A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal people in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions.

When a group of Indigenous activists attempt to repatriate ancestral artifacts found in a cave on Australia's Kangaroo Island, one of them is shot, evading police and taken to a local hospital, where the doctor attending to her experiences strange visions relating to violent events from the past.

Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.

A maniac is stalking and killing female students at a university.

The harsh, competitive world of Australian sheep-shearers provides the setting for this powerful film. Foley and 'Black Arthur' do battle for the position of 'top shearer' amid the boozy world of men isolated from civilisation. After weeks of work they are confronted with non-union labour undercutting them - a situation which leads to a violent conclusion.

"Terrorthon Spectacular" was a double feature horror special on SAS Channel 10 Adelaide, screening "The Beckoning Fair One" as well as an "Aweful Movie with Deadly Earnest" presentation.

"ADS-7 Good Friday Easter Appeal Marathon" was a hosted horror and fantasy movie marathon with Hedley Cullen as "Deadly Earnest" screened on ADS Channel 7, Adelaide, South Australia on 3 April 1977.

"Deadly Earnest's Spooky Colour Marathon" was a hosted horror and science fiction movie marathon with Hedley Cullen as "Deadly Earnest" screened on ADS Channel 7, Adelaide, South Australia on 1 March 1975.