Gramma (The Twilight Zone)
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| The Twilight Zone (1985 series) episode | |||
 Scene from Gramma |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 18a |
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| Directed by | Bradford May | ||
| Written by | Harlan Ellison Stephen King (original story) |
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| Original air date | 14 February 1986 | ||
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Barret Oliver : Georgie |
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"Gramma" is the first segment of the eighteenth episode from the first season (1985–1986) of the television series The Twilight Zone.
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[edit] Plot
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George is a tween-aged boy left alone with his infirm grandmother when his mother visit his older brother, who's hospitalized with a broken leg. The mom, Ruth, is concerned that George is still frightened of his grandmother, but he insists he's not. As soon as Ruth leaves, George goes about dealing with his schoolwork and the household chores he was asked to do. However, a dark storm seems to come on suddenly, and a monstrous growl comes from the bedroom. It is apparently the grandmother asking George for her tea. After seeing a frightening optical illusion, George hides, but then he realizes he needs to bring her the tea. As he walks down the hall to the grandmother's room, George hears the voices of his mother and her siblings echoing in his head, discussing how dangerous Grandmother is now that she's senile. As he enters her room, he starts thinking about how awful it would be if she died while he was watching her. A gnarled hand reaches out and frightens George into dropping the tea, and he runs out.
After soul-searching for a while, George goes back in to clean up the broken teacup and tea. He accidentally opens a panel in the floor, from which he hears screams and sees red light and smoke. He thinks it's Hell. George then finds his grandmother's books and runs out with them, pausing to look through them once he's in the kitchen. They appear to be books of the dead and others that he can't read. He draws the conclusion that his grandmother wrote some of the books and apparently is a witch. George re-enters his grandmother's room and tries without success to rouse her. Thinking she must be dead, he then runs to the phone to call the hospital. He then goes over in his head about covering her face, talking to the doctor and going back in the room, even though he doesn't want to do so. As he does, however, a gnarled hand reaches out and grabs him. He sees a strange red eye open and look at him. She draws him to her magically and embraces him, telling him he is her favorite, and he seems to disappear.
The mother returns to find George sitting at the table with his grandmother's books on the table. He claims that the grandmother died and he didn't know what to do. She tries to comfort him, and he turns to reveal he has red eyes like Gramma...
[edit] Note
This episode is based on the short story of the same name by Stephen King, published in the collection Skeleton Crew.
The story is itself heavily indebted to H. P. Lovecraft's story "The Thing on the Doorstep".
The segment contains several references to the Cthulhu Mythos, including use of the names Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, and an appearance by the Necronomicon.
[edit] Syndication
This episode was stretched into a half-hour run time for syndication, as recently shown on the Chiller TV network.
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