Curse of the Black Widow (1977) Private eye looks into female killer who has a habit of webbing her victims. Not top-tier Dan Curtis, but still enjoyable TV fare. TIL: Aided by arachnids in his escape from pagan persecutors, St. Felix of Nola is now the patron saint of spiders.
Sing A New Song: David Bowie - Toy (2021) Old guy has a pleasant visit with songs he wrote as a youth. Don't let the horrid cover dissuade you, it's all perfectly nice. Laudable Lyrics: The homeward road is long, you've left your prayers and song, silly boy blue.
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I was never a TV-movie person, but Curse of the Black Widow is one of the few exceptions. It's weird, has good suspense and irony and the detective is funny. I read somewhere that the script had originally been written for a Kolchak: The Night Stalker episode that was never used. I can see the similarity in style between the TV show and movie.
That makes total sense if it was a Kolchak script. Definitely has the same vibe. Now that makes me want to go back and watch that show again.
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