Gramma (1986 short)
Summary
A story from Twilight Zone (1985 series) based on a short story by Stephen King, in which a long-standing family tradition is passed to the next generation when young George looks after his invalid grandmother during his mother's absence.
Details
- Release Date: 1986 (S1E18)
- Country/Language: Canada/US, English
- Genres/Technical: Horror, Fantasy, Thriller
- Runtime: 20 min
- Starring: Barret Oliver, Darlanne Fluegel, Frederick Long
- Director: Bradford May
- Writer: Stephen King (story), Harlan Ellison (teleplay), Rod Serling (creator)
- Producer/Production Co: Persistence of Vision Films, CBS Entertainment Production
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: (TV-PG) (Violence and general creepiness)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- SS___ (Two Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian; could be a very loose adaptation)
Based on Stephen King's "Lovecraftian" short story, "Gramma", about a boy left alone to care for his terrifying, invalid grandmother, who keeps the Necronomicon hidden beneath the floor of her bedroom.
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
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Synopsis
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A long-standing family tradition is passed to the next generation when young George looks after his invalid grandmother during his mother's absence.
Notes
Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
- fiction: Stephen King's short story "Gramma (fiction)"
- film: Mercy (2014 film)
- tome: Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, Or, The Incunabula of the Mad Arab Al-Hazred ("The Return of the Great Old Ones, Hastur, Yog-Sothoth, Frightful Sleeper of the Deep, Cthulhu")
- tome: diary, "I offer my light to Cthulhu, He who drinks from the chalice of night."
- race: Human Cultist
- deity: Hastur, Yog-Sothoth, Cthulhu
