![]() While Rod Serling was host of the supernaturally charged "Twilight Zone", corpulent Alfred Hitchcock himself was host to his TV series. Interestingly, both series use the same device of using a host to introduce every single episode. Some of the episodes have a strong "Twilight Zone" tone, especially "The Tale Of Mr. A secret of hers will eventually bring the husband back for Christmas, indeed! He tells everyone that they might not come back and settle in the New World, to make sure no one is physically missing his wife when he kills and buries her before the departure, while she tells everyone they will be back for Christmas. The two plan to leave Europe for a vacation in America and during the farewell party for their friends his plan unfolds. An older man is tired of his ever-nagging wife and starts digging her grave in the basement, pretending to work on a wine-cellar. From the visual style to the dry humor and the unexpected ending, you will find everything there. Named "Back For Christmas" from 1956, it is certainly the wittiest of them all and carries Hitchcock’s signature all over. The final episode on the disc is again, one of the best ones. Will the murder show his true color in the face of his past? The guest is an actress pretending to be the ghost of the murder victim. In order to make a murderer confess his crime, a former police inspector sets up a dinner with a ghostly guest. Pelham desperately tries to find and confront the imitator… and he does!įollowing is "Banquo’s Chair", a 1959 story about a murder investigation of a different kind. Getting increasingly unsettled about the situation, Mr. ![]() It goes so far that the double is even starting to do his work while he’s out sick or on lunch breaks. While he is in one place, the person shows up in another, completely copying his mannerisms and looks. Pelham finds out that someone seems to be taking his identity. Pelham" from 1955 and is one my favorites of the disc. The second episode is called "The Case Of Mr. When the police investigates the case she’s getting increasingly unsettled and finds a very inventive way to dispose of the murder weapon. When he decides to leave her for another woman she kills him cold-heartedly with a leg of lamb – actually a VERY big lamb, almost the size of a full-grown cow. It is the tale of a woman whose entire world revolves around here husband. The disc starts with "Lamb To The Slaughter", an episode from 1958, starring Barbara "Miss Ellie’ Bel Geddies. They have whetted my appetite for more and I can’t wait until Universal starts releasing more episodes from the acclaimed television series on DVD. ![]() It is incredible how strong these 30-minute episodes come across, how intense the atmosphere is from the first to the last frame, until ‘Hitch’ releases the tension himself with amusing quips at the end of the show. Simply no one masters suspense the way he did, and the four episodes presented on this DVD are a perfect example for the man’s genius. As he was 50 years ago, Alfred Hitchcock is still in a league of his very own, unparalleled, unmatched and unforgotten. Interestingly, it also exemplifies that there has not been a single director to fill Alfred Hitchcock’s shoes after his passing. Universal Home Video releases "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" in celebration of the director’s 100th birthday and it is at the same time a painful reminder that this brilliant filmmaker has long passed away. I had heard many good things about the series however and was delighted to give this brand-new DVD from Universal a look. Yes, it is true! I had never had the opportunity to watch any of these episodes for the simple reason that as to my knowledge they were never aired in Germany where I originally grew up. Being an admirer of Alfred Hitchcock’s sophisticated, educated and intelligent work in the feature film arena, I have always been looking forward to seeing episodes from his TV series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents". ![]()
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