Directed by Tom Mankiewicz, who wrote Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, The Man With the Golden Gun and the first two Superman movies, and written by Joseph Minion (After Hours, Vampire’s Kiss) and John Mankiewicz, “Loved to Death” is the first episode of season three.

“Dying for a date? Aching for a little prick of… (fires an arrow into the statue’s heart, which bleeds) -passion? Well, be careful what you what you wish for, or like the young man in tonight’s terror tale, you may just get it! I call this nauseating number: “Loved to Death.””

Edward Foster (Andrew McCarthy) is a screenwriter in love with an actress, Miranda Singer (Mariel Hemingway), who doesn’t notice him. However, his landlord Mr. Stronham (David Hemmings) gives him a love potion, but that only makes things worse, because now Miranda won’t stop loving him. The problem is that there love goes beyond until death do us part.

While many claim this is a remake of The Twilight Zone episode “The Chaser.” That was based on a story by John Collier, which Al Feldstein and William Gaines definitely stole for the story “Loved to Death” that was drawn by Jack Kamen and appears in Tales From the Crypt #25.