Mike K reviews Eerie, Indiana episodes: Scariest Home Movies/Heart on a Chain

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Eerie Indiana: America’s Scariest Home Video / Heart On A Chain

This is the second time I pulled the “TV episodes count too” card, and I want to try to make it the last – because Eerie is a half hour show, I tried to pick two favorites. Despite taking place on Halloween, America’s Scariest Home Video is one of the more humorous episodes in the series, highlighted by a deadpan Tony Jay performance and the general idea of a bratty grade schooler replacing the monster in a 50’s horror b-movie and still managing to terrorize the female lead. Heart On A Chain is one of my favorites because the plot, where a young girl gets a heart transplant from a reckless male suitor and starts behaving like him and being unable to pursue any other romantic interests, feels like a classic urban legend. I also like how it’s one of the few episodes where, up until the ending, it’s left up in the air whether something seemingly supernatural is all in a character’s head. 3/5 / 4/5.