The Right Kind of House story
Waterbury wants to buy the house owned by elderly Sadie Grimes, despite her demanding a price five times the house's worth. Grimes tells Waterbury how her son was killed by an unseen figure in that house over stolen loot, and the loot was never found. Grimes put the house on the market to trap the killer, because only they would agree to the exorbitant price for the sake of the loot. Waterbury confirms her suspicion, but he dies because Grimes has poisoned his drink. Directed by: Don Taylor. Story by: Henry Slesar, Robert C. Dennis.
10 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| the desire for vengeance | choice | The story was one of Sadie Grimes plotting vengeance against her son's unknown murderer. |
| mother and son | major | Sadie spoke at length about her late son and his untimely demise. |
| murder | major | Sadie's son had been killed in the house, by assailants unknown. Sadie dispatched of Mr. Waterbury by means of poisoned lemonade. |
| bank robbery | minor | Sadie's son had gotten away with over $200,000 in loot from a bank robbery. |
| colonization of the Moon | minor | In the intro, Alfred Hitchcock outlined his grand and self-aggrandizing plans for residential development on the Moon. |
| coping with a tough customer | minor | Mr. Waterbury was struggling with the intransigent Sadie Grimes and her extortionate house price demand. |
| getting fired from one's job | minor | Sadie spoke of Michael spending a summer moping around after he'd gotten himself fired from his high pressure sales job. |
| law enforcement | minor | The viewer was shown a police officer and an inspector. |
| negotiating deadlock | minor | Sadie obstinately refused to negotiate about the price for her house. |
| poison murder | minor | Sadie put enough poison in Mr. Waterbury's lemonade to kill him three times over. |