Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) The Gloating Place (1986) User Reviews

Hilariously bad

[mattgray-43022 · 5/10 · 25 April 2024]

Look I love the original AHP and this one I grew up watching as a kid, so I have a special attachment. That being said this episode had some of the worst acting ever, and rewatching it now on chiller. Same low res as the 80s so maybe it just hasn't aged well and needs to be remastered but wow. It should be on mst3k. When the blonde comes to her house and they argue over who got killed. Hilariously bad and when she closes the door saying "you lied" If you don't laugh somethikg is wrong.

A character limit is stupid, especially if you're only reviewing a singular episode lol?

Look I love the original AHP and this one I grew up watching as a kid, so I have a special attachment. That being said this episode had some of the worst acting ever, and rewatching it now on chiller. Same low res as the 80s so maybe it just hasn't aged and need to be remastered but wow. It should be on mst3k. When the blonde comes to her house and they argue over who got killed. Hilariously bad and when she closes the door saying "you lied" If you don't laugh somethikg is wrong.

Well done suspense episode that twist with a surprise fate don't crime cry wolf and pretend to be a murder victim!

[blanbrn · 9/10 · 12 October 2020]

This "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" episode from season 1 number 11 from Jan. of 1986 called "The Gloating Place" is one that's was interesting and entertaining with a cruel twist of fate it proves don't play fake victim or cry lone wolf! Based on a short story from Robert Bloch("Psycho") it involves the work of an apparent serial killer who has a taste for young girls who disappear one by one and turn up dead. And these stories are the local news media's bread and butter as local crime TV reporter Carl(Stephen Macht) steams up the airwaves with sensational reporting. Now young high school teen Samantha(Isabelle Walker) wants some attention and spotlight as she's not popular or in the clique so she decides to visit a crime scene and cry wolf! Now this leads to a story for Carl only the story ends with a cruel twist of fate for Samantha as mister TV reporter wears a different face as the episode ends with a revealing twist Carl is not who he appears to be! Overall well written episode of suspense and drama that twist with fate as it proves a lesson don't seek attention!