About this season
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.
Episodes (12)
1. A Bird Poised to Fly
Aired 5 January 1990 • 53 min
A young architect's obsession with unrequited love drives him over the edge.
2. The Cat Brought It In
Aired 20 April 1990 • 53 min
A pleasant country house weekend is interrupted when the family cat brings in a pair of human fingers instead of the usual mouse or bird. But not even murder can be allowed to disrupt the meticulous veneer of British respectability.
3. A Curious Suicide
Aired 27 April 1990 • 53 min
An American doctor in England for a conference with his spendthrift wife visits an old friend who stole the love of his life from him.
4. The Day of Reckoning
4.0Aired 4 May 1990 • 53 min
A young man begins to have terrifying nightmares after visiting his obsessive uncle's automated chicken farm.
5. Old Folks at Home
Aired 11 May 1990 • 53 min
A yuppie couple takes in an octogenarian husband and wife from the local old folks' home, but the twosome proves to be more difficult to live with than expected.
6. Puzzle
Aired 18 May 1990 • 53 min
A philandering advertisement executive is offered a promotion if he marries one of his two girlfriends.
7. Sauce for the Goose
9.0Aired 25 May 1990 • 53 min
A sweet-talking lounge singer charms a housewife into murdering her hotelier husband but is he truly in love with her or just out for her money?
8. Slowly, Slowly in the Wind
Aired 1 June 1990 • 53 min
After his daughter becomes involved with the son of his nemesis, a British businessman slowly descends into madness.
9. Something You Have to Live With
Aired 8 June 1990 • 53 min
Jessica and Stanley are a married couple who finally achieve their dream of buying a new house. Unfortunately for them, the dream soon becomes a nightmare.
10. The Stuff of Madness
Aired 15 June 1990 • 53 min
After indulging his wife's taxidermy hobby for years, a lawyer starts to fetishize a boutique mannequin that reminds him of an ex-girlfriend.
11. The Thrill Seeker
Aired 22 June 1990 • 53 min
An encyclopedia proofreader escapes loneliness by playing a twisted game involving kleptomania and assumed identities.
12. Under a Dark Angel's Eye
Aired 29 September 1990 • 53 min
Lee 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.