Paramount Pictures’s continues to enthral and entertain with The Complete Series collection of The Twilight Zone on blu-ray, and this week’s offerings are no exception. Up first is The Incredible World of Horace Ford. Written by Reginald Rose, this episode debuted on 18 April, 1963, and featured Pat Hingle (Commissioner Gordon to a legion of…
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The Twilight Zone (1963) – Printer’s Devil, and No Time Like the Past
It’s back to The Zone with Paramount Pictures’ The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series on blu-ray. And it’s nice to be met by Burgess Meredith on his fourth trip to the Zone! Printer’s Devil was written by Charles Beaumont and first aired on 28 February, 1963. Meredith plays Mr. Smith, who comes to bedevil poor…
The Twilight Zone (1963) – Mute, and Death Ship
Paramount Pictures’ The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series continues to delight, terrify, creep out, and amaze and this week is no different as I dig into the next two episodes of the fourth season. Up first is Mute, written by Richard Matheson. This episode first aired on 31 January, 1963. It follows the tale of…
The Twilight Zone (1963) – In His Image, and The Thirty-Fathom Grave
It’s time for Season 4 to get underway as I continue digging into The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series on blu-ray from Paramount Pictures. Beginning with Season 4, the series episodes became 50 minute affairs instead of 25, and things got underway with In His Image on 3 January, 1963 with this story by Charles…
The Twilight Zone (1962) – I Sing the Body Electric, Cavender is Coming, and The Changing of the Guard
This week we finish up Season 3 of The Twilight Zone as I continue my exploration of The Complete Series on Blu-Ray available now from Paramount Pictures. First up is a story by science fiction legend, Ray Bradbury. I Sing the Body Electric aired on 18 May, 1962. George Rogers (David White) is a widower…
The Twilight Zone (1962) – Little Girl Lost, Person or Persons Unknown, and The Little People
Buckle up, folks. It’s time for another trio of episodes from Paramount Pictures superlative The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series blu-ray collection. Up first is Little Girl Lost. Richard Matheon wrote this eerie tale that first debuted on 16 Match, 1962. Chris Miller (Robert Sampson) hears his daughter call out in the night, and goes…
The Twilight Zone (1962) – The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank, To Serve Man, and The Fugitive
It’s time to go back into The Zone with Paramount Pictures’ Complete Series on blu-ray! The first episode up this week is The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank. Written and directed by Montgomery Pittman, this tale first aired on 23 February, 1962. Jeff Myrtlebank (James Best) wakes up at his own funeral, and while the…
The Twilight Zone (1961/1962) – Five Characters in Search of an Exit, A Quality of Mercy, and Nothing in the Dark
It’s time to dive back into The Twilight Zone with The Complete Series collection from Paramount Pictures. First up this week is Five Characters in Search of an Exit. Series creator Rod Serling writes the teleplay using Marvin Petal’s short story as his source material. Airing on 22 December, 1961 the tale finds an army…
The Twilight Zone (1961) – It’s a Good Life, Deaths-head Revisited, and The Midnight Sun
Paramount Picture’s The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series starts off with a classic episode this week. So good, it was remade by Joe Dante in the feature film (and it was very much suited to his storytelling style). Hold onto your happy thoughts as the series creator Rod Serling penned teleplay from a story by…
The Mind Reels 