The After Hours - Twilight Zone Episode REVIEW
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- On this Twilight Zone REVIEW Marathon, we'll check out one of the most popular episodes of the series; 'The After Hours.' Anne Francis of 'Forbidden Planet' fame stars in this creepy tale about a woman accidentally locked in a department store after hours - her ordeal soon turns into a nightmare.
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Aaaaaand this is why I always apologize when I accidentally bump into store mannequins 😂
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Her face through that blurry glass crying for help is peak horror imagery. Great episode, with a twist ending that is more melancholic than terrifying.
One of my favorite episodes. Always used to creep me out still does honestly.
I hear you Aya! This one is legit creepy. Especially the zoom-ins on the mannequins and the atmosphere of dread.
Getting forgotten inside a store was a secret fear of mine...😆
You know now that you mention it, I'd wander off in stores as a kid and losing my parents for a moment was not a good feeling. 😆 Thanks for watching Melanie. Have a good day.
There was a movie called career opportunities about it with Jennifer garner
I think the book Corduroy made me want to get stuck inside a store after closing. The illustrator made it look so charming to my childish eyes.
That happened to me at a Wal-Mart one Christmas Eve! And I work there!
@@standardofexcellence, that actress is Jennifer *CONNELLY (I do LOVE that film!!)
I remember watching this episode every New Years too. I always love a good Twilight Zone twist ending, but the twist in this episode really caught me off guard, even for Twilight Zone standards. Something about mannequins are just unsettling. Something that isn't human, but looks human is just creepy.
I hear you Charles, VERY unsettling - then add a Toy Story vibe with them being alive when nobody is looking & it only makes them all the more creepy. Be well man!
One of the first Twilight Zone stories i ever saw and it has really stuck with me. Even now at 42 i have a terrible fear of being alone in buildings in case the displays are haunted.
Hi Glenn, I hear you. I think many can relate to the creepiness of public spaces after hours.
@@FeverDreamlandTheater Do you think you could do A Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room some time in the future? I think it's a really good episode that also touches on themes of identity and fears over loss of oneself.
@@glenngriffon8032 Definitely. I can put it up for a vote for the next poll and bump it up in my to-do list.
I had the pleasure of escorting Anne Francis to a tribute held for her in Hollywood in the nineties. They showed The After Hours and Forbidden Planet as part of the evening. She didn't want to sit through the movie, so we had dinner instead. It was a thrill though to sit next to her and watch The After Hours. She was proud that it had endured as a favorite of TZ fans.
Anne with her beauty and talent made that episode. I was in love with her from Forbidden Planet, and you are so lucky to have know her on a personal level.
Anne Francis was superb as Marsha in The After Hours. Director, Douglas Heyes, created a truly disquieting episode from Serling's screenplay. One of my favorites.
The creepiest moment is when Marsha just… accepts it.
This episode encapsulates the existential horror of returning to work after an extended vacation of any kind. That sinking feeling of "oh yes, this is me, this is my life."
😆 clock in, clock out, clock in, clock out, clock in, clock out. I hear you Liz.
Great point! Maybe this was just a metaphor for that same feeling. Thanks for sharing.
Classic episode. I also had a laugh at your comments about the film Mannequin, which I had somehow forgotten ever existed.
😆🤣 Ha ha, when I was looking for clips I had totally forgotten so much of it.
Excellent review of one of my truly favorite episodes. The After Hours is an absolute classic, and an episode that I feel is emblematic of the best of what the show can be in terms of high concept storytelling and twist endings. The reveal with the mannequins coming to life has such an eerie and disturbing quality to it as does the zoom-ins of the mannequin faces calling out her name which is fantastic and TZ at its peak for creepiness. I didn’t know about the remake episode with Terry Farrell no less which I have to see now! Strong work as always, Anthony!
Heeeey Cinecrisis, thanks for checking in man. That 80s remake was a cool rediscovery. Love to hear your thoughts on it after you get a chance to check it out. 🤜🤛
Wow, this episode scared me as a kid. Now it’s one of my favorites.
Great review, man.
WW! Wassup man, yeah this one aged pretty well, still has a creepy edge.
One of my favorite episodes! Never forgot this one, just excellent.
Very cool, yeah this one is at the top of a lot of TZ fans lists. Thanks Dave. 🤜🤛
@@FeverDreamlandTheater along with the guy takes a pair of shoes and then slips and falls in the street, gets hit buy a car.
One of my favorites. My Dad, sister and me caught this rerun after coming home from seeing Temple of Doom. Brilliant shadows and lighting in the department store sets. The mannequin recreation of Anne Francis is true art.
Hey Susan, I love Temple of Doom. That's an interesting follow up. First you watched a movie filled with dark voodoo magic and then you watched a tv show with department store mannequins coming to life. 😉
I agree totally, the cinematography was excellent in this one and the mannequin recreation of Anne Francis was amazing. Hope you have been well, thanks for watching & have a good one!
Another excellent review! Imagine what it was like to see this when you were eight years old, like me! It's no wonder my generation ended up going crazy. This is one of the best half hours of dramatic television ever produced. Anne Francis made it a classic with her wonderful performance. She was a very talented and underrated actress.
Hey Mike, agreed about Anne Francis, she was excellent. I also want to check her out in her appearances in the Hitchcock series. Thanks for checking in, have a nice weekend!
This was one of my all time favorites , and gosh I just love the way rod serling broke this down further and he poses the question of “ who are the people we say hello to?”, what is real and normal, is actually quite deep
This sounds like an awesome episode. I miss the days of the department stores. Ironically I just watched a room tour video where a gal was decorating with those old school mannequins. So cool how they created the mannequins here. Loved this one Anthony, hope your week is going well✌️
Hey Karen! Thanks as always for checking in. I can't even think of too many big department stores that are still around from when I was younger. Feels like over the last 20 years or so many have vanished.
One of the most famous Twilight Zone episodes,Fever.This would make most people's top ten list.
Oh no doubt, although my list changes a bit, this one is usually in my top 10. Such a classic.
In my opinion, The Twilight Zone was the best television in history, period. As an old man of 76, I cannot even count the hundreds of times I've viewed each episode, with this little fantasy starring a seriously underrated Anne Francis, a perennial favorite (I'd give anything to own that mannequin of her, if it still even exists). When I think of the endless hours of enjoyment I have gained from Rod Serling's efforts, it would stretch from here to the moon. He was short in stature, but a monumental giant in vision.
In these many ensuing years, I had become a professional actor myself and had the opportunity of working with many of the stars you may remember. Jack Klugman from "In Praise of Pip," Ivan Dixon from "The Big Tall Wish" (who actually directed me in "The Bionic Woman"), and Joe Maross from "Third From the Sun" and "The Little People" who actually became my friend and acting coach in Los Angeles, even attending acting school with Marilyn Monroe in NYC. He was a funny and wonderful man, and could tell the best stories you could ever imagine. But of all the wonderful episodes I know and love, perhaps my personal favorite will always be, "Walking Distance." With a top notch cast headed by Gig Young, and even a marvelous soundtrack by Bernard Herrmann who composed the music for "Psycho," among others, it seemed to encapsulate that dreamy, longing quality that we all experience when we get older. I only wish I could be as young as I was when I watched my first episode!
Hey tiffsaver, it's a pleasure to hear from you and thank you for sharing! That's amazing you were able to work with the incredible actors from The Twilight Zone and thanks for sharing your memories! Once in a lifetime opportunity. 'Walking Distance' is one of my all time favorites as well btw. All the best! Be well!
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Thank YOU for posting these wonderful videos. Made me feel young again.
I don’t know but I wouldn’t be surprised if Doctor Who took inspiration from this episode of the twilight zone for the autons. It sounds so horrifying which what makes it so much better!
Fantastic video Anthony! Definitely one of the best TZ epsiodes ever. Anne Francis was brilliant. Loved how you brought in the episode remake, the comic and of course, the Mannequin movie (one of my favourite 80s films). Those mannequin heads were really well made, very lifelike and accurate resemblance to the actors. Excellent job dude, really enjoyed this!
Heeey Greg! This one was a fun one to go through even on its own but I found there were some cool bits of trivia too. Thanks as always for checking in. Have a good one!
I think of this episode everytime I am out we never know anything about the people we pass by everyday..i just love Anne Francis.
That last line from Rod Serling really hammers home that idea. "...it makes you wonder, doesn't it, just how normal are we? Just who are the people we nod our hellos to as we pass on the street? A rather good question to ask . . . particularly in the Twilight Zone."
I never caught the cornfield homage the '80s remake gave to it's a good life. Great catch.
This fabulous episode aired again this morning 12:30 est on METV. Serling was a genius, and Ann Francis, wow! She was such an incredibly beautiful and talented actress who really excelled at her Kraft.
Marsha . . . Marsha! . . . Marr-sha
Hey John! METV is awesome! I also watched Forbidden Planet the other day, which features Francis and other familiar faces from the TZ.
Hey man! I got curious and watched "Jess-Belle" after you mentioned it in this. What a friggin' masterpiece! I never even knew it existed! Thanks for the heads up!
Nice! Thanks Jack. And glad to hear you dug it as well. Those season 4 episodes are not as well known.
Great episode! I remember a made for TV movie from the 70's where a guy ( I think it was TV's Harry O) gets trapped in a department store after hours and they release a bunch of doberman pinschers as security, definitely talked about that one on the school playground the next day.
Whoa, now that sounds terrifying.
Another great video! The episode is definitely creepy! I have to wonder if the Bar scene from The Shining is losely inspired by this episode.
Hey wassup Osito X! Interesting idea, not sure, so much was inspired by TZ. Be well & have a good one.
James Millhollin adds a level of (often needed) goofiness to everything that he is in. I totally forgot he was in this one. I always really liked the remake of this one; I think the 80s version of the show did good retellings of the earlier show's stories, Great video as always! Be well!
Heeeey wassup Betamax, Millhollin was great in his appearances on the TZ. It would have been nice to have sene him in a full story. Have a good one man!
One of my all time favorite episodes and the one that introduced me to the series. I highly recommend the episode!!
and this elevator travels directly to The Twilight Zone
Thank you for this excellent analysis of this iconic episode! Like so many others, I enjoyed the Twilight Zone immensely, but the additional treat for me in this episode is the stunningly beautiful Anne Francis!
Hey happychildhood! Thanks for watching & stay tuned for more. I agree about Anne Francis, she was great here and I'm looking forward to covering her other appearance in the episode Jesse-Belle.
We don't care for wacky ideas round these parts. But I'll let that slide this time, because this is one of my favorite episodes. Probably even top five of the first season. I didn't know about the remake episode though. And you are right, some truly terrifying imagery. Those blue shorts in particular.
Heeey Rob! Yeah man, definitely give that 80s remake a shot when you can. Also, speaking of 'wacky' 😁were you familiar with Honey West? The robot getting blasted by Anne Francis reminded me a bit of your Sci-Fi robots vids, but I could not recall if you mentioned that particular one before.
@@FeverDreamlandTheater I cannot say that I was. And that's a great looking robot too. I will show myself to the corner of shame now.
Awesome review Anthony- those creepy mannequins! I’ll have to look for the remake episode - it looks pretty wild!
Hey Mr. Dan, it may still be floating around online. Be well man!
Marsha. MARSHA. MARSHA. 😨
My number 26 episode. Would have been higher but it didn't really say too much about human nature to me. It was well done, and relates to a time when there really WERE realistic looking manniquins in stores. It is an extremely weird concept, but good horror. Also recommended is story Rod did for Suspense TV, as well as a John Collier story about manniquins.❤
Nice essay. Well done. Noteworthy is the cinematography. DP George Clemens managed some effective tracking shots and some nice high-angle frames that added to the sense of other-worldliness. My favorite TZ episode.
Hey Groucho! Thank you for the kind words. I agree, the cinematography in this one was very impressive as well and certainly added to the eerie atmosphere. 👍
10:00 - Rockne S. O'Bannon is best known for his Sci-Fi hit series Farscape.
Creepiest episode of the first season and funny enough Douglas Heyes had a knack for that. Elegy and When the Sky was Opened are both extremely effective in the unsettling department. This is an episode that everyone remembers I’m a big fan. Excellent review as always there’s no one better in the TZone reviewing game than you my brother cheers!
Hey Grande, thanks bro, I appreciate it. Hey have you seen the 80's version? It's not touching the original but I dug it more than I thought I would. Especially the darker visuals. 🤜🤛
@@FeverDreamlandTheater I actually haven’t seen the 80s version. I’ve been trying to watch the Jordan Peele series since it’s on freevee but man it’s rough imo. Idk what your thoughts are on it but man so far no good 🤣
Another great review. You’ve inspired me to have a TZ marathon today. I think the entire run is on Paramount +
* passes popcorn and peach brandy *
Hey awesome! Good to hear, thank you Ryan, have a a good one man.
@@dowsingelf77 much obliged 🙏
@@FeverDreamlandTheater you too man! Keep up the good work
Always wondered why she's buying something for her mother - do mannequins have mothers? Was Marcia a human at one point ?
I watched this as a young child and it's haunted me for decades! THANK YOU for finally answering my question, WTH did I watch?
Hey Chanel! Glad to hear you finally came across the origin of this tale. Much thanks for watching, be well!
This one is definitely a top tier TZ episode.
What I love about the After Hours is that it's ultimately creepy but in the end it was strangely calm as if that unsettling feeling faded. I like that our main character didn't have a dark conclusion.
Hey Holly, hope you've been well! I agree, the switch-up in the end here is so smooth. We go from terror to calm, yet it works so well.
The Mannequin was based on real life 😂😂 This is a great episode, one I watched and enjoyed! The setting was perfect for a scary movie, alone in a store, locked in, the creepy mannequins, so unsettling.. the reveal was great also, one of my favorites
Hewwwy wassup Cirespeed! Thanks for popping by, yeah I'd been looking forward to this one. It id a favorite for many. Have a good week!
Another great review of one of my all-time favorite episodes! I like how at the end, Marsha goes into her mannequin pose saying thoughtfully:
"Ever So Much Fun...." 🤗❤🤗
Agreed, that was a great though somber closing moment.
I haven't seen this episode however back in the mid-80s with the new Twilight Zone I saw its remake with Marsha being played by a young Terri Farrell (Best known for playing Jadzia Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and it was very creepy.
Getting forgotten inside a store was a secret fantasy of mine...
🤣😂🤣LoL that will work too.
As a child i saw a movie or tv show where the mannequins came to life after dark when the store was closed , this may have been it. However I'm not sure. I was terrified of mannequins for years . When in a store as a kid. I refused so call them DUMMIES for gear they'd come het me.
There's one thing I don't understand about this episode-- Who was the mother that Marsha was buying the thimble for? If Marsha was only outside for a month, then how did she come up with the assumption that she even had a mother?
Yeah I noticed that too. Also she had money, I wondered where she got that cash too. Interestingly there are some answers....Spoiler alert for the comic adaptation which tackled some of those bits. In the case of her "mother" while Marsha was out and about in the comic adaptation, she meets a kind old woman who takes her in. But the old woman passes away while knitting. The embroidery she was working on read "Call your mother she worries." Marsha did not really understand the concept of 'death' so she just took some money from the deceased old woman and went out in search of a gift for her...the thimble.
Another excellent review. I loved this one, with the musical scares and those zooms into the mannequin faces, this was just the best. I love how TZ could make a completely terrifying show without having to resort to blood and gore. It even includes a quick 4th wall break by the sales guy. Great episode!
Fantastic video as usual. This is actually my favorite Twilight zone episode .
Hey Rob! Hope you have been well! I was thinking the same thing, nothing hardcore, yet still scary as heck. I have love for both types but there's something special about these classics and what they were able to accomplish.
@@michaelkclark6981 Thanks Michael. Always cool to touch on a favorite.
This is what I credit to my fear of mannequins
I hear you, the zoom-ins and close-ups only make it worse.
"Just how normal are we?" How well do we really know the people we see and talk to every day at work or school or even....yootoob!?!? Another great episode Anthony. See ya buddy
VIG! Thanks man, much appreciated. Lets hope the mannequins among us are friendly.
Hey there, I absolutely love this idea for a story. I had never seen this one, but I can relate to some unsettling real life Closter phobic experiences that could have been made into a Twilight Zone film. My ex and I once were traveling back from Louisiana and we were in the panhandle of Florida and it was around lunch time. We were getting ready to hit our exit soon where the panhandle ends and the long vertical part of Florida begins, which would be going from interstate 10 to getting onto interstate 75. Well, we seen this large place from the road that was a restaurant. I knew something was off from the moment we went inside, it felt very unsettling. It was not busy even though it was noon, but maybe the food sucked who knows. Of course this was a concern we had as well, but we were tired of driving, and a break was what we needed at that time. Anyhow after going inside we figured we could grab a cup of coffee and just check out the menu. Here's where it gets really strange. This place wasn't dirty in appearance, just old, but not dirty, but it had a strange smell to it, like blood and grease. Yuck, I know right!
Anyhow, a young woman sat us at our table even though there was only one other person in this large place, we really could have sat anywhere. Anyhow, at that time we just ordered coffee from the young woman, as we looked at the menus she had handed us, and then she headed in the back to go get the coffees. After she left, I noticed the one other person besides us in the restaurant. It was an old man, and his head was down. We were sat in a booth, so my ex couldn't see him, but I could and as we carried on conversed with each other, I kept noticing the man in the back, and it had been like 20 minutes, and the whole time the man never lifted his head up once, and also the young woman never came back with our coffees, which was fine with me, because the more we sat there, the more unnerving this place felt, and finally I said something to my ex about it and the strange smell, as well as the whole creepy old interior inside. He was like, thank God you're telling me this, I wanted to say something to you, but I didn't want you to get mad. I was like no way, I wanted to say something sooner too, but I thought you would think I was crazy. He was like, no there's something definitely not right about this place. We had not received our coffees, so we just left out the door to this place so fast!
Later on, another time, I was passing through that panhandle area, as I go to Louisiana quite often, that place that was so easy to spot from the road, was not there. Unless it had been torn down, but I don't think so, as the area looked different like it couldn't even have ever had a place for a building to be. That place we had stopped at, you couldn't miss from the highway as it was big, and all the other times I pass by there, it doesn't look like there could have been any room for a building the way the trees are and stuff. I have searched for this place several times since, but have never been able to find it. Sorry for the long post, but it felt like being inside a Twilight Zone movie. 😂😂
Whoaaa, now those were some haunting / spooky real life stories. In the case of the roadside diner, I definitely would have left as well. Everything you described seemed totally out of the ordinary and creepy. Very fitting tales for a Twilight Zone indeed.
@@FeverDreamlandTheater LOL, it was like going to a diner of vampires, smelling that strange smell of what smelled like blood and grease. 😂
Now you would have thought it would be fun to be locked in a department store over night! Guess I was wrong! Awesome insight once again! :)
😆😆😆 It could be fun too, you'd have whole place to yourself! Kick back, get comfy. lol
This is a great episode in so many ways imo. Ann Francis top notch, enjoy James Millhollin with his comedic expressions and the elevator guy looks like my dad. Always wondered if Marsha is a mannequin how does she have any concept of money, a mother and where does she sleep at night on her month of freedom from the store. We have a large department store here in Melbourne, Australia. When I was a kid I'd daydream about hiding somewhere and being locked in overnight to jump on all the beds and play with the toys. Never happened though! Much prefer this original TZ version than the 80s remake. And dam I need to watch Forbidden Planet
Hey Debbie Anne, interestingly some of the stuff you mentioned about Marsha having money and where she slept was addressed in the graphic novel which sort of expanded on the story. Hiding in the store? Nice! lol Here in the US, I had that same idea about Toys R Us as a kid. 😂 I used to love that spot.
This Episode is Ever So Much Fun .....❤ Then Stands Still Eyes& Hands in Fixed Position . Until its there turn to be real for a while.
This is the best twilight zone channel bro
I really appreciate hearing that Artofacts, much thanks bro. 🤜 🤛
Mannequin "is based on a true story." 😄
Or so I've heard. 🤣
Great narration and edits! Great episode of Zone. I made a vid about the comic adaptation, but I haven’t shared it yet. I’m gonna watch the 80’s version. Wow he says Twilight Zo-in Mannequin lol! I saw you in Ocean Chicks comments. Subbed. Greetings from Queens 👍🎞️🎞️🎞️📽️📽️📽️
Heeey wassup! Hope you have been well, I dig your music for Karen! Wonderful work on your channel, much thanks for checking in. Have a good one!
Oooh I love the sound of this one Anthony. It sounds right up my street.
I think you could convert a Twilight Zone hating viewer though, lol. Your vids are top notch.
Aw thanks Lisa! 😁
First time Ive seen this. I just watched the 1985 version which was terrible. The original is simply charming. The ending was compassionate, not creepy.
I love the original episode.
One of my favorite episodes ❤ please 🥺❤️ post more 🎉
Nice video! Have you heard about La Pascualita? I think that mannequin is creepy 😅
😱LoL, just read up on it, sounds almost like a tale from AHS.
Yay! After Hours is a favorite and I love Anne Francis! Jezebel is another TZ episode I love. Department stores have always giving me the creeps, not just because of the mannequins 😅. Mannequin is a childhood favorite! But I'm not a fan of part 2. Tz :After Hours \ Carnival of Souls (1962) match-up viewing. Ever thought about that? 😂
Heeeeey Nye. 😁 I hear you about department store setting. Fill them up with creepy mannequins or zombies and you have a classic horror mix. I did check out Carnival of Souls and I liked it. I was thinking of maybe making a top 10 movies to watch if you like TZ type vid and Carnival of Souls would definitely be on there. Thanks for checking in, have a great week ahead!
That remake version from the 80s is straight nightmare fuel.... Great retrospective and comparison...👍💀
That was a cool rediscovery for me. lol gotta love those weird 80's vibes. Much thanks Bones! Have a good one bro!
So, so, so, so, so, so, so (100000x) better than the 1980s version of this episode. There is something so ugly about the 1980s series. It removed the subtly from the original. And another thing that's hard for me to phrase. There's something about this episode, and the 1960s series that I find so genius. The horror isn't portrayed as this visceral, or violent. The fellow mannequin that Marsha meets, especially towards the end interacts with, feel so, for lack of a better word: human. (5:10 - the mannequins are almost like a family)
Best way to start my day off 🦊👍
Fox! 🦊Wassup man, thanks for coming by.
😨😱😨Marsha Marsha Marsha
I’ve got to check that 80’s episode out. I haven’t seen it. Looks…. Interesting, though.
Yeah I dug it, it was a cool segment It may still be floating around online. Thanks WW!
The original Karen. Boss lady should have slapped some sense into her.
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Hey wassup Buffalo bro, always good to hear from you & hope you have been well!
@@FeverDreamlandTheater haha! What's up bro, love your channel --> you crush these breakdowns!! I have always been a HUGE fan of the Twilight Zone & I'm super nostalgic so this channel hits the marks & does that classic show proper justice, respect. Keep it up man, I'll always be around & watching 💯 🤝🏼