Achieve Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do On TV Executed By Alfred Hitchcock Ebook

Hitchcock speaking:

"You may not care for some of these stories because you think them too shocking, macabre or grotesque, . . Eerie tales of the supernatural make up part of the book but the chief staple is that ever popular crime murder, "

These sinister and spinechilling stories by such famous authors as Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Philip MacDonald, and William Sansom are so awesome, so frightening that, say the BBC, "they would not only send the viewers screaming up the walls but would probably qualify the cast for a straightjacket.
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It's no wonder they're stories they wouldn't let me do on TV, Twentyfive tales to horrify terrify and petrify! Preface by Alfred Hitchcock
A humorous little introduction

Being a Murderer Myself by Arthur Williams
This one was creepy.
There was a similar story on Criminal Minds involving pigs

Lukundoo by Edward Lucas White
Kind of gross, I can see why this one wasn't okay to be on television in the's today, it is a possibility,

A Woman Seldom Found by William Sansom
Just a little weird, Don't necessarily go with the woman you find on the street, they may be more than a woman

The Perfectionist by Margaret St Clair
Leaves you wondering what other subjects the Aunt decided to paint.
I may still be a bit haunted by the what happened to the goldfish

The Price of the Head by John Russell
Another tale of putting trust in the wrong person.
The prize is a shrunken head YOURS!

Love Comes to Miss Lucy Q, Patrick
and another tale of mistrust Makes me wonder what happened to Mr, Hitchcock that these stories drew him, In this case the prize is a ring

Sredni Vashtar by Saki H, H. Munro
I have never liked ferrets and their like, This story just reinforces that feeling,

Love Lies Bleeding by Philip MacDonald
A story of what one might do for a friend, Would one even go so far as to murder others to become Jack the Ripper to protect another

The Dancing Partner by Jerome K, Jerome
Interesting to read an early tale of technology gone bad apparently it has fascinated for a long while

Casting the Runes by M.
R. James
Really just a tale of dark magic, and how to escape it,

The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson
This one reminded me a bit of Stephen King's "It Grows on You" which of course came after this story.
. . you never really get to see the afflicted so the horror comes from your imagination,

How Love Came to Professor Guildea by Robert S, Hichens
Living a life without connections to the rest of society may seem like a good idea, until love finds you anyway, I like how the parrot fits into the story,

The Moment of Decision by Stanley Ellin
A bit like "The Lady or the Tiger" this story leaves you without an ending does our hero have a conscious, or is his love of a house more than that of a fellow human being

A Jungle Graduate by James Francis Dwyer
Treat others how you wish to be treated, or else they might tie you to a tree for the crocs.


Recipe for Murder by C, P. Donnel, Jr
Killing with kindness, or in this case RICH FRENCH food only a patient woman could make this style of murder work,

Nunc Dimittis by Roald Dahl
A story of revenge for imagined slights don't believe everything you hear, especially from the local gossip for your revenge may turn out to be someone else's slight

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
I have read this story before, but it is such a horrible idea that I had to read it again.
A bored hunter looks for the ultimate game and then finds it,

The Lady on the Grey by John Collier
If you are a dog, then perhaps you should be a DOG

The Waxwork by A.
M. Burrage
creepy. Another for your imagination. I kept imagining if I would be able to stay the night in a waxwork museum Murderer's Row or not my conclusion is likely not for this poor journalist, he should have stayed away as well.


The Dumb Wife by Thomas Burke
This story really just makes me sad, Poor lady, had to give up her son, and then loses her ability to speak, and really LOSES her son, terribly sad.

Couching at the Door by D, K. Broster a creepy story I didn't quite get

The October Game by Ray Bradbury
I adore Ray Bradbury, His stories just have something that others don't, Maybe it's because he leaves the lights off

Water's Edge by Robert Block
I am not sure why they wouldn't let Alfred do this one I believe I have seen a movie or two with this basic idea.
I liked the story quite a lot, It would not be good for Dr, Henry Jones Sr though he is not so fond of the rats

The Jokester by Robert Arthur
A twist on the boy who cried wolf.
A sick sick twist

The Abyss by Leonid Andreyev
Be careful looking into the abyss, for the abyss also looks into you i am summarizing.
. . I don't recall the actual quote that is the basis of this pretty creepy tale I read this ages ago, Aside from the staples like "Casting the Runes" and "Lunkundoo," I don't remember much about the new stories except for a feeling of pleasant entertainment,

Except for "Being a Murderer Myself" by Arthur Williams,

It's a story narrated by the killer where the guilt and the motive is never in question, but as law enforcement struggles to find damning evidence, the real mystery to the reader is "How the hell did he do it"

It's an evil alternate reality's version of Columbo.


The anthology's worth getting just for that read alone, I found this book at a book market in Amsterdam and I was excited to get this edition from!! The stories started out amusingly morbid and delightfully wicked, as I had hoped.
But then, the year it was written in became obvious with a few stories that were obviously racist in their depictions and ending conclusions calling black islanders "savages" and "heathens" is just one example.


I could excuse this because at the time, this is how some people

thought but the last few stories in this book were so twisted and disturbing that I couldn't sleep afterwards.
I'd recommend skipping the last three, . . especially the one about Halloween, That one was straight up appalling,

I give this bookbecause I really enjoyed it and it was an interesting look into the past, . . but it's not a book that everyone can stomach, . Not a bad collection, some good, some dull, but none are anywhere near as scary as the introduction makes out, Ho recuperato su comprovendolibri questo volume di racconti horror delche portano la firma di alcuni autori famosissimi tra cui Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Roald Dahl, Philip MacDonald, Jerome K.
Jerome, William Hope Hodgson.

Ce n'è per tutti i gusti: dalle storie soprannaturali, al delitto perfetto, Alcuni sono veramente sadici.
Ho trovato un gusto un po' antiquato nelle storie ambientate in luoghi remoti ed esotici, dove lo stesso ambiente primitivo sconosciuto e ostile, è fonte di superstizioni, misteri e orrori.

Poi, certi pudori nel parlare di sesso fanno veramente sorridere e i libri horror di oggi sono molto più espliciti e truculenti, ma nel complesso la raccolta è gradevole e mi ha divertita.
amazing collection that u are not likely to come across elsewhere, must read! RECEracconti del terrore vietati alla TV A cura di Alfred Hitchcock Voto:

Il libro è dipagine quindi lunghetto, ma gradevole, I racconti non sono propriamente del terrore alla Stephen King ma più "gotici" sullo stile di Hitchcock, Alcuni pochi sono noiosi, altri sono realmente intriganti,
Ho iniziato a leggerlo sulla spiaggia e nonostante non ami particolarmente i racconti mi ha intrigato,
Consigliato se non volete letture impegnative, .