In this infamous episode, Agnes Moorehead plays an unnamed old woman in a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. There is no electricity or running water, and she is simply preparing a meal when something lands on her roof. She investigates, and finds a small flying saucer. Two little beings, no bigger than children's toys, invade her home, using their space-age weapons on her as she uses her own simpler instincts to fight back.
If you only know Moorehead from her turn as Endora on "Bewitched," this episode proves why she was nominated for four Academy Awards, seven Emmys (winning one), and two Golden Globes wins over the years. She has no dialogue, works on just one set, and is the only cast member save Rod Serling's trademark opening appearance and a voiceover, yet carries the episode.
A drooling Moorehead, with wild hair and wielding a hatchet, is pretty unglamorous stuff. Heyes' direction is tight, and Richard Matheson's script is simple, doing it all in twenty five minutes.
Stats:
(1961) 25 min. (8/10)
-Directed by Douglas Heyes
-Written by Richard Matheson, Created by Rod Serling
-Cast: Agnes Moorehead, Douglas Heyes, Rod Serling
(Not Rated)
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