Welcome to The Zone. Pre Rod Serling on The Twilight Zone, most folks don't know Alfred Hitchcock played the same game first.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, was a series that is perfect for fans of the Master of Suspense. Each episode is like a quick serving of the types of movies that he always directed, but with a way shorter runtime, and fun little bookend appearances from the man himself.
Series of unrelated short stories covering elements of crime, horror, drama, and comedy about people of different backgrounds committing murders, suicides, thefts, and other sorts of crime caused by certain motivations, perceived or not.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents first premiered on October 2, 1955, exactly four years before The Twilight Zone hit television. Hitchcock's series didn't have quite the variety of stories that Rod Serling's did, but in exchange, it regularly told suspense and thriller stories. This wasn't a show that simply used its filmmaker's name in the title and left it at that; every episode feels like a mini-feature crafted by the man himself. These were often episodes that had a simple hook to grab the audience immediately, an exciting guest star, and either a plot twist or some sort of shocking ending.
Unlike The Twilight Zone, this series steers far away from science fiction and has fewer horror-centric episodes, typically falling into the thriller genre more than anything. If you're looking for short stories in the same vein as Rear Window or Dial M for Murder, then it looks like you've come to the right place.
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