7/20/2023 0 Comments Eye of the beholder twilight zone![]() But in one of the show's cruelest twists, Henry steps on his glasses, shattering both his lenses and any chance of him reading anything ever again. Thrilled that he finally has time to catch up on his reading (and that there's no one else in sight to disturb him), he surrounds himself with stacks of books. What's more terrifying than finally getting all the time in the world to do the one thing you always wanted to do.only to have it ripped away from you in an instant? This is what happens when bibliophile Henry Bemis ( Burgess Meredith), having survived the nuclear apocalypse, stumbles upon the ruins of a library. After all, what's more terrifying than something inanimate taking on a life of its own and trying to kill you? Paired with Talky Tina being voiced to creepy perfection by June Foray, the episode solidifies itself as a Twilight Zone classic - and pure nightmare fuel. To him, Tina's words take a much more sinister turn with phrases like "My name is Talky Tina and I don't think I like you" and "My name is Talky Tina and I'm going to kill you." As if the domestic horror and tension inside the Streator house aren't scary enough, "Living Doll" plays with the fear that comes from experiencing horrors you are positive exist while knowing that no one believes you. Is it what somebody looks like? How they act? How they think? After all, even if we look like everyone else, we might be the real monsters.īefore there was Chucky or Annabelle, there was Talky Tina, the "doll that does everything, a lifelike creation of plastic and springs and painted smile." But is she really as sweet as she looks? When Annabelle Streator ( Mary LaRoche) buys her daughter Christie ( Tracy Stratford) a Talky Tina doll to comfort her, the doll is quick to speak her pre-programmed catchphrase ("My name is Talky Tina, and I love you very much") to everyone.except Christie's cruel new step-father, Erich ( Telly Savalas). Aside from the nightmare-inducing creature effects and the chilling dystopian concept of the elimination of individuality, the episode holds a mirror up to ourselves and forces us to consider our definition of beauty. It's only when the doctors and nurses take off their masks, revealing squished faces with snout-like noses, that we realize that what we perceive to be ugly and abnormal is actually typical in this society while "human" beauty is something so ugly that it must be corrected by surgery. Instead of scars, bruises, or sunken features, what we see is, to our human eyes, the normal facial features of a regular woman. But when the doctor removes her bandages, we don't see the deformities that we might be expecting. Her face is completely covered in bandages and it's her hope that as a result of the surgery she'll finally be beautiful. That's the case when a bandaged woman named Janet ( Maxine Stuart and Donna Douglas) is admitted to the hospital for a surgical procedure to treat a facial deformity. ![]() The lack of ability to conform to a specific group, no matter how hard you try, can leave you lost and afraid, uncertain if you'll ever find where you belong. Your next stop, the Twilight Zone!īeing different from everyone around you can instill fear and anxiety even in the most confident of people. Here are 11 of the creepiest, most spine-tingling episodes of the show’s original run that will keep you up at night. With dolls come to life, alien invasions, dystopian societies, and threats of looming apocalypse, Twilight Zone features more than enough instances to solidify its status as a powerhouse in showing viewers both human and inhuman horrors. Now, one feature-length film and three revivals later (in 1985, 2002, and, most recently, the 2019 revival helmed by executive producer Jordan Peele) The Twilight Zone remains cemented in public conversation (and nightmares) by continuing to stoke the fires of viewers’ fears, both the rational and not-so-rational.ĭespite the number of reboots, revivals, or even updates of the classic black-and-white to color, the original Twilight Zone remains the creepiest and nightmare-inducing iteration of the series. Perhaps one of the most groundbreaking and influential is the original run of The Twilight Zone(cue spooky theme music) that ran on CBS from 1959 to 1964 for five seasons. But in the early sixties, the idea of the sci-fi anthology series was a much fresher concept. Shows like Black Mirror (Netflix), Electric Dreams (Amazon Prime Video), and Bloodride (Netflix) are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of recent offerings. Since the advent of streaming, sci-fi anthology shows are more prevalent than ever.
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