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The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

First Aired

1985-09-29
Last Aired

1989-07-22
Creator

Alfred Hitchcock
Genre

Drama, Mystery, Crime
Seasons

4
Episodes

76
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

NBC, USA Network

Keywords:

anthology cynical horror anthology

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1. Revenge

A professor spurns the legal system to seek revenge on the man who raped his wife.

A professor spurns the legal system to seek revenge on the man who raped his wife.Less

1985-09-29

2. Night Fever

A gun man injured from a robbery in which he killed a cop, tries to charm a nurse into helping him esc...More

A gun man injured from a robbery in which he killed a cop, tries to charm a nurse into helping him escape from hospital custody.Less

1985-11-03

3. Wake Me When I'm Dead

Trial of a woman who killed her husband while hypnotically transported to a past life.

Trial of a woman who killed her husband while hypnotically transported to a past life.Less

1985-10-20

4. Final Escape

A woman serving a life sentence for murder hits upon an airtight escape plan.

A woman serving a life sentence for murder hits upon an airtight escape plan.Less

1985-10-27

5. The Night Caller

A divorce is driven to drastic retaliatory measures after being the victim of a series of phone calls ...More

A divorce is driven to drastic retaliatory measures after being the victim of a series of phone calls and constant survillance from a near by appartant.Less

1985-11-05

6. Method Actor

Paul Dano is a film star and has been nominated many times, but never won the big one. When a role com...More

Paul Dano is a film star and has been nominated many times, but never won the big one. When a role comes along that spells Oscar, he loses out to Lone Richards, a young hunk Dano calls ""a face for a nine inch TV screen."" Richards naively seeks Dano's advice on how to play the part. Bad move. Dano gives Richards bad advice on purpose and Richards loses the part and Dano gets it. Richards becomes enraged by this and wants revenge.Less

1985-11-10

7. The Human Interest Story

A TV reporter looks for the human interest story behind the short-lived takeover of the station's airw...More

A TV reporter looks for the human interest story behind the short-lived takeover of the station's airwaves by a former technician who claims to be an alien with an urgent warning to Earthlings.Less

1985-11-17

8. Breakdown

After closing a major drug deal, a ruthless businessman is paralyzed in an auto accident, and presumed...More

After closing a major drug deal, a ruthless businessman is paralyzed in an auto accident, and presumed dead by all who see him- including the coroner.Less

1985-12-01

9. Prisoners

Ironically, it's an escaped convict who brings a sense of liberation to a housewife: she insists on go...More

Ironically, it's an escaped convict who brings a sense of liberation to a housewife: she insists on going with him as his "hostage".Less

1985-12-08

10. Gigolo

A gold digging groom makes short work of his middle-aged wife, but his attempts to round up her jewels...More

A gold digging groom makes short work of his middle-aged wife, but his attempts to round up her jewels are met with opposition from her "children" - an army of cats.Less

1985-12-15

11. The Gloating Place

A withdrawn teenager is fascinated with the instant celebrity of a murdered classmate and fakes an ass...More

A withdrawn teenager is fascinated with the instant celebrity of a murdered classmate and fakes an assault on herself.Less

1986-01-05

12. The Right Kind of Medicine

A bank robber is wounded in a shoot-out, then forced to endure an excruciating wait for a painkiller a...More

A bank robber is wounded in a shoot-out, then forced to endure an excruciating wait for a painkiller at the pharmacy.Less

1986-01-12

13. Beast In View

A psychiatrist is terrorized by menacing phone calls and the killing of her dog following her marriage...More

A psychiatrist is terrorized by menacing phone calls and the killing of her dog following her marriage to one of her patients.Less

1986-01-19

14. A Very Happy Ending

A poor little rich boy who's deaf witnesses a murder, then blackmails the hit man into doing a job for...More

A poor little rich boy who's deaf witnesses a murder, then blackmails the hit man into doing a job for him.Less

1986-02-16

15. The Canary Sedan

A woman goes to Hong Kong to be with her husband.

A woman goes to Hong Kong to be with her husband.Less

1986-03-01

16. Enough Rope For Two

A camping trip for two becomes a flight from murder full of twists and double-crosses when a Harvard-b...More

A camping trip for two becomes a flight from murder full of twists and double-crosses when a Harvard-bound law student goes against his better judgement and lets his girl friend bring her "cousin" along.Less

1986-03-09

17. The Creeper

A fashion designer is terrified that she may be the next target of the creeper who may have the keys t...More

A fashion designer is terrified that she may be the next target of the creeper who may have the keys to her appartment.Less

1986-03-16

18. Happy Birthday

The arrest of a newspaper reporter on his birthday for a murder supposedly committed 22 years ago come...More

The arrest of a newspaper reporter on his birthday for a murder supposedly committed 22 years ago comes as a complete surprise to the accused.Less

1986-03-23

19. The Jar

An artist's years of failure are behind after he finds a jar which holds mysterious contents and entra...More

An artist's years of failure are behind after he finds a jar which holds mysterious contents and entrances to those who view it.Less

1986-04-06

20. Deadly Honeymoon

Following a whirlwind courtship, a new bride fears her luck's run out when she learns that her doctor ...More

Following a whirlwind courtship, a new bride fears her luck's run out when she learns that her doctor husband has heavy gambling debts and two deceased formor wives who were heavily insured.Less

1986-04-13

21. Four O'Clock

Time is running out for a judge who's surprised, bound and gagged by burglars in his house after riggi...More

Time is running out for a judge who's surprised, bound and gagged by burglars in his house after rigging a bomb to eliminate his wife and her suspected lover.Less