1978 The Dark Secret of Harvest Home Part I

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home Part 1: Ploughing Day, Planting Day, Agnes Fair, Choosing The Young Lord, The Day Of Seasoning
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home is a 1978 American television horror-thriller miniseries, produced by Universal Television and directed by Leo Penn, that aired January 23–24, 1978, on NBC. The screenplay was based on the 1973 novel Harvest Home by Tom Tryon and is largely faithful to the original material
In the quaint, peaceful community of Cornwall Coombe, Connecticut, all the lives of the townspeople are devoted to tradition and "old ways", as directed by The Widow Fortune (Bette Davis), an herbal healer and midwife, who rules the town both with an iron hand and folksy kindness. The villagers eschew modern agricultural methods and have extremely limited contact with the outside world. As one says, "we don't mess with other folks and we expect them not to mess with us." The villagers celebrate a number of festivals that revolve around the cultivation of corn. The most important festival is "Harvest Home", which takes place once every seven years.
Bette Davis as Widow Fortune
David Ackroyd as Nick Constantine
Joanna Miles as Beth Constantine
Rosanna Arquette as Kate Constantine
René Auberjonois as Jack Stump
John Calvin as Justin Hooke