If you enjoyed the 1963 Twilight Zone Episode of "Jess Belle," you'll like this even more bizarre and wilder T. V. show made six years earlier. It takes place in the same Appalachian setting with the same emphasis on magic, love and witchcraft.
The amazing thing is the set which is created through props and allows the characters to move from a fantasy witchcraft world to an earthly plane effortlessly. The gyrating and writhing of the all the actors and actresses throughout the play gives the feel of a modern ballet or an orgy.
At the center of this are beautiful Gloria Talbot and handsome Tom Tryon who also starred together in "I Married A Monster from Outer Space," earlier in the same year, 1957. There's great chemistry between them as was evidenced in that cult movie.
The plot is a bit harder to follow, probably because the material we have only runs 40 minutes, while most hour long shows ran 48-53 minutes at that time, so some of it is missing. It would make more sense if all the material was here. Still, it is an audacious attempt at bringing art and imagination to afternoon television in the wonderful 1950s.
The amazing thing is the set which is created through props and allows the characters to move from a fantasy witchcraft world to an earthly plane effortlessly. The gyrating and writhing of the all the actors and actresses throughout the play gives the feel of a modern ballet or an orgy.
At the center of this are beautiful Gloria Talbot and handsome Tom Tryon who also starred together in "I Married A Monster from Outer Space," earlier in the same year, 1957. There's great chemistry between them as was evidenced in that cult movie.
The plot is a bit harder to follow, probably because the material we have only runs 40 minutes, while most hour long shows ran 48-53 minutes at that time, so some of it is missing. It would make more sense if all the material was here. Still, it is an audacious attempt at bringing art and imagination to afternoon television in the wonderful 1950s.