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Movie: Flypaper (2011)
Release Date: 4 August 2011 (Netherlands)
Directors: Rob Minkoff
Writers: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Genres: Comedy | Crime
The story opens with a news report showing the police searching for a missing girl. We see another girl, Sylvia, walking home from her piano lesson, with a man watching her. When she gets home, she sees on the news that the missing girl has been found dead on waste ground nearby ‘ it looks as if there is a murderer at work in the area. Sylvia is very apprehensive when she has to go home after the next week’s lesson, especially when she sees the man again, and that apprehension turns to panic when he gets on the bus and starts chatting to her ‘ he is very amiable and very charming, but also very very creepy.
Sylvia is so afraid that when she sees an elderly lady get off the bus, she follows her so as to be safe with her vibram five fingers shoes , even though it is several stops before her own house. The woman takes care of Sylvia and they go back to the woman’s house so she can phone the police. Then comes the twist ‘ a very memorable one that I certainly wasn’t expecting. Never trust “safe” little old ladies! The look of desperation on Sylvia’s face as she suddenly realises the utter hopelessness of her situation is one that stays with you for a long time.
Nowadays, with the emphasis on abduction, stalking and “don’t talk to strangers”, the story is even more poignant than it would have been at the time it was made. Tales of the Unexpected: The Flypaper starts as the police search for 12 year old Elaine Phillips who has been missing for 5 days, then it is announced that her body has been found in a pond. Young girl Sylvia Wilkinson (Lorna Charles) thinks she notices a man (Alfred Burke) following her on her way home from her piano lesson but fails to call the police, on her way home from school the following day the same man gets on the same bus as her & starts to talk to her. Slyvia is scared & gets off the bus a stop early to contact the police, however the public phone is broken & it seems the man has also gotten off the bus & continues his unwanted attention towards Sylvia…
Episode 1 from season 3 this Tales of the Unexpected story originally aired here in the UK during August 1980 & was a highly effective & unsettling way to kick off the third season of this very hit & miss series. The fourth of twelve Tales of the Unexpected episodes to be directed by Graham Evans this is pretty much everything a Tales of the Unexpected story should be, it’s creepy, unsettling, thought provoking & has a cracking downbeat twist ending that’ll stay with you. The story by Elizabeth Taylor (no, not the Oscar winning actress…) was dramatised by Robin Chapman & during his filmed introduction Roald Dahl says Taylor lives only 6 miles from him & that the story is so clever, tight & ingenious he only wished he’d thought of it & he’s spot on really. The basic story here is very effective & it gets the whole ‘don’t talk to strangers’ message across in a genuinely shocking way, that ending really is one of the most downbeat & sombre you’ll ever come see & The Flypaper is all the better for it. The character’s are good, the dialogue is well written especially Sylvia’s monologues & the great build up compliments the great ending which ultimately leaves things up to the viewers imagination although I didn’t really want my imagination to go there…
Generally speaking these Tales of the Unexpected episodes are visually worthless & have zero style but The Flypaper is an exception as it was obviously shot entirely on 16mm film on location so it has a cinematic look to it, this also has some nice visual backdrops including a huge cathedral. This ties with Skin (1980) from season 2 as the best looking Tales of the Unexpected episode but unlike Skin this has a great story to go with it. Usually there’s a big name star in the cast of the average Tales of the Unexpected but not here & the unknown cast makes it even better, almost like a documentary.
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The Flypaper is one of the very best Tales of the Unexpected, it’s a highly effective story told in a highly effective way. This is a unsettling but creepily entertaining way to pass 25 minutes.
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