The Evil Touch(1973)
Drama
First Air Date: 1973-06-19
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 6.0
Votes: 3
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 26
The Evil Touch is an Australian-produced television series, originally broadcast in Australia in 1973. It was an anthology series where each episode had a self-contained story and a new set of characters. Each episode feature a new cast of guest actors, although several guest stars appeared in more than one episode, playing different characters. Each story is a thriller or horror story of some variety, ranging from tales of the occult and the supernatural, science fiction horror stories, to more standard murder schemes and whodunits. Most stories feature a twist ending.
Keywords
anthology
Top Cast
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 26E01
The Lake
Air Date: 1973-09-16
Arthur Randall's marriage has become a sham (and he is in love with his secretary), but his wife doesn't wish to give...
E02
Heart to Heart
Air Date: 1973-09-23
A wealthy woman who's raised a nephew in luxury has tolerated the insolent young man long enough. She informs the ing...
E03
Dr. McDermitt's New Patients
Air Date: 1973-09-30
No episode overview available.
E04
The Obituary
Air Date: 1973-10-07
Former pilot Willie Tremaine, the sole survivor of the airliner he was flying, is visited by the reporter who alleged...
E05
Happy New Year, Aunt Carrie
Air Date: 1973-10-14
Wheelchair-bound Aunt Carrie is celebrating New Years Eve with her young niece and nephew when she hears gunshots. Fr...
E06
A Game of Hearts
Air Date: 1973-10-21
Thomas Sullivan is a very well-respected heart surgeon- but one who is clamoring for even more success and recognitio...
E07
Seeing Is Believing
Air Date: 1973-10-28
No episode overview available.
E08
The Upper Hand
Air Date: 1973-11-04
Upon returning home Roger Carlyle insists his wife Louise go take a look at something in their basement. What he neg...
E09
Murder Is for the Birds
Air Date: 1973-11-11
Wealthy Lily Parkhurst has been living on borrowed time for years thanks to a bad heart. Her greedy cousin and compan...
E10
Marcie
Air Date: 1973-11-18
After being a widower for four years, John remarries. He seems to be quite in love with his younger bride Elizabeth....
E11
George
Air Date: 1973-11-25
No episode overview available.
E12
Scared to Death
Air Date: 1973-12-02
Constance knows that her much younger husband, Evan, is having an affair with her nurse, and that he's hastily stashe...
E13
The Homecoming
Air Date: 1973-12-09
No episode overview available.
E14
Dear Beloved Monster
Air Date: 1973-12-16
Professor Jonathan Slater's experiments with DNA go awry when he accidentally creates a hideous reptile-like creature...
E15
Campaign 20
Air Date: 1974-01-13
World-renown scientist David Zack is trailing his opponent in the 2020 presidential campaign. He schemes to use his l...
E16
Faulkner's Choice
Air Date: 1974-01-20
Rags or riches? A young man inherits the key to his grandfather's safe, which might be bobby-trapped.
E17
Dear Cora, I'm Going to Kill You
Air Date: 1974-01-27
Popular advice columnist Cora Blake lives in fear knowing the car bomb that killed her husband was meant for her. She...
E18
The Trial
Air Date: 1974-02-03
A ruthless developer is put on trial by a group of sideshow freaks. By bulldozing the circus to make way for a condom...
E19
The Fans
Air Date: 1974-02-10
For a publicity stunt, horror movie star Pervis Green visits his two biggest fans, "little old ladies" Lavenia and El...
E20
Kaidaitcha Country
Air Date: 1974-02-24
Reverend Vincent arrives at a missionary outpost in remote Australian to find everyone missing. Following a series of...
E21
Gornak's Prism
Air Date: 1974-03-03
Alvin Hazeltine is a manbored with his life who visits the mystical Dr. Gornak who demonstrates an odd device: a glas...
E22
The Voyage
Air Date: 1974-03-10
A rich couple buys the old sailing ship Endeavor after it spent 70 years in dry dock. Captain Palmer, who's aboard wi...
E23
Death by Dreaming
Air Date: 1974-03-24
A girl envisions disturbing premonitions: her sister's death was no accident.
E24
Never Fool With a Gypsy Icon
Air Date: 1974-03-31
Escaped murderer Frank Draker and his accomplice dig up the coffin containing stolen jewels he'd buried years earlier...
E25
They
Air Date: 1974-06-02
An eerie cult of children with plans for doing away with adults commit murders in a British seaside town. Dr. Fenton,...
E26
Wings of Death
Air Date: 1974-06-09
The Webbers' dream vacation in Central America becomes a nightmare when their son, Scott, disappears off of a rural r...
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