The WORST episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
Every episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)!
Updated remakes of classic stories from the original Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962). His original opening bits are colorized for re-use here.
#1 - Night Creatures
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/28/1989
A reporter is assigned to cover a concert for rock stars Adam Lust and The Vampires who are debuting a new album.
#2 - The Jar
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/6/1986
An artist's years of failure are behind after he finds a jar which holds mysterious contents and entrances to those who view it.
#3 - Houdini on Channel Four
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/5/1988
A magician tries to contact Harry Houdini on the other side to learn his escape expertise and free his kidnapped niece.
#4 - A Stolen Heart
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/27/1988
A doctor questions medical ethics when a wealthy patient is given preferential treatment.
#5 - The Mole
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/21/1987
A psychiatrist tries to convince the police that a man recently released from a mental hospital after 15 years, is still dangerous and capable of murder.
#6 - The 13th Floor
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/16/1988
Some people do not like that a developer is razing historic buildings.
#7 - Prisoners
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/1985
Ironically, it's an escaped convict who brings a sense of liberation to a housewife: she insists on going with him as his ""hostage"".
#8 - The Human Interest Story
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1985
A TV reporter looks for the human interest story behind the short-lived takeover of the station's airwaves by a former technician who claims to be an alien with an urgent warning to Earthlings.
#9 - Enough Rope For Two
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/9/1986
A camping trip for two becomes a flight from murder full of twists and double-crosses when a Harvard-bound law student goes against his better judgement and lets his girl friend bring her ""cousin"" along.
#10 - Full Disclosure
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/18/1988
A reporter plans an expose.
#11 - D.U.I. (Driving Under the Influence)
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/25/1989
A man who drinks and drives hits a woman and leaves her for dead.
#12 - Prism
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/20/1988
A police lieutenant identifies several female suspects while investigating the murder of an attorney.
#13 - Very Careful Rape
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/6/1988
An actress claims an acquaintance attacked her.
#14 - Ancient Voices
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/12/1988
A detective must solve a murder that took place during a seance.
#15 - There Was a Little Girl...
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/2/1988
Parents decide that it is time that their spoiled daughter moves out of their house.
#16 - You'll Die Laughing
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/30/1988
A talented young comedian's preoccupation with his own death worries his wife, his manager and a police officer.
#17 - Prosecutor
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/26/1988
A prosecutor pursues the death penalty in a murder case.
#18 - Happy Birthday
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/23/1986
The arrest of a newspaper reporter on his birthday for a murder supposedly committed 22 years ago comes as a complete surprise to the accused.
#19 - Gigolo
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/1985
A gold digging groom makes short work of his middle-aged wife, but his attempts to round up her jewels are met with opposition from her ""children"" - an army of cats.
#20 - Reunion
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/15/1989
Seven Vietnam veterans gather annually to recall their leader's death.
#21 - In the Name of Science
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/10/1989
A biochemical scientist looking for a breakthrough discovery is only interested in becoming rich and famous so will take the discovery any way he can get it.
#22 - In the Driver's Seat
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/17/1989
A man confined to a wheelchair after a racing car accident abuses those around him.
#23 - User Deadly
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/21/1988
Days from retiring, a veteran police detective attempts to solve a case involving a serial killer.
#24 - Anniversary Gift
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/28/1987
A woman and her new lover plan a special anniversary gift for the woman's animal loving husband.
#25 - Skeleton in the Closet
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/11/1989
A man tries to blackmail a high society woman for something she did when she was in college.