We arrive, this week, at our last stop in The Twilight Zone. The exploration of The Complete Series comes to its ultimate conclusion with this last trio of episodes. First up is Come Wander with Me. Written by Anthony Wilson, this episode, directed by Richard Donner, debuted on 22 May 1964. The story follows musician…
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The Twilight Zone (1964) – The Encounter, Mr. Garrity and the Graves, and The Brain Center at Whipple’s
Our penultimate trip to the Twilight Zone gets underway this week, with The Encounter as I draw to the end of The Complete Series on blu-ray from Paramount Pictures. Written by Martin Goldsmith, this episode first debuted on 1 May, 1964. It stars George Takei and Neville Brand. After World War II, prejudices and hatred…
The Twilight Zone (1964) – The Masks, I Am the Night – Color Me Black, and Sounds and Silences
Spookiness abounds in this week’s instalment of The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series. First up is The Masks, penned by series creator Rod Serling. First airing on 20 March, 1964, the story centres around wealthy, and dying, Jason Foster (Robert Keith). Foster has invited all of his greedy heirs to a Mardi Gras party, and…
The Twilight Zone (1964) – An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Queen of the Nile, and What’s in the Box
Things get underway in The Twilight Zone with another trio of episodes this week from The Complete Series, now available on blu-ray from Paramount Pictures. First up is Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. This episode first aired on 28 February, 1964, and was written and directed by Robert Enrico from a story by Ambrose Bierce….
The Twilight Zone (1963) – The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms, A Short Drink From a Certain Fountain, and Ninety Years Without Slumbering
It’s that time again!! Paramount Pictures continues to be my guide as I explore the depths of The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series on blu-ray. This week’s trio of episode begins with The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms, which aired on 6 December, 1963 and was written by series creator, Rod Serling. It’s 25…
The Twilight Zone (1963) – The Old Man in the Cave, Uncle Simon, and Probe 7, Over and Out
My journey through the iconic television series, The Twilight Zone, continues this week as I delve into another three episodes of The Complete Series on blu-ray, available now from Paramount Pictures. First up is The Old Man in the Cave. This episode had a broadcast date of 8 November, 1963, and was written by series…
The Twilight Zone (1963) – A Kind of a Stopwatch, The Last Night of a Jockey, and Living Doll
There’s the signpost up ahead, it’s time to take a turn into The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series on blu-ray thanks to Paramount Pictures. Up first is the Rod Serling scripted, A Kind of Stopwatch. The series creator adapted a story by Michael D. Rosenthal and debuted the episode on 18 October, 1963. Patrick Thomas…
The Twilight Zone (1963) – In Praise of Pip, Steel, and Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
It’s time to dive into the fifth and final season of The Twilight Zone. The Complete Series on blu-ray, available from Paramount Pictures unveils the first three episodes of the season this week, as the series returns to a twenty-five minute runtime per episode as opposed to the fifty minute episodes of the previous season….
The Twilight Zone (1963) – Passage on the Lady Anne, and The Bard
Season four of The Twilight Zone comes to a conclusion this week with these two episodes as I continue exploring The Complete Series on blu-ray, currently available from Paramount Pictures. First up this week is Passage on the Lady Anne. Written by Charles Beaumont this story first found its way to television screens on 9…