Written by I Am Legend (1954) author Richard Matheson and based on his short story of the same name, it has been remade twice, first in Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) and second in the 2019 reboot. It follows Robert Wilson (William Shatner) as he is tormented by a gremlin on the wing of an airplane. “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” is one of the show’s best episodes. 5 “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” Inspired “William Shatner’s Seat” on Planes
“There is a sixth dimension beyond that which is known to man” is the line Serling originally wrote, thinking there was a fifth dimension. Rerecording the narration also gave him the chance to fix the opening line. This was easy to do because, in the first season, the narration was only a voiceover Serling did not appear onscreen until the second season. With Serling taking over narration duties, it was decided that he would rerecord the pilot. “Rod himself made the suggestion that maybe he should do it,” explains producer William Self. The next choice was Orson Welles, but his fee was too high. Westbrook Van Voorhis was hired to do the pilot episode, “Where Is Everybody?” but it was decided that his voice was too pompous. The 1980's Twilight Zone deserves to be seen as the classic it is, and this DVD release does it justice.Serling’s opening and closing narration is a signature part of The Twilight Zone, but he was not originally intended to be the narrator.
TWILIGHT ZONE TV
TV in this new millennium is a wasteland of garbage and nauseous reality TV, and we could use stories and writers like this today.
In many respects this show is a blend of the spirit of the original Twilight Zone and Night Gallery it uses quality stories by many of the classic sci-fi and horror writers of the past forty years. This is a must-have for all fans of the Twilight Zone no matter what incarnation, and Night Gallery as well. There are commentaries by Alan Brennert, Harlan Ellison, Phil DeGuere, actors, directors, writers, etc.
TWILIGHT ZONE SERIES
These wonderful stories haven't been seen in their entirety since the series aired over 20 years ago, until now.
They are virtually uncut some music has been replaced, and there are a few other anomalies. Finally, the first two seasons and the syndie third season (which for the most part is completely forgettable) are out on DVD. But despite this the series refused to fade away in fans' memories. In short, CBS never gave this series the chance it deserved, and it sank into oblivion where the final insult was badly butchered episodes thrown into a syndication package. But with the network moving the show around to different days it became hard to find in the listings, and people gradually stopped looking for it because it was too difficult to keep track of. "A Message from Charity" is the second favorite episode for most of the people I talk to. "Nightcrawlers" was a true imaginative nightmare that no one forgot once they watched it. For my husband it was "Profiles in Silver", a "what if?" for JFK fans. Alan Brennert's "Her Pilgrim Soul" was, for me, the single best episode produced for weekly series TV since the original went off the air. In the wasteland of 80's TV it stood out for its ingenuity and originality. It featured amazing shows which were adaptations of short stories by acclaimed writers. It was not a retread of the original show but an updated, modern incarnation that stood on its own. We watched it faithfully every week, no matter what strange day or time slot CBS moved it to and they moved it around to a new time slot each and every week it seemed. My family was thrilled in 1985 that the series had been resurrected. I'm a big fan of the original Twilight Zone, and just as big a fan of this reworking of the 1960's anthology series.
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