produced independently by Aubrey Wisberg and Jack Pollexfen, as Global Productions Inc., from their own original screenplay.

<i>Girl, Interrupted</i> (film) 1999 film by James Mangold

Girl, Interrupted is a 1999 American biographical psychological drama film written and directed by James Mangold, from a screenplay by Mangold, Lisa Loomer, and Anna Hamilton Phelan, and based on the 1993 memoir of the same name by Susanna Kaysen. Starring Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy, Elisabeth Moss, Jared Leto, Angela Bettis, Jeffrey Tambor, Vanessa Redgrave, and Whoopi Goldberg, the film follows a young woman who spends 18 months institutionalized at a psychiatric hospital following a suicide attempt.

<i>Harry and the Hendersons</i> (TV series) American TV series or program

Harry and the Hendersons is an American sitcom based on the film of the same name, produced by Amblin Television for Universal Television. It aired in syndication from January 13, 1991, to June 18, 1993, with 72 half-hour episodes produced. It is about a family who adopts a Bigfoot called Harry.

"Just One of Those Things" is a popular song written by Cole Porter for the 1935 musical Jubilee.

<i>When Hes Not a Stranger</i> 1989 American TV series or program

When He's Not a Stranger is a 1989 American made-for-TV crime drama film directed by John Gray and starring Annabeth Gish and John Terlesky. The story, a stark dramatization of "acquaintance rape," is about a college freshman who is physically and sexually assaulted by a controlling football jock, and addresses the ordeal that rape victims experience.

<i>Breakheart Pass</i> (film) 1975 film by Tom Gries

Breakheart Pass is a 1975 American Western film that stars Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, and Jill Ireland. Based on the 1974 novel of the same title by Scottish author Alistair MacLean (1922–1987), it was filmed in north-central Idaho.

"Self Made Man" is the 20th episode of the United States television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (T:TSCC). Aired on December 1, 2008, "Self Made Man" explores Cameron's nighttime activities of enlisting help to research a Terminator's presence in the past, as well as John Connor's continuing relationship with Riley Dawson.

<i>Cry of the Hunted</i> 1953 film by Joseph H. Lewis

Cry of the Hunted is a 1953 American crime film noir directed by Joseph H. Lewis. The drama features Vittorio Gassman, Barry Sullivan and Polly Bergen.

<i>Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann</i> 1991 American television film by Charles Correll

Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann is a 1991 American television movie directed by Charles Correll. The plot is based on the true story of the abduction of Peggy Ann Bradnick by an ex-convict and ex-mental patient William Diller Hollenbaugh which took place in Shade Gap, Pennsylvania on May 11, 1966. The film was first aired on NBC, on May 6, 1991, and was the most-watched primetime show of the week.

After the Shock is a 1990 American made-for-television disaster film that is directed by Gary Sherman and aired on USA Network on September 12, 1990. The film is about the aftermath of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that hit San Francisco on October 17, 1989.

<i>Big Bad Mama II</i> 1987 American film

Big Bad Mama II is a 1987 American action–crime–sexploitation comedy film produced by Roger Corman, directed by Jim Wynorski, starring Angie Dickinson, Robert Culp, Danielle Brisebois and Julie McCullough. While it has been identified as a sequel to Big Bad Mama (1974), it is more accurately described as a reboot, as the film exists on a parallel plane with its predecessor.

The Penthouse is a 1989 American-Canadian television film directed by David Greene and starring Robin Givens. It is based on the 1983 novel by Trevor Dudley-Smith.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Haunting of Sarah Hardy (1989)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Letofsky, Irv (May 31, 1989). "TV Reviews : Setting Steals the Show in 'Haunting of Sarah Hardy'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  3. Hayward, Anthony (1990). "Video Releases". Film Review 1990-1. Columbus Books Limited. p. 143. ISBN   0-86369-374-1.
  4. Stark, John (June 5, 1989). "Picks and Pans Review: The Haunting of Sarah Hardy". People . Retrieved May 5, 2018.