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Twilight Zone Videos
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Videos of the Twilight Zone television series and episodes.
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How's this for a Twilight Zone kind of irony? The movie version of Rod Serling's landmark sci-fi TV series turns out to be less memorable than the episodes upon which it was based. Despite the presence of four of-that-moment directors, the film--based on three TV episodes and one original idea--is remembered more for its prologue (starring Dan Aykroyd and Albert Brooks) and for its offscreen tragedy (the death of star Vic Morrow and two children when a helicopter crashed while filming a key scene). Otherwise, the film's high-gloss production values only serve to mire the old, solid stories. The best segment of the film centers on John Lithgow as a deliriously overexcited airline passenger, whose very active fear of flying is embodied in the gremlin he (and only he) sees on the plane's wing, wreaking havoc with the film's engine. --Marshall Fine
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Rod Serling was definitely in the Zone when he penned these two Twilight Zone classics. Attention shoppers! Available for the first time on video, The After Hours stars Anne Francis as a department store shopper who is shocked to be informed that the floor on which she bought a defective item that she wishes to return does not exist. And why does that mannequin bear an eerie resemblance to her missing saleswoman? This video also contains another must-own first-season episode, Time Enough at Last, starring Burgess Meredith in a signature series role as a bespectacled, henpecked bookworm who survives a nuclear blast and finds himself alone at last with his precious books. The ending seems unduly cruel, but it's one that all Zone aficionados rave about when they compare notes (see Dan Aykroyd and Albert Brooks in Twilight Zone: The Movie). This is the first of three Twilight Zone collectibles: tape 2 contains Living Doll, one of the series' scariest episodes, and the thoughtful Serling-penned gem The Eye of the Beholder. Tape 3 features the alien-in-a-diner puzzler Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up and To Serve Man, which TV Guide rightfully ranked as one of TV's top 100 episodes of all time. --Donald Liebenson
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Living Doll, one of The Twilight Zone's scariest episodes, written by Charles Beaumont, stars Telly Savalas as a mean-spirited man who makes a pint-sized enemy in his stepdaughter's new and very protective doll, Talky Tina (June Foray, the venerable Queen of Cartoons, who is best known as the voice of Rocket J. Squirrel). He thinks after tossing her in the garbage can that he's seen the last of Tina. But then the telephone rings: "My name is Talky Tina ... and I'm going to kill you." This video also includes one of Rod Serling's best episodes, the thoughtful The Eye of the Beholder, in which unseen plastic surgeons labor intensively to make their desperate female patient look "normal." This is one of three must-own volumes of vintage Twilight Zone episodes released to commemorate this timeless series' 40th anniversary. Tape 1 features the video premiere of The After Hours (the one with the mannequins) and Time Enough at Last starring Burgess Meredith as the post-apocalyptic bookworm. Tape 3 features the alien-in-a-diner puzzler Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up, as well as the signature episode To Serve Man, which TV Guide rightfully ranked as one of TV's top 100 episodes of all time. --Donald Liebenson
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In 1959 Emmy Award-winning playwright Rod Serling transported viewers to "a fifth dimension ... as vast as space and as timeless as infinity ... and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge." It was an area he called The Twilight Zone. One of television's greatest series (it's still the pop-culture reference point for the weird and bizarre), this series is well represented by this three-tape collection of six classic episodes, three of which are making their video debuts. "The After Hours," on tape 1, stars Anne Francis as a confused shopper who discovers she shares a close bond with the store's mannequins. "Living Doll," on tape 2, is one of the Zone's scariest episodes. Telly Savalas stars as a mean-spirited man who makes a pint-sized enemy in his stepdaughter's new and very protective doll, Talky Tina. "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up," on tape 3, poses the question, Who among the stranded travelers in a remote roadside diner is really an alien? Also included in this boxed set are three quintessential Zone episodes, the thoughtful "Eye of the Beholder"; "Time Enough at Last," in which a cruel fate awaits post-apocalyptic bookworm Burgess Meredith; and "To Serve Man," in which visiting aliens have something special cooked up for us earthlings. It is a testament to this series' greatness that knowing the surprise endings enhances rather than dulls the enjoyment of repeat viewings. Each tape is also available individually. --Donald Liebenson
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Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up is a Rod Serling-penned favorite from The Twilight Zone's second season. Tracks from a frozen pond where a UFO is reported to have landed lead into a diner where stranded travelers wait out a snowstorm. There were six on the bus. Now there are seven, ranging from an oblivious honeymoon couple to an impatient businessman and a grizzled old coot. Which is the Martian? It is a testament to this series' greatness that knowing the fiendishly funny surprise ending does not mar enjoyment of repeat viewings, as witness To Serve Man, the second classic episode included on this video. TV Guide rightfully ranked this as one of TV's top 100 episodes of all time. That's Richard Kiel (Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me) as an ambassador of the Canamites, a race of nine-foot-tall super-evolved aliens who offer to transform Earth into a peaceful Eden. But what do they really have cooked up for us? The episode's title is a macabre clue. This is one of three must-own volumes of vintage Twilight Zone episodes released to commemorate this timeless series' 40th anniversary. Tape 1 features the video premiere of The After Hours (the one with the mannequins) and Time Enough at Last starring Burgess Meredith as the post-apocalyptic bookworm. Tape 2 boasts Rod Serling's The Eye of the Beholder and Living Doll, one of the series' all-time scariest episodes. --Donald Liebenson
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