“The After Hours“ (1986) - Excellent 80s Mall Remake of 1960 Twilight Zone Classic

“Miss Marsha White on the ninth floor, specialties department, looking for a gold thimble. The odds are that she’ll find it—but there are even better odds that she’ll find something else, because this isn’t just a department store. This happens to be The Twilight Zone...“ The 1980s / Star Trek Queen Terry Farrell stars as a sweet naïve young woman who is being pursued by strangers in a department store. It turns out she is not what she seems and has broken a commitment to these strangers that are following her. This episode is a remake of the classic episode that originally starred Anne Francis. The remake has a similar plot but places a greater emphasis on suspense. Marsha reacts with horror when she realizes she is turning into a mannequin, and Charles Aidman describes being a mannequin as an unenviable existence. “The After Hours“ is the first segment of the twenty-eighth episode of the second season (1986–87) of the revival of “The Twilight Zone.&quo