Alfred hitchcock hour final escape11/21/2023 ![]() ![]() This chat inspired me to seek the show out anew and, 31 years later, I was affected by it once more. I spoke on how effective “Final Escape” was and how its impact on me stayed with me almost as profoundly as any episode of my beloved THE TWILIGHT ZONE. ![]() Recently, I was chatting loosely about my memories of the show, mentioning how when I was little, my mom and I would watch the program weekly when it ran in prime time on NBC. And for me, the standout among that pack is 1985’s “Final Escape”, a bone-chilling short film that condenses the narrative of the 1964 original (which appeared in the ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR incarnation) from 60 minutes to 30 minutes, tightening and toughening the tale and amplifying the cruelty central character and offering a final act twist that ruined me as a youth. Many of the best of them were in fact remakes of the existing AHP episodes. I’m really not sure.īut the second wave ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS was actually often very, very good, with some standout episodes that made up for some of the less effective installments. Perhaps it’s the fact that the series was syndicated to death during its decade and people channel surfing cited it a bit of an eyesore and took it for granted. ![]() Perhaps that’s due to its very existence, chained as it was and will be forever to the memory of its source. For whatever reason the 80s revamp of vintage television suspense anthology series ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS gets minimal mention in genre worship circles. ![]()
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