Are You In The House Alone?: A TV Movie Compendium 1964-1999 Paperback – May 1, 2017

If you are at all interested in the history and viewing of vintage TV movies (1960's - 1990's) then this well researched book is for you, cataloguing numerous well and lesser-known films that may well be of interest to the reader, as author Amanda Reyes has done numerous TV movie Blu-ray audio commentaries such as "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973") and "The Bermuda Depths (1978)" for instance, and some others as well, and one day perhaps there can be future commentaries, since many of these telefilms have not yet received an HD release, or even a DVD! Well worth a read.

If you're like me, you probably didn't/don't know much about the "secret cinema" known as the TV movie. Luckily Amanda Reyes' amazing book is here to help, giving you an informative, detailed, but still very fun history of the TV movie, a genre that dominated the small screen in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. This book makes me want to see so many of these movies I feel like I'll never find the time to see them all.Reyes has assembled a team of funny and insightful reviewers, delivering capsule commentaries on some great, good, and not so good TV movies. A very fun read, I loved every page.

This is overall a good compendium. However, there was a lack of interesting & relevant information missing on some of the movies listed. As others have mentioned, there were films that were noticeably absent that should have been included. I also didn’t care for the inserted opinions on the films from the author(s). That’s the bad.Putting the bad aside, it’s still a fun read & can be a nice guide for those newly interested in this realm or for long time fans.I do wish there was a more complete, in depth book on this subject that focused more on the films themselves. Not on what the authors thought of the films. Really getting tired of the over saturation of “film historians” with their essays & reviews. This is not a selling point for anything. There are other books out there but this isn’t a bad place to start.

“…The Networks didn’t need it great, they needed it Tuesday…” (Jeff Burr Foreword)If you grew up in the ‘70’s the Tuesday Night Movie of the Week was a household event and “Are You Alone in the House” celebrates those indelible TVM memories and nostalgia. This book is a must-have for film geeks and I would venture to bet Quentin Tarantino has a copy on his film shelve library and you should too. Amanda Reyes's book was well-referenced, and I was personally surprised, and reminded, about how many of these movies I have seen growing up and how important, influential, and entertaining this format and period of filmmaking was for home entertainment.Some of the films were campy or Drive-In quality, however many still hold up and remain classics to this day, such as “Helter Skelter,” “Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones,” “The Night Stalker,” “Dual,” “Gargoyles” and yes, of course, the apotheosis of the TVM… “Trilogy of Terror” (probably seen it 50 times in my life). Many tackled tough and taboo subjects.Linda Blair in “Born Innocent” and “Sweet Hostage.” Stockard Channing in “The Girl Most Likely To…”Barbara Eden in “The Stranger Within…” And Eve, Portrait of a Teenage Runaway… (The darker side of Jan Brady)Please Note: This is not a definitive collection, as Editor Amanda Reyes points out, it would be impossible to review every film which unfortunately many are still not available for streaming or on DVD.Are You Alone in the House unites readers and transports fans back to a period of time when we still anticipated and waited and when not everything was on-demand. The telefilm format brought big talent to the small screen, broke barriers, and type-casting. Actors are still returning to the smaller screens with Netflix and Amazon, but it’s different now as it was a different vibe then and I was glad to be there on Tuesday nights.Thank you, Amanda, and the contributors, this was a great read and reference book.

I was born in 1973 and grew up watching a lot of these films. This book is a great resource and it is fun to track down some of these films on Blu-ray, DVD and YouTube. Awesome nostalgia!

This is a fun, insightful and, for the most part, enthusiastic compendium of TV Movies (mostly horror and thrillers found here). I've discovered some really wonderful movies through this book and am forever grateful to Amanda Reyes for putting it together. My only issue is that most of the other reviewers in the book do not share Reyes' enthusiasm for the TV-Movie format, and quite a few of the reviews come across as dismissive, and approach the content with a suspicion and a superiority that feels unnecessary and curmudgeonly. The charms of a movie like Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell go unmentioned and instead we're warned of a "tubby script" and a need for patience. Still, this is a great reference book, and with many of the films available to watch on Youtube, it's a wonderful resource for fans of horror movies looking for something a little different and a lot wonderful.