The Mannequin Cult That Ran a Department Store | The Twilight Zone

[@fynnthefox9078]

This episode actually freaked me out as a kid. The way they called out to Marcia, as well as those close-ups on those creepy-ass mannequins. Thanks for the nightmares Mom!

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Same, I was sooo scared of this one. It still kind of gets me. 😂

[@SamuelBlack84]

I don't know why, but the one that shouts out to Martha as though from a distance sounds especially scary. I imagine her silhouetted and unmoving at the end of a long tunnel shouting at her

[@fshoaps]

I always found it oddly comforting when they all turn to “humans” for lack of a better word, towards the end. there’s something about them that seem like a family - instead of the world feeling so ugly, and awful as it often does in thriller/horror, it felt grounded. not every aspect of it had to be this horrible thing. i’m sorry for explaining this poorly.

[@TheDeadDandy]

Despite Talking Tina arguably being a hero in “Living Doll,” the whole premise is concentrated fear fuel

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Yes! I love that episode!

[@sauronbagginsd8032]

My favourite episode! Anne Francis who plays Marsha got to keep her mannequin head after filming

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

That's so cool!

[@joelf8876]

She was a head of her time... Have you seen the "Jess-Belle" episode? I remember liking it when I was a kid so... I recommend it?

[@meganh.b.]

The atmosphere & acting in The Twilight Zone is always so good. This episode is so eerie I love it. Poor Marsha, the mannequins are so creepy but also sad. I want so badly to know how their society works. Do they just forget they're a mannequin until the month is up, Where do they get their backstories..Marsha was buying the thimble for her mom? So many intriguing questions

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I know right?? I wish rod had written a novel to explain it all to us.

[@SamuelBlack84]

How do they live out in the world for a month?

[@stevetheduck1425]

It's easy, imagine if you will, being an employee of a company, any company, and you must never think of the brief times you are almost free, those short times you must compete with other employees to win, that the owners can take away whenever they wish. Imagine such a cruel existence that you can forget that you were born to be free.

[@melissadahl7561]

This episode, Jess-Belle, and The New Exhibit are ones that freak me out the most.

[@theodore_honeybee6104]

We watched this episode once when I was in school and I’ll never forget that when the mannequin raises his arm at Marsha, I’m not kidding the whole class screamed. Including the people who’d already seen it, we were that immersed

[@TheSongwritingCat]

Anne Francis and Elizabeth Allen are so pretty in this episode. I don't remember which episode I found the creepiest... probably something with body horror or something with weird props/makeup.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

They are so pretty and talented...we totally stan! There was one episode called the hitchhiker based on an Orson Welles radio play that always gives me the chills.

[@XxMelliBeeexX]

This made me think of this one episode of beyond belief where there's a storefront designer that gets fired and then his mannequins go after his replacement 🤣

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Oooh, I'll have to check that one out!

[@XxMelliBeeexX]

@@AveryTalksAboutStuff I looked it up and it's season 3 episode 5. Segment is called "The Dresser"

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

@@XxMelliBeeexX thank you! I'll check it out!

[@joelf8876]

When I was 10 years old, I watched this episode alone at 3 am in a pitch dark living room. I had awakened with a fever, and this episode made certain that I didn't get back to sleep. It was both exhilarating and frightening. My fevered mind was a beehive after this one. It's definitely in my top 3 Rodmanaissance pieces."

[@user-jd5no5ij6t]

I Like The Way When The Mannequins Pretend To Be People, They Walk And Act Very Woodenly. Even Marsha Acted Like A Mannequin At Times

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Yeah it's a fun detail😅

[@A5PEN-W0LF]

floor 9 is literally just every department store now. there's usually just some homeless person.

[@bootsthecat6718]

"I'm just giving up and we're going to live with this" New motto for my life 😂

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

It's truly my mantra 😂

[@only257]

@@AveryTalksAboutStuff at least it's not the turkish star wars movie

[@SamuelBlack84]

"Let's just calm down, kill everyone, and then we can sort things out"

[@RobAGabor]

Mirror Image freaked me out when I was about 11. The one shot where Millicent Barnes sees her double in the mirror stayed with me for decades. I'm a Capricorn too.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I know and it inspired Jordan Peele to write us so it's clearly highly influential

[@buddyzilla4557]

No, no; it's a misunderstanding! It's like the building in Monty python where you can purchase verbal abuse and arguments..the entire third floor is for the sales of complaints.

[@c17sam90]

Watching all of this series from late 2019-2020 was a very weird experience when you watch the “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” in November of 2019 and then a few months later you are seeing people go crazy for toilet paper on tv

[@ninjaman1986]

That final thought you had there had the same energy as Loki’s ‘what if I was a robot and I didn’t know it?’ Line. Also, can’t remember an episode that rightly freaked me out, but I do remember a family gathering when a marathon of twilight zone was playing and we were watching ‘five characters in search of an exit’. We were trying to guess the twist and nobody got it. Definitely didn’t see that coming...

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

That's another great episode! And why thank you...I didn't plan that but I do love loki. And I love that line because you realize that the poor guy was literally lied to about being from a separate race of aliens his whole life so he genuinely doesn't put it past his dad to not tell him he's a robot. 😂

[@THATGuy5654]

If this was 2022 KZbin horror, she would be let out into a empty floor of a department store, wander around for or a couple of minutes to establish that the whole thing goes on further than should be possible, then encounters some weird, aggressive, blurry thing and the camera cuts out. Cut to Rod- "... um... that... well, that was a thing that happened. In the Twilight Zone. I guess."

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Rod would love ARGs I bet 💀

[@THATGuy5654]

@@AveryTalksAboutStuff His sleep playlist of choice.

[@SamuelBlack84]

I've always wanted to rewrite this episode where Marsha discovers that everyone in the department store is a product of her imagination because she's the sole survivor of a worldwide disaster

[@Buzz-McCool]

My two favorite episodes of The Twilight Zone are The Changing of the Guard (definite It's a Wonderful Life vibe), and What You Need.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Yes! What you need lives in my head rent free.

[@bowserjr.7220]

I love rod serling’s transatlantic accent

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I know he's such an icon!

[@Better_callMe]

The Tardis is about to appear and the 3rd Doctor is going to come out! My favorite Twilight Zone episode is "A Stop at Willoughby", followed by "To Serve Man" and "The New Exhibit"

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

All of those episodes are great! A stop at Willoughby is one of my all time favorites!

[@BrianStorey-j5n]

I was 4 when it first aired..I really thought mannequins came to life for at least a year..I still remember the nightmare I had back then like it was yesterday...probably why NOW, halloween is my favorite thing..I have mannequins in my display and seriously..nothing scares me...and I had a crush on Ann Francis after that

[@conveniencestoreentertainm1968]

I am so happy to be one of the people who suggested this episode for a review. I also remember seeing it as a kid and it never left the back of my mind. And this was just the best. Amazing review Avery Can't wait for the next one. Also love your makeup and hair in this vid. You slay

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Aw, thank you so much! I'm not great at makeup but I try. 😂 Yeah I love this episode! Thanks for asking for it 😊

[@tanteichan1]

This is one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes!

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Me too!

[@SamuelBlack84]

It was inspired by a short radio drama from the 1930s called Evening Primrose

[@drhall343]

To answer your question of which TZ episode freaks me out the most, it's definitely "Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up?" It's so quietly tense and terrifying.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Oooh, that's a great one!

[@cee3poh888]

When I was younger I watched the twilight zone movie. It was terrifying to me but I liked it

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I still need to see that! 😊

[@cee3poh888]

@@AveryTalksAboutStuff from what I remember it is just a compilation of 3 or 4 episodes updated for the time. But that one where the guy sees "a man on the wing of the plane" is part of it. Still think of it when I get on a flight lol

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

@@cee3poh888 oh, the airplane one is seared into my brain lol

[@JarrettBEdwards]

Love the Twilight Zone, my favorite is the plastic surgery one.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Oooh, that one is great!

[@vianjelos]

"Eye of the beholder" or "the number 12 looks just like you"? Both are fantastic episodes but the latter seems more poignant in modern day.

[@JarrettBEdwards]

@@vianjelos Eye of the Beholder was the one I was thinking about I remember jumping when they showed her face and it was an actress very well known for being beautiful.

[@billolsen4360]

Anne Francis! Loverly.

[@sauronbagginsd8032]

Fun fact, one of the mannequin props was eventually used in the 1960 Time Machine movie

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Super interesting!

[@DogWhoFilms]

I worked in the malls in the early 2000s for Abercrombie and Fitch and Hollister company as well as love sac. Being in the mall when everybody has left late at night one red walk past JCPenney’s I swear I saw mannequins face move come to find out a couple weeks later I told mall security about that when we had another late night at the mall security spaceman bright white and he said you’re not the only person who has said this I guess the JCPenney employees have been complaining for years that they think the mannequins are hunted. (It’s also extremely creepy to be somewhere or are used to being people there and when you’re the only person it’s a different energy but I swear I had a corner Mayeye I saw mannequin face turn look at me

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Oooh, that's horrifying omg 😳

[@SamuelBlack84]

I hate mannequins

[@danielcarr1452]

Remember on Doctor Who this kinda of reminded me of when the show came back

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Yes! I should cover the 9th doctor pilot!

[@AntonWongVideo]

It's like those Autons from the Doctor Whoniverse. I think since life-sized things were produced, we've been terrified that they're actually real and evil also, did you hear of that lady who runs a mannequin parts yard? you can literally just buy used mannequin parts for cheap. I suppose it's better for the environment that manufacturing new ones.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Yes! It reminds me of that too. I hadn't heard of the mannequin parts yard but that's so fascinating and probably scary to see in person. 😅

[@SamuelBlack84]

I've always wanted to see an auton Doctor Who story set in an abandoned mall I can imagine the Autons wandering around believing that they're human

[@noeticwolf73]

Ladies and gentlemen we are Mannequin Cult.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I can just here the new age music of mannequin cult now. 😅

[@nathanacevedo9099]

Avery, I love your videos so much. Please do another faerie tale theater one.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Thank you! I just did the ftt Cinderella if you've seen that but Ill cover another one soon.

[@adrianaheiler9794]

Love the new hair colour! Twilight Zone isn't really something I watched so every episode is new to me. I knew it existed, but other than that it went completely under my radar. The thing that made the least sense to me in the whole episode was the fact that she (as a mannequin) wanted to buy a gift for her mother! Did she talk herself into believing she must have a mother? Did she have an actual person in mind when thinking 'why yes, that's my mom'? And how did she know that this very specific golden gift is something her imaginary mother would enjoy? I demand answers!

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Thank you so much! 💛 I had those same questions, I guess we may never know. 😳

[@rickshaw3645]

More twilight zone episodes! I love these lol

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Same, I'll definitely do more soon!

[@NeonNecropolis92]

I saw this video on my sub feed and literally said "Marshaaaaa" out loud haha. Great episode, and great video!

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Yay! I'm so glad you know this one because it's one of my favorites!

[@crissrudd4554]

Looking lovely today friend! Always down for some Twilight Zone! 👍👍👍👍

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Thank you!

[@stevetheduck1425]

Imagine if you will, being an employee, and having to schedule your short times not working, only one allowed off at a time, so that everyone gets some illusion of freedom, just to stop going mad. It's almost like you're not actually human, like being a shop mannequin, not human; how easy it is to forget that we are not human to those 'others' we serve. Wow. How subversive. - and back in the 1960s, written by the greatest generation, those who fought and died in WWII to win - this victory.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Yep, Rod was ahead of his time and totally disillusioned to the American way of life and honestly? It's the reason they've never recaptured the magic of The Twilight Zone without him in my opinion.

[@ghasternoxost7540]

Theres 13 of them... It's one more than possible

[@only257]

good episode

[@austinrenteria]

Such a great episode. I can't wait for you to go over more. And maybe some more episodes of Goosebumps?

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Yes! Definitely more Goosebumps and Twilight Zone!

[@austinrenteria]

@@AveryTalksAboutStuff cool!

[@daniellel230]

My lord I am late to this one lol. I've been on a Metalocalypse kick recently for some unknown reason, but Toki Wolftooth owns my entire heart right now 🤡🤡

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Haha, I love it! I'm currently trying to get the newest video out which I've been trying to do for two days lol.

[@daniellel230]

@@AveryTalksAboutStuff I'm so excited haha

[@richelliott9320]

The masks and the hitchhiker are scary

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Yeah those are both great!

[@Buzz-McCool]

Marsha! Marsha! Marsha!

[@bootsthecat6718]

So, is it planned out that the mannequins with the ski masks get the winter months off?

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I would hope so. If not, I think the other mannequins are bullying them.

[@Rammstein0963.]

I also strongly recommend "Room For One More" it's a good creepy episode that iirc partly inspired The Final Destination series.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I love that episode!

[@MrBonners]

Anne Francis, a famous actress

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Yes! She's one of my gramma's favorites. 😊

[@captainastro_]

I keep coming back to this video! I love this series! I’d love to see you do the one about the monster on the plane!

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Thank you so much! I will definitely do more Twilight Zone soon...there are so many good episodes and I will have to put the monster on the plane on the list. 😊

[@captainastro_]

@@AveryTalksAboutStuff yayay! I’ve been bringing your videos for days! I just watched the scary god mother videos then grandma got run over by a reindeer 😂I never get tired of the content!❤️❤️

[@captainastro_]

@@AveryTalksAboutStuff yayay! I’ve been bringing your videos for days! I just watched the scary god mother videos then grandma got run over by a reindeer 😂I never get tired of the content!❤️❤️

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

@@captainastro_ thank you so much! That means more than you know. 🥺

[@zikamo]

This episode actually had a graphic novel made of it. I used to borrow the series from my library 😅

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Oh, that's cool!

[@sauronbagginsd8032]

The graphic novel actually shows Marsha’s life outside and the exact reason she goes back to the store. I’d highly recommend it

[@memethyst]

wow that was fucked up and very sweet at the same time

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I know right??

[@sentientsardine9729]

I'd assume that you know you're not a mannequin if you can remember more than the last thirty days? If that helps ease your existential dread.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

True, this helps my mind rest easy. 😅

[@RobAGabor]

I watched this again and I noticed that the mannequin Marcia had a mole on her chin. That was inclusivity in 1960.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Interesting, I never caught that. The actress who plays Marcia is so pretty.

[@lizan2678]

Woohoo Anne Francis!

[@John-eg3gy]

Across the street fromm the Brooklyn Netz their is an department store

[@pokemaniac05]

Hey Avery, I forgot to mention this in the H2O commentary & it's involves on the creator himself & other AUS kids shows, Jonathan M. Shiff & how he will retire after a few more projects in the works during a interview with TV Tonight last year when The Bureau of Magical Things Season 2 production was going & paused due to the pandemic. I mean being the film industry for over 30 years since 1988, could affect Australian children's tv forever.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Oh wow! That's an incredibly long career he's had. Sort of like here in the US when Mr. Rogers ended his show.

[@shanenelson3825]

I got, back to the grind. Vacation followed by a return to a job doing ???? .

[@riverguy75]

You are so funny and down to earth with you reactions! 🤣 Could you please do reviews of The Twilight Zone episodes : "What's in the Box" and "Queen of the Nile"? 🙏🙏🙏

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Thank you so much! I'll make sure both of those are on the twilight zone list!!

[@Titanicman]

Why do we have to watch people watching movies? I saw this here by accident on my feed. It’s beyond stupid and indulgent.

[@joshuakeller634]

Whomever got February is kind of fucked over.

[@qwerty77772]

If you want to know the first episode of Twilight Zone I ever watched, that'd be 'The Invaders.' The premise alone was particularly creepy to me as a kid, to the point that I didn't really think about the 'twist' until I got much older. Would love to see you review it if you haven't!

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Yeah, that one is so eerie. I'll have to get to it at some point!

[@christopherwaldrop5293]

All she wanted was a thimble but was it thimbolic? I'm guessing you thought of that but rejected it in favor of all the great band names which were much funnier.

[@riverguy75]

17:50 There are 13 mannequins 😱 Baker's Dozen😱

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

😳😳😳

[@riverguy75]

The After-Hours episode is one of my all-time favorite episodes 👍💯

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

@@riverguy75 me too!

[@SamuelBlack84]

I hope you'll react to the episode Where Is Everybody? My favourite episode 🙂

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Oooh! The pilot episode! Such a great opener for the series.

[@russellfacemire]

I never saw this episode, and I'm sorry to say, but I think it might be my favorite for the sheer anxiety fuel it is. I'm so sorry. EDIT: Okay, glad to hear you actually like it! The one that always got under my skin was the talking doll one. Naturally.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Yes! I recommend watching the whole episode if you can! I love the twilight zone and the talking doll one is great too

[@catherinemoreau3419]

The alchemy is here she’s going for the golden temple on the ninth floor which is the Christ on a ninth heaven and then the zodiac signs yes the because we are all useless until the sun is shining on us so we only have life in the month that the sun is shining on us then our powers taken away. Zoe alchemy you could study many kinds of alchemy .You’ll get it

[@danielcarr1452]

You are looking extra beautiful hun

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Aw, thank you!

[@danielcarr1452]

You more then welcome as always you are beautiful mind 🌹🥰

[@MrSupertallblackman]

I don't really know anything about The Twilight Zone is the Jordan Peele version as terrible as I hear. What about the Forest Whitaker version?

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I don't think I've seen the Forest Whitaker version. The Jordan Peele one was a super mixed bag with mostly bad episodes but Jordan was good as the host. The original is always the classic.

[@MrSupertallblackman]

@@AveryTalksAboutStuff Ok interesting.

[@bootsthecat6718]

I did watch The Forest Whitaker version, it's not bad but pretty forgettable. I thought the first few episodes of Jordan Peele's Twilight zone were okay but the rest were pretty bad

[@qwerty77772]

In terms of the sequel series, the 80's series was the best followup and ran for 3 seasons. It helps that it had some well known horror writers behind it. The 2000's series with Forest Whitaker was okay but it kinda lacked the bite of the earlier series. It still had some strong episodes, including the pilot. I'd look for the pilot 'Evergreen' and go on from there. The Jordan Peele show was simply okay but when it missed, it really missed. The hour long format did make some episodes drag. Season 2 was better, but it was too little too late at that point.

[@vianjelos]

@@AveryTalksAboutStuff you think part of the issue with the Latest remake was the run time? The original seires did try hour long episodes in its 4th season but that season was seen as a failure and the 30 minute run time came back for the final season. I think basically the twilightzone works better in shorter episodes..too much run time in shows can be a bad thing as it slows down pace and can feel like there is too much filler added to pad the time. Twilightzone the original was very concise with a limited cast each episode, it didnt need to add different plot lines or elements to fill time the stories were linear and percise, nothing was added that didnt play a role later no conversations or actions done unnessearily and the plot had the perfect amount of time to unfold while also feeling satisfying not too fast not too sluggish. I did like the 2000s and the 70s remakes for what they were..but they will never hold a candle to the original. Never saw the peele version tho.

[@joshuakeller634]

You are my kind of weird.

[@PaulonotPaul8]

If this episode got to you, how are you gonna make it through the next episode of Whodunit? Don't know when you plan on doing your game show stream but here's a video of the Shop Til You Drop show that I mentioned before kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4iWoJJjiZh5qJI

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Whodunnit 6 is gonna be difficult. Don't know when the game show stream will happen but I'll make sure shop til you drop is there 😊

[@RileyRampant]

You talk too much.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

*please consult channel title for questions pertaining to this subject*

[@theasexualvampire13]

Are you familiar with the movie A Mom For Christmas? because you absolutely need to review that if this freaked you out.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I have heard of it but haven't seen it so I'll make sure to put it on this year's christmas list!