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The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

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6.5/10 • 20

1994-05-191h 29m

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James Earl Jones hosts this film based on two stories by the late Rod Serling, who wrote the stories of the original 'The Twilight Zone' (1959) series. In "The Theatre," a young woman attends a movie only to find that her life story is being revealed on the screen. In "Where the Dead Are," a Boston surgeon in 1868 searches for a scientist who may have the answer to a medical mystery.

Directors
Robert Markowitz
Writters
Rod Serling

Top Billed Cast

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  1. James Earl Jones

    James Earl Jones

    Host

  2. Amy Irving

    Amy Irving

    Melissa Sanders (segment "The Theatre")

  3. Gary Cole

    Gary Cole

    James (segment "The Theatre")

  4. Patrick Bergin

    Patrick Bergin

    Dr. Benjamin Ramsey (segment "Where the Dead Are")

  5. Julia Campbell

    Julia Campbell

    Maureen, Barmaid (segment "Where the Dead Are")

  6. Jack Palance

    Jack Palance

    Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")

  7. Heidi Swedberg

    Heidi Swedberg

    (segment "The Theatre")

  8. Priscilla Pointer

    Priscilla Pointer

    Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")

  9. Scott Burkholder

    Scott Burkholder

    (segment "The Theatre")

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GenerationofSwine

Jan 11, 2023

10/10

OK, it has James Earl Jones hosting it so it gets 10 stars and a note that I'm still disappointed that he was replaced as the goto narrator. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love Morgan Freeman too, but I do miss the days where you were guaranteed Jones or Nimoy as hosts and narrators. So Jones brings it to the 10 star mark, even though it was only two episodes and the first episode was so forgettable that, honestly, I literally forgot about it... which is a pretty poor showing for a VHS that consists of only two episodes. But the second is good, it has the irony, it has an H.G. Wells/Mary Shelly feel to it set in the Civil War and a path to hell that is all good intentions. It is good old fashioned Twilight Zone irony right there. But it still doesn't have that classic Twilight Zone feel to it, so you don't really get what you expected. It's a little too modern for the early 60s, but the story is there... at least in the second, which was a strong finish for a two episode video tape that was only half good.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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