The After Hours Analysis

“The After Hours” Imagine being locked up in a dark room filled with nothing but darkness — and mannequins. Just being alone in the dark is nerve-racking, but being with plastic mannequins that’s even more horrifying. Their plastic human-like faces and designer clothing are a few aspects that you make to try to assure yourself they’re not authentic human-beings. Nevertheless, their human-like face seems to stare into space, or at you while you’re shopping. Staring at a mannequin gives you an eerie feeling that they might upthrust their arms, batter their eyes, or move their lips. “The After Hours” aims to give viewers that same eerie feeling you feel when looking at a mannequin. The Twilight Zone’s “The After Hours” builds up to an effective plot twist through its use of jump scares, character portrayal, and camera angle.

The use of jump scares helps build up the suspension in the plot twist. There is three major jump scares before the plot twist. After Marsha wakes up from fainting due to her petrifying discovery she made earlier on, she finds out that she has been locked inside the department store and decides to try to call for help. Now, this is where the first jump scare takes place. As Marsha passes one of the mirrors near the changing room, she gets a horrifying shock after witnessing one of the department store’s mannequin

The camera angles of the episode were very clear in showing the audience close-ups of the mannequins’ human-like faces that would give off an eerie vibe. Additionally, the camera angles would also show the empty department store where Marsha was accidentally trapped in. It would give the audience a sense of creepiness that would be felt if you have been left alone in an isolated and deserted place. Showing the empty floor with Marsha being alone in the center would definitely give the audience a shiver up their