I haven't seen "A small talent for War" but going by what you said, the twist was that the aliens meant they were expecting humanity to be more brutal and warlike than they ended up being.
Very good piece. I think 'Shelter Skelter' is the most unique, imaginative and suspenseful episode. Realistic with a mind-blowing conclusion. It plays like a mini-movie. Starring a young Joe Mantegna.
Agreed, if I were to make a sequel to the twilight zone movie and my job was to pick 4 episodes from any incarnation of the twilight zone to remake/reimagine, I’d choose Shelter Skelter either as the first or second episode.
Pretty good list. Although I would have added "The Shadow Man" and "Nightcrawlers" for the horror and for just all around great episode, Harlan Ellison's "Paladin of the Lost Hour."
The episode that was burned into my brain was "A Little Peace and Quiet" with Melinda Dillion. The story is somewhat similar to the original Twilight Zone episode, A Kind of Stopwatch, except that it has a very scary ending. I vividly remember seeing this as part of the premiere episode when I was 17. I agree with your choice of Her Pilgrim Soul. That was the best episode of the entire 80s TZ series.
collegeman1988- Yeah, but Melinda could have dragged her family members out of harm's way with all the time she had. I know, I know, critics everywhere!
That's a fantastic episode, I seen it back in the day. I recently showed it to my kids and they loved it too. However, I had to explain the Cold War feeling/threat at the time. Amazing show, I loved the 80s Twilight Zone and just recently watched the older one.
I'm glad you showed a clip of it at the end, but I'm a little surprised you hadn't included "I of Newton." I thought Sherman Hemsley and Ron Glass did a great, funny, and well-thought-out dialogue on how to get your soul back if you've slipped up and lost it to the devil. That was one of the ace episodes, if a bit short.
"I, Of Newton," was a great, short, comedic, episode which is on my personal top ten list from the eighties series. As the narrator says at the end: "A public service announcement from the Twilight Zone, for what to do if the devil shows up on your doorstep."
My favorite episodes were Paladin of the Lost Hour, with Danny Kaye, and Night of the Meek. Both have fun and funny moments while still have a great deal of drama. I always end up crying by the end of both stories, but they are beautifully done.
"My reviews have destroyed whole cities!" Totally need to look up the Twilight Zone style shows, they sound like my cup of suspense without being too slasher-ficish.
I suggest tales from the crypt, the outer limits, and night gallery(which was done by the guy who originally did twilight zone). All of which have that twilight zone vibe there was also a 2002 reboot of the twilight zone, but i haven't heard anything good about it :/
Enjoyed the original. A small talent for war is reminiscent of To serve man. Also enjoyed the man shunned by society and Ron Glass as a devil with the ever changing t shirt text.
One of the creepiest to me was "Gramma". "Georgie... bring me my tea..." "The Curious case of Edgar Witherspoon" seemed more like an episode of Amazing Stories.
What about veggietales, Wizards vs.aliens, house of mouse, spooksville, once upon a time, goosebumps, haunting hour, icarly, spongebob, fairly odd parents, Hannah Montana, suite life, that's so Raven, teen titans.
'' A Little Peace & Quiet '' should have been on the list. Although a bit scary at the end, imagine yourself having the ability to stop time and gathering all the beautiful women in the country in one big room. Boring, eh?
I liked that one too, another should have been I of Newton. At least there was a clip of that though, with the devil in his constantly changing t-shirt.
I would have added: Shadowman Eye of Newton Red Snow, which had a similar premise as 30 Days of Night. A Little Peace and Quiet. A woman can stop time. At the end, she stops time just as a Soviet missile is exploding overhead.
Well I just watched the whole series of the 80s twilight zone, and I got to say I really enjoyed it for the most part. Most of the stories were good, entertaining , and sticks with many elements with the original twilight zone. So yeah, thanks Linkara for getting me into a series (or version in this case) that I never knew existed.
J.j. Abraham's made a mini series about it its on Hulu I forget just look it up and find the name (its numbers) also i like how in the first twilight zone "back there" was Lincoln that was jfk and in 02 it was Martin Luther
I liked many of the ones you referenced, but also liked others you didn't mention. But so what, that's why we'd all have a great discussion talking about the episodes. I was out in LA when the show originally ran, and Ellison was a guest on the "Hour 25" radio show soon after the new TZ premiered. It was great hearing all about the series and the behind-the-scenes stuff. "Hour 25" was a weekly radio show in LA that talked about movies, books, TV shows, and comics. Ellison was a frequent guest.
Thanks for doing this. I loved this series, and glad to see it get some recognition. I liked most of the episodes on your list. For my own list, I'd add 'Of Time And Teresa Golowitz', "Paladin Of The Lost Hour' (with Danny Kaye!), 'Nightcrawlers' and 'The shadow Man'. The last is a truly spine-tingling piece of television. And I'd also like to recommend 'The New Twilight Zone', a book by Martin H. Greenberg that contains many of the stories that these episodes/segments were based on.
Some of those are my personal favorites, too. Though I would have included the episode where the stressed out housewife gets the magic amulet where she can stop the world by saying, "Shut up." With, well, let us say a Cold War theme attached to the story.
I have a very soft spot for "A Message from Charity". Granted, it is dripping in oozing sentimentalism and you can see the ending from a mile away, but good god can it be used as a tonic!
This is another one I'm glad you referenced. There are so many great episodes, and its criminally overlooked. This might be a hot take, but I think my favorite episode is "Toys of Caliban." It's just so sad and hopeless that I can't help but be drawn to it.
I loved the 80's TZ so thanks for doing this list. Also super appreciative that you didn't spoil them. Now I can go back and watch them as if I was watching them for the first time.
Thanks, I really enjoyed that. Shatterday with Bruce Willis was a great one. And I found the ending to "Many Monkees" to be powerful - it stuck with me and I found it to be one of the best twist endings.
I've seen all of these shows like this. I started watching them when I was a kid. There was an episode and I can't remember which show it is. It's the first one I saw and the only thing I remember about it is the line "Welcome to the Darkside, Johnny." I remember woods and I think a boy. I've been trying to figure out which show and episode for a while now. Anyone have any idea? I know there isn't much to go on... Tales from the Darkside? I'd love to see it again.
Something in the Walls - saw it on Chiller when I was younger and was terrified! A Little Peace and Quiet - soooo good. easily one of my all time fav Twilight Zone eps and that includes the original series. I could totes see this one as a part of the original. Nightcrawlers - Another one that was so creepy and scary the first time I saw it. Paladin of the Lost Hour - Heartbreaking and beautiful story about broken people seeking and finding redemption. Really loved this one. The Burning Man, A Small Talent for War, and Monsters! - Three that you picked that I loved too. The others picks, not so much. Lol The Shadow Man - Even as a kid, I loved the ironic twist at the end. The Star - I know this one is religious but I was more drawn to the sadness of it. All those people had to die, and for what? The Elevator - Rubber monsters and terrible fx. Really goofy fun. lol Gramma - Another of my favs, if not my top fav in the 1980s TZ The Toys of Caliban - sad and surreal and super creepy
Others I would have mentioned. Private Channel, Children's Zoo, Kentucky Rye, Welcome to Winfield, Aqua Vita, The Shadow Man, There Was an Old Woman, and A Little Peace and Quiet.
Thanks for this... any 80s TZ talk is great. But I can't take a list seriously a list without Nightcrawlers and Button, Button not on a list of 15. But just you making this is great.
I overlooked the year and thought these were from the original series. As much as I loved the series hosted by Rod Serling I never watched this remake. These top 15 episodes would not mean anything to me, so I will take my leave. It was nice of the person who put this collection together for fans of the 1980s Twilight Zone.
Nicely done, Linkara. Though personally, I would love to see your top 15 best Tales of the Darkside episodes list sometime this year on Halloween or something.
The Shadowman was my #1. (Hey, I was 9 when this show started.) Button Button, Shelter Skelter, To See The Invisible man and the Stopwatch episode (forgot the name) still stay with me too.
Dealer's Choice is great but I can't believe you left out Nightcrawlers. That's my favorite of the '80s Twilight Zone by far. It's just so intense, especially when you consider it's broadcast tv.
Linkara, I'm kinda mad at you. You mention Ellison and Straczynski, OK, but there were other SF writers involved, at least their stories as an inspiration for the 80's series. Greg Bear wrote Dead run, but The last defender of Camelot is based on a story by the Great Roger Zelazny and he deserved to be mentioned, he was gone too soon and his work is amazing and deserving of some attention.
My mother is a big fan of "Her Pilgrim Soul." She'd watch that one every time it re-aired. Funnily enough, I actually thought it was an installment of "Tales from the Dark Side," so wow, major memory fail on my part.
I didn't watch the show very often, but two episodes I remember and enjoyed were stories involving parallel worlds. One starred George Wendt, who was an unsuccessful inventor in this world but greatly successful in another. The other was Pam Dawber, who played a secretary who stumbled into another world where secretaries are idolized.
Cool list, I am definitely going to check them out. Personally I liked Time and Tess Galowitz. Also, have you seen the 90s The Outer Limits? Can you do episode on that?
Quarantine, Shadowman, Wordplay, Message From Charity, The Convict's Piano, One Life Furnished in Early Poverty, But can She Type.. and millions more it's my fave!
The only episode I really remember and because of it, I guess is my favorite one is “A matter of Time”. About “construction crews building every minute, one at a time”! It was really fun.
Yes I remember that one too. I have thought about that off and on for years. Couple wakes up in bed too early because the crew is still working on several minutes ahead. I would love to see that again☺
Mousie Spanks you’re in a bit of luck, here’s the to an almost complete copy of the episode, the end of it is missing, but it doesn’t really matter that much because they just escape back to their reality (at least that’s how I remember it)... th-cam.com/video/olPN5L2P-6Y/w-d-xo.html
Shatterday is a reworking of Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room, as is A Little Peace And Quiet is a reworking of A Kind Of Stopwatch. One of my favorites of 80s Twilight Zone is One Life Furnished In Early Poverty, written by the late Harlan Ellison. But on closer inspection, this story is very similar to Walking Distance.
I love Dead Run. It’s both a tragic and horrific episode and yet ends on a hopeful note as Johnny (the main character) finds new purpose and meaning. Another one I really like is The Devil’s Alphabet. Based on a story by a contemporary of MR James (considered by many to be the father of the modern day ghost story), the segment follows the members of a college fraternity who decide to meet every year even after they die. When one of their members commits suicide, they learn to their horror that their oaths are binding. Granted, it could’ve benefited from having the concept spread out so the members die one by one instead of four of the seven all at once. But for what we got, it’s still a spooky ghost story mixed with cautionary tale that will haunt you at the end.
There were a lot to choose from like Dead Women's Shoes with a younger Helen Mirren, Little Peace & Quiet, Uncle Devil and Paladin Lost Hour. Some of Wes Craven episodes were good.
The great thing about shows like this is its social commentary. It also helps remind us that humans haven't changed over time, we were always kinda crazy, that's what makes us special.
Two contrasting episodes of the 1980's "The Twilight Zone" were "Children's Zoo" and "A Matter of Minutes." "Zoo" allowed kids to do something about "malfunctioning parents." "Minutes" was a look "behind the scenes" of Time as we (supposedly) know it.;) One of the scariest was "Examination Day," where being too different had fatal consequences. A favorite from the Canadian syndication season was "Extra Innings," where a present day washed-up baseball player is given an unusual card that lets him play ball in 1909!;)
Gotta love Roberts Blossom in The Burning Man. A creepy performance to follow up his creepy performance as Ed Gein avatar Ezra Cobb in Deranged, a few years before his (initially) creepy performance as Old Man Marley in Home Alone.
why can't anyone make "this button kills someone and you get money" work? "Button Button", "The Box', yet Monkey Paw is one of my favorite scary stories
+Linkara (@Linkara19) - Offbeat but fun to post list of picks from the 1980s version of 'The Twilight Zone.' We (@LookieShow) cover retro television series, and are likely to post a spotlight episode on 'The Twilight Zone' (1959-1964) at some point. Noting here that voice actor June Foray has passed away (July 2017). Foray voiced the role of Talky Tina - the doll in the 'Living Doll' episode of 'The Twilight Zone' (1959-1964).
Great, John De Lancie's four times connected to John Larroquette. The first way making Star Trek Next Gen a mini-reunion of this episode, the second way connecting the two Johns to each other through Brent because Brent was Bob Wheeler on Night Court, the third way being the The Librarians season 2 episode "And the Infernal Contract" and the fourth being that De Lancie and Charles Robinson guest-starred in the same season of Charmed. Actually, now that I think of it, it'd be five ways because James Avery was Zola in the season 7 premiere and that was the season that John De Lancie and Charles Robinson were in of Charmed and Avery married Christine and Tony at the Italian restaurant they were eating at in the Night Court season 7 episode "Wedding Bell Blues Part 1".
By far my favorite episode which I remember vividly and always makes me ponder is about time. Whit the blue people who build the future. That is my favorite episode. Is a great premise and idea.
My favorite episode is the 2nd segment of episode 6: "A Message from Charity" which centers on two young adults (one from 1985 and the other from 1700) for-ming a telepathic friendship after they both got sick from a fever, but this gets the girl in trouble as her time period had the fear of witchcraft. Another favorite is the 1st segment of episode 20: "Profile in Silver" where my favorite president, John Fitzgerald Ken-nedy is saved from his assassination by a future descendant of his, though this started a chain reaction that'll cause an all-out war between the United States & the Soviet Union.
Didn’t really like the 80s series like that But My Top 6 from the 80s 1. “Examination Day” 2. “Kentucky rye” 3. “Shadow Play” 4. “Botton Button” 5. “Shelter Skelter” 6. “Children’s Zoo”
4:59 "Last Defender of Camelot" was based on a short story by Roger Zelazny. It was suppose to be a sequel of sorts to Mallory's "The Once and Future King" with Morgan being "good" and attributing her bad rep to Arthur @ Merlin's "bad press" while Merlin confesses that he cast a spell on Lancelot centuries ago so that he would not only revive him but bring back Camelot to its former glory. I read the story before I saw this episode and it was a rare occasion where I like the adaptation more than the original story. It had a more upbeat ending and included a character who wasn't in the original story who adds weight to the adaptation in an unexpected way IMHO. Great show. Sorry they didn't do Harlan's "Nackles" episode. It would have been epic!
Thank you, i was already buying the Original, but our list makes me interest about the new Series, i hope this will come in germany as well on DVD/BlueRay. For the Next Year, i hope you will chose "Tales from the Crypt" or "outer Limits" ^^
Though good writing was always nice, you also get some great acting from actors who could do one episode of a anthology show, but couldn't be afforded (time or money,) to do TV normally.
I remember the original of the twilight zone, but not the 80s version of the twilight zone. I might check out that series of the twilight zone. Btw, have you done a top 15 original twilight episodes?
Does anyone remember an episode,where a photo restorer,travels back in time though an old photograph ,meets a lady ,falls in love and stays in the past based on short story “Christopher Frame “
Good list. I would have included "Wordplay". I found that one to be quite brilliant. Also, "The Leprechaun-Artist", but mostly for the nostalgia factor
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I haven't seen "A small talent for War" but going by what you said, the twist was that the aliens meant they were expecting humanity to be more brutal and warlike than they ended up being.
It's like that twist ending to the original series episode, "To Serve Mankind"
This is why you always clarify all your terms before you make any kind of agreement.
Those aliens sucked at communicating.....but they destroyed humanity nonetheless.....oh well.
... and worse of all they yearn for peace.
Yep
Very good piece. I think 'Shelter Skelter' is the most unique, imaginative and suspenseful episode. Realistic with a mind-blowing conclusion. It plays like a mini-movie. Starring a young Joe Mantegna.
Paul Kyriazi- And a young Joan Allen, who gets the last, shocking, word. A great episode!
Didn't the original have an episode like this?
@@billanthony7896 A young Joan Allen...….YOWZA!!!
Agreed, if I were to make a sequel to the twilight zone movie and my job was to pick 4 episodes from any incarnation of the twilight zone to remake/reimagine, I’d choose Shelter Skelter either as the first or second episode.
Just 1 more paul bearer with maybe another original tz
you're totally right about the 80's revamp of the intro/theme song- so creepy and wonderful!☠
Pretty good list. Although I would have added "The Shadow Man" and "Nightcrawlers" for the horror and for just all around great episode, Harlan Ellison's "Paladin of the Lost Hour."
+mst3KGf Nightcrawlers and the remake of Shadow Play are my favorite episodes of 80s Twilight Zone.
Shadow Man was a great one.
Yeah, how can you NOT pick "Shadow Man"?
I think "Paladin of the List Hour" is one of the finest episodes for television. I was stunned by the ending of that story. Thanks for mentioning it.
Kentucky Rhye is one of my favs very underrated
I was always partial to "the children's zoo". It was one of the shorter segments, but it just had one of those really great Twilight Zone concepts.
The episode that was burned into my brain was "A Little Peace and Quiet" with Melinda Dillion. The story is somewhat similar to the original Twilight Zone episode, A Kind of Stopwatch, except that it has a very scary ending. I vividly remember seeing this as part of the premiere episode when I was 17. I agree with your choice of Her Pilgrim Soul. That was the best episode of the entire 80s TZ series.
collegeman1988 yees, i've never been able to forget that!
collegeman1988- Yeah, but Melinda could have dragged her family members out of harm's way with all the time she had. I know, I know, critics everywhere!
That's a fantastic episode, I seen it back in the day. I recently showed it to my kids and they loved it too. However, I had to explain the Cold War feeling/threat at the time. Amazing show, I loved the 80s Twilight Zone and just recently watched the older one.
It was also the B episode with “Shatterday,” and they were both directed by Wes Craven.
I'm glad you showed a clip of it at the end, but I'm a little surprised you hadn't included "I of Newton." I thought Sherman Hemsley and Ron Glass did a great, funny, and well-thought-out dialogue on how to get your soul back if you've slipped up and lost it to the devil. That was one of the ace episodes, if a bit short.
Jimmy Dimples- It was a GREAT episode and, I thought, fit in with the spirit of the original series, short or not. It's definitely on MY top ten list!
Loved that one...
Plus a brief mention of mathematical equations used as a magical incantation.
One of my favorites
"I, Of Newton," was a great, short, comedic, episode which is on my personal top ten list from the eighties series. As the narrator says at the end: "A public service announcement from the Twilight Zone, for what to do if the devil shows up on your doorstep."
My favorite episodes were Paladin of the Lost Hour, with Danny Kaye, and Night of the Meek. Both have fun and funny moments while still have a great deal of drama. I always end up crying by the end of both stories, but they are beautifully done.
"My reviews have destroyed whole cities!"
Totally need to look up the Twilight Zone style shows, they sound like my cup of suspense without being too slasher-ficish.
I suggest tales from the crypt, the outer limits, and night gallery(which was done by the guy who originally did twilight zone). All of which have that twilight zone vibe there was also a 2002 reboot of the twilight zone, but i haven't heard anything good about it :/
Enjoyed the original. A small talent for war is reminiscent of To serve man. Also enjoyed the man shunned by society and Ron Glass as a devil with the ever changing t shirt text.
One of the creepiest to me was "Gramma".
"Georgie... bring me my tea..."
"The Curious case of Edgar Witherspoon" seemed more like an episode of Amazing Stories.
It was written by Stephen King.
I came down here to say the same. That episode terrified me as a kid.
Remember tatoia!
I hope you do the Top 15 Tales from the Darkside episodes someday.
That's another great anthology series!
The Last Car
suzycreamcheesez Is that the one with the mysterious train?
Anniversary Dinner
Good lord, the "19 bucks" clip makes me laugh out every time. So casual it's funny!
Any chance you'll be doing "Top 15 Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes"" in the future?
What about veggietales, Wizards vs.aliens, house of mouse, spooksville, once upon a time, goosebumps, haunting hour, icarly, spongebob, fairly odd parents, Hannah Montana, suite life, that's so Raven, teen titans.
now that is a good idea
The not too distant future.
'' A Little Peace & Quiet '' should have been on the list. Although a bit scary at the end, imagine yourself having the ability to stop time and gathering all the beautiful women in the country in one big room. Boring, eh?
Jess Manuel that’s my favorite episode from the 80s TTZ
YES!
I liked that one too, another should have been I of Newton. At least there was a clip of that though, with the devil in his constantly changing t-shirt.
too scary to watch …..watch anyway
"A Little Peace & Quiet" is the only episode I remember from the show & that final image has haunted me for decades. Horrifying.
I would have added:
Shadowman
Eye of Newton
Red Snow, which had a similar premise as 30 Days of Night.
A Little Peace and Quiet. A woman can stop time. At the end, she stops time just as a Soviet
missile is exploding overhead.
Well I just watched the whole series of the 80s twilight zone, and I got to say I really enjoyed it for the most part. Most of the stories were good, entertaining , and sticks with many elements with the original twilight zone. So yeah, thanks Linkara for getting me into a series (or version in this case) that I never knew existed.
"A Message from Charity" warranted at least a mention. As did "A Day in Beaumont."
Children’s zoo, the one with the scientist meets the devil and when a man got one of the lost minutes..
I still watch A Message from Charity once in a while. It still gets to me.
Dead Run was a great episode with an amazing ending. I also liked Children's Zoo, although it was a tad over the top at times.
"Profile In Silver" is my favorite!
Yes one of my favorites too.
J.j. Abraham's made a mini series about it its on Hulu I forget just look it up and find the name (its numbers) also i like how in the first twilight zone "back there" was Lincoln that was jfk and in 02 it was Martin Luther
I liked many of the ones you referenced, but also liked others you didn't mention. But so what, that's why we'd all have a great discussion talking about the episodes.
I was out in LA when the show originally ran, and Ellison was a guest on the "Hour 25" radio show soon after the new TZ premiered. It was great hearing all about the series and the behind-the-scenes stuff. "Hour 25" was a weekly radio show in LA that talked about movies, books, TV shows, and comics. Ellison was a frequent guest.
Interesting, "The Invisible Man" reminds me of the punishment imposed on Jon Hamms Character on Black Mirror
Probably influenced or inspired directly by this episode, given the show was always supposed to be spiritual successor to The Twilight Zone.
@@Popcultureguy3000 IMO, Black Mirror is a better modern Twilight Zone than the actual modern Twilight Zone.
I was trying to figure out why it seemed so familiar and what is cool is that it was way before that
I remember seeing the invisible man episode as a kid and did NOT know what I was watching, at the time: now i do! Thanks!
Thanks for doing this. I loved this series, and glad to see it get some recognition. I liked most of the episodes on your list. For my own list, I'd add 'Of Time And Teresa Golowitz', "Paladin Of The Lost Hour' (with Danny Kaye!), 'Nightcrawlers' and 'The shadow Man'. The last is a truly spine-tingling piece of television.
And I'd also like to recommend 'The New Twilight Zone', a book by Martin H. Greenberg that contains many of the stories that these episodes/segments were based on.
You missed a couple of great ones: the melancholy "Little Boy Lost" and Danny Kaye turning in a superb performance in "Paladin of the Last Hour."
Harlan Ellison was really proud of that episode, and rightfully so.
Some of those are my personal favorites, too. Though I would have included the episode where the stressed out housewife gets the magic amulet where she can stop the world by saying, "Shut up." With, well, let us say a Cold War theme attached to the story.
nice vid and nice to see this show hasn't been entirely forgotten!
Cool, I thought the 80s revival had some good, solid episodes. Will you be doing Amazing Stories next?
+MarindiaProductions More likely Tales from the Darkside, actually. XD
+Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall Maybe Black Mirror at some point? It is still probably one of the darkest series.
+Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall How about "The Outer Limits"? (Both the original and the revival.)
Will Hutchings Definitely the revival at some point. LOVED it when I was a kid.
+Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall Top 10 Three Stooges episodes.Lol
I have a very soft spot for "A Message from Charity". Granted, it is dripping in oozing sentimentalism and you can see the ending from a mile away, but good god can it be used as a tonic!
No way! "Dealer's Choice" is also my favorite episode as well. Great list too.
Oh man, this takes me back. I haven't seen this yet, and I really enjoyed this walk down nostalgia lane!
This is another one I'm glad you referenced. There are so many great episodes, and its criminally overlooked.
This might be a hot take, but I think my favorite episode is "Toys of Caliban." It's just so sad and hopeless that I can't help but be drawn to it.
I loved the 80's TZ so thanks for doing this list. Also super appreciative that you didn't spoil them. Now I can go back and watch them as if I was watching them for the first time.
One of my personal favorites is one of the Christmas stories "The Star" based off a short story from Arthur C. Clarke, one of my favorite writers.
whats that one about?
I agree the reboot did some great and not so great episodes. Shelter Skelter was definitely one of the great ones.
Late I know but you should make more of these videos, I love the way you explain everything and absolutely love horror.
Thanks, I really enjoyed that. Shatterday with Bruce Willis was a great one. And I found the ending to "Many Monkees" to be powerful - it stuck with me and I found it to be one of the best twist endings.
You're the best Narrator ever.....!!, so hysterical,...and intelligently informative.......!!xo.
I have never forgotten the #3 choice - The Invisible Man. I thought it was a great premise. Thanks for this list, I enjoyed watching it.
I've seen all of these shows like this. I started watching them when I was a kid. There was an episode and I can't remember which show it is. It's the first one I saw and the only thing I remember about it is the line "Welcome to the Darkside, Johnny." I remember woods and I think a boy. I've been trying to figure out which show and episode for a while now. Anyone have any idea? I know there isn't much to go on... Tales from the Darkside? I'd love to see it again.
Something in the Walls - saw it on Chiller when I was younger and was terrified!
A Little Peace and Quiet - soooo good. easily one of my all time fav Twilight Zone eps and that includes the original series. I could totes see this one as a part of the original.
Nightcrawlers - Another one that was so creepy and scary the first time I saw it.
Paladin of the Lost Hour - Heartbreaking and beautiful story about broken people seeking and finding redemption. Really loved this one.
The Burning Man, A Small Talent for War, and Monsters! - Three that you picked that I loved too. The others picks, not so much. Lol
The Shadow Man - Even as a kid, I loved the ironic twist at the end.
The Star - I know this one is religious but I was more drawn to the sadness of it. All those people had to die, and for what?
The Elevator - Rubber monsters and terrible fx. Really goofy fun. lol
Gramma - Another of my favs, if not my top fav in the 1980s TZ
The Toys of Caliban - sad and surreal and super creepy
"I of Newton" Ron Glass and Sherman Hemsley. A short one and a great take on the Faustian Deal trope.
Love the 80s Twilight Zone , it had a great mix of Sci fi , scary and touching.
Others I would have mentioned. Private Channel, Children's Zoo, Kentucky Rye, Welcome to Winfield, Aqua Vita, The Shadow Man, There Was an Old Woman, and A Little Peace and Quiet.
Thanks for this... any 80s TZ talk is great. But I can't take a list seriously a list without Nightcrawlers and Button, Button not on a list of 15. But just you making this is great.
I overlooked the year and thought these were from the original series. As much as I loved the series hosted by Rod Serling I never watched this remake. These top 15 episodes would not mean anything to me, so I will take my leave. It was nice of the person who put this collection together for fans of the 1980s Twilight Zone.
Nicely done, Linkara. Though personally, I would love to see your top 15 best Tales of the Darkside episodes list sometime this year on Halloween or something.
Interesting list. :) Any chance you could do this with The Outer Limits?
The Shadowman was my #1. (Hey, I was 9 when this show started.) Button Button, Shelter Skelter, To See The Invisible man and the Stopwatch episode (forgot the name) still stay with me too.
What about Caliban's Toys? That episode was awesome!!!!
kdesigner07 I've never even seen that episode but just reading the story made me cry. "Bring..."
It's one of my favorites, too.
It's disturbing in a very brilliant way like its a good life but way better i hated that episode
Dealer's Choice is great but I can't believe you left out Nightcrawlers. That's my favorite of the '80s Twilight Zone by far. It's just so intense, especially when you consider it's broadcast tv.
Linkara, I'm kinda mad at you. You mention Ellison and Straczynski, OK, but there were other SF writers involved, at least their stories as an inspiration for the 80's series. Greg Bear wrote Dead run, but The last defender of Camelot is based on a story by the Great Roger Zelazny and he deserved to be mentioned, he was gone too soon and his work is amazing and deserving of some attention.
Lukáš Helcl
Nobody’s perfect, but he should have at least mentioned their names.
Robert Silverberg too. "To See the Invisible Man." Story is much better than the episode.
personally i'd like to see a version of this with the 2002 reboot or the original series, also the outer limits, and tales from the crypt.
Their are, at best, 5 good episodes of the 2002 series. But what do you expect out of a UPN original series.
Remember seeing SHATTERDAY as kid & it's stayed with me ever since - Wes Craven & Bruce Willis :)
I saw a lot of those episodes. I loved them all -- especially the Santa/Christmas remake.
That was a good list, one of my favorites from the 80s was The Storyteller, where the kid tells his great grandfather a story every night.
My favorite: "A Little Peace and Quiet"...
Cool list. Other segments that I love are "A little peace and quiet", "A matter of minutes" and "Wordplay".
My mother is a big fan of "Her Pilgrim Soul." She'd watch that one every time it re-aired. Funnily enough, I actually thought it was an installment of "Tales from the Dark Side," so wow, major memory fail on my part.
I know you’ve been super busy with other Halloween stuff but I was curious if you’d considered doing a Top 15 of your favorite Buffy episodes?
Episodes like "Memories" and "Dead Man's Run" sound like they could've spun off into their own series, even if for a brief run.
The premise of the rules of the afterlife never changing is fascinating. An inspiration for The Good Place, mayhaps?
I didn't watch the show very often, but two episodes I remember and enjoyed were stories involving parallel worlds. One starred George Wendt, who was an unsuccessful inventor in this world but greatly successful in another. The other was Pam Dawber, who played a secretary who stumbled into another world where secretaries are idolized.
I was totally thinking of that "My reviews have destroyed whole cities" line just before they said it.
omg i totally forgot about these episodes! thank you!!!!
Wow… a lot of these episodes have aged incredibly well!
Cool list, I am definitely going to check them out. Personally I liked Time and Tess Galowitz. Also, have you seen the 90s The Outer Limits? Can you do episode on that?
Katherine Alvarez- The 90's reboot of The Outer Limits was probably the best revision of a show ever done.
I loved “Paladin of the Lost Hour” and “Profile in Silver”
One of the only ones I remember watching when I was kid from this revival was The Burning Man. It really hit me for some reason.
Quarantine, Shadowman, Wordplay, Message From Charity, The Convict's Piano, One Life Furnished in Early Poverty, But can She Type.. and millions more it's my fave!
There were many good episodes in this series, especially in the first season.
If anyone ever made a twilight zone movie, I think they should check out this video, it’s incredibly informative to people like me.
-great job Lewis!
The only episode I really remember and because of it, I guess is my favorite one is
“A matter of Time”.
About “construction crews building every minute, one at a time”!
It was really fun.
Yes I remember that one too. I have thought about that off and on for years. Couple wakes up in bed too early because the crew is still working on several minutes ahead. I would love to see that again☺
Mousie Spanks you’re in a bit of luck, here’s the to an almost complete copy of the episode, the end of it is missing, but it doesn’t really matter that much because they just escape back to their reality (at least that’s how I remember it)...
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@@marhherz Thank you. I'm going to watch now
Shatterday is a reworking of Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room, as is A Little Peace And Quiet is a reworking of A Kind Of Stopwatch. One of my favorites of 80s Twilight Zone is One Life Furnished In Early Poverty, written by the late Harlan Ellison. But on closer inspection, this story is very similar to Walking Distance.
Thanks for the upload..I was hoping the Bruce Wills one would win..He had also just started moonlighting around the same time.. XD
I wonder if he plans to do a list of his favorites from the original Twilight Zone.
I love Dead Run. It’s both a tragic and horrific episode and yet ends on a hopeful note as Johnny (the main character) finds new purpose and meaning.
Another one I really like is The Devil’s Alphabet. Based on a story by a contemporary of MR James (considered by many to be the father of the modern day ghost story), the segment follows the members of a college fraternity who decide to meet every year even after they die. When one of their members commits suicide, they learn to their horror that their oaths are binding.
Granted, it could’ve benefited from having the concept spread out so the members die one by one instead of four of the seven all at once. But for what we got, it’s still a spooky ghost story mixed with cautionary tale that will haunt you at the end.
Nice video. It´s always great to find new shows to watch. Got any thought on Twin Peaks, Linkara?
There were a lot to choose from like Dead Women's Shoes with a younger Helen Mirren, Little Peace & Quiet, Uncle Devil and Paladin Lost Hour. Some of Wes Craven episodes were good.
The great thing about shows like this is its social commentary. It also helps remind us that humans haven't changed over time, we were always kinda crazy, that's what makes us special.
Two contrasting episodes of the 1980's "The Twilight Zone" were "Children's Zoo" and "A Matter of Minutes." "Zoo" allowed kids to do something about "malfunctioning parents." "Minutes" was a look "behind the scenes" of Time as we (supposedly) know it.;) One of the scariest was "Examination Day," where being too different had fatal consequences. A favorite from the Canadian syndication season was "Extra Innings," where a present day washed-up baseball player is given an unusual card that lets him play ball in 1909!;)
Gotta love Roberts Blossom in The Burning Man. A creepy performance to follow up his creepy performance as Ed Gein avatar Ezra Cobb in Deranged, a few years before his (initially) creepy performance as Old Man Marley in Home Alone.
why can't anyone make "this button kills someone and you get money" work? "Button Button",
"The Box', yet Monkey Paw is one of my favorite scary stories
+Linkara (@Linkara19) - Offbeat but fun to post list of picks from the 1980s version of 'The Twilight Zone.' We (@LookieShow) cover retro television series, and are likely to post a spotlight episode on 'The Twilight Zone' (1959-1964) at some point.
Noting here that voice actor June Foray has passed away (July 2017). Foray voiced the role of Talky Tina - the doll in the 'Living Doll' episode of 'The Twilight Zone' (1959-1964).
I always liked "Wordplay" with Robert Klein and Annie Potts. That episode was very surreal.
Great, John De Lancie's four times connected to John Larroquette. The first way making Star Trek Next Gen a mini-reunion of this episode, the second way connecting the two Johns to each other through Brent because Brent was Bob Wheeler on Night Court, the third way being the The Librarians season 2 episode "And the Infernal Contract" and the fourth being that De Lancie and Charles Robinson guest-starred in the same season of Charmed. Actually, now that I think of it, it'd be five ways because James Avery was Zola in the season 7 premiere and that was the season that John De Lancie and Charles Robinson were in of Charmed and Avery married Christine and Tony at the Italian restaurant they were eating at in the Night Court season 7 episode "Wedding Bell Blues Part 1".
By far my favorite episode which I remember vividly and always makes me ponder is about time. Whit the blue people who build the future. That is my favorite episode. Is a great premise and idea.
My favorite episode is the 2nd segment of episode 6: "A Message from Charity" which centers on two young adults (one from 1985 and the other from 1700) for-ming a telepathic friendship after they both got sick from a fever, but this gets the girl in trouble as her time period had the fear of witchcraft.
Another favorite is the 1st segment of episode 20: "Profile in Silver" where my favorite president, John Fitzgerald Ken-nedy is saved from his assassination by a future descendant of his, though this started a chain reaction that'll cause an all-out war between the United States & the Soviet Union.
I feel like I've entered the Twilight Zone upon hearing that there is now 3 Jokers 0_0
Elliot Gould (aka Jack Geller) said «I’ll be back with friends» I’m screaming 🤣😂
Didn’t really like the 80s series like that But My Top 6 from the 80s
1. “Examination Day”
2. “Kentucky rye”
3. “Shadow Play”
4. “Botton Button”
5. “Shelter Skelter”
6. “Children’s Zoo”
Completely agree with all of these, Kentucky Rye and Examination Day were perfect and horrifying
The 80s TZ opening was so much scarier than the original or any others made.
4:59 "Last Defender of Camelot" was based on a short story by Roger Zelazny. It was suppose to be a sequel of sorts to Mallory's "The Once and Future King" with Morgan being "good" and attributing her bad rep to Arthur @ Merlin's "bad press" while Merlin confesses that he cast a spell on Lancelot centuries ago so that he would not only revive him but bring back Camelot to its former glory. I read the story before I saw this episode and it was a rare occasion where I like the adaptation more than the original story. It had a more upbeat ending and included a character who wasn't in the original story who adds weight to the adaptation in an unexpected way IMHO. Great show. Sorry they didn't do Harlan's "Nackles" episode. It would have been epic!
Thank you, i was already buying the Original, but our list makes me interest about the new Series, i hope this will come in germany as well on DVD/BlueRay. For the Next Year, i hope you will chose "Tales from the Crypt" or "outer Limits" ^^
Though good writing was always nice, you also get some great acting from actors who could do one episode of a anthology show, but couldn't be afforded (time or money,) to do TV normally.
The one with the blue men and the one where the woman says stop and the nuke is in the air! They were good!
I remember the original of the twilight zone, but not the 80s version of the twilight zone. I might check out that series of the twilight zone. Btw, have you done a top 15 original twilight episodes?
Does anyone remember an episode,where a photo restorer,travels back in time though an old photograph ,meets a lady ,falls in love and stays in the past based on short story “Christopher Frame “
Crazy As A Soup Sandwich had the actor who played Mike Hamar on The Red Green Show which makes it even better.
Good list. I would have included "Wordplay". I found that one to be quite brilliant.
Also, "The Leprechaun-Artist", but mostly for the nostalgia factor