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ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN (Dir: John Hough, 1975).
A family friendly, sci-fi suspense from Walt Disney Productions. Based upon the 1968 novel by Alexander Key.
Tony (Ike Eisenmann) and Tia Malone (Kim Richards) are two orphaned kids with ESP. Where they got their powers and where they come from is a mystery but makes them outcasts among their peers in the children’s home. Their powers attract unwanted attention from powerful but crooked businessman Aristotle Bolt (Ray Milland) and his assistant Lucas Deranian (Donald Pleasence). Posing as the Malones’ uncle, Deranian adopts the pair with the intention of exploiting them. Escaping from the clutches of Bolt and Deranian the kids stowaway aboard the motor home of curmudgeonly widower Jason O’Day (Eddie Albert) who eventually warms to them and agrees to take them to Witch Mountain, a mysterious place which is somehow connected to Tony and Tia’s past.
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The War of the Worlds (1953)
Fandom Fact: Morlock Name Origin?
Some fans have speculated that Morlocks may be named for Moloch, an ancient Canaanite god which was associated with child sacrifice. Considering the child-like nature of the Eloi, this theory seems plausible, if creepy. Never hire a Morlock babysitter is all I’m saying.