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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 29, 2025

    #NowWatching FAMILY PLOT (1976). Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Karen Black, Bruce Dern. #31 on my Hitch rewatch is his very last feature and, perhaps, his wackiest! Dream 70s cast also includes Barbara Harris, William Devane & Katherine Helmond. #filmsky 📽

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  • Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.socialBluesky · May 24, 2025

    In rating Hitchcock, let me step up for the four or five of us in the Family Plot (1976) is good, actually hive. It's TV movie qualities are why I like it so much, Hitch directing an NBC mystery movie and knocking it out of the park. Barbara Harris is wonderful as the last of the Hitchcock blondes.

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  • summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 10, 2023

    because I have helped an odd coincidence or two along, I continue to hope that relentlessly insisting online that @cmpriest.bsky.social 's "The Family Plot" is perfect fodder for a low-budget indie horror film (one primary location! small cast! practical effects!) will eventually bear fruit, somehow

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  • Cathy Pegau 📚🌈🥊 - I should be writing! @cathypegau.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 7, 2024

    Finished @cmpriest.bsky.social 's The Family Plot last night. This needs to be a movie.

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  • Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2025

    Director Alfred Hitchcock with the original cast for his last film, Family Plot (1976), before William Devane replaced Roy Thinnes (upper right).

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  • 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 25, 2026

    TRIVIA: William Devane was originally cast in ‘Logan’s Run’ as Francis 7, but dropped out of the project to replace Roy Thinnes in the Alfred Hitchcock film ‘Family Plot’. (Wikipedia) 🖤

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  • Trylon Cinema @trylon.orgBluesky · Apr 27, 2026

    Our Hitchcock series comes to a close this week with NORTH BY NORTHWEST on 70mm at the Heights Theater and FAMILY PLOT on 35mm at the Trylon. Tickets and showtimes at www.trylon.org/film-series/...

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  • The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2025

    #BOTD 1888 Cathleen Nesbitt was a grand dame of the theatre on both sides of the Atlantic in a career spanning seven decades. One of her last roles of note was as the elderly wealthy Julia Rainbird, who instigates the plot in Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot (1976).

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  • The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 22, 2025

    #BOTD 1911 Edith Atwater: American stage, film, and television actress. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) Strait Jacket (1964) True Grit (1969) Family Plot (1976)...

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  • Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 9, 2026

    FAMILY PLOT, the final feature directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was released 50 years ago today. I've always loved that Hitch's last film came out the same year as TAXI DRIVER.

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  • David Hollingsworth 🏳️‍🌈 @daveyh39.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2026

    Happy Heavenly 91st Birthday to the underappreciated Barbara Harris, Tony-winning & Oscar-nominated actress, who was #BOTD on 7/25/1935, renowned for her roles in A THOUSAND CLOWNS, NASHVILLE, FAMILY PLOT, FREAKY FRIDAY, THE SEDUCTION OF JOE TYNAN, PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED, MOVIE MOVIE, and more.

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  • 🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 29, 2025

    Inspired by The Old Man Is Still Alive season of You Must Remember This to catch up with Hitchcock's penultimate film, Frenzy. I haven't seen Topaz or Family Plot either; my Hitch-watching ended with Marnie.

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  • The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2024

    #BOTD 1888 Cathleen Nesbitt: English actress with a career spanning seven decades. One of her last roles of note was as the elderly wealthy Julia Rainbird, who instigates the plot in Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot (1976).

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  • The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 22, 2026

    #BOTD 1911 Edith Atwater: American stage, film, and television actress. The Body Snatcher (1945), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Strait-Jacket (1964) and Alfred Hitchcock's Family Plot (1976).

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  • 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 12, 2026

    TRIVIA: Alfred Hitchcock's cameo in 'Family Plot' can be seen 40 minutes into the film. He appears in silhouette through the glass door of the Registrar Of Births And Deaths. (Wikipedia) 🖤

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  • Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 9, 2026

    "Family Plot" Turns 50 and Is Still Loads of Fun This is one of the best Hitchcock films, and it was released on this day in 1976. psychotronicreview.com/2026/04/09/f...

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  • Fright Club @frightya.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 16, 2025

    That's a heck of a movie. Thanks #FrightClub! We are back tomorrow with something called Family Plot, from 1976. I do not know a blessed thing about it beyond that.

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  • Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 14, 2023

    On Hitchcock's birthday, let me put in a good word for Family Plot, which I love because of its shaggy, 70s, NBC Mystery Movie qualities. Great Williams score too.

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  • Michael's Movie Group @michaelcinemagroup.bsky.socialBluesky · May 28, 2026

    #filmsky Hitchcock vs. Scorsese? At the 1976 Cannes Film Festival #OTD, Hitch’s final film Family Plot was the last one to be screened, but the jury gave the Grand Prix to up-and-comer Martin Scorsese’s urban horror tour Taxi Driver. Do I agree? Oui oui! Plus we know which film has aged better.

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  • Matt B. @trianglemannc.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 3, 2026

    Filled in a Hitchcock blind spot last weekend when the Carolina Theatre in Durham showed Family Plot. It was a lot of fun! And kind of weird at times. Glad I finally saw it. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

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  • Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.socialBluesky · Jul 13, 2025

    Tonight's movies: Brick (2025), better than expected. Intriguing premise, executed pretty well with only a few predictable plot points. And Family Plot, Hitchcock's last film. Could not figure out the tone and dragged along but still interesting to see his final effort.

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  • Roger Luckhurst @theprofrog.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2026

    This weekend I'm giving a 30-minute talk just on the wink to the camera, the final shot in Hitchcock's Family Plot (and the final shot of Hitchcock's final film). Loads of stuff on looks really great!

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  • Erin @erinclyde.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2026

    Post a 70s movie that starts with the letter F Family Plot (1976)

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  • Trylove, A Movie Podcast @trylovepodca.stBluesky · May 5, 2026

    𝓘'𝓶 𝓽𝓸𝓸 𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓻𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰. With today’s episode on FAMILY PLOT (1976), we’ve sandwiched Hitchcock’s entire career on this podcast! With his final film, did the Master of Suspense prove he’s “still got it”? Or is he going for something different entirely? (links in 🧵) #filmsky #movies #podcast

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  • Tevfik Erarslan @tvfker.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 31, 2025

    Mirasını bırakmak için hayatta kalan tek akrabasını arayan tek ayağı çukurda biriyle fidye yerine elmas kabul eden bir esnafın hikayesi. Film iyi mi kötü mü diye sormayın; kapı gibi Hitchcock yazıyor zaten. Karen Black, Bruce Dern da var. FAMILY PLOT (1976) by Alfred Hitchcock Devam: boxd.it/cl5tGl

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  • Michael Reed @mikeyreed.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 13, 2025

    I think #NorthByNorthwest is writer Ernest Lehman's best screenplay. And, that saying something, considering some of his other work on The Sound of Music, West Side Story, and Sweet Smell of Success. He also wrote Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot (1976) which is another fun one. #TCMParty

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  • Brent, but haunted 👻 @slurmqueen.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 25, 2025

    Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched 🍿🎉📽️ Finally watched a couple that I’ve been meaning to watch for a while. Hitchcock’s final film, Family Plot, was so fun!

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  • Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2024

    I’m also happy to note that as much as I choose to and am generally able to assess creative work without dipping into issues of morality, I think that Frenzy is a deeply immoral film, and I’ll never sit through it again. Whereas Family Plot simply smells.

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  • Friendly Gayborhood Daddyman @biddlebrian.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 30, 2023

    #NowWatching #ScaryMovieMonth Hitchcock Presents Night Rope | 1948 Strangers on a Train | 1951 Family Plot | 1976 Hitch’s frequent inclusion of casual (as it should be) queer representation (abundance in these three!) is heroic. @j60660.bsky.social

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  • Milan Paurich @milanpaurich.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 5, 2026

    It's also a symbol of the decline in Hollywood movies. The major studio releases that opened wide the week before Easter '76 were "All the President's Men," "The Bad News Bears" and Hitchcock's final film, "Family Plot." This year the only studio release was an animated Super Mario Brothers sequel.

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  • Chuck @4everdays.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 20, 2026

    Katherine Helmond appeared in Hitchcock's final movie, Family Plot (1976). She was good, but it was a dramatic role.

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  • Steve Senski's Watching Night Gallery @stevensenski.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 21, 2026

    FAMILY PLOT, Alfred Hitchcock's final movie, was released 50 years ago today.

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  • WeirwoodTreeHugger @weirwoodtreehug.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 17, 2025

    First time watch of Hitch's last movie Family Plot. I think this one is a dark comedy. #FrightClub

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  • 🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2025

    Letterboxd Last Eight Watched. 40 Acres surpassed my expectations--see it on a big screen if you can. Bonus: Quinault watching Family Plot (transfixed by Barbara Harris, I'd imagine). The Cat and the Canary: tinyurl.com/48vcymuz Will: tinyurl.com/273d433j Will screening info: tinyurl.com/547kp8ct

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  • Borrowing Tape @borrowingtape.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 18, 2025

    The following films by Alfred Hitchcock are currently streaming on Netflix (USA) The Birds Vertigo The Man Who Knew Too Much Rear Window Psycho Frenzy Family Plot #filmsky #movies #movie #cinema #film #films

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  • Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.socialBluesky · May 24, 2025

    Shadow of a Doubt's *Americanness* is really compelling, I think. Also, is it the only Hitch film that truly alludes (with the psychic connection between the Charlies) to the supernatural? (I'm not counting Family Plot.)

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  • A.C. Miller @acmillerauthor.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 23, 2025

    Time for my 36th Hitchcock film, FAMILY PLOT ('76).

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  • Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.socialBluesky · Apr 28, 2024

    I would say that I Confess, The Wrong Man, and of course Topaz qualify as authentically dull. Family Plot isn't so much dull as incompetent (but, sure, it's dull). No film featuring Lila Kedrova could ever truly be called dull.

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  • ChainPaul Man: The Movie - Reze-less Arc. @plh85.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 14, 2026

    Spielberg should do a FABELMANS sequel about the early days of little Sammy Fabelman's career and the making of his first hit film. And the last scene needs to be Sammy Fabelman confidently walking onto the set of FAMILY PLOT and Alfred Hitchcock, without even looking at him, tells him to fuck off.

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  • Ghost Puritan Gräfin Freudenberg🗽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @grafinfreudenberg.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 5, 2026

    I love a lot of the "second string" Hitchcocks like "Foreign Correspondent" & "Stage Fright" & "Family Plot" more than "Vertigo" (I get that it's an important movie but I'd much rather watch one of the fun ones!)

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  • Robert J. Lewis @imrjl.bsky.socialBluesky · May 28, 2026

    I disliked “Family Plot” for many years, feeling it was uncharacteristically slight and TV-movie-ish (most of Hitch’s eps for his own anthology series are better), but have since warmed up to it…good fun for Dern & Hitch’s third collaboration...

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  • Mikko Viinikka (Extended Cannes Cut) @mikkovsviinikka.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 1, 2025

    #NowWatching Alfred Hitchcock's last movie, Family Plot (1976).

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  • Lauren Thompson @laurenfacall.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 12, 2025

    13 August 1899 – 1980 Alfred Hitchcock, 80, English-US filmmaker Rear Window (1954) * To Catch a Thief * The Trouble with Harry * The Man Who Knew Too Much * The Wrong Man * Vertigo * North by Northwest * Psycho * The Birds * Marnie * Torn Curtain * Topaz * Frenzy * Family Plot (1976 final film)

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  • NH Woods Girl @xl-diva-ranting.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 18, 2025

    We're watching "Rope" because it's Hitchcock and Jimmy Stewart but also because we found it while discovering that "Family Plot" is Hitch's last movie. Also bc it's 81 minutes long and that transitions into time for dinner well. (Á propos of nothing, #FrightClub.)

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  • artofthemovies.bsky.social @artofthemovies.bsky.socialBluesky · May 28, 2025

    Celebrating the Master of Suspense! This is a genuine promotional still from "Family Plot," showing Alfred Hitchcock with a reel from each of his 53 films. The macabre comedy would be his final movie. #alfredhitchcock #masterofsuspense #collectorsitem #moviestills #classicmovies tiny.cc/219l001

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  • D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.socialBluesky · May 27, 2025

    The combination of Barbara Harris and Karen Black on the same movie just makes me ecstatic. Family Plot and Nashville are both high on my list 🎇

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  • Patrick Murtha @patrickmurtha.bsky.socialBluesky · May 15, 2025

    Hitchcock’s beginning as a Northern California regional film-maker, which would continue with Vertigo, The Birds, and Family Plot.

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  • Chuck @4everdays.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 8, 2025

    I watched Dazed and Confused (1993) last night. The movie is set in 1976, the year Family Plot was released hence the sign. Apparently, not as many people enjoy quirkiness. I enjoyed both films immensely.🤓 7.6/10 IMDb vs 6.8/10 IMDb #DazedandConfused #FamilyPlot #Hitchcock

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  • The Brattle Theatre @brattletheatre.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 13, 2026

    We’re celebrating Hitchcock’s birthday this weekend with STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, FAMILY PLOT, VERTIGO, and Brian De Palma’s OBSESSION! Learn more at brattlefilm.org/film-series/...

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  • Karin Eva @kipperny.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 30, 2026

    Post a 70s movie that starts with the letter F Family Plot

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  • Scott Pfitzinger @pfitzinger.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 9, 2026

    Movies released on April 9: All the President’s Men (1976) Family Plot (1976) Tremors II: Aftershocks (1996) Never Been Kissed (1999) Johnny English (2003) Ella Enchanted (2004) Shaun of the Dead (2004) www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIfc... www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJB2... #movies 🎬 #anniversary

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  • Dave Rackliff @daverackliff.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 23, 2026

    Selection from my watchlist: A Most Wanted Man (Philip Seymour Hoffman final leading role) Death of a Salesman (Death is pretty final) A Matter of Life and Death Family Plot (Hitchcock’s last film) Beyond Re-Animator

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  • James Killin' @scarequotes.comBluesky · Aug 13, 2025

    I am glad Family Plot keeps it from being his last film. I don't think it's as good, but it's so much lighter.

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  • Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.socialBluesky · Aug 13, 2025

    It's unnervingly fine, and it's the only Hitch film that (I'd say) truly hints at the existence of the paranormal. (I don't think that The Birds and Family Plot count in that regard.)

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  • Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 2, 2025

    My ex-girlfriend, who was not a classic film buff, loved FAMILY PLOT (1976).

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  • Cathy Pegau 📚🌈🥊 - I should be writing! @cathypegau.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 18, 2024

    I recently read her "The Family Plot" and was sufficiently creeped but not freaked/grossed out. Would totally make an excellent movie :)

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  • Dungeon Crawler Keith @fiirewalkwithme.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2026

    Watching Family Plot for the first time. For being his last film, it's darkly funnier than his usual suspense fair.

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  • chaircrusher @cornwarning.comBluesky · Aug 13, 2026

    His last movie "Family Plot" starred Bruce Dern and Karen Black, the 70s-iest cast ever. youtu.be/YVazwgLDFvI?...

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  • Dennis "dejay" Koch @dennisjkoch.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 4, 2026

    When I saw this movie as a kid I did not find it scary in any sort of way. I did find Janet Leigh's fate surprising though. Now I watch it as a work of film art. Later Hitchcock films, "Topaz", "Torn Curtain", and "Family Plot", were disappointing - entertaining but were definitely lacking.

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  • Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2026

    Again you took my first choice. Here's Hitchcock's last film: 1976's Family Plot.

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