# What was this TV movie and possible series **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 30, 2018, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tv-movie-and-possible-series/826911 "2018-12-30T05:35:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tv-movie-and-possible-series/826911/1 "2018-12-30T05:35:38Z")
I recall a TV movie, probably from the late 80s or early 90s. It involved an alien spaceship where some criminals escaped. The female guard chased them down to earth and she worked with a human to track them down. The one scene I remember is the earth man is behind her gawking and she turns and says something like , “why would anyone do that with their bodies.” I remember enjoying it, but haven’t been able to find it, and every so often it creeps into my mind. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tv-movie-and-possible-series/826911/2 "2018-12-30T05:38:25Z")
Was it **Something is Out There** , a TV moviue that became a series circa 1988? > **[Something Is Out There](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Is_Out_There)** > > Something Is Out There is a 1988 American science fiction television miniseries that aired on NBC, and a weekly series that followed in the fall of 1988, which lasted from October to December 1988. > Jack Breslin (Joseph Cortese) is a police officer investigating brutal murders in which organs have been removed from the victims. He learns that the crimes are being committed by a monstrous alien insectoid prisoner known as a xenomorph, possessing shape-shifting and physical possession abilities, wh... The most memorable lines I recall were the Earth guy asking the woman “Do you have a self-destruct on your ship?” and her answering “No. Why would we put something like that on our ship?” An excellent response to the ludicrous overuse of that plot device in a lot of films around that time. ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tv-movie-and-possible-series/826911/3 "2018-12-31T01:11:41Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Was it **Something is Out There** , a TV moviue that became a series circa 1988? > > [Something Is Out There - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Is_Out_There) > > The most memorable lines I recall were the Earth guy asking the woman “Do you have a self-destruct on your ship?” and her answering “No. Why would we put something like that on our ship?” An excellent response to the ludicrous overuse of that plot device in a lot of films around that time. That’s it! And it’s on YouTube so many thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tv-movie-and-possible-series/826911/4 "2018-12-31T04:05:25Z")
I’m going to piggyback, since there’s bound to be confusion if I start a new thread. The series I’m thinking of was probably broadcast in the late 1970s, maybe early 80s. I think it was associated with the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew series, but apparently not since nothing resembling it is mentioned. The series is about a woman who is trying to find (and kill?) the vampire who killed her mother in front of her eyes when she was a child. I think the same vampire is now letching after her. Late in the series, she discovers that her mother wasn’t killed but is now a vampire. Mother doesn’t want to be a vampire and gets the daughter to stake her. Does this sound familiar to anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tv-movie-and-possible-series/826911/5 "2018-12-31T05:41:57Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I’m going to piggyback, since there’s bound to be confusion if I start a new thread. > > The series I’m thinking of was probably broadcast in the late 1970s, maybe early 80s. I think it was associated with the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew series, but apparently not since nothing resembling it is mentioned. > > The series is about a woman who is trying to find (and kill?) the vampire who killed her mother in front of her eyes when she was a child. I think the same vampire is now letching after her. Late in the series, she discovers that her mother wasn’t killed but is now a vampire. Mother doesn’t want to be a vampire and gets the daughter to stake her. > > Does this sound familiar to anyone? Curse of Dracula? > **[The Curse of Dracula (TV Series 1979) ⭐ 7.4 | Horror, Romance, Thriller](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0078591/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)** > > 2h 52m | TV-PG ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tv-movie-and-possible-series/826911/6 "2018-12-31T13:07:20Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > Curse of Dracula? > > [The Curse of Dracula (TV Series 1979) - IMDb](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0078591/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) You know, I think that’s it. I knew the Dracula character was someone I knew from elsewhere. As a mini-rant, WTF did IMDB do to their site?