Season 1 • Episode 12
LatestLee returns to England after a long absence to oversee the sale of his childhood home and visit the couple looking after his estranged tyrannical mother, but the couple's overbearing niceness may hide sinister intentions.
A 1990 horror anthology series, with host Anthony Perkins presenting and screening tales based on Patricia Highsmith's short stories that display a sinister atmosphere, and delve into the darkest depths of human nature.
Acting
Perkins's smirking, knowing host persona drips with Hitchcockian menace.
Writing
Highsmith's source material elevates this above typical 90s anthology schlock.
Creator
Steven North
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Perkins's final major on-screen role before his death in 1992—he leans hard into his Psycho legacy as host.
Highsmith's stories were considered too dark for American TV; this adaptation predates the Peak TV era that would later embrace such material.
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