Chattanooga Film Festival 2021: FIVE DESPERATE WOMEN is a Journey into Made for TV Macabre

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by Dan Tabor

One of the key things to a good film fest is not simply the films, but panels — and one of my favorites from the Chattanooga Film Fest this year was the masterclass in made for TV genre titled: The Nights That Panicked America: A Brief History of the Golden Age of the Made for TV Genre Movie. Hosted by Amanda Reyes who also literally wrote the book on it - Are You In The House Alone?: A TV Movie Compendium, it was a an informative deep dive into the world of genre cinema that premiered on the small screen in the 70s and gave context to the following secret screening, the excellent made for TV film from 1971, Five Desperate Women.

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