This is another of my favorite episodes of the show, it's a unique kind of horror tale as it all takes place in a radio station which is cool as it's not something I see much in horror, except in one episode of "Night Gallery" which had the same concept as this tale. You can also say this episode slightly predates the film "Pontypool" (an under the radar video gem I'll review someday). The tale is also another bottle episode horror as it all takes place in one location and is focused on one person from beginning to end, making this also a one man show.
Basically, the story is an E. C. comics tale as we focus on a single radio host Luther Mandrake (played well by the late great Jerry Stiller); it's not a pretty picture to behold as he's clearly a rotten person as he is self-absorbed, egotistical, and has classism as he deems everyone outside of the radio station as lower than him.
I really like the suspense in the episode that just gives us this feeling of doom and dread. As we see Luther is getting deeper into his program along with negativity, we notice slowly but surely things start to change. It really creates a disorienting effect as those unnatural changes occur, you feel like the room he's in is getting small as if the grip of evil is tightening.
Be careful of what you say and how you treat others, because it can all come right back at you in the worst way.
Rating: 3 and a half stars.
Basically, the story is an E. C. comics tale as we focus on a single radio host Luther Mandrake (played well by the late great Jerry Stiller); it's not a pretty picture to behold as he's clearly a rotten person as he is self-absorbed, egotistical, and has classism as he deems everyone outside of the radio station as lower than him.
I really like the suspense in the episode that just gives us this feeling of doom and dread. As we see Luther is getting deeper into his program along with negativity, we notice slowly but surely things start to change. It really creates a disorienting effect as those unnatural changes occur, you feel like the room he's in is getting small as if the grip of evil is tightening.
Be careful of what you say and how you treat others, because it can all come right back at you in the worst way.
Rating: 3 and a half stars.