“Forever Ambergris” has a traditional kind of plot of the old master (a combat photographer) jealous of a new kid on the block. Steve Buscemi does a great job here, but the plot just isn’t sparkling. It was refreshing to see Patsy Kensit, the hot blonde from Lethal Weapon 2, who had seemed to drop off the face of the earth after that movie.
Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters) plays Zambini, a circus psychic with the power to control others in “Food For Thought”. This is a role we haven’t seen Hudson in before, and he does a good job. But, again, this is one of those episodes that has a predictable ending for anyone who’s become familiar with the twists and turns of the plots. Jealousy plays a part in many of the episodes.
A pair of brothers, played by Bill Paxton and Brad Dourif, try to get revenge on an old boss in “People Who Live In Breast Hearses”. This episode is really well done, mixing just the right amount of gore with tongue in cheek humor. But Paxton is one of those underrated actors that’s truly gifted enough to pull off any role.
Admittedly, in this day and age of terrorist paranoia, the plot of “Two For The Show” just wouldn’t fly. There’s no way a man could get onto a train with a suitcase full of his wife’s chopped up body. However, ignoring that for 30 minutes isn’t hard. Traci Lords turns in one of her better performances in this episode.
“House Of Horror” is another one of the standards from the old EC Comics days. Here we have a supposedly haunted house and a group of fraternity guys to get drunk enough to try to prove those old legends and superstitions are bunk. Kevin Dillon, Michael DeLuise, and Wil Wheaton head up the cast. Despite the old plot, chills are a-plenty and the twist is on the button.
Playing off the jealousy angle again, this time a professional jealousy, Martin Sheen stars as Zorbin the Magnificent. When he finds the younger magician who has a whole lot more talent than he does, Zorbin decides to kill the other man and steal his secrets. Of course, we know it isn’t going to be that easy. Unfortunately, neither is pulling off this aged plot.
Anthony Michael Hall (Dead Zone) plays a true college cad in “Creep Course” when he lures an unsuspecting student to a professor’s house and locks her in a mummy case. The professor kills his accomplice, but things don’t turn out the way he thought they would.
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