Crowhaven Farm is a 1970 American made-for-television supernatural horror film and folk horror film directed by Walter Grauman and starring Hope Lange, Paul Burke and John Carradine. It originally aired as the ABC Movie of the Week on November 24, 1970.^[1]

Plot

A young couple, Maggie and Ben, inherit an old New England farm. Soon after moving in, Maggie starts having terrifying visions that seem to point to a ghastly past involving witches and Satanic cults. Soon, the sinister past has evil designs for the new couple.

Cast

• Hope Lange as Maggie Porter
• Paul Burke as Ben Porter
• Lloyd Bochner as Kevin Pierce
• John Carradine as Nate Cheever
• Cindy Eilbacher as Jennifer
• Cyril Delevanti as Harold Dane
• Milton Selzer as Dr. Terminer
• Patricia Barry as Felicia
• William Smith (actor) as Mounted Policeman (Patrolman Hayes)

Production

The film was announced in August 1970.^[2]

The film was banned by the apartheid censor board in South Africa although that country had no television service until 1975.

Reception

Critical

The Los Angeles Times called it "spooky, diverting".^[3]

Terror Trap gave the film 4 out of 4 stars, calling it "[an] Exceptional TV horror", and praised the film's performances, plot, and atmosphere.^[4] Maitland McDonagh from TV Guide gave the film 3/5 stars, commending the film's "creepy atmosphere and dark twist ending", while noting that the film had fewer shocks than its contemporaries.^[5] Craig Butler from Allmovie praised the film, calling it "One of the best of the made-for-TV "horror" films that proliferated in the early 1970s".^[6]

Ratings

The film was the fifth highest rating show on US television on the week it aired, following Swing Out, Sweet Land, Marcus Welby, M.D., a special of Oklahoma!, and Here's Lucy.^[7]