Twilight Zone Outer Limits type anthology shows

[TonyJZX]

i ran this via AI and it spat out this imdb list:

1. The Twilight Zone

3. The Outer Limits

4. The X-Files

5. Night Gallery

6. Love, Death & Robots

7. Black Mirror

8. Are You Afraid of the Dark?

9. Thriller

10. Tales from the Crypt

11. Inside No. 9

12. The Midnight Gospel

i have obviously seen x-files and black mirror but I wanted to focus more on twilight zone and outer limits

I havent seen any of the original Rod Serling black white Twilight Zone but i know of the impact it has had on TV as a whole... its the original.

I havent seen the original Outer Limits either.

I HAVE seen the 1995 Outer Limits and this is my favorite of the anthology science fiction series. I really like this one and a whole of heap of the shows are really undiscovered gems.

I HAVE seen the new Jordan Peele Twilight Zone and its unadulterated trash. Its been cancelled after two series.

While I do love Black Mirror there's a huge slightly over produced sheen to the whole lot that kind of doesnt gel with the grimy underbudget feel of older Outer Limits and Twilight Zone.

 

[90sNintendoKid]

I’m going to watch this thread. I watched Xfiles in the 90s and watched all episodes back to back in the 00s (SVCD rips…….) and I enjoyed the anthology episodes.

I might check out the Outer Limits.

 

[Redacted]

About 10% of ASR posters were in those shows.

 

[Power Pop 23]

CBS did a great job in restoring the picture quality of the original The Twilight Zone when it was scanned for release on Blu-ray disc.

Episodes intended for a screen of 25 diagonal inches can seem more intense on a much larger screen of today.

Occasionally, Amazon USA sells the complete series on 24 Blu-ray discs for under $50.

IMDb has rankings of episodes.

However one accesses The Twilight Zone, it will likely look near pristine with memorable stories and familiar actors.

 

[Spkrdctr]

The original Twilight Zone and Outer limits shows were amazing. Lots of them made you think.......Plus they were full of young hollywood stars before they were famous.

 

[JeffS7444]

I vaguely recall the 1970 Kolchak: The Night Stalker being good:
https://archive.org/details/kolchak-the-night-stalker-complete-series-1972

More recently (but still a number of years ago) I also recall liking the series MPD Psycho.

I thought Jordan Peele's Twilight Zone gained traction in season 2, but I could swear that the man was struggling to keep a straight face during his monologues.

 

[mhardy6647]

Not quite the same genre, but there was also Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

 

[jkasch]

As an eleven year old, I thought Twilight Zone was cool. Outer Limits was scary.

The special effects haven’t aged well.

 

[JSmith]

JSmith

 

[Mr. Swordfish]

A recent anthology sies not mentioned is Electric Dreams based on the works of 20th-century writer Philip K. Dick. who wrote "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep." Anyone who likes Black Mirror should check this one out.

Another omission was One Step Beyond, ABC's entry into the Twilight Zone/Outer Limits fray from 1959 to 1961. I only barely remember it , but I don't think it was as good as the other two.

 

[analogonly]

I vaguely recall the 1970 Kolchak: The Night Stalker being good:
https://archive.org/details/kolchak-the-night-stalker-complete-series-1972

More recently (but still a number of years ago) I also recall liking the series MPD Psycho.

I thought Jordan Peele's Twilight Zone gained traction in season 2, but I could swear that the man was struggling to keep a straight face during his monologues.

Love Night Stalker. Anyone remember Friday the 13th TV series?

 

[TonyJZX]

i remember watching the 1995 outer limits as a young kid.. my siblings were asleep... my dad was late in the office and my mother was held up on duty at the hospital.... latch key kids

and i remember watching the TV by myself and the early outer limits had a story about a family in the near future who bought a female robot as a servant and it details how that robot was to take over the family and the robots would take over society and the father in the family was having inappropriate relations... with the robot

and i'm thinking... this so really advanced shit for a kid to take in

and there's lots and lots of disturbing stories that really arent for kids

but damn, could these screenwriters write.... even today these stories would be 'distressing' for modern audiences

but they didnt treat the audience like they were idiots... i remember huddled up on the couch with a blanket waiting for my parents to get home and i had a whole bunch of unpleasant puzzling thoughts in my head... and this was a common thing with the outer limits of this era

 

[Mart68]

Nothing beats those old original Twilight Zone, although there's some duff episodes, the classic ones have never been surpassed. I think them being in black and white adds to it, colour is too reassuring.

One not mentioned but worth checking out is the 'Hammer House Of Horror' series from 1980

Hammer House of Horror - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Some weak stories but a couple of really good ones. 'The Silent Scream' with Peter Cushing is possibly the best.

 

[Chr1]

Tales of the Unexpected (TV series) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I grew up with "Tales of the Unexpected", based on the short stories by Roald Dahl. Not as good as the Twilight Zone, and the quality definitely varied. But some good twist in the tale type yarns nonetheless.