Our sincere thanks to mysterious listeners Lionel and Abby for recommending this episode of Lights Out, “The Haunted Cell!” You are both awesome! In this story, the police get their hands on a suspected murderer and lock him in a cell— a cell that is allegedly occupied by the ghost of an executed felon! There in the dark, this prisoner must confront both a disembodied voice and his own guilt. Can he avoid the horrors of a final judgment? What kind of legal system works like this? Is our last-minute analysis a stroke of insightful genius or is it obvious to everyone? Listen for yourself and find out! Then vote and let us know what you think!
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Well, Willis Cooper definitely got better. I, too, noticed similarities to <i>Quiet, Please</i>, but other than a slight bit of interest due to that, I otherwise agreed with Eric. This just plodded along slowly without building any tension or suspense, and there wasn’t enough of a payoff at the end to make it worthwhile. Maybe the can’t-really-call-it-a-twist-because-it-was-so-obvious-where-it-was-going ending might have been startling when the script was originally produced, but it certainly isn’t today (and I doubt that it was when this remake aired). It wasn’t awful, but it does not stand the test of time (for me, at least —… Read more »
This episode was boring and didn’t really have a twist. Maybe if it looked like the the guy was going to get off or not die, it would have been surprising.