Thomas Baum (Writer)

The Hitchhiker

A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.

Release Date1983-11-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count32

War of the Worlds

Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s. The fate of Earth may very well rest in the hands of a small yet courageous band: astrophysicist Harrison Blackwood, paraplegic computer wizard Norton Drake, microbiologist Suzanne McCullough and military man Paul Ironhorse.

Release Date1988-10-07

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Episode Count1

Vote Count31

Nightmare Cafe

Nightmare Cafe is a short-lived American telefantasy program which aired on NBC for an abridged first season from January to April 1992. While the overall tone of the program was that of a mystical fantasy, it frequently incorporated elements of dark humor, horror, and even outright comedy. A total of six episodes were produced before low ratings led to its cancellation. The series has subsequently been shown on the Sci Fi Channel as part of their Series Collection. The series began showing on NBC Universal's horror and suspense-themed cable channel, Chiller in March 2009.

Release Date1992-01-29

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count11

Carny

Tired of being a small-town waitress, Donna departs with the latest carnival show, living with entertainers Frankie and Patch in a tense, emotional triangle.

Release Date1980-05-23

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count42

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Remake of Jules Verne's classic story finds adventurers seeking a mysterious hidden land. They are joined by the wife of another man, who had previously gone on a similar expedition and disappeared.

Release Date1999-09-14

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JobTeleplay

Episode Count2

Vote Count50

The Manhattan Project

A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, win a national science fair, and expose the government's secrets.

Release Date1986-06-13

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count115

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Set in the late 1870's - A woman hires an anthropologist/adventurer to track down her husband, who has disappeared while searching for an elusive passage to the center of the earth

Release Date2008-01-27

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JobTeleplay

Vote Count64

Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula

Meet the man behind the legend in this true story of Vlad the Impaler, whose vicious and cruel reputation as a bloodthirsty warlord became the basis for the myth of Dracula.

Release Date2000-10-31

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count50

Shattered Mind

Heather Locklear stars in this psychological thriller as a woman who is racked by multiple personalities and confronts a horrifying past of dark secrets buried a long time ago. When her father dies she descends into a bizarre emotional world where she lashes out at her husband and two young daughters.

Release Date1996-05-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count10

Secret Weapons

Soviet High School girls are sent to the U.S. where they are taught to become secret agents and use sex to find information.

Release Date1985-03-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count15

The Sender

A disturbed telepathic man is able to transmit his dreams and visions into the minds of the people around him.

Release Date1982-10-22

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count60

Simon

A group of scientists take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwashing experiment and try to convince him that he is a living being from another planet.

Release Date1980-02-01

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count24

Night Visions

A Los Angeles detective teams up with a psychic to hunt down a serial killer.

Release Date1990-11-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count14

In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped

Arthur Milo, an IRS official with access to detailed personal and financial data, chooses his kidnap victims from his files. Pete Honeycutt is in charge of the case, and Milo taunts him with personal phone calls, eventually threatening his family.

Release Date1995-03-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count4

Witness to the Execution

This movie deals with a television network hoping to draw the biggest ratings ever while televising an execution live into the home of every American family.

Release Date1994-02-13

DepartmentWriting

JobTeleplay

Vote Count4

Hugo the Hippo

The Sultan of Zanzibar has a harbor infested with sharks, which makes it impossible for ships to trade with him. In an attempt to fix the problem, he brings twelve hippos into the harbor to keep the sharks away. His idea works well enough, but once the hippos are no longer a novelty and the people no longer feed them, they begin to starve. After the hungry hippos rampage through the city looking for food, Aban-Khan, the king's adviser, slaughters all the hippos except one, a little hippo named Hugo.

Release Date1975-12-25

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count11

The Haunting of Sarah Hardy

Sela Ward stars as beautiful, vulnerable heiress Sarah Hardy, recently wed and returning to her isolated childhood home, The Pines, to claim her vast inheritance. But something – or someone – evil waits there for her. It could be real. Or imagined. Whatever it is , it wants to drive Sarah into madness. And on the other side of madness lies murder. Featuring a tour de force performances by Morgan Fairchild and Polly Bergen, The Haunting of Sarah Hardy is sheer gothic suspense at its most wicked.

Release Date1989-05-31

DepartmentWriting

JobTeleplay

Vote Count16

Laila in Haifa

The film was shot entirely in a nightclub, with an adjoining contemporary art gallery, whose customers are both Israelis and Palestinians, in one of Israel’s most open cities, Haifa. A long night in a place where the most diverse people meet: Jews, Muslims, gays, heterosexuals, transvestites; and three women, who in that multifaceted microcosm, a gathering peaceful hideout, can find shelter from male bullying and arrogance.

Release Date2021-09-01

Vote Count4