10 Scariest Twilight Zone Episodes

[@phantomcollector1976]

EASILY ONE OF THE GREATEST TV SHOWS OF ALL TIME

[@jimmalachowsky4052]

phantom collector- The Twilight Zone is in my top ten TV drama shows of all time!

[@phantomcollector1976]

@@jimmalachowsky4052 MINE TOO ITS AN AMAZING SHOW THANKS FOR THE REPLY

[@Rich1964]

My Favorite TV Show, love it..!

[@fiolds350]

100%

[@broaddusmarines]

Top five.

[@truttlebear7999]

I never found the original Twilight Zone cheesy. It has always been an awesome classic.

[@XxLew]

Truttle Bear The 80's version and early 2000's version was wayyy more cheesy in my opinion

[@RatedArggg]

They might seem cheesy to some people these days, because they launched a bunch of great actors. Hey, there's Robert Redford! Kojak! Ellery Queen! Ellie May Clampett! Captain Kirk! My favorite Martian! But no, they weren't and aren't cheesy to me.

[@bella65934]

There’s another version?

[@karenwinston2833]

Truttle Bear - I found so many great life lessons in Twilight Zone. Karma is the repeated lesson...

[@Scripturegirl.]

Some, not all.

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

One of the great things about the classic Twilight Series was just how much variety it offered. One episode could be scary, the next episode could be sci-fi with a social message and the next episode could be an odd light-hearted story. Basically there's something for everyone.

[@amylumet8365]

Beautifully put-- the new medium, with America's best writers-- from radio -- with our best talent --- and thank Goodness for us that execs were willing to take risks back then without the fear of losing their job by 6pm that same say over a gigantic expensive flop they greenlit, but were too exhausted to remember. When you had "the Ford Hour" or the " Westinghouse hour", the stakes between the producers and the sponsors would be for that performance of that show only -- a quick turnaround, low budgets, and accountability -- no wonder the quality was so consistent -- the Twilight Zone team were all veterans of Live TV's Best-- Kraft Playhouse 90, You Are There, etc... these tight-knit teams knew everyone else's job, bc the show had to go on the air no matter what-- if the gaffer wasn't there -- someone else had to do it -- bc that airtime had to be filled. You got a lot of real Pros coming up that way. And most important, they didn;t worry if different lobbies complained. The Twilight Zones were not afraid of being called hokey or maudlin. The Robot Grandmother Episode was one of the most heartwrenching episodes I remember-- including modern television .... I cried for her when I was little. The show seems to have touched everyone in every master emotion. Wow.

[@joannewilson1162]

I wrote an essay about the golden age of television, and I did a compare and contrast between the twilight zone, and Alfred Hitchcock‘s horror hour I believe it was called. The thing about Rod Serling is he was a short story. Writer in the magazines didn’t like the spin he was putting on these stories. He was offering too much social commentary, and spinning it into a sci-fi thing, so they kind of scooted him off to television which was the new thing and figured he wouldn’t go far with his weird stories. Come to find out he had an audience. He developed a cult following and then from there the show just blew up. It is currently 2023 and I can still sit down in front of the TV and watch episodes of the twilight zone that I have seen many times and still get the heebie-jeebies scared out of me.

[@davidc3857]

When I was younger I vowed never to get on any train that had a train station stop in Willoughby, and I'd never go near any girls who had talking dolls!

[@sciblastofficial9833]

"My name is Talky Tina, and you cannot run from me!"

[@designsbyphilip510]

I still have trouble buying my daughter certain dolls because of talky Tina. I do it, but they are creepy.

[@DDios-ih9de]

My sisters name is Tina And she is a Evil spoiled MONSTER..far from a Living Doll

[@BOLLOCKS1968]

We have a neighbor Tina who never stops talking. Always call her talky Tina. She is a great person who would do anything for you.

[@katslat8410]

We have a Willoughby here in Ohio. Seriously, been there several times

[@susanmurphy958]

Rod Serling was a Masterful writer and storyteller.

[@NelsonMontana1234]

Many of the best Twilight Zone episodes were written by Charles Beaumont.

[@keithwilson6060]

Most of the time, but some of his stories were duds.

[@NelsonMontana1234]

@@MrBiscuits2 Ha! That remark is as clueless as the guy you got it from.

[@packingten]

@@NelsonMontana1234 Yes it is,Biden had a part on TZ but forgot to go..

[@kamisa7362]

@@NelsonMontana1234 Rod Serling wrote like 99 out of 156 episodes.

[@sirmang9032]

The Monsters are Due on Maple Street is the one episode that still sticks with me today. How something could go wrong and how everyone around you who are normally cordial and pleasant, if not outright friends, can turn on you in an instant. The thought that people you deal with and trust on an everyday basis could be the first to point their finger at you is the root of scary.

[@SamuelBlack84]

I've experienced that very same scenario firsthand and my god was it a punch in the face! Figuratively and literally

[@joannewilson1162]

Mob mentality at its finest. Excellent episode.

[@Solidnotsour]

That episode was my introduction to the serieis when my 7th Grade Teacher (Mr. Kuppersmith/Henry Clay Middle School in LA) made us watch it for an assignment. It became my favorite black and white tv series afterwards. That episode will forever stick with me.

[@HairdresserOrActor]

"Stopover in a Quiet Town" Everything was fake it was empty trees were fake no people nothing and then to find that a little girl laughing with a giant hand scoops them up and her father says " be careful with your pets, I brought them all the way from earth"

[@kayp9318]

This one is one of my favorites!

[@dalpz205]

That one always stuck with me. It's the one I always re-watched the most.

[@bd3966]

One of my fav epeisodes!!

[@suekelley6461]

First one I think of also😳 gee Louise over 20;yrs later 🤣😂🤣😂👍. 🙏✌️🇺🇸

[@aishalondonuk3769]

M I no. No

[@marielaveau6362]

The Hitchhiker episode by far is the scariest of all. And a close second was the one with the little girl called Markie who saw her mother murdered. Both were so suspenseful. But the one where Robert Redford plays death and he tricks the old lady into letting him inside her house was both creepy and sad.

[@billolsen4360]

I always thought it was a happy ending. Death ain't so bad after all, don't spend your life being afraid of it.

[@donnanickerson1531]

Markie was HER. Markie was the little girl who saw herself as an adult and the man tried to murder her.

[@joey4track]

cool video but my god man, why did you have that twilight zone riff playing the WHOLE TIME? you are a crazy person

[@Noycey64]

joey4track agree. Very annoying.

[@TalkHorror]

I know. We definitely dropped the ball on that one, but as we progress, so do our editing skills so you can believe it won't happen again. Trust me, we're always learning. And thanks for much for watching the video and enjoying it despite the shortcomings with the audio. 😀

[@highonfire885]

Seriously

[@cytherians]

Is there any way you can correct it? I couldn't get through the whole thing -- that perpetually looping Twilight Zone intro drove me nuts!

[@TheWuCepticon1981]

It was very unsettling, but very effective with the theme of the video.

[@85pphoenix]

Well narrated and interesting. I watched every episode you recommended. Thanks 👍

[@IIIlllBravo]

were you born yesterday

[@jamesmcinnis208]

I don't know how you could listen to 17 minutes of 4 notes from the Twilight Zone theme repeated endlessly. I couldn't do it.

[@heatherperleberg7816]

@@jamesmcinnis208 i didnt think it was that bad, but normally i just have youtube on in the background, so i guess its not the same

[@TalkHorror]

Heck yeah! I'm glad I could inspire you to check out some Zone. I've been marathoning it again, myself. Which was your favorite episode?

[@oscarserrano788]

@@TalkHorror Mine was Monsters are due on Maple Street!

[@kaymuldoon3575]

What amazes me the most is how they were able to pack so much creepiness into a 30-minute episode. Actually, probably more like 22 minutes when you figure in the commercials.

[@Tio_Loco]

"To Serve Man" scared the bejesus out of me, as a kid!

[@Redrum101896]

Same for me. Gave me nightmares when I was a kid, but it was my dad's favorite episode. Hahahaha.

[@bailey9r]

It's a COOK BOOK!!!! 8

[@DaDualityofMan]

@@Redrum101896 It was my mom's favorite episode lol

[@FlashRyu]

Lol yeah I was probably 10yrs old or younger when I watched that and I remember freezing up. To serve man, it’s a cook book 😱

[@AverageMfDoomEnjoyer]

I was frightened by it’s a good life

[@dabunnyrabbit2620]

the one where the dead husband talks to the old lady and you see the phone line in the ground at the end. creeped me out the most. but my favourite episode is "Dead Mans Shoes"

[@melissacooper4482]

He was actually her fiance. He died a week before their wedding. The episode that really creeped me out was Long Distance Call. Where a five year old boy would talk to his dead grandmother on his toy telephone. The frightening part was that she was telling her grandson to kill himself so that they would be together forever!

[@codeblue2532]

Melissa Cooper :: was there an episode where the owner of a certain vintage automobile HAD to tell the truth ? ........where the last scene was Nikita Khrushchev happily being gifted the auto ?.......am I confusing myself with an OuterLimits episode ? Help me, Melissa.

[@lalafl200]

@@codeblue2532 I googled your question and that was twilight zone titled "the whole truth." I was actually curious about why you didn't Google it lol

[@bigbossman120277]

I'd have to say my two favorite episodes are "Time Enough at Last" & "The Obsolete Man". Both have Burgess Meredith playing the lead role.

[@guessowii]

rock

[@ALEXANDERAZAKHAROV]

He's splendid in "Printer's Devil" too)

[@jonathanbethards3689]

Great episodes

[@animanga9597]

time enough at last the most famous episode. all the time i need, all the time i want, time, time,time!

[@johnathonhaney8291]

bigbossman120277 Love "The Obsolete Man"! I once had a VHS tape of that paired with another fave, "Deathshead Revisited".

[@FabbrizioPlays]

It's awesome that The Twilight Zone is such a ubiquitous experience. Everyone, regardless of age, seems to have fond memories of the original run. Everyone can look to it for something unsettling, something that will rattle your feeling of safety. I never hear anyone call it overrated when it comes up. You mention The Twilight Zone, and everyone wants to pitch in what their favorite episode was (mine was The Silence). It's a monolith of surrealist horror that everyone who has experienced western society can come together and stand in awe of. It is not merely a cultural touchstone, it is THE cultural touchstone. And behind it, one of the most eloquent philosophers to walk the earth.

[@moealbert7339]

Rod Serling and his writers were ahead of their times in order to come with such incredible stories back in the day.He was also socially ahead in that he cast an all star cast of black actors called the big tall wish which was unusual back then but would be welcomed nowadays.We used to look forward to be able to watch episodes every Friday nights.Some classics can not be replaced and this is one of them.

[@tonyc945]

Most likely not the scariest, but the most impactful for me was The Obsolete Man. Rod's epilogue at the end was a warning to us all regarding the State.

[@mrnobody2018]

Why don't you watch the episodes that deliver logical horror realization?

[@yourlocalcoward8128]

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[@eldongrimes2306]

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[@mr.nickname9172]

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[@QuarrellaDeVil]

And Rod Serling is in the corner of the room, addressing people we can't see.

[@sheiladavis6523]

@@QuarrellaDeVil L😳L. I wonder what these people looked liked ? well when it came to Rod Serling there's no telling ☺ perhaps some had 👀eyes in the back of their heads , faces like 🐟 fish & arms like wings of a 🐦 bird so they could fly away to visit his friend Alfred Hitchcock ☺September 18 , 2019

[@sheiladavis6523]

@@mr.nickname9172 L😄L - wow !!! now that comment is a what ? & a what ? I have a question for you & that is : how long did it take for you to type your award winning 🏆 comment which lead you into The Twilight Zone 😵of emojis 😄 September 18 , 2019

[@themisfitowl2595]

Midnight Sun scared the hell out of me when I first saw it. The way the heat was just driving them all insane, and then the thermometer cracks and the painting just begins to melt... you could just feel this oppressive dread that there was no escape, no hope and nothing to do but wait for the end. That was horrifying.

[@franaydelott2734]

Also, one word, "MARCIA" sends chills down my spine.

[@thesoulthatburns]

Eat a snickers. You're scared when you're hungry.

[@TheArtofGuitar]

Anyone else have the Mandela Effect memory of it being "Talking Tina"? not "Talky Tina"? Holy!

[@ReNinaMinter]

Yes, I was just telling some that “Talking Tina” was my favorite episode. I was little when I watched the show. 🤷🏽‍♀️🤔

[@ShewolfxVix]

The creepy Mandela effect stuff is like the freakin Twilight Zone... lol And yes, I've been confused about that cause I don't know if it's supposed to be Talking Tina or Talky Tina.

[@jaybird8192]

A Nice Place to Visit was pretty shocking: Heaven? What ever gave you the idea you were in heaven? This IS the other place!! Eye of the beholder was also creepy!

[@atranfanatic]

Yes! A Nice place to visit is one of my favorites!

[@FVSUWILDCAT99]

Loved the casino scenes and costumes in that one

[@LawrenceMark33]

To Serve Man was VERY frightening when I was a kid. I met Richard Kiel and told him that he scared me long before we ever shook hands. His palm was as big as my whole hand. RIP Richard. It was a pleasure meeting and greeting with you. I found out that we are both Michigan natives!

[@kenishascraft7605]

The one episode where this Sherif/Cowboy was dared to put a knife on a killer’s grave during a windy night. Then his friend thought he supposedly trip and died because he planted his knife on his coat when the wind blew it over. While the sister of the killer said her dress is blowing in the same direction but it’s not over the grave, suggesting her brother reached out and grabbed the sherif to his death.

[@clbdyc]

The lateness of the hour. Where the daughter is sick of having robot servants then finds out she's a robot

[@Red88Rex]

So many of these stories stick with me YEARS after seeing them. Brilliant storytelling!

[@Sawlon]

"The Dummy" with Cliff Robertson gave me the creeps!

[@josephcontreras8930]

Saw something like it on tales from crypt with bobcat goldthwait and Don tickles.

[@kelleyk28]

That's my favorite episode.

[@jrharlow6858]

The midnight sun was actually just a dream, the earth went the other way and was freezing. . Freezing to death!!

[@vtbn53]

The same will happen to the AGW hoax...

[@briankistner4331]

The Midnight Sun: Climate Change before it became a "thing".

[@vtbn53]

@@briankistner4331 And the twist at the end is probably spot on too.

[@DDios-ih9de]

Jr Harlow Climate change!

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

@Tyler Coon thanks for the spoiler alert

[@geminiguy2001]

These are all good choices for scariest Twilight Zone episodes. However, "Nightmare at 20,000 feet" still scares me when I see it. When I was a child, it absolutely terrified me. Another one that had a completely surprise ending was "A Stopover in a Quiet Town."

[@rocknroller77]

One of the scariest ones to me is "The Midnight Sun." What it feels like now in Southern California. So sick of it.

[@thoof2001]

OK, get out.

[@mrnobody2018]

@@thoof2001 consider logic

[@adhc8560]

"The After Hours" - a true classic work of art!

[@evelynzlon9492]

The After Hours is an ingenious analysis and reworking of Sleeping Beauty. In Sleeping Beauty a lady pricks herself with a sewing needle which is what thimbles are for. Then she goes into a state of suspended animation like the mannequin in this episode. The thimble and the mannequin are two tools both used in the same fashion design/seamstress profession. Hence, the thimble was a gift for the mannequin's "mother". It really takes immense talent to rematch these 2 fanciful themes in a way which preexists in the mundane world.

[@blackspider4universepeace.315]

The howling man was very scary

[@keithwilson6060]

BlackSpider4 UNIVERSE peace. Good episode until the end. The characterization of the revealed Devil was way too fumulaic and corny.

[@Nightman221k]

It was scary, mainly due to the buildup. The devil looked very cheeseball, but the episode still made me scared. If they had something less prototypical as the horns hook, nose, and kept it at a sickening growl with a closeup on scary eyes it would be enough. The rest of the episode was masterful though.

[@SalisburyJim31]

I first saw The Howling Man late at night and it totally creeped me out. The Devil makeup did not look cheesy at 1AM! Plus the momentum of the show carries you through.

[@vaylonkenadell]

I like "The Howling Man" quite a bit -- but the only thing that often troubles me about it is that the moral of the story doesn't seem to jibe all that well with the teachings of Jesus. Why _wouldn't_ we have sympathy for someone who is imprisoned and who seems to be tortured day in and out? Wouldn't having pity on him and helping him be the Christian thing to do? That being said, psychopaths in real life prey upon the sympathies of others, so that's true-to-life. I'm conflicted on the episode, but I definitely enjoy the gothic horror.

[@anthonypersons7212]

"You may catch the devil,but you will never keep him." Classic. Context is everything- you could go down the rabbit hole and consider the McCarthy fears and also the cold war paranoia a la invasion of the body snatchers,to understand the underlying fear of commies(the devil) looking just like us. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions, "no? Our cultural ideology was way different then. Still I appreciated the episode.

[@sandyqureshi4938]

My favorites were: the obsolete man, little girl lost, beauty in the eye of the beholder, the midnight sun and the howling man.

[@dvader4731]

bewitching pool was a nice one also. Ann T. freaked me out

[@freespeech4all757]

Burgess Meredith was great in The Obsolete Man. I'm not sure that anyone could have played that role better.

[@donnyrecordsnyc]

"Willoughby"

[@rtbarnes4893]

I'm Bill Mumy's best friend and biz partner. I tell him all the time, after I watch "Good Life" in T.Zone marathons, that it's probably the best scariest thing I've ever seen. He loves that..

[@kevinbacon5492]

I remember when I was little and watched the “Nightmare at 20,000 feet” episode right before I went to fly to Orlando for Disney World/universal and what was my seat by? The window. That episode alone gave me a feeling of unease and paranoia during that flight.

[@sandysexton6570]

Kevin .... Yeah, I would have put this one in the top 10.

[@kevinbacon5492]

Gord Sexton Agreed. Another great one is To Serve Man.

[@userisalone6500]

I just watched that episode last night and I have to say that’s my favorite episode...

[@MsAppleofhiseye]

Most people that really aren't into the twilight zone and are new to it always pick this ep. However true zone fans rarely do because we know it one of the wackest.

[@kevinbacon5492]

MsAppleofhiseye I don’t really like the term “true fans”. You’re both fans of the same show. It doesn’t matter what’s your favorite episode or even how many episodes you’ve seen. Yes there exists a group of people who act like they love a show when really they haven’t seen a second of it. But those are called posers and you don’t have the right to call them that until you know they haven’t seen the show.

[@sailorhathor9705]

How could you leave out "Night Call"? Just the sound of that creepy voice on the phone gives me chills.

[@jerryvanhees1931]

I totally agree also another one that nobody else mentioned is the queen of the nile where the woman sucks the youth out of her male lovers with a sc

[@Obrantley]

Exactly!!!! Every time they show the marathon they play that episode late at night and it scares me everytime

[@steveeddy9686]

Helll-llo...

[@jonnybaze]

Sailor Hathor that's my #1

[@Tjay16-d1]

The scariest episode for me is “on Thursday we leave for home” to be left by yourself and no one is ever gonna come back for you is scary to me

[@BloodylocksBathory]

"Lamenting the *cold* truth..." Nice little play of words referring to the ending.

[@janicevanhorn618]

Great job with this vid, except for one small thing. The constant playing of the theme music throughout became annoying.

[@ctdubzz]

Hm... what theme music?

[@sheiladavis6523]

Very much so !!

[@aceaceron1026]

"Queen of the Nile" was one for me. A reporter investigates a famous actress. She turns out to be.a witch who sacrifices men to prolong her life. She ends up killing him by rotting him into a skeleton. In the radio adaptation, she even mocks his remains, saying, "Oh, but you can't speak, you can't do anything, can you?" She then prepares to lure her next victim.

[@luisreyes1963]

"It's A Good Life" is one of the most disturbing episodes of The Twilight Zone. Imagine all that evil inside a young, impressionable child & you'll get why that episode is memorable.

[@TayWoode]

Did you watch the sequel where he’s grown up and has a daughter with the same powers?

[@gayleanderson8541]

"Little Girl Lost', Nightmare at 20,000 Feet and a few others still tend to give me nightmares even after watching them over and over for the past 62 years. See I got to see them when they first aired but I still watch them for the great storytelling. Even the remakes can't match what Serling did. What I find interesting now is the Twilight Zone still is being watched and enjoyed and is not seen as dated.

[@NelsonMontana1234]

"The Jungle" has got to be one of the weakest episodes in the series.

[@michaelmann8800]

Agreed. I'm not sure why that was even on the list. There are far scarier ones. I also never did like the one with the catwoman in the dream.

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

It's solid enough, but not scary.

[@Yumichan-mn5yk]

Is better than The bewitched pool

[@worldmap1987]

@@Yumichan-mn5yk no

[@worldmap1987]

@@Yumichan-mn5yk also it’s “the bewitching pool”

[@WTH1812]

Rod Serling wrote most episodes. "It's A Good Life" is based on a short story of the same name. Serling did the script. Same for "To Serve Mankind". Totally worth looking up the short stories from the '40s and '50s. Amazing what you can find there.

[@magdatorruellas9122]

Sterling was the reason I got into writing...as a younger person I always had a dark and twisted sense of humour and after watching my first episode I was hooked! He was definitely one of my heroes...Ray Bradbury was my second.

[@rosemarymurray5488]

Serling

[@magdatorruellas9122]

@@rosemarymurray5488 lol… Thank you. Sometymes my fingers stutters.

[@stempo1]

"Shadow Play" Always got me, Every night he is convicted and executed, Even the characters start to believe that they might be just a dream.

[@Greenkai3000]

The After Hours is my absolute #1, most favorite TTZ episode of all time.

[@melissacooper4482]

I recently had a similar experience like Marsha's in The After Hours. The part where Marsha got locked in the store was what had happened to me on Christmas Eve. By the way I'm not a mannigan. Just an employee who wasn't told to clock out early to go home for Christmas.

[@jayk1203]

The Midnight sun was a hardcore episode

[@sciblastofficial9833]

Jay K The Earth is gonna go towards the Sun we're all gonna die! SIKE IT'S IN REVERSE

[@sarahelizabeth3838]

@@sciblastofficial9833 LOL right

[@juanderful791]

I still remember seeing "To Serve Man" for the first time when I was about 10 years old... ...I did not see the end coming and still remember being scared by it to this day. ...however; I still watch the episode when it comes on once in a while, but have to do so with one eye closed lol

[@swirlyjude]

"And when the sky was opened" is my favorite twilight zone episode of all time

[@TalkHorror]

Such an amazing episode.

[@Barnabas45]

My favorite episode was the underrated "And When the Sky Was Opened" with Rod Taylor.

[@cupcakegurls909]

“The Twilight Zone theme but it’s just the rift for 20 minutes”

[@Marcel_Audubon]

riff, dearie, riff

[@stonedperson97]

The Midnight Sun ended up being the very first episode i ever watched, and I think it will always be my favorite for a variety of different reasons

[@staciemae]

I've always loved the Twilight Zone. It was on TV when I got home from high school (a long with something about urban legends) and its forever ingrained into my memory. I remember Talking Tina like it was yesterday

[@aleksandramakari]

Billy Mummy. Able to turn off the tv with a few waves of his hands. I remember MeTv played that as a promo.

[@mattrussillo4587]

Aleksandra Makari Even though the movie that was made in the 1980s was excellent, those episodes they put in it that they put in were really played to death afterward as though they were the best episodes or something. The one about the veteran was really good in the movie but I thought the one about the kid and the one about the old people we're sort of silly.

[@josephcontreras8930]

Because that's all the tv there is worth watching....

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

Bill Mumy....

[@billolsen4360]

@@janeiwasduncan8463 Even his last name implied a dark egyptian horror movie.

[@7SeventhFromAdam]

Watching Twilight Zone in January 2020.🖐🏼

[@williamballard6682]

Fantastic stories, great production on a limited budget. Something about the B&W filming and the creative lighting just really resonates so well.

[@nicky29031977]

Never understood why so many classify this as being horror when most of the episodes are science fiction and fantasy. Pure horror stories are quite rare in this tv series.

[@nicky29031977]

Good catch! Certainly in the 50's and 60's mainstream horror films were only about ghosts or monsters and were rather unscary in comparison to TZ episodes especially those with an unhappy ending. Really scary horror films started in the 70's with the Exorcist, The Omen and the Shining and the slasher ones like Halloween and Friday the 13th.

[@EphemeralProductions]

nicky29031977: yup. There’s scary elements in most episodes but people forget that that doesn’t classify something as horror.

[@blowdollybetty]

Horror " an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.".....that sounds like Twilight Zone. Blood, guts ...Freddy Kreuger, Michael Meters, etc....seem more like gore to me rather than horror.

[@mattmc5069]

The scariest had to be the movie-three actors died when that helicopter fell on them

[@Warrogue1]

That was horrible, but it was during the filming of a movie, It had nothing to do with the old TV show.

[@susanyoung5447]

Actually, as I recall from the news reports at the time, they were killed by one of the explosions happening around the set at that time. It went off prematurely. Victor Mature was carrying the children when it happened. If they had died under the helicopter crash the they would not be able to include that footage in the movie. Any footage of a death is usually destroyed but never included in a movie. Also it had a lot to do with the series as the scripts were from the series and at least one was written by Rod Serling. His widow had given them permission to film it.

[@dolenzmcqueen8316]

@@susanyoung5447 that wasn't Victor Mature...his name was Vic Morrow, he played in a series called "Combat"

[@susanyoung5447]

@@dolenzmcqueen8316 Thank you. I know who he was. I just get names wrong sometimes. I can picture his face just not the name. LOL

[@raspberryfruiths]

“Georgie!… bring grandma her tea Georgie, bring me my tea! 🫖☕️😳🫣

[@mikeeggleston1769]

The episode that always bothered me (was most scary to me) was the episode with Agnes Morehead as the old farm lady where two astronauts land.Oh, and _The Obsolete Man_ I think is the best totalitarian (if I understand the definition right) episode.

[@dougsorensen7594]

Little Girl Lost should have been included in the top 10.

[@trinityburrows]

I remember watching “The misfortune cookie” as a kid and it scared me...

[@Utopia39]

How can you not mention The Hitch Hiker?? That episode still freaks me out😬

[@thetooginator153]

Juneau Faulkner - I agree. The Hitch Hiker still creeps me out even though I’ve probably watched it ten times. It’s really impressive that a sixty year old television episode can be enjoyable to watch many times over the years. I think it works so well because it’s subtle, even if seen before. I also think it’s effective because the main character behaves appropriately as the episode progresses. A lot of movies and TV episodes make the mistake of making the main character act in ways a normal person wouldn’t. Twilight Zone was very good at making sure characters acted in believable ways. The acting style has changed a bit since 1960, but it still feels authentic.

[@theurbanloner8879]

A disturbing episode.

[@aaronbradley3232]

Agreed a lot of us have said that in the comments. I don't think after hours even belongs on the list but hitchhiker also has the has a similar theme to room 22 but does it way way better

[@Quandal3Dingl3]

The top scariest/creepiest for me is 1: Jess-Belle 2: the eye of the beholder 3: Nightmare at 20,000 feet Anyone else with these?

[@sandysexton6570]

What about "Eye of the Beholder"?

[@TalkHorror]

Great episode!

[@tenhirankei]

It's more of an alternate world and has an ending that defuses the scary aspect.

[@karenwinston2833]

Gord Sexton yes! Almost like an alternate universe!

[@daffidavit]

Gord Sexton I saw "Eye of the Beholder" the first evening it was aired on tv. Maybe I was about age 10 or 11. When they took the bandages off the woman and the truth was revealed, the blood was drained from my head. I couldn't sleep for months. It scared the hell out of me. I think that should have been number one. Psycho stuff like that can really screw up a young mind. Maybe that explains everything.

[@silvertiptetra1771]

Gord Sexton That wasn’t scary.

[@marsssuperstar]

Perchance to Dream is basically my experience with maladaptive daydreaming in a sense, but I'm semi-conscious and pacing around my room But I'm not really aware of my reality surroundings and more escaped into the dream I really love The Twilight Zone though :)

[@josephcontreras8930]

Like the horse jockey one with Mickey Rooney???

[@PirateFilms95]

The episode "Where is everybody" still gives me chills to this day, just the very idea of being the only person left alive in the world is terrifying to me.

[@asseyez-vous6492]

Rawk Hawk I actually like the idea of being the only person left. If all the animals and birds are still around at the same time, I'm good 👍🏻

[@nicholasbruno3764]

It scared me the first time I watched it

[@TheRealOman]

That was the first episode ever

[@s.a.l.1974]

Midnight sun's so fucked

[@stefanieprejean6609]

I would actually like that except that there would be no one around to provide certain daily services

[@frisco21]

For me, the scariest episode was the one where William Shatner saw a gremlin on the wing of the plane he was flying, and no one would believe him. Scared the crap out of me as a kid.

[@notpip823]

Ahhh same I forgot what’s it’s called... it’s something like “nightmare at 10,00 feet” or something

[@leslievey7312]

That one was the best by far !

[@nohair250]

That one scared me

[@oscarserrano788]

I believe its called “Nightamre at 20,000 feet”! Great episode, definitely one of my favorites!

[@Subilon]

The 1983 movie with this in it was scary too

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

'Night Call' is by far the scariest Twilight Zone episode for me ( where the old woman receives mysterious phone calls at night ). I remember watching it as a kid, and the moment where we see the fallen telephone wire is lying on the gravestone scared the life out of me! Still watch that episode to this day, and it still scares me.

[@nelsonroland2462]

That one scared the Hell out of me.

[@Don.tKillTheMessanger]

Thanks for ruining it for me.

[@julieyork7238]

I was waiting for them to lisr Night Call. I was scared to death to answer our phone as a kid. It could've been Brian!!

[@browngreen933]

Yes, that was a really good episode. Gave me shivers every time I saw a graveyard.

[@matador521]

Jacques Tourneur as director and Gladys Cooper as star didn't hurt. But even they come second to the brilliant story.

[@stephanmilan1461]

All Twilight Zone fan’s please stand up🙋🏻‍♀️

[@kaleahcollins4567]

🤦🏾🙋🏾

[@harbingerofsalt]

I can't. I'm stuck inside my android!

[@aleksandarvil5718]

🧒

[@appleslorri2012]

Night Gallery was good too

[@Dane6Boss]

🙋🏿‍♂️

[@pamlyles8905]

I always thought that the one about the old lady who kept getting phone calls and it was coming from the cemetery was the scariest one.

[@seastarslark2301]

Pretty awful, yup !

[@romankatz982]

Yeah. That guy's voice is still creepy today. Scary when I watched it as a kid and still is!

[@donjohnson1120]

Night Call - Starring Gladys Cooper 1964

[@randolphtolbert3825]

Pam Lyles yeah, a telephone line had fallen onto a grave lol.

[@alcahallic4526]

"I always do as you say" I found it sad, the old woman chased her husbands ghost away.

[@luccaderby]

I also liked the one where the old rich man is about to die and he calls his relatives over and puts a condition on the inheritance they should get. They have to wear an ugly looking mask until midnight if they want the money. While they are wearing it, he points out how horrible each and everyone of them is and has been to him and then at midnight he dies. When they remove their masks, happy to have the inheritance, they realize that their faces have taken the ugly shape of the masks....forever!! I don't remember the name of the episode but that really freaked me out when I first saw it!

[@donholt2025]

The episode is simply called "Masks"

[@ThePiratemachine]

luccaderby Sounds brilliant. Another `episode like it is with Inger Stevens.

[@jacquelinerussell8530]

Yes one of my all time favs Back then they sure could act👍

[@jennymk01]

That episode had me absolutely horrified as a kid. I just saw the scene of their faces and screamed. Ran away and cried for my mom.

[@kateyare4708]

Nature/nurture.

[@HerbSherman56]

"Shadow Play". Where the guy in jail is waiting for his execution by electric chair, and after he is executed, wakes up in the same cell reliving the whole scenario again, but all of the other characters have switched roles. ie: the janitor is now the judge...... Unbelievable writing (& excuse the pun) and execution 😁.

[@josephcontreras8930]

The bad side of groundhog day...

[@browngreen933]

Funny, that's an episode I don't remember.

[@jjcnyc6313]

Herb Sherman yes. One of my favorites and scary as well.

[@divinechocolat3469]

Something that makes you ponder about are own existence🤔

[@Dantheman19961-e]

That one freaked me out for a while when I was younger

[@olindetroit7636]

The one where a tiny UFO landed on the roof of a lonely old lady house. After she destroyed the ship, we later found out that the tiny visitors were from Earth and the old lady was just a frightend giant alien.

[@halkingsbury8795]

Olin Detroit The Invaders! Agnes Moorehead

[@maddy7]

@@halkingsbury8795 Yep, a great episode, and Moorehead won an Emmy for her performance or some TV award. Not one word spoken by her; she was an exceptional actress. Orson Welles' favourite actress in his infamous 1940s movie, Citizen Kane, considered by many, the greatest movie of all time.

[@maxmoonpie]

that one's my favorite!!

[@donkeykidtim]

SPOILER ALERT! 😆

[@olindetroit7636]

@@donkeykidtim 🤣

[@NobodyQuiteLikeMe]

3 minutes in and was driven insane by the repeating notes of music.

[@NukelearFallout]

That's a new Twilight Zone episode coming out.

[@lorrainemckenna3217]

Apollyon iii

[@NukelearFallout]

Frizzurd He didn't mean it drove him insane for being scary, it drove him insane because of the rapid repeating.

[@NobodyQuiteLikeMe]

+Fallout yup

[@KenPotter]

You beat me. I bailed at 2:20

[@tonysteeleebw01]

New Years eve, Twilight Zone Marathon begins. A tradition in my household.

[@tkell31]

Yes, look forward to it every holiday season. Dont watch them all, but always watch some.

[@JM-zk9ou]

It was my son’s and my tradition, too. I miss doing that with him

[@lauramalek3128]

They do it on my "Twilight Zone" broadcast network on July 4th weekend - they call it "Rod, White and Blue." A lot of these very episodes are usually on. The one that freaked me out that is NOT here is the one with Agnes Moorhead where she played with NO dialogue but a one woman performance where she fought off invaders from another planet. Come to find out she is one of a giant race where "aliens" from Earth have landed on another planet, and she kills them all.

[@StangQuest94]

Same here.

[@mackinacisland3825]

I am looking forward to this Jan 1 '22.

[@carloflorez8697]

HOW TO SERVE MAN Was a classic reminder or How a Wolf appears in Sheep's Clothing. One of the all time Greats!!

[@foxyboop4164]

@surfitlive I don't eat dogs, cats, horses... ya know pets we normally take to the veterinarian 🤔 But I get it...

[@josephcontreras8930]

Always be wary when strangers go out of their way to "help" you...

[@ravenstark2165]

Inspiration for the series "V"?

[@bettysims9284]

Reminds me of BLM today. The title sounds nice until you read what it really stands for!

[@billolsen4360]

And it's still debated as to whether or not it's a Biblical end-time cautionary tale.

[@thomasrobinson182]

"''To Serve Man', it's a cookbook!" Best shocking ending.

[@CherishDanae]

THAT ONE

[@captainmarvelous1221]

Yes it is

[@Lowlander-ci7is]

There was a simpsons homage to this episode 😎

[@jenniferweston7621]

I consider 'To Serve Man' to be the best tomato surprise story* ever broadcast. But the comic brilliance (admittedly morbid) of the punchline negates the horror, so it's not my best candidate for Scariest Ep. * long tale building up to a revelation that changes everything

[@nobodyuknow6337]

The scariest to me because of the surprise ending.

[@derby1884]

"Five Characters In Search Of An Exit" - the fact there is virtually no set, other than that cylinder, is unnerving, especially when watched for the first time.

[@rpeck2832]

One of my favorite episodes and I think often overlooked

[@allisonpaigey]

that ones so amazing

[@leckbug]

My favorite episode. The ending was just so bizarre.

[@bettyschneider5268]

derby1884 ..... Yes they were in hell 🔥 I know they were dolls in the end! 😲

[@leckbug]

@Jonehones In your scenario, we have no ending. If there is no ending, then why watch the show.

[@MrBargill]

Rod was a genius !!. So many of subsequent horror movies rehashed or stole his story lines .....

[@johnathonhaney8291]

MrBargill Do remember his fellow writers Richard Matheson and Charles Beaumont. Serling certainly did at an awards ceremony where the show won, inviting them to come on up so they could slice into like a turkey.

[@billmurray7473]

MrBargill Who saw the 🎥 CHILD'S PLAY and recognized Chucky as "Talking Tina" ?

[@alicewilloughby4318]

​@@billmurray7473, Chucky may have been inspired by Talky Tina, but I'm pretty sure he was more evil. Tina only killed someone who more-or-less had it coming.

[@xJayhawkFANx]

@@alicewilloughby4318 it was still inspired by talky Tina. They just made Chucky more sinister

[@jimkangas4176]

@@johnathonhaney8291 Right - many TZ episodes from Richard Matheson. Serling was brilliant in putting it all together but I don't think tht he actually wrote too many.

[@KissyAdair]

"The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" - real life horror

[@josephclegg3562]

That one was funny.

[@Athenafjd9]

@@josephclegg3562 Bullcrap. Monsters are Due on Maple Street was TERRIFYING. That cute little suburban street turns into the Purge.

[@billmurray7473]

@@Athenafjd9 This episode might've actually served as a minor inspiration for THE PURGE.

[@sandyqureshi4938]

I almost forgot that one, one of my favorites, cause that's how humans truly react to that situation with suspicion and cruelty.

[@sandyqureshi4938]

What about the shelter, I think that was the name, it was a similar situation, neighbors friendly in the beginning. Then there was alarm of a nuclear attack and everyone turned on each other.

[@jimhuffman9434]

I love how in Midnight Sun" ends with the girl waking up thinking "thank god it was just a dream" But then you hear Mrs Bronson and a doctor talking, and it's revealed Earth has in fact left it's orbital position. The only difference is that Earth is not heading toward the Sun. Instead Earth is headed away from the Sun and is slowly freezing to death!

[@valmacclinchy]

Both scenarios are horrifying. If I had to choose I'd choose the cold. But I'm glad neither is currently happening.

[@solekman916]

The midnight sun is easily the scariest for me. Just the sheer horror and feeling of impending doom horrifies me.

[@Sonicxis4ever]

The music also really helped induce anxiety ! That’s the episode where the earth was moving closer to the sun right?

[@jimhuffman9434]

@@Sonicxis4ever For most of the episode, yes. But at the end, it's revealed Earth is moving away from the Sun and is slowly freezing to death!

[@markraymo997]

The lady was in bed running a high fever dreaming about the earth going towards the sun. It was actually snowing outside.

[@ev6564]

​@@jimhuffman9434 I thought this was such a good plot twist! Although I did look it up and it's most likely that the earth out of orbit would move towards the sun then away because of the sun's gravitational pull...I still think the idea of the earth slowly becoming colder and colder is more terrifying. I adored the ending.

[@bonniehowell9206]

Same. The whole concept of impending doom and nowhere to hide on earth is absolutely terrifying.

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

"And When the Sky Was Opened" is easily one of the scariest, most utterly unnerving episodes of TZ. It was mysterious in a cold, gut-wrenching way.

[@pfoster1666]

Existential terror. It was a gut-punch when I first saw it. Just like the ending of the Mist.

[@InteleVision-Vic]

"It's a Cookbook!" One of the Scariest lines ever. Surprisingly not on the list?

[@germyw]

It wasn't frightening. It was a twist.

[@aaronbradley3232]

No there's better shit than that. I mean it's a great example of irony, to say it's one of the scariest lines ever is ridiculous I mean it was a good episode and it was scarier in my opinion then now I can't remember all the fucking names cuz you know really starting to irritate after hours it was scarier than that one but hitchhiker was scarier than both and yada yada yada I've already made enough comments if you care you can go look. But you know to serve man and the Obsolete Man two great examples of they're two of the best but they're not the scariest

[@aaronbradley3232]

@@germyw agreed it was a very good episodes of good example of irony and it was a great plot twist but it wasn't really scary

[@HonkIfYouLoveHonking]

One of the funniest lines ever in my opinion.

[@malik87breaker]

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[@medicbabe2ID]

The two episodes that scared the dog-living shite out of me as a kid were Last Train to Willoughby and Eye of the Beholder. The one that ripped out my soul was Time Enough At Last; I'm still heartbroken for poor Henry.

[@speedracer1945]

Last train to Willoughby is a favorite of mine .

[@robertogonzalez1494]

Night Call scared me. The faint "hellooo.....helloooo" got me.

[@tymonster183]

I'm shocked Eye of the beholder wasnt on this list.

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

Yeah, Beemis, especially if you're a reader yourself, does hurt. But try watching it again with the idea that he had it coming, which I now think was Serling's real intent

[@tymonster183]

@@nicholasschroeder3678 that was definitely the intent

[@deadcelebrity]

The pilot episode; "Where is Everybody", is creepy as hell.

[@R0D3R1CKV10L3NC3]

Absolutely, the whole episode is just unnerving and the ending really hit me hard, its definitely one of my favourite episodes.

[@locutusdborg126]

How do you think I feel as I am the only person alive and all of you are figments of my imagination?

[@josephdrach2276]

It's a fine thing you've done Anthony.Could ya wish it out into the Corn field for me? That kid scares the living daylights out of me.On the new Twilight Zone they had a follow up with Cloris Leachman again playing the now grown up boys mother and he has a daughter.The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.Even though nothing compares to the original,this was a good follow up.The first Twilight Zone episode was scary as well with no one in a town with a man who didn't know who he was.A couple of night gallery episodes were good as well.Rod Serling was always a step ahead of his time.

[@josephdrach2276]

Partially because she was so beautiful,Arlene Martel,A Bronx Beauty was so mesmerizing in 22.Room for 1 more honey.Wow!So exotically beautiful and so scary.She was also Spock's Wife on Star Trek and was the Female lead in the outer limits episode, Demon with a glass hand, opposite Robert Culp as male lead.Its a classic.Rod Serling cast a lot of young and fine actors in the Twilight Zone.

[@nicolenewsome4863]

True

[@pittsburghpirateshat8950]

My favorite twilight zone episode is death’s head revisited. In that episode a former SS commandant returns to the concentration camp he once ruled with an iron fist and took glee in torturing prisoners in for some sick nostalgia. However, the ghosts of the men he killed put him on trial for his crimes.

[@GeoWool70]

Great episode

[@seric4546]

How about judgment night where the U-Boat Commander has to nightly relive the experiences of passengers of a ship he sank.

[@Biggdoom344]

Yeah. Good one too.

[@SlapChop1000]

I agree...it’s my favorite as well!

[@susanburgess820]

Agreed 100%

[@scottguffey2455]

"The Mystic Seer" episode starring William Shatner. His debilitating reliance on a "Fortune telling" machine in a old style Cafe that he can't leave alone because of it's vague answers, shows how a person's superstitions can become enslaving. It's even more pitiful in that it shows another couple come in after they narrowly escape and they have possibly been held hostage by the table-top nick-nack for an even longer time.

[@KCLove-mh7nt]

Nick of Time.

[@jeffbecker8716]

Don't forget all the episodes that were absolutely charming. The one with Art Carney about becoming Santa Clause, the one about the school teacher forced into early retirement who then has a visit with ghosts of his former students and realizes how much impact he had, the one about the man and his dog going to Heaven and almost being tricked into entering Hell, etc. Sorry, I don't remember the titles.

[@PhotoTrekr]

All great episodes. But, the one with the "old man" and "old woman" and the dog and trying to trick the old man into going to Hell, is my favorite episode.

[@brianmccauley3267]

Very true indeed.

[@tomrucker3245]

Excellent episodes. "THe Night of the Meek", "Changing of the Guard" (my personal favorite), and "The Hunt".

[@mykemech]

The wishing pool was touching as well

[@frankt285]

Night of the meek..

[@byronherrera777]

The twilight zone to this day is STILL ahead of its time!

[@josephfrank1472]

To bad Rod Serling died to early sure he could of done more great work. I think a lot of the movies we have taken the Twilight zone episodes like the toys in the drum. The Talking doll.. Chucky.

[@byronherrera777]

joseph frank Yea you see it all over t.v. & movies today, alot of it stems from this series.

[@johnathonhaney8291]

Byron Herrera Plenty of people have tried imitating it since--Black Mirror being the latest attempt--but their stories are too grounded in the time periods they are made. The 1980s TZ revival had genuinely good and/or scary episodes but there's not a single moment when I'm not thinking "That's so '80s." Even with some dated touches here and there, I NEVER feel like that with the OG TZ series at its best.

[@JAS0N_M00RE]

Goosebumps reminds me of The Twlight Zone because Goosebumps did some storys close to Twlight Zone

[@Scripturegirl.]

Some haunting hour episodes.

[@adriannehilligas8540]

I remember watching "The Eye Of The Beholder" episode when I was little, and it absolutely traumatized me.

[@hermanmunster1797]

Same here! I was five years old and wasn’t expecting those pig faces, which me and my sister call them! My sister and I still talk about it to this day! Same with “Masks’, another one that scared me!

[@jenniferdjaslowskj993]

and when they had the "reveal" of what she looked like...voila!...it was Donna Douglass that played Elly May Clampett of the Beverly Hillbillys. Initially when it first aired, I didn't notice little things about the various scenes. Just like other stuff as you grow and learn, you pick up on stuff and ask..hmmm. with this episode it was all the gauze used to cover her face...OMG..what all THAT necessary (ha ha ha). I, too, am a huge fan of the show. Watch the marathon whenever one's on. So many good actors appeared on it through out the decades and made several appearances in different episodes. Hats off to Mr. Serling and other writers, directors, producers.

[@nicky29031977]

It was thought provoking but certainly not scary.

[@billolsen4360]

@@jenniferdjaslowskj993 Elly May, the main reason I watched The Beverly Hillbillies every week

[@brendawoods4750]

@@nicky29031977 When you're a child it is.

[@rimshot2952]

Twilight Zone was Amazing TV. Rod was a Genius story teller.

[@yoda908]

Just imagine if H.P. Lovecraft helped to write this show

[@Laidtorest69]

Just the music from Night Gallery sacred me as a kid. Can you imagine Rod telling his kids bedtime stories?

[@ThatsJustPeachy1871]

The scariest Twilight episode I ever saw is the one I’m living in right now in 2020!!!!!!!

[@katne123]

2 months later this comment only stronger

[@dinohall2595]

I'd love to see what kind of episodes Rod Serling would make in this modern era. They would probably become classics in their own right.

[@hombamazaleni]

dude, this had me laughing out loud !

[@ThatsJustPeachy1871]

kathryn McElroy uh oh, your stupidity is showing!!!

[@akmalaslam3167]

Matchless

[@suntansuperman26]

"To Serve Man... It's, it's, it's a cookbook!" That was chilling.

[@Scripturegirl.]

Second place.

[@ronschlorff7089]

still good to watch today, even though you know what's coming. The TERRIFIED woman calling out in alarm and anguish, as she delivers that line: ……."IT'S.....A COOK BOOK"!!!!!!!

[@DeplorableMinecrafter]

It is also the same twist C. S. Lewis uses in 'The Silver Chair'.

[@3piper]

That was my first experience with the Fourth Wall.When he turned and addressed the audience I almost jumped out of my seat!!!!

[@kimmmerrill5124]

I agree. It's one of the best with a lot of meaning

[@dakotanorth1640]

The Masks. Ultra creepy. But they deserved it.

[@sandyqureshi4938]

I almost forgot about that one, but I didn't pity them at all, they got what they deserved.

[@dvader4731]

so totally agree specially little junior, 😁

[@karaoconnoraliasraidra]

That's one of my favorites.

[@katrinajones8788]

True Karma at it's finest!!

[@jackieblue9536]

One of the best ones ever...

[@JxT1957]

the scariest twilight zone is a one hour long episode called 'the new exhibit' when the owner closes down his museum of infamous killers made of wax and his employee gets to take them home and put them in his basement and one by one they come to life and commit murder...

[@bd3966]

You know I vaguely remember that episode but it's not on Netflix for some reason

[@FaydOgolon]

@@bd3966 Netflix does not have the season 4 hour-long episodes. However, when I got the one-month trial to Paramount Plus, I was able to finally see the episodes I hadn't seen before.

[@GoatCharles]

@@bd3966 Hulu has it

[@theallmightyskullknight1175]

To serve man had a nice plot twist, it was a very scary episode especially in black and white.

[@Scripturegirl.]

Second place dude.

[@TalkHorror]

One of the greatest twists of all time. Also very well-directed.

[@skylartipton909]

One of my faves was not exactly a scary one but about the convict who fell in love with a robot

[@Scripturegirl.]

The lonely.

[@SgtTwilight]

I think "To Serve Man" suffers from being one of the most parodied episodes ever. I saw the twist coming because Is aw the Simpsons episode about it before. Still a classic though.

[@stephaniebaker6001]

The episode with Gladys Cooper where she's an elderly shut-in and her phone begins to ring every night. Then we learn that the caller is her long-dead boyfriend Brian, whom she accidentally killed because she insisted on driving all those years before. When she finally realizes it was her old BF (after she had screamed at him to leave her alone) she is taken to the cemetery by her nurse (as she was paralyzed in the accident.) Then she realizes that the phone line was hanging down broken, right at his grave. She then receives one last call from "Brian" and he promises to never bother her again, which saddens and upsets her until she begs him not to leave her. It is SCARY and CREEPY and a little bit sad. Cooper was in several episodes and was always absolutely incredible in every single one of them.

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

It's the episode, "Night Call."

[@stephaniebaker6001]

@@sarcasticallyrearranged Yep. Either that or Night Caller. Gladys Cooper was in several episodes as well as some Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes. Even in her 70s+ she was still so beautiful and SO amazing.

[@catweasle5737]

Ahhh...back when you could watch entertaining shows on TV without being subjected to endless "reality" shows.

[@ronschlorff7089]

or a burst of ten mindless commercials; usually it was just one annoying guy, selling used cars!!

[@quiethere45]

or when a commercial is shown twice in a row