Top 15 Favorite 1980s Twilight Zone Episodes - A Quick Look At...
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- "A Quick Look At..." is a side series where Linkara does a quick review or list relating to movies or TV shows, in particular horror-themed media. In this episode, he looks at his 15 favorite episodes of the 1980s Twilight Zone!
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I haven't seen "A small talent for War" but going by what you said, the twist was that the aliens meant they were expecting humanity to be more brutal and warlike than they ended up being.
It's like that twist ending to the original series episode, "To Serve Mankind"
This is why you always clarify all your terms before you make any kind of agreement.
Those aliens sucked at communicating.....but they destroyed humanity nonetheless.....oh well.
... and worse of all they yearn for peace.
Yep
Very good piece. I think 'Shelter Skelter' is the most unique, imaginative and suspenseful episode. Realistic with a mind-blowing conclusion. It plays like a mini-movie. Starring a young Joe Mantegna.
Paul Kyriazi- And a young Joan Allen, who gets the last, shocking, word. A great episode!
Didn't the original have an episode like this?
@@billanthony7896 A young Joan Allen...….YOWZA!!!
Agreed, if I were to make a sequel to the twilight zone movie and my job was to pick 4 episodes from any incarnation of the twilight zone to remake/reimagine, I’d choose Shelter Skelter either as the first or second episode.
Just 1 more paul bearer with maybe another original tz
"I, Of Newton," was a great, short, comedic, episode which is on my personal top ten list from the eighties series. As the narrator says at the end: "A public service announcement from the Twilight Zone, for what to do if the devil shows up on your doorstep."
One of the creepiest to me was "Gramma".
"Georgie... bring me my tea..."
"The Curious case of Edgar Witherspoon" seemed more like an episode of Amazing Stories.
It was written by Stephen King.
I came down here to say the same. That episode terrified me as a kid.
Remember tatoia!
The episode that was burned into my brain was "A Little Peace and Quiet" with Melinda Dillion. The story is somewhat similar to the original Twilight Zone episode, A Kind of Stopwatch, except that it has a very scary ending. I vividly remember seeing this as part of the premiere episode when I was 17. I agree with your choice of Her Pilgrim Soul. That was the best episode of the entire 80s TZ series.
collegeman1988 yees, i've never been able to forget that!
collegeman1988- Yeah, but Melinda could have dragged her family members out of harm's way with all the time she had. I know, I know, critics everywhere!
That's a fantastic episode, I seen it back in the day. I recently showed it to my kids and they loved it too. However, I had to explain the Cold War feeling/threat at the time. Amazing show, I loved the 80s Twilight Zone and just recently watched the older one.
It was also the B episode with “Shatterday,” and they were both directed by Wes Craven.
I was always partial to "the children's zoo". It was one of the shorter segments, but it just had one of those really great Twilight Zone concepts.
I'm glad you showed a clip of it at the end, but I'm a little surprised you hadn't included "I of Newton." I thought Sherman Hemsley and Ron Glass did a great, funny, and well-thought-out dialogue on how to get your soul back if you've slipped up and lost it to the devil. That was one of the ace episodes, if a bit short.
Jimmy Dimples- It was a GREAT episode and, I thought, fit in with the spirit of the original series, short or not. It's definitely on MY top ten list!
Loved that one...
Plus a brief mention of mathematical equations used as a magical incantation.
One of my favorites
you're totally right about the 80's revamp of the intro/theme song- so creepy and wonderful!☠
"My reviews have destroyed whole cities!"
Totally need to look up the Twilight Zone style shows, they sound like my cup of suspense without being too slasher-ficish.
I suggest tales from the crypt, the outer limits, and night gallery(which was done by the guy who originally did twilight zone). All of which have that twilight zone vibe there was also a 2002 reboot of the twilight zone, but i haven't heard anything good about it :/
Enjoyed the original. A small talent for war is reminiscent of To serve man. Also enjoyed the man shunned by society and Ron Glass as a devil with the ever changing t shirt text.
My favorite episodes were Paladin of the Lost Hour, with Danny Kaye, and Night of the Meek. Both have fun and funny moments while still have a great deal of drama. I always end up crying by the end of both stories, but they are beautifully done.
Pretty good list. Although I would have added "The Shadow Man" and "Nightcrawlers" for the horror and for just all around great episode, Harlan Ellison's "Paladin of the Lost Hour."
+mst3KGf Nightcrawlers and the remake of Shadow Play are my favorite episodes of 80s Twilight Zone.
Shadow Man was a great one.
Yeah, how can you NOT pick "Shadow Man"?
I think "Paladin of the List Hour" is one of the finest episodes for television. I was stunned by the ending of that story. Thanks for mentioning it.
Kentucky Rhye is one of my favs very underrated
'' A Little Peace & Quiet '' should have been on the list. Although a bit scary at the end, imagine yourself having the ability to stop time and gathering all the beautiful women in the country in one big room. Boring, eh?
Jess Manuel that’s my favorite episode from the 80s TTZ
YES!
I liked that one too, another should have been I of Newton. At least there was a clip of that though, with the devil in his constantly changing t-shirt.
too scary to watch …..watch anyway
"A Little Peace & Quiet" is the only episode I remember from the show & that final image has haunted me for decades. Horrifying.
Any chance you'll be doing "Top 15 Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes"" in the future?
What about veggietales, Wizards vs.aliens, house of mouse, spooksville, once upon a time, goosebumps, haunting hour, icarly, spongebob, fairly odd parents, Hannah Montana, suite life, that's so Raven, teen titans.
now that is a good idea
The not too distant future.
"A Message from Charity" warranted at least a mention. As did "A Day in Beaumont."
Children’s zoo, the one with the scientist meets the devil and when a man got one of the lost minutes..
I still watch A Message from Charity once in a while. It still gets to me.
Good lord, the "19 bucks" clip makes me laugh out every time. So casual it's funny!
I hope you do the Top 15 Tales from the Darkside episodes someday.
That's another great anthology series!
The Last Car
suzycreamcheesez Is that the one with the mysterious train?
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Well I just watched the whole series of the 80s twilight zone, and I got to say I really enjoyed it for the most part. Most of the stories were good, entertaining , and sticks with many elements with the original twilight zone. So yeah, thanks Linkara for getting me into a series (or version in this case) that I never knew existed.
I would have added:
Shadowman
Eye of Newton
Red Snow, which had a similar premise as 30 Days of Night.
A Little Peace and Quiet. A woman can stop time. At the end, she stops time just as a Soviet
missile is exploding overhead.
"Profile In Silver" is my favorite!
Yes one of my favorites too.
J.j. Abraham's made a mini series about it its on Hulu I forget just look it up and find the name (its numbers) also i like how in the first twilight zone "back there" was Lincoln that was jfk and in 02 it was Martin Luther
You missed a couple of great ones: the melancholy "Little Boy Lost" and Danny Kaye turning in a superb performance in "Paladin of the Last Hour."
Harlan Ellison was really proud of that episode, and rightfully so.
Dead Run was a great episode with an amazing ending. I also liked Children's Zoo, although it was a tad over the top at times.
Interesting, "The Invisible Man" reminds me of the punishment imposed on Jon Hamms Character on Black Mirror
Probably influenced or inspired directly by this episode, given the show was always supposed to be spiritual successor to The Twilight Zone.
@@Popcultureguy3000 IMO, Black Mirror is a better modern Twilight Zone than the actual modern Twilight Zone.
I was trying to figure out why it seemed so familiar and what is cool is that it was way before that
I have a very soft spot for "A Message from Charity". Granted, it is dripping in oozing sentimentalism and you can see the ending from a mile away, but good god can it be used as a tonic!
Some of those are my personal favorites, too. Though I would have included the episode where the stressed out housewife gets the magic amulet where she can stop the world by saying, "Shut up." With, well, let us say a Cold War theme attached to the story.
I remember seeing the invisible man episode as a kid and did NOT know what I was watching, at the time: now i do! Thanks!
nice vid and nice to see this show hasn't been entirely forgotten!
Thanks for doing this. I loved this series, and glad to see it get some recognition. I liked most of the episodes on your list. For my own list, I'd add 'Of Time And Teresa Golowitz', "Paladin Of The Lost Hour' (with Danny Kaye!), 'Nightcrawlers' and 'The shadow Man'. The last is a truly spine-tingling piece of television.
And I'd also like to recommend 'The New Twilight Zone', a book by Martin H. Greenberg that contains many of the stories that these episodes/segments were based on.
I loved the 80's TZ so thanks for doing this list. Also super appreciative that you didn't spoil them. Now I can go back and watch them as if I was watching them for the first time.
Late I know but you should make more of these videos, I love the way you explain everything and absolutely love horror.
I liked many of the ones you referenced, but also liked others you didn't mention. But so what, that's why we'd all have a great discussion talking about the episodes.
I was out in LA when the show originally ran, and Ellison was a guest on the "Hour 25" radio show soon after the new TZ premiered. It was great hearing all about the series and the behind-the-scenes stuff. "Hour 25" was a weekly radio show in LA that talked about movies, books, TV shows, and comics. Ellison was a frequent guest.
Oh man, this takes me back. I haven't seen this yet, and I really enjoyed this walk down nostalgia lane!
Cool, I thought the 80s revival had some good, solid episodes. Will you be doing Amazing Stories next?
+MarindiaProductions More likely Tales from the Darkside, actually. XD
+Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall Maybe Black Mirror at some point? It is still probably one of the darkest series.
+Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall How about "The Outer Limits"? (Both the original and the revival.)
Will Hutchings Definitely the revival at some point. LOVED it when I was a kid.
+Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall Top 10 Three Stooges episodes.Lol
No way! "Dealer's Choice" is also my favorite episode as well. Great list too.
I've seen all of these shows like this. I started watching them when I was a kid. There was an episode and I can't remember which show it is. It's the first one I saw and the only thing I remember about it is the line "Welcome to the Darkside, Johnny." I remember woods and I think a boy. I've been trying to figure out which show and episode for a while now. Anyone have any idea? I know there isn't much to go on... Tales from the Darkside? I'd love to see it again.
This is another one I'm glad you referenced. There are so many great episodes, and its criminally overlooked.
This might be a hot take, but I think my favorite episode is "Toys of Caliban." It's just so sad and hopeless that I can't help but be drawn to it.
What about Caliban's Toys? That episode was awesome!!!!
kdesigner07 I've never even seen that episode but just reading the story made me cry. "Bring..."
It's one of my favorites, too.
It's disturbing in a very brilliant way like its a good life but way better i hated that episode
Episodes like "Memories" and "Dead Man's Run" sound like they could've spun off into their own series, even if for a brief run.
You're the best Narrator ever.....!!, so hysterical,...and intelligently informative.......!!xo.
I know you’ve been super busy with other Halloween stuff but I was curious if you’d considered doing a Top 15 of your favorite Buffy episodes?
Interesting list. :) Any chance you could do this with The Outer Limits?
I agree the reboot did some great and not so great episodes. Shelter Skelter was definitely one of the great ones.
Nicely done, Linkara. Though personally, I would love to see your top 15 best Tales of the Darkside episodes list sometime this year on Halloween or something.
Nice video. It´s always great to find new shows to watch. Got any thought on Twin Peaks, Linkara?
Wow… a lot of these episodes have aged incredibly well!
Linkara, I'm kinda mad at you. You mention Ellison and Straczynski, OK, but there were other SF writers involved, at least their stories as an inspiration for the 80's series. Greg Bear wrote Dead run, but The last defender of Camelot is based on a story by the Great Roger Zelazny and he deserved to be mentioned, he was gone too soon and his work is amazing and deserving of some attention.
Lukáš Helcl
Nobody’s perfect, but he should have at least mentioned their names.
Robert Silverberg too. "To See the Invisible Man." Story is much better than the episode.
Love the 80s Twilight Zone , it had a great mix of Sci fi , scary and touching.
omg i totally forgot about these episodes! thank you!!!!
Question: what do you think of the show night visions hosted by Henry Rollins? You might've talked about it before but I don't think I've seen that, and I always find it unusually enjoyable
"I of Newton" Ron Glass and Sherman Hemsley. A short one and a great take on the Faustian Deal trope.
Thanks, I really enjoyed that. Shatterday with Bruce Willis was a great one. And I found the ending to "Many Monkees" to be powerful - it stuck with me and I found it to be one of the best twist endings.
The Shadowman was my #1. (Hey, I was 9 when this show started.) Button Button, Shelter Skelter, To See The Invisible man and the Stopwatch episode (forgot the name) still stay with me too.
I wonder if he plans to do a list of his favorites from the original Twilight Zone.
I feel like I've entered the Twilight Zone upon hearing that there is now 3 Jokers 0_0
hey linkara are you gonna do a top 15 tales from the crypt sometime in the future
Dealer's Choice is great but I can't believe you left out Nightcrawlers. That's my favorite of the '80s Twilight Zone by far. It's just so intense, especially when you consider it's broadcast tv.
Cool list, I am definitely going to check them out. Personally I liked Time and Tess Galowitz. Also, have you seen the 90s The Outer Limits? Can you do episode on that?
Katherine Alvarez- The 90's reboot of The Outer Limits was probably the best revision of a show ever done.
Something in the Walls - saw it on Chiller when I was younger and was terrified!
A Little Peace and Quiet - soooo good. easily one of my all time fav Twilight Zone eps and that includes the original series. I could totes see this one as a part of the original.
Nightcrawlers - Another one that was so creepy and scary the first time I saw it.
Paladin of the Lost Hour - Heartbreaking and beautiful story about broken people seeking and finding redemption. Really loved this one.
The Burning Man, A Small Talent for War, and Monsters! - Three that you picked that I loved too. The others picks, not so much. Lol
The Shadow Man - Even as a kid, I loved the ironic twist at the end.
The Star - I know this one is religious but I was more drawn to the sadness of it. All those people had to die, and for what?
The Elevator - Rubber monsters and terrible fx. Really goofy fun. lol
Gramma - Another of my favs, if not my top fav in the 1980s TZ
The Toys of Caliban - sad and surreal and super creepy
Thanks for the upload..I was hoping the Bruce Wills one would win..He had also just started moonlighting around the same time.. XD
I was totally thinking of that "My reviews have destroyed whole cities" line just before they said it.
As someone who is approaching the end of the original is this worth checking out or does it lack the atmosphere of the original.
Others I would have mentioned. Private Channel, Children's Zoo, Kentucky Rye, Welcome to Winfield, Aqua Vita, The Shadow Man, There Was an Old Woman, and A Little Peace and Quiet.
Dope video, had to subscribe
One of my personal favorites is one of the Christmas stories "The Star" based off a short story from Arthur C. Clarke, one of my favorite writers.
whats that one about?
I remember the original of the twilight zone, but not the 80s version of the twilight zone. I might check out that series of the twilight zone. Btw, have you done a top 15 original twilight episodes?
I overlooked the year and thought these were from the original series. As much as I loved the series hosted by Rod Serling I never watched this remake. These top 15 episodes would not mean anything to me, so I will take my leave. It was nice of the person who put this collection together for fans of the 1980s Twilight Zone.
personally i'd like to see a version of this with the 2002 reboot or the original series, also the outer limits, and tales from the crypt.
Their are, at best, 5 good episodes of the 2002 series. But what do you expect out of a UPN original series.
Remember seeing SHATTERDAY as kid & it's stayed with me ever since - Wes Craven & Bruce Willis :)
I didn't watch the show very often, but two episodes I remember and enjoyed were stories involving parallel worlds. One starred George Wendt, who was an unsuccessful inventor in this world but greatly successful in another. The other was Pam Dawber, who played a secretary who stumbled into another world where secretaries are idolized.
I have never forgotten the #3 choice - The Invisible Man. I thought it was a great premise. Thanks for this list, I enjoyed watching it.
That was a good list, one of my favorites from the 80s was The Storyteller, where the kid tells his great grandfather a story every night.
Thanks for this... any 80s TZ talk is great. But I can't take a list seriously a list without Nightcrawlers and Button, Button not on a list of 15. But just you making this is great.
why can't anyone make "this button kills someone and you get money" work? "Button Button",
"The Box', yet Monkey Paw is one of my favorite scary stories
My favorite: "A Little Peace and Quiet"...
+Linkara (@Linkara19) - Offbeat but fun to post list of picks from the 1980s version of 'The Twilight Zone.' We (@LookieShow) cover retro television series, and are likely to post a spotlight episode on 'The Twilight Zone' (1959-1964) at some point.
Noting here that voice actor June Foray has passed away (July 2017). Foray voiced the role of Talky Tina - the doll in the 'Living Doll' episode of 'The Twilight Zone' (1959-1964).
The 80s TZ opening was so much scarier than the original or any others made.
The premise of the rules of the afterlife never changing is fascinating. An inspiration for The Good Place, mayhaps?
Shatterday is a reworking of Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room, as is A Little Peace And Quiet is a reworking of A Kind Of Stopwatch. One of my favorites of 80s Twilight Zone is One Life Furnished In Early Poverty, written by the late Harlan Ellison. But on closer inspection, this story is very similar to Walking Distance.
I have absolutely zero memory of anything that said after the small talent for War episode. I can only assume I only ever watch the video up to that point, and then kept going back to watch the episode, and never got back to watching the rest of the video until now 🙃
I saw a lot of those episodes. I loved them all -- especially the Santa/Christmas remake.
How can I watch this version?
Does anyone remember an episode,where a photo restorer,travels back in time though an old photograph ,meets a lady ,falls in love and stays in the past based on short story “Christopher Frame “
My mother is a big fan of "Her Pilgrim Soul." She'd watch that one every time it re-aired. Funnily enough, I actually thought it was an installment of "Tales from the Dark Side," so wow, major memory fail on my part.
can you do the top 15 episodes of the new 2002 twilight zone ?
whats the one with the guy who covers up all reflective surfaces in his house, because he see's a killer with a knife who keeps getting closer too him.... in the end he gets in his car and there's a pair of sunglass's on the dash and he is right behind him....
Where can you watch them?
Thank you, i was already buying the Original, but our list makes me interest about the new Series, i hope this will come in germany as well on DVD/BlueRay. For the Next Year, i hope you will chose "Tales from the Crypt" or "outer Limits" ^^
The great thing about shows like this is its social commentary. It also helps remind us that humans haven't changed over time, we were always kinda crazy, that's what makes us special.
I love Dead Run. It’s both a tragic and horrific episode and yet ends on a hopeful note as Johnny (the main character) finds new purpose and meaning.
Another one I really like is The Devil’s Alphabet. Based on a story by a contemporary of MR James (considered by many to be the father of the modern day ghost story), the segment follows the members of a college fraternity who decide to meet every year even after they die. When one of their members commits suicide, they learn to their horror that their oaths are binding.
Granted, it could’ve benefited from having the concept spread out so the members die one by one instead of four of the seven all at once. But for what we got, it’s still a spooky ghost story mixed with cautionary tale that will haunt you at the end.
If anyone ever made a twilight zone movie, I think they should check out this video, it’s incredibly informative to people like me.
-great job Lewis!
Cool list. Other segments that I love are "A little peace and quiet", "A matter of minutes" and "Wordplay".
Never seen the 80's series. This definitely makes me want to check it out. Any chance of doing the 2000's series, or would it be too difficult to try to find good points in that run?
+b1merio There was some good stuff but unfortunatly it is not as heartwarming as 80's or well written like Original. Still it is very underrated.
I remember the one shelter skelter more or less I mean I remember also one of the previous ones you mentioned but a lot of the ones I never saw and it would have been interesting to see the one with the alien who comes and tells them they don't got much time or the if you were the other ones that you mentioned it sounds like the specially the comedy one sounds like it would have been fun pity there aren't any of these episodes up for me to see.
Would you mind either doing something similar or linking to something similar for "The Outer Limits" and/or "Tales From the Crypt"?
The Outer Limits would be the priority for me, though you could make a whole show about awesome cameos in Tales From the Crypt.
Quarantine, Shadowman, Wordplay, Message From Charity, The Convict's Piano, One Life Furnished in Early Poverty, But can She Type.. and millions more it's my fave!
I loved “Paladin of the Lost Hour” and “Profile in Silver”
4:44 “it seems a little ridiculous” meanwhile the same and worse is even worse now
Hey nice video! Yer right the 80s TZ is definitely underrated, n it's def not as good as the original but it really did grow on me quite a bit. I love the episodes u choose, n i agree with most. But...i would've included Need To Know maybe even as my favorite episode, although u did show a scene from it at the end.
The only part i disagree on is the remakes, except for Game of Pool, i thought they did a good job n even though most aren't really better than the originals they do add something unique n fun to those classics, esp Shadow Play.
There were many good episodes in this series, especially in the first season.
The only episode I really remember and because of it, I guess is my favorite one is
“A matter of Time”.
About “construction crews building every minute, one at a time”!
It was really fun.
Yes I remember that one too. I have thought about that off and on for years. Couple wakes up in bed too early because the crew is still working on several minutes ahead. I would love to see that again☺
Mousie Spanks you’re in a bit of luck, here’s the to an almost complete copy of the episode, the end of it is missing, but it doesn’t really matter that much because they just escape back to their reality (at least that’s how I remember it)...
ua-cam.com/video/olPN5L2P-6Y/v-deo.html
@@marhherz Thank you. I'm going to watch now
Two contrasting episodes of the 1980's "The Twilight Zone" were "Children's Zoo" and "A Matter of Minutes." "Zoo" allowed kids to do something about "malfunctioning parents." "Minutes" was a look "behind the scenes" of Time as we (supposedly) know it.;) One of the scariest was "Examination Day," where being too different had fatal consequences. A favorite from the Canadian syndication season was "Extra Innings," where a present day washed-up baseball player is given an unusual card that lets him play ball in 1909!;)