6 Films & TV Shows Set In Maine During The 1970s
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Dark Shadows
Maine The 1970s The 18th CenturyEvery Family Has Its Demons — Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.
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Amy & Isabelle
Maine The 1970sIn 1971, in the small town of Shirley Falls, in Maine, the odd and lonely secretary Isabelle Goodrow raises her teenager daughter Amy alone. She has only two friends in her job among her gossiper colleagues. When her overprotected daughter is seduced by her mathematic teacher Peter Robertson, the world of Isabelle falls apart. She becomes lost and loses her confidence on Amy, spoiling their relationship. Their bond gets tied again when Isabelle discloses her inner secrets from the past to Amy.
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Dolores Claiborne
Maine The 1970s The 1990sSometimes, an accident can be an unhappy woman's best friend. — Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
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Silver Bullet
Maine The 1970sIt started in May. In a small town. And every month after that whenever the moon was full... it came back. — The small city of Tarker's Mill is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears that this is the work of a maniac. During a search a mysterious, hairy creature is observed. This strange appearance is noticed once a month. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside, he's preparing the barbecue.
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Carrie
Maine The 1970sIf you've got a taste for terror… take Carrie to the prom. — Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.
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Monster Butler
Maine England The 1970sThe film is based on the true story of the serial-killing con man Roy Fontaine who worked as a butler and robbed and murdered numerous employers throughout England and Scotland.
