I first saw this episode when I was only 10 yrs old ,I didn't remember if it was Hitchcock, Twilight Zone, or Outer Limits, then I had been TIVOing the Alfred Hitchcock Hour off the Encore Suspense channel and watched this episode the other night, first time in over 30 yrs and it all came rushing back to me after the scene with the umbrella poking under the couch for her imaginary friends ,it was like a tidal wave of memories and I remembered the twist ending before they even showed it, it haunted me for years as a kid. This is definitely an atypical episode for Hitchcock, you half expect Rod Serling to walk out from behind the bushes and give his epilogue at the end because this was definitely more in the wheelhouse of a Twilight Zone episode than a Hitchcock. Well acted, well written, disturbing and haunting, as the saying goes " they just don't make them like this anymore " The dolls' resemblance to the little girl and facial expression at the end were so eerily accurate and creepy they will haunt your mind forever.
Review of Where the Woodbine Twineth
