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The Twilight Zone: Dead Woman’s Shoes
November 22, 1985
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Review ★★★☆☆
Based on the original Twilight Zone’s “Dead Man’s Shoes,” written by Charles Beaumont, this updated version is well done and inventive. It gives Helen Mirren a chance to shine and transform on screen, from a mousy thrift store clerk to a glamorous… well, dead woman. Never mind the story, or the setting – this is very 1980s. But it’s funny to think that Helen, at this time in her career, was relatively unknown in America, and that she would (or need?) get a job on The Twilight Zone after the rather unsuccessful “2010: The Year We Make Contact” and “The Mosquito Coast”. But for a half hour of television, this is fun and diverting.