Tales From the Darkside,
(I couldn't tell you which season, I only know from 1984.)
"Inside the Closet"
THIS episode was damn near perfect. A young girl rents a room from a wealthy older man, but soon she realizes that something is living in their with her. She continues to find traces of it's existence until eventually she comes face to face with the creature which then drags her away, never to be seen again.
Good: Almost everything. The tension building was on point, as you could never quite know what exactly it was that she was looking for. The homowner plays it off but its pretty clear he knows what's going on. You're just waiting for something to spring out, but instead you get all the right amount of moments to throw you off course (such as when she screams when her finger is caught in the mousetrap she herself set out before), or when a box of her belongings is left partially out from under the bed, only to be yanked back in when she leaves the room. Then....the creature. My lord, that is EXTREMELY creepy. Designed by Tom Savini, this little monstrosity really made the episode. Its small, gaut, pale and with sharp teeth and big red eyes. The episode ends on quite the twist, as we see the creature sneak up behind the homeowner...but just as we expect him to get cheesed, he turns...and greets the thing as a pet.
Bad: Honestly, nothing i could really notice. It was just a nice, straightforward horror.
Grade: 10/10
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