The Painted Mirror episode stuck with me all these years. Where all the paintings used in the shows ended up is the subject of a video I saw here on RU-vid recently...
My number seven episode of TZ. Chilling performances by both major actors. I don't know if being Jewish affects someone's perspective, though. As a (black) woman said once "everyone has had his or her own holocaust" as bestial as it is. Move on as best you can. Don't let bitterness destroy you. Trust in God❤
on tell david segment i at first thought the couple in the house having a open relationship that the guy was gonna sleep with sandra dee, which when we find out the whole story at the end wouldve been just ewwwww, lol.
“The Cemetery” is my favorite of all episodes. I love the double irony at the end. Rod Serling was famous for his irony. Most all of my favorites were episodes written by Rod Serling.
The one where the nice old depressed man desperately wants to go into a beautiful painting. He leaves. If I got this wrong, set me straight. A tortured ex-Nazi, repentent for what he's done, followed him and gets the idea to go into the same painting. He breaks in later that night. Cut to the next morning, and two museum employees hear screaming. They see the frozen image of a terrified man in a horrific painting of a Nazi war camp! It's the ex-Nazi! Earlier we saw a scene of him in the darkened museum, begging to go into the beautiful scene picture. The employees talk about having to move the paintings around the day before (I forget why). They are totally freaked out. And so was I at 14! And that THEME MUSIC!
Wow! Thanks so much for doing this one! Night Gallery is absolutely my all time favourite horror type TV show, it's hands down the best all around and I will never grow bored with it, so much gathered in these three seasons, most of it highly entertaining but all worth watching.
In my h.s. Latin class, our teacher included much of the mythology & history of ancient Rome, along with the language studies. The week we learned about the Druids coincided with the first airing of an N.G. segment starring Bill Bixby & Donna Douglas in which they purchase a statue of a Druid that looks like Bill. Don't recall the name of it, but our class enjoyed it. And then there's the one Spielberg directed starring Joan Crawford & Tom Bosley which is iconic!
Still amazes me how this show can still be so relevant and great all these decades later. The Twilight Zone marathon on the Fourth of July and New Year's Eve is still something my wife and I look forward to every year.
I think one that should be included is the war criminal who can wish himself into the painting. He is is being chased and runs into the dark musuem. He goes to where he thinks the river picture is and at the last minute sees that pictures have been rearranged.
This show was my intro to the horror, dystopian syfi genres when I was 5 yo. My favorites are the Sins of the Father with Richard Thomas and Geraldine Page and The Catapiller with Laurence Harvey. That one inspired my life long fear of bugs. I also loved the artwork and sculptures. I heard unfortunately that the artwork is lost. There are a couple I would love to hang in my home.
I never bought into Shatner being a bad actor when I have seen overwhelming evidence to the contrary, not just his work in Twilight Zone, But in other works, even in Star Trek itself. Does he ham it up? Sure, but he knows when to be a serious dramatic actor when the material calls for it. Speaking of which, 9 out of 10, his ham acting often elevated bad material just as much as his great acting showcased the quality of good writing.
I gotta tell you, I have ptsd from the opening music as a child at my Nannys, lol, but I've always been drawn to this show like a moth to a flame. Thank you. Absolutely loved.
"There Are No More McBanes" caused many restless nights for me as a kid, those glowing eyes were leering at me through the closet blinds...and I always am drawn back into the eerie "Phantom Farmhouse" with it's very 70s multicolor rehab treehouse loft go-go platforms and Trina Parks being super foxy. "Something In the Woodwork"and the ghost of the evil murderer that haunts the attic of Geraldine Page's house...how he hates her...the martinis ... wasn't her ex husband a Tarzan? But that face creeped me out....and "The Diary" with Patty Duke and Lyndsay Wagner...."anyone have a pen....please someone give me a pen!" But after seeing "Feast Of Blood" with Sandra Locke's broach...the eyes...and "Pickman's Model" the hands...the clawed foot stomping on a painting and tube of paint...and a huge well in a basement in Boston. Terrifying.
Hey Diana, much thanks for watching. This list is just some of my favorites to share for fun. 'Camera Obscura' was a great one too though. All the best, have a great weekend ahead! 😃
