Tales of the Unexpected: Number Eight (1984)
Season 7, Episode 5
4/10
If you don't work it out in thirty seconds, there's something wrong.
21 February 2016
Will'o'the'wisp is at large, a serial killer in the deep South taking out his victims in grizzly fashion. One day a young driver picks up a hitchhiker heading for Los Angeles. The driver soon realises he's made a mistake picking him up, he's picked up a real nutter, and when a news announcement describes the hitchhiker to the tee, the driver begins to get a little nervous.

It is a slightly better episode then the recent batch of disasters, but it's still a little below par. The story is a bit more imaginative, more interesting, intelligent, with a bit more suspense, the trouble is the production values once again seem a little on the cheap side, and the acting is a bit off once again. It is a little bit overly telegraphed too.

I am surprised at the rather high rating this had.

4/10
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