Although thar be many a stinker in the annals of this mostly fine show, this one really feels to me like it could be the worst tale of them all... As a child, I once had to have two of my rear molars extracted at the same time. That was more fun than this. The plot is so simple and idiotic that it barely keeps the attention, it tries too hard to be all cute and funny, and oh god, that music! It's just revolting, overbearingly loud, and completely wrong for this type of show. It sucks dry whatever potential fun any scene had. Usually a good ending can make up for a poor episode and make it worth watching. But the ending to this one is just weak and senseless. It seems to me that the director of "Judy, you're not yourself today",(CATCHY) had mainly directed grand romantic dramas. So why were the directors like her allowed anywhere near this kind of programme? It was obviously done by somebody with zero knowledge of the macabre. There's no memorability to the episodes like this. Why, I could feel it fading from my head before it was even finished! It's a vile excuse for a tale from the crypt - there's nothing to be found here folks. ::: Enter the pair of horrible eccentric twits. When I first saw their 'home' at the start, a hideous doll's house of a house, with all of the colourful pictures, china dolls and knick knacks, I naturally wondered who the heck kind of freaks live here? And they didn't disappoint. You can practically smell the potpourri in the air.. I did actually like the knick knacks. A lot of people don't care for knick knacks, but I for one am a knick knack appreciator. Give the dog a bone! I really didn't care for Brian Kerwin's performance as the obnoxious gun-totin' Donald. What was supposed to be wrong with the guy? Was he just completely insane? About the only thing I could gleam of the character of his character was that he certainly loved his guns. And it eventually turns out before the end that he can't shoot the broad side of a barn! I found the scene where he shoots the witch and starts talking about what a "rush" it was downright disturbing, and that nonsense he utters at the end about "James Bond" and "being a very bad boy", how was that supposed to go with what I thought was a fairly well done dramatic final scene? What a joke. Nice pyjamas, though! Shweet! ::: I didn't enjoy the pouty performance of Karol Kane as the annoying titmouse of a wife neither. The delicate Judy liked her pretty things in her pretty world. I was impressed a little by the change in her demeanour in the few brief scenes where she's possessed by the witch, but that's all. The only thing I did enjoy was Frances Bay as the witch. RIP. The 'ole switcheroo" trick has been done many times before, better than here I'd imagine. You do have to pay attention to the plot to fully get the vice-versa thing. I thought she was pretty much wasted here. She didn't have a whole lot to do, and I know that wasn't her in that crappy zombie makeup! I really loved her in Pit and the Pendulum. (and Critters 3!) ::: What's the moral meant to be, don't be a crazy gun nut or a consumer-obsessed nitwit? Some kind of klunky commentary on gun lovers? Totally absurd. Eat dirt and die, nasty old forgettable trash episode of beloved horror tales TV show!!!
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