Hope Lange & Paul Burke in Crowhaven Farm (1970)

Maggie and Ben Porter (Lange & Burke) inherit a beautiful old colonial farm in Massachusetts and move from New York to live there. On their first day there Maggie starts to remember curious things about the old house. This is particularly odd because she's never been there before. Spooked, she decides she can't live there, but is talked out of leaving by her husband, who thinks it's just the place to help them through a rough patch in their marriage. As the couple settle in to the home, Maggie starts to have more intense memories of a past life as a witch. She's haunted by these memories and by various townspeople who seem kind, but have an uncanny knack of unsettling her. Is she hallucinating or are there mysterious forces out to cause her harm?

You might recognize Paul Burke from his best known role of Lyon Burke in Valley of the Dolls (1967), or if you're a fan of this blog or Joan Crawford, from Della (1964) Look for John Carradine in a small role. This film is not available on DVD, though it's been uploaded to YouTube in its entirety by TVTERRORLAND. Part one is above.

Obscurity factor: 8 (has developed something of a cult status, not on DVD, available on YouTube)

Dick Van Dyke & Hope Lange in The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971)

Everyone remembers the iconic series that launched the television careers of Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. The Dick Van Dyke Show has a place in the American culture for numerous reasons. Most people, however don't remember Van Dyke's sophomore series television effort, The New Dick Van Dyke Show. Dick Preston (Van Dyke) is a local television host in Phoenix, AZ with a wife (Lange), daughter, and an egomaniacal boss (David Doyle). The situations revolved around both his home and work life. In the third season they revamped the show because of flagging ratings, moving production from Arizona to Hollywood and giving Dick Preston a role in a soap opera.

The episode above is The Harry Award. Dick is given an award, but must decide whether to accept it at a banquet held in a restricted country club. It was uploaded to YouTube by liarsclub75.

Obscurity factor: 7 (successful in its first run, rarely seen since, not on DVD, available on YouTube)

Robert Wagner & Hope Lange in I Am the Cheese (1983)

Adam Farmer (Robert MacNaughton) is on a journey to visit his father in the hospital. As he rides his bicycle through the New England countryside he reflects on what has happened in his life up to this point, remembering strange incongruities in his background and curious inconsistancies in what his parents (Hope Lange and Don Murray) have told him. He also flashes back to interviews with his psychiatrist, Dr. Brint (Wagner). As we start to piece together Adam's life we begin to see something is horribly wrong.

This feature, based on the best selling book by Robert Cormier, was produced by David Lange, Hope Lange's brother. It has the distinction of featuring real life couple Hope Lange and Don Murray as husband and wife characters. Look for Cynthia Nixon as Adam's girlfriend. The film is available on DVD and can be watched in its entirety on YouTube. The first installment is above, uploaded by Rygar89.

Obscurity factor: 7 (available on DVD & YouTube, known to a generation who read the book in school, but otherwise mostly forgotten)