The Fear
- Episode aired May 29, 1964
- TV-PG
- 25m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
1.9K
YOUR RATING
Charlotte Scott and state trooper Robert Franklin seem to be stalked by giants.Charlotte Scott and state trooper Robert Franklin seem to be stalked by giants.Charlotte Scott and state trooper Robert Franklin seem to be stalked by giants.
Peter Mark Richman
- Trooper Robert Franklin
- (as Mark Richman)
Rod Serling
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough never identified as such, Trooper Franklin appears to be a New York state trooper.
- GoofsAlthough Trooper Franklin states that the village is 30 miles away, Miss Scott doesn't appear to have a car, even though she states she makes a trip to town once a week.
- Quotes
[opening narration]
Narrator: The major ingredient of any recipe for fear is the unknown. And here are two characters about to partake of the meal: Miss Charlotte Scott, a fashion editor, and Mr. Robert Franklin, a state trooper. And the third member of the party: the unknown, that has just landed a few hundred yards away. This person or thing is soon to be met. This is a mountain cabin, but it is also a clearing in the shadows known as - The Twilight Zone.
- ConnectionsRemade as The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas: The Fear (2003)
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She doesn't know what's right and what's real anymore. She's being taken over by the fear...
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.
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.
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- Coventry
- Feb 4, 2023
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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