THE TWILIGHT ZONE
(1959-64)
THE TWILIGHT ZONE
(1959-64)
To mimic Rod Serling's introductory monologue to his ground-breaking anthology program: It lies in the pit of man's fears (and hopefully somewhere in your DVD collection). This is a television show with imagination. It is a series which we call The Twilight Zone. The coordinates are a little sketchy: It's in an alternative universe, a fifth dimension, somewhere between heaven, sky, and earth, a middle ground, off a highway exit, on the outskirts of a small town, around the block, or the next stop....But the episodes are as well known as the back of your hand: ''To Serve Man,'' ''The Eye of the Beholder,'' and that terrifying tale of air travel gone awry, ''Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.''
Halloween's coming, and we look back at TV's creepiest shows, from 'The X-Files' to 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents,' with a little 'Twin Peaks' thrown in for good measure