Encounter with the Unknown

About Encounter with the Unknown

Three eerie tales based on actual events are enacted in this film. First, three college students play a prank on a geeky classmate, who is accidentally shot and killed.

Encounter with the Unknown (1972) is a horror mystery film directed by Harry Thomason. Released in November 1972, it runs 90 minutes.

The film is filed under anthology, supernatural power, horror anthology, and urban legend.

Rod Serling takes the lead as Narrator (voice), Robert Ginnaven as Father Duane, Gary Brockette as Frank Cameron, and John Leslie as Randy Powell. The screenplay is by Harry Thomason and Hillman Taylor. In the United States it streams on Bloodstream.

Trick 'r Treat, The Dark Tapes, and Dead Silence make useful companions to Encounter with the Unknown, all filed under paranormal phenomena. It carries a PG rating.