Encounter with the Unknown
4.7
“An incredible journey into the supernatural.”
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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Cast
35 people
Rod Serling
Narrator (voice)
Also in
UFOs: It Has Begun
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror - Preshow
Robert Ginnaven
Father Duane
Known for
One False Move
White Lightning
Gary Brockette
Frank Cameron
Known for
Three
The Philadelphia Experiment
John Leslie
Randy Powell
Also in
The Pickle Goes in the Middle
Fran Franklin
Mrs. Davis
Tom Haywood
Dave Terrell
James N. Harrell
Brother Taylor
Known for
Paper Moon
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
John Cissne
Johnny Davis
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Mary Jane Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
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Lyle Armstrong
Second Priest
Also in
The Day It Came to Earth
Frank & Jesse
Charles Rumph
Student
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Kevin Bieberly
Jess
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Harry Thomason Director · Hillman Taylor Writer Joe Glass Writer
United States release November 15, 1972 · Produced in United States
Production
Centronics International
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 15, 1972
Limited theatrical · (El Dorado, Arkansas)
United States
November 16, 1972 · Limited theatrical · (Shreveport, Louisiana)
November 1, 1975 · Theatrical
Canada
July 1, 1973 · Theatrical
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