It had all the elements of a great horror story, but it just doesn't have a strong plot, or base, for those elements to rest on. Okay, the story was slapped together the rest was great. ![]() At least that ending would've made sense.Īs it is, this episode is a missed opportunity. I think they should've left well enough alone, end it with "I'll be right over" and send the audience to a sleepless night in bed.Īlternatively, they could've made the ending tragic just by having the repairman fix the line before Miss Keene had an opportunity to speak with her husband. It doesn't work as a tragedy because the boyfriend acts both cruelly and irrationally, it's impossible to understand his motivation (if he always does what she says, then he should respect her desire to talk with him now). The ending wasn't scary, wasn't sappy, wasn't anything. In the story, the voice comes from an anonymous cadaver, one that is understandably lonely but not attached to Miss Keene by any personal history.) As Bevis suggested, the transition to the sentimental might've worked if the ending was sentimental, but it wasn't. ![]() ![]() I'd have preferred if he'd stuck to pure horror rather than delve into the sentimental (a transition that strains my ability to suspend disbelief. A few thoughts after having finally read the short story (titled either "Long Distance Call" or "Sorry, Right Number", depending on the publisher):įor one, Richard Matheson owes me a night's sleep.įor another, what the hell was he thinking with the adaptation? Frankly, the script seems pretty phoned in.
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