Oct 30, 2019
A ghostly legend. A high-stakes bet. A haunted British manor. All ingredients for a delicious Halloween tale. Will the eponymous Gentleman from America make it out of Hurstwood Manor alive? Or are there fates worse than an encounter with a headless ghost?
Burn-o-Meter: 5
Overall Rating: 7 headless ghosts
Oct 16, 2019
A premonitory dream plagues Mary Summers in this week’s dread-filled episode. When an escaped patient from a nearby mental hospital appears in her home, will her nightmare come true? Or is there more than meets the eye to this final installment in our Phyllis Thaxter marathon?
Burn-o-meter: N/A
Overall rating: 7...
Oct 2, 2019
Annie & Kathryn return to their Phyllis Thaxter Appreciation Series for this adaptation of a 1954 John Cheever short story. Our gal Phyllis plays a woman with a pistol, opposite Zachary Scott’s cold Mr. Blake. But what will be the end result? Murder? Or a somewhat anti-climactic twist?
Burn-o-Meter: 8
Overall Rating:...
Sep 18, 2019
Annie and Kathryn are joined by special guest Chip Sebastian to discuss this eye-opening episode. The self-absorbed Seymour hatches a plot to stage the perfect murder, but could it be that he can’t see past the plank in his eye . . . er, nose?
Burn-o-meter: N/A
Overall Rating: 7.5 birthmarks
Sep 4, 2019
At long last, Annie and Kathryn return from hiatus with their ongoing Phyllis Thaxter Appreciation series. And this sobering tale concerning the dangers of paranoia, double martinis, and brandy glasses leads to their biggest rating disparity yet.
Burn-o-Meter: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.5 broken strands of pearls