Hazel Court, phenomenal actress of such horror classics like "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Curse of Frankenstein" stars as an obnoxious and non-stop bickering lady in the penultimate episode of the "The Twilight Zone"; - this I simply had to see! But the honest truth is also that I'm a bit fed up with the series lately, and a story like "The Fear" is probably one that I would have given a slightly more favorable rating and review if it had featured in season one or two.
Court plays a stressed-out NYC fashion editor who seeks peace and quiet in a remote mountain cabin, but the sighting of enormous light flashes in the sky renders her terrified. Two-time war veteran and state trooper Franklin teaches her that it's perfectly normal to be afraid, as long as you act responsibly. Or something along those lines, at least, it's hard to take the moral of the story serious when it also deals with a giant cyclops! The plot twist at the end is decent, but it won't surprise you at all if you are familiar with the previous 150 Twilight Zone episodes. Mrs. Court is terrific, and she has good chemistry with actor Peter Mark Richman.
*Note: review subject line inspired by the lyrics of "The Fear" by Lily Allen.