The Twilight Zone

1959

Seasons & Episodes

  • 5
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  • 1
  • 0

EP16 The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross Jan 17, 1964

EP33 The Brain Center at Whipple's May 15, 1964

9.1| 0h30m| TV-PG| en
Synopsis

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.

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KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?
Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.
moshomaniac Born in the 1980s, I was shown the reruns of the Twilight Zone by my babysitter, and I fell instantly in love with it. The series creator, Rod Serling(rest in peace), was an absolute genius, and television's greatest storyteller, who week after week presented us with tales of the incredible, written with intelligence, wit, and an unbridled imagination. Predating other anthology series like "The Outer Limits", "Tales of the Unexpected", and "Amazing Stories", The Twilight Zone's legacy continues to this day. The series, though(slightly)dated in production values, still holds up with its story telling, showing that good writing will trump special effects any day, that intelligence and imagination is what it takes to tell a story. There is so many things about this series that impacted television and pop-culture. Who cannot look at stories like "Living Doll" and see the seeds of the 'Killer Doll' concept that were planted 2 decades prior to the release of "Child's Play?" What about "The Dummy", about a dummy who comes to life and overthrows his ventriloquist, decades before movies like "Magic" or the Goosebumps story "Night of the Living Dummy"? So many other stories: a child who can wreck havoc with his thoughts; "To Serve Man", with one of the greatest punchlines in history; The thought-provoking and appropriately shocking "The Masks"; there is to much here to do justice in just a mere paragraph. The series also covered multiple genres: Science Fiction, Horror, Comedy, Drama and even Western. If you are a fan of Science Fiction and classic television at all, this series is mandatory. Don't do yourself a disservice by missing out on this classic series. There's the signpost up ahead: your next stop, The Twilight Zone!
jvance-63849 If the average person of today viewed Twilight Zone for the first time it would be easy to find flaws. Many of the stories are topical for the time in which they were written and the format and budget constraints necessitated distilling complexity into black-and-white simplicity. As an anthology series, there was no recurrent cast of characters with whom to bond nor a consistent story line to follow. The nature of the television market today isn't favorable for a program where each episode is a stand-alone event that needs to grab a weekly audience who has little or no clue what will be telecast. In that sense, The Twilight Zone is an anachronism whose time is past. But viewed through the prism of the era, when homes had only one television and few channels, when the nation's culture was rapidly changing, when public scientific knowledge was much less - if seen that way, it is astonishingly superb. Mr Serling was a daring writer, tackling difficult topics in a manner that was "politically incorrect" long before the phrase existed. He dreamed up story line scenarios that many viewed as too unsettling for 1950s America and stuck them out there every week, doing so with remarkably consistent excellence. He was a talented troublemaker who managed to slide by the censors and standards of the time, by no means a minor feat. No doubt some of the shows were total misses, and today look really bad. But most were good to extraordinary and they mark the Twilight Zone as a tremendous accomplishment. I don't know if Twilight Zone episodes are available for streaming but if so, they're worth a look for anyone who hasn't seen them. Many sites offer suggestions regarding the best episodes to view. Take a chance, they're short and sweet - and entertaining.
thereffman You could watch 90% of the episodes today and you wouldn't feel out of place given the show was made about 60 years ago. The writing is superb, the writing, directing and settings are second to none. This is the show that a majority of science fiction shows take their material from. Seen an episode of the Simpsons Tree House of Horror? They got all of their ideas from this show. There is not enough good stuff to say about Rod Serling and this series.There is suspense, mystery, action and a bit of romance in these episodes. If you're lucky enough to come across it on TV or find it streaming online, take a minute, you'll thoroughly enjoy it.
arngny I would like to see if possible on Memorial and Veterans day's military themed episodes of the Twilight Zone as a marathon. Many episodes dealt with military stories and even vets. Mr. Serling himself was a WW2 veteran serving in the Army as a paratrooper. This could prove both worthy and entertaining. It would do a stations great service to both veterans and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Think about it, 6 hours of the best if not all of the military stories being shown in honor of those who served. There's the episode where 3 soldiers are lost and wind up fighting in Little big horn. The episode where a soldier knows who's going to be a casualty by seeing a ray of light over their head. The 3 Air Force pilots that return to Earth only to disappear from life. The Nazi U-boat commander who sinks a liner only to experience their pain. The 3 pilots who land on a planet and later become display pieces. And the guy who read a newspaper article on a bomber plane found in a desert believing he was there also. The list can go on and on. How about it TV stations?