![]() ![]() The new Alfred Hitchcock Presents feels far removed in terms of appearance and tone, but it still strikes a nerve with how it exposes the most unsettling suspects of the human mind. It speaks to the layers of stalking and how the law is unwilling to help because the victim isn’t physically harmed (yet). So while the calls never turn into anything life-threatening, they aren’t innocent either. Their encounter pushes the episode into pure psychological territory. He’s aggressive and insulting, not to mention patronizing. The phone calls have understandably gotten to her, but they seem more like a last straw than the cause of all her ensuing problems.īetsy’s predicament becomes more evident when the detective rears his sexist head. Her best friend ( Sandra Bernhard) represents the audience, who is just as confounded by Betsy’s behavior. Fiorentino effectually plays a paranoia stricken woman who has come undone for several reasons. That being said, “The Night Caller” is not anywhere as seedy as the series ever got. One has to wonder what Hitchcock would have thought about his name being attached to these episodes. The earlier Alfred Hitchcock shows offered a contrast between what viewers saw - spic and span attire and environments juxtaposed with dark acts of human nature - but the new edition was openly frank and downright sordid. This was a reflection of the world outside. In general, the 1980s saw more and more gummy and sweaty stories making their way onto both the small and big screens. A detective ( Stephen Davies) investigates, but without any hard evidence, he can’t do anything other than talk to the suspect, Art ( Michael O’Keefe). published in December 1960 in the USA by Dell Publishing (paperback) 286 pages. She believes the caller is in the apartment building next to hers and that he can see directly into her apartment. Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 14 of My Favorites in Suspense. ![]() When she’s not at work, Betsy receives unsettling and obscene phone calls from an unknown man. She’s living on her own again in a small apartment, and she can’t quite get a hang of the dating scene. The new version of “The Night Caller” stars Linda Fiorentino as a recently divorced woman named Betsy. Many episodes were original, but others were remakes of older stories. Promptly after cancelling the show, USA Network picked it up for two more seasons. They even inserted colorized stock footage of the man himself from the previous series. A married man captures a gunman who tried to rob him and his mistress, but to avoid a scandal, he contemplates whether to let him go or kill him. With Alfred Hitchcock, Joseph Cotten, Julie Adams, Don Gordon. No matter what, though, they are proof that horror and suspense aren’t limited to the big screen.ĭespite its namesake being dead for a few years, NBC revived Alfred Hitchcock Presents for one season. Dead Weight: Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. They’re the ones I vividly remember or respond to the most. ( TV.To celebrate horror on television, I’m looking back at 31 tales from various anthology series. Mary Maloney is a devoted wife and an exceptional housekeeper. The story was later refilmed for Roald Dahls UK TV series 'Tales of the Unexpected'.Synopsis. Starring: Alfred Hitchcock cast: Himself - Host. Introduction 'Lamb to the Slaughter' (directed by Alfred Hitchcock) was originally broadcast on 13/Apr/1958 as part of the third season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Cockrell - teleplay (as Francis Cockrell) Cornell Woolrich - story. Produced by: Joan Harrison - associate producer. The girl, who robbed Harry, is also his now-grown daughter. Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955 1.39 Momentum Directed by: Robert Stevens. Later, the young girl from the bar arrives. After being robbed, Harry decides to visit his wife. ![]() Later a young girl at the bar sees Harry's money, gets him drunk, and robs him. He stops by a bar to phone his wife, but gets cold feet. He has saved up sixteen hundred dollars and goes to his home town. Harry Beggs is released from prison after twenty years for armed robbery. "Coming Home" was originally broadcast on 13/Jun/1961 as part of the sixth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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