Sy Fy should retrieve the 70s movie of the week idea

Sy Fy Channel's bi-weekly, low budget, new sci-fi flicks are getting worse. The CGI monsters are getting cheesier and cheaper.

For the same amount of money spent, Sy Fy could go back to the successful, early 70s, gothic suspense horror/thriller/mystery movies of the week. These movies were low budget but didn't seem like it. The same movies were able to employ well-known Hollywood B list actors and even some former A list actors. That was the age of low-tech and minimal special effects and little to no gore, and minimal violence that served to complement the plot, not distract from it. These movies also didn't rely on expensive sets, special effects, and props. It was essentially a new concept. A small, skilled film crew would travel to a location spot somewhere in Los Angeles County and film on some big house or manor or in the nearby woods or rural area. The plots were effective combinations of mystery thrillers, gothic suspense, supernatural, pseudo-supernatural where someone was pulling a Scooby Doo spook trick, and murder suspense mystery. Sometimes some sci-fi was involved. It all worked very well. But changing viewer tastes spelled the end of these riveting thriller movies of the week. If Sy Fy wants quality respect they should do more of something like, Red Riding Hood from last year.