Another Lovecraft episode finds Henry Darrow putting off death by maintaining a level of cold in his apartments. Unfortunately, he is at the mercy of an aging refrigeration device that runs non-stop. The poor man has lost his wife and begins a relationship with a beautiful young woman who is willing to come to his rooms and dine with him He tells her of his experiments and the necessity for him to remain in this frigid environment. Sadly, one day the thing stops working and the temperature begins to rise. He calls the young woman and she desperately tries to find someone to fix it. This is a terrifying tale and the acting is excellent.
Also outstanding, is the second story, "Camera Obscura." Ross Martin, playing a kindly old man, is visited by a loan shark, played by Rene Auberjunois. The guy is only interested in assuring Martin that he will be ready to pay off his usurious loan the following Monday. We find out this man and his father before him are incredibly heartless, not caring what happens to those they destroy financially. Martin who is quite rich, with masterpieces of art on his walls, goes to bat for a friend of his who is about to be done in by Auberjunois. He is unyielding, though Martin makes it clear he has an opportunity to be compassionate. During the visit, Martin shows the shark a camera that can look back in time. After all this, he excuses himself and tells Martin that he had better have the money. As he retreats, he goes out a back doorway, and finds himself years in the past. Now he must confront the evil he and his father have done.
"Quoth the Raven" has Marty Allen, a comedian I never found funny, playing Edgar Allen Poe with writer's block. Nothing much here.