Expect a nice heart-warming little story about love between a boy and his grandma and you're in for a nasty surprise. This and 'Night Calls' both seem very unlike TZ, more the 'Midnight Zone'. Early on it seems very sad that Grandma Bayles (Lilli Darvas) expects to die soon and does so after giving the birthday gift of a toy phone to little grandson Billy (Bill Mumy). She says that Billy will always be able to talk to her. What transpires is rather creepy.
Lilli Darvas was obviously an actress of some stature. Coming from Hungary (even in the all-American TZ a character like this has to originate from Gothic old Eastern Europe with accent) she starred in a great range of roles on stage working for the legendary German director-producer Max Reinhardt.
Here she goes from making Grandma Bayles seem kind enough (though acting almost oblivious to the boy's parents) to starting to reveal her true motives on her death bed.
Creepy! Not a TZ that I like.
Lilli Darvas was obviously an actress of some stature. Coming from Hungary (even in the all-American TZ a character like this has to originate from Gothic old Eastern Europe with accent) she starred in a great range of roles on stage working for the legendary German director-producer Max Reinhardt.
Here she goes from making Grandma Bayles seem kind enough (though acting almost oblivious to the boy's parents) to starting to reveal her true motives on her death bed.
Creepy! Not a TZ that I like.