Twilight Zone

Twilight Zone - The Movie
$19.97
I've been a huge fan of Twilight Zone for a long time now but never really got around to watch this film. I'm glad I did because while this film had moments, it was an overall disappointment. The start of the film was good but Aykroyd turning into a monster at the start of the film made me scratch my head.

The first film is surrounded in contraversy because the actor died on set. It started off pretty good with a man getting passed over for a promotion and he runs down races. He gets transported into different times that were hard for the races. The only part that I hated was the ending was beyond stupid and I hated it. For a PG movie, this one really pushes the censors with alot of racist terms.

The second film was a remake of the classic epsiode Kick The Can. I hated this film and it's probably Speilberg's worst effort.

The third film was awful. The first few minutes were nothing but references to different towns in original Twilight Zone epsiodes and even a directors name. The rest of the film just sucked and was unwatchable.

The final film featured John Lithgow in a remake of Nightmare at 5,000 feet. Lithgow did a great job as the lead actor and was by far the best story on the film.

Overall, started good but things got out of control. The final story was good but not enough for me to go out and recommend it to anyone.

The Twilight Zone - Season 1 (The Definitive Edition)
$69.99
I purchased this first season hoping for a fun nostalgic Halloween viewing with friends, and it turned out that Rod Serling was just warming up here. The classic music was not a part of the episodes that we watched, and the (four?) episodes- out of many, it's really a lot of episodes- were all about alone-ness. After seeing these few, I wonder if Serling was in a reflective, perhaps depressed time of his life. They may have been ground-breaking at the time, but they aren't the mind twisters that I recall from late night television. Maybe season 2 is better?

The Twilight Zone: Vol. 2
$9.99
All of the Twilight Zones are great! But - two of my all time favorite episodes - I can't seem find anywhere. Perhaps I am just overlooking them somehow. Can someone plese tell me where I can find the TZ DVDs that include the episodes "The Masks" and "The Howling Man"? I am very frustrated at not being able to locate these! Thank you so much...

Twilight Zone: The Complete Definitive Collection
$299.99
Finding a good and complete collection of the original series was looking like a complicated task until I found this DVD set. I have already gone through several disks and am quite pleased with the purchase overall. The collection appears to be complete, the set is nicely setup, and the DVD menus are nice. If you like the old Twilight Zone, I think this is the collection to get.