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A review by Charles Tatum

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Written by Charles Tatum on May 9, 2022

The Best of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Volume 1: Alfred Hitchcock not only hosted his anthology series, he even directed a few episodes. The three episodes on this video were all directed by the master of suspense, but they do not live up to his better film work.

The first episode, written by Roald Dahl, is entitled "Lamb to the Slaughter" (1958). Barbara Bel Geddes is a young, eager-to-please pregnant wife whose cop hubby comes home one night and springs a surprise. He is in love with someone else and wants a divorce. She goes about her wifely duties, trying to ignore the painful situat... read the rest.

A review by GenerationofSwine

100%
Written by GenerationofSwine on January 11, 2023

I guess the most powerful thing I can say is that I remember my family gathering around the television to watch this every week when I was a little kid. And it aired on when my father was 2 years-old.

In other words it has lasting resonance, but that it because, like the original Twilight Zone (and to an extent the 80s reboot) it has a little bot of everything and a new story to tell every week.

It's like what American Horror Story wants to be, but can't seem to wrap a story up in a single episode... or at least can't seem to do it well enough that guarantees that viewers will come back e... read the rest.

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