"The After Hours"

[Extollager]

Just watched this first-season one again -- a really superior effort all around. Anne Francis was perfectly cast for the role of a mannequin who has come to life but forgotten that she is not a true human being. Photography was excellent too. The humorous bit with the pop-eyed floor manager was deftly placed, like the drunken porter in Macbeth, to give a bit of comic relief before the crisis. The ski masks adding scariness to it. Black and white photography was well suited to this series.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

I agree that this one one of the best episodes in the series. The floor of the department store that sells only one item (a thimble) -- a truly eerie scene, beautifully filmed.

 

[Toby Frost]

I agree, this is an excellent episode. Very sinister, and I like the way that it develops in unexpected ways instead of just being about a bunch of scary mannequins from the start.

 

[narrativus]

I think you have to compare The Twilight Zone with The Outer Limits to get a sense for the difference in dialogue and characterization. It seems as if Serling had a playwright's sensibility with intense dialogue and conflicted characters with just too many foibles. Then, you just sit back and look at this person slowly circle down the drain. I mean, wow. That's fun.