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In GRAMMA, a long-standing family tradition is passed to the next generation when young George looks after his invalid grandmother during his mother's absence. Blocked hack writer Rockne O'Bannon is plagued by destructive PERSONAL DEMONS that only he can see.
Episode 18 of "The New Twilight Zone" from the 1985-86 CBS series featured three segments "Gramma", "Personal Demons", and "Cold Reading". "Gramma" based on a short story from legendary horror novelist Stephen King features a young boy who's left at home to care for his ill and old grandmother.
"The Twilight Zone" Gramma/Personal Demons/Cold Reading (TV Episode 1986) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Gramma/Personal Demons/Cold Reading A boy is terrified of his odd, sinister, bed-ridden grandma. / A hack with writer's block is tormented by impish hell-raising creatures that only he can see.
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When his mother leaves to visit his older brother in the hospital, 11-year-old Georgie (Barret Oliver) is left alone with his grandmother, an infirm, senile, and horrifically ugly old woman. Georgie has a reputation for being utterly terrified of "Gramma" and has heard his mother's siblings discussing rumors that she's a powerful witch, so he tries...
Rockne O'Bannon (Martin Balsam) is an aging TV writer who is suffering from a strong case of writer's block, wishing for the chance to create one last good idea before he retires. Soon after he makes this wish, Rockne begins glimpsing a group of small creatures wearing hooded cloaks, which follow him and damage the surrounding area for their own am...
In the 1930s, Nelson Westbrook (Dick Shawn) is the eccentric director of the popular radio drama Dick Noble, African Explorer, who consistently desires his programs to be as authentic as possible. When one of his crewmen shows him a voodoo fetish he bought for authenticity, Nelson grasps it and makes an offhand wish that all the sound effects in th...
"Gramma" is the first segment of the eighteenth episode of the first season of the television series The Twilight Zone. This segment, about a boy who is afraid of his grandmother, is based on the short story of the same name by Stephen King, published in the collection Skeleton Crew (1985).
“Gramma”: a boy is terrified of his odd, sinister, bed-ridden grandma. “Personal Demons”: a hack with writer’s block is tormented by impish hell-raising creatures that only he can see. “Cold Reading” an understudy copes with radio director’s insistence on real sound effects.
