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Encounter with the Unknown
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Encounter with the Unknown

1972-11-15 · 90 min · ★ 4.3

Horror · Mystery

Three eerie tales based on actual events are enacted in this film. First, three college students play a prank on a geeky classmate, who is accidentally shot and killed. His vengeful mother forecasts the deaths of the three young men she holds responsible, on 7, 14, and 21 days hence. And, one by one, her grim predictions come true. Next, a ghoulish sound emanates from a mist-shrouded hole in the Earth near where a Missouri boy has lost his dog. The boy's father is lowered into the hole and lets out an agonizing scream! Finally, a senator returning home from a party finds a lost girl on a bridge and learns from her father that she died years earlier

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Directors
Harry Thomason
Production companies
Centronics International
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Rod SerlingRod SerlingNarrator (voice)
Robert GinnavenFather Duane
Gary BrocketteFrank Cameron
John LeslieRandy Powell
Fran FranklinMrs. Davis
Tom HaywoodDave Terrell
James N. HarrellJames N. HarrellBrother Taylor
John CissneJohnny Davis
Mary Jane WilsonMrs. Wilson
Lyle ArmstrongSecond Priest
Charles RumphStudent
Kevin BieberlyJess
Annabelle WeenickAnnabelle WeenickMother
Robert HoltonJoe
Frank SchaeferBarber
Ken CarsonDoctor
Bob GlennConstable
David HaneyFirst Man
Bill ThurmanBill ThurmanSecond Man
Syl SchumannThird Man

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