Dying Room Only (1973)
- Directed by
- Philip Leacock
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 19 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A married couple stops at a remote diner in the Arizona desert. The husband goes to the restroom and never returns. His wife searches for him and grows increasingly frightened as the diner's staff denies he was ever there.
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What happens
Dying Room Only is a 1973 American made-for-television horror mystery thriller film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Cloris Leachman and Ross Martin. Written by Richard Matheson and based on his 1953 short story of the same name, the film follows a woman whose husband disappears after they stop by a rural diner in the Arizona desert. Produced by Lorimar Productions, who was also in charge of many television films of the period, Dying Room Only had its world premiere broadcast on ABC as a Tuesday movie of the week on September 18, 1973. It was later released on VHS, and eventually DVD by the Warner Archive Collection. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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