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The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 44

Gramma

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AIRED: 2/14/86

A young boy is left to care for his old, scary grandmother. He finally confronts his fears and steps up to her…

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Little boy left alone with his grandma who turns out to be much more than an old lady.

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By twilightboy, Jan 02, 2013

Yeah, this is the kind of episode i love. Poor George, all alone at home while his mother is gone, only to find out that his grandmother is an old powerful witch who is going to end up devouring him.

I like the parts where George talks to himself and has conversations about what to do next. The house looks also very spooky and that helps to create an ambient for the show to be experienced in.

The ending was kind of expected for I knew this was based on a Stephen King's short story, so it is kind of given that a monster is going to eat someone up.moreless
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By thefanof, Jun 16, 2011

I am a fan of sci-fi television, I am a fan of all of The Twilight Zones, but this episode was kind of weird. The idea behind a monster grandma is perfect and you have to feel that the 1959 version of this show would have done a better job than this incarnation. In fact, I couldn't even really see the monster, which I think was "borrowed" from some book anyway. The directing was really bush-league even by 1985 standards and the premise itself was weak. Everyone knew the kid would be in the form of his grandmother when the mother did in fact return.

Don't let this deter you from watching more Twilight Zone version 2.0 episodes. Hey, it wasn't all bad, but a promising premise was foiled by bad directing and effects here tonight.moreless
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Is there a point to this?

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By CaptainMidnight, Feb 24, 2011

Unfortunately, this episode is typical Stephen King. Lots of setup. Far too much setup, in fact, with an awful lot of voiceover thought. Anybody who has ever suffered the David Lynch "Dune" movie knows you can't get away with that much in movies (or TV). The episode could have been done in five minutes. As for the ending, it's a contradiction. Like many Stephen King "twist" endings, it comes from out of left field, with no real foreshadowing. But again, King has done this so many times that the ending isn't shocking or surprising at all. In fact, the final scene is clumsily telegraphed thanks to the teleplay cobbled together by Harlan Ellison seemingly at his worst. When it's all over, you have the feeling that the entire segment was a waste of time. Child actor Barrett Oliver, who was decent in the movie "Cocoon," is sometimes embarrassingly bad here. Skip this if you can. There are plenty of better episodes in this series.moreless
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Darlanne Fluegel	Mother	Guest Star
Frederick Long	Gramma	Guest Star
Barret Oliver	Georgie	Guest Star

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- No opening nor closing narration.
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QUOTES (3)
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- Georgie: Last chance, Gramma! Stop fooling around! Wake up or Mom will chew me out for letting you die.
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- Georgie: "Ne-cro-non-icon." "The in-co-na-bu-la of the Mad Arab Ab-dul Al-hazred." What's this stuff mean? "The return of the Great Old One, Hastur and Yogsothoth, frightful sleeper in the deep." "Ka-thul-hu"... "Kat-too-loo." What a dumb name for something. I can't read this stuff. It must be in some super-secret ancient language.
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- Uncle Doug: Medea was someone's mother. Messalina, Lucretia Borgia, Typhoid Mary. Mothers every one of them.
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- This episode is based on the short story "Gramma", by Stephen King. The story was first published in Weirdbook #19 (Spring, 1984). The story was later collected in his collection Skeleton Crew (1985).
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