This is a promo that aired for the television movie "Fantasies", directed by William Wiard. It aired as an ABC Monday Night Movie on January 18, 1982,
Carla Sherman (Suzanne Pleshette) is the creator and head writer of "Middleton, U.S.A.", a popular nighttime soap opera. The future of the show is threatened when, one by one, the show's cast members are being systematically murdered by a crazed killer. Carla soon discovers that she could be the next victim.
Wanting a chance to compete with the slasher movies that were in cinemas and at their peak in 1981-82, ABC decided to produce this movie as a gimmick featuring soap stars from its' own popular daytime lineup, which was at it's peak in the early Eighties thanks to "General Hospital" and "All My Children".
Several soap stars from the network make appearances as victims such as John Gabriel ("Ryan's Hope"), Peter Bergman ("All My Children", "The Young and the Restless"), Robin Mattson ("General Hospital", "All My Children"), Stuart Damon ("General Hospital") and Robert S. Woods ("One Life To Live")
