The Twilight Zone - What Do We Fear? | Video Essay

In today's video, we will be looking at how The Twilight Zone explored certain fears during its original run. Even though it was back in the 1950's and 60's, these fears are still relevant today because they center around the unknown.
1- The Other
2- The Future
3- Futility
Video essay made by Moises & Sergio Velasquez
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[@Screened]

So what's your favorite Twilight Zone episode?

[@liebertjohann8524]

Screened so many but maybe i should choose the eye of the beholder the lighting the use of shadow and the twist it was amazing even if i think enough time at last is my biggest fear

[@BljesakiOluja]

Hmmm, I'm not sure if it's the Twilight Zone, old or new or something, but I remember a story where a cure was developed for something and they decide to spread it globaly through vapor by throwing it into a vulcano. Many, many years later the side-effects manifest, loss of sanity. World's population affected. And the story follows a monologue or dialogue of two last sane people, and after the story is told, one man walks into the rain, knowing there is nothing to be done.

[@TenaciousBuns]

The eye of the beholder 100% When I was a kid it was the first episode i watched and it stuck with me all this time. Whenever i thought of the twilight zone it was "The eye of the beholder", and I thought everything else about the show was just weird, but that episode actually sacred me and left a mark. It was one of the reasons I watched when it was on even though I thought it was weird, to see if any other episodes would have the same effect.

[@jalea.1177]

one for the angels!

[@CarolinaReyes-cy1zl]

I think my favorite episode is Time Enough to Last or A Nice Place to Visit. It really messed me up when I was a kid

[@vicenteortegarubilar9418]

You are entering a world of analysis, of storytelling and cinematic techniques, of opinions and ideas. Welcome to the Screened Zone.

[@Screened]

I liked that 👍

[@tyleradamson3045]

Do do doo do Do do doo do

[@shakeena1524]

Vicente Ortega Rubilar The question... “What if” Infinity

[@robzilla730]

It's good to be here

[@andor6401]

"Because death isn't too unfimiliar you have been there before. The place Before you were born" That gave me chills

[@itstrazzle2034]

Andore 44 I know right.. jeez

[@deadboy13]

Chills bro.... chills..

[@davidbouchard5451]

I actually found this quite comforting. After all, if you’ve been there before, it’s not as unknown and mysterious anymore

[@ceprona989]

The MAGA mob gives me Chills...Trump gives me Chills...the GOP gives me chills!!!.The FOX news loonies gives me Chilld!!...Thats not fiction...its happening right now..BE AWARE

[@BljesakiOluja]

God I wish this was an hour long

[@tender0828]

I can imagine myself watching a two-hour special of this at 2 am

[@VIK_1903]

It should be.

[@specialed1444]

Something a lot of people do not know is the guy who created the twilight zone Rod Serling was a WW2 veteran. He fought in the pacific theatre. He puts a lot of what he saw into the Twilight zone.

[@31webseries]

I've always thought humanity must be a little mad. To live your life, strive, hope, achieve, dream, but all the while knowing no matter what you do it all ends the same in a known reality that is terrifying only perhaps followed by an unknown that is completely unknown. The fact that we are able to brush our impending doom aside day after day and function, seems almost a feat of utter insanity.

[@justblaze1656]

Edgy

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Everything that humans do, makes no sense outside the human world...

[@j0eyhz620]

Does anyone one why there is something rather than nothing. Like why does existence, exist?

[@johnathonhaney8291]

Depends on your POV...I have come to the conclusion that death being inevitable means it's all the more important to live a life that I can be glad I say I lived. This comes from seeing and experiencing certain things in real life that lay far beyond the boundaries of the accepted. Then I contrast these things with humans' arrogance in the perennial idea that, yes, our ancestors knew less than we did but, by (insert deity or lack thereof of your choice), we've got it figured out this time! But that is a self-serving lie. On some matters, you may have improved, yes. But the human mind has limits, regardless of the era. It's why we give the unknown things names and the closest approximations we can come up with. But is it even close to as right as we like to pretend?

[@archerninety-seven7153]

Well you live because you have nothing else...literally...better to have lived and died than to not have lived at all.

[@cinemacola6398]

Nothing in the dark really helped me get over my fear of death. The way he says "what you feared would come as an explosion, is more like a whisper." It really gave me an optimistic perspective of death. Love the channel and the show.

[@JOECANDELA22]

Great line and hearing it uttered by Robert Redford didn't hurt either.

[@JoshuaKimbrough]

"death isn't too unfamiliar, you've been there before, the place before you were born" that hit deep

[@wanfu5634]

Sixty years and the stories still hold up. Amazing.

[@cookiehustle]

this deserves more views. that philosophical ending made me question everything

[@Screened]

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[@Daft69Punk]

I remeber in 5th grade we use to watch a bunch of these episodes, later doing worksheets discussing the morality and effects of the conflicts. Those were the best days

[@watcherglowcloud]

Last year my friend's english teacher watched The Monsters are Due on Maple Street and did a worksheet on it. I ended up asking the teacher for a copy of the worksheet so that I could do it at home.

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[@pwrovr9k731]

dang bro you had to do worksheets in 7th grade my teacher would put it on and we just watched

[@ebenizerb.schlestertrappdu6943]

Time Enough at Last was the one that really touched me when I was a little kid. Great video, smart analysis. Kudos!

[@Screened]

Thank you!

[@JOECANDELA22]

Everytime I watch it, that final scene is a punch to the gut. I agree!

[@huntonpeck]

Great essay, and a good reminder of why The Twilight Zone is one of the greatest TV shows of all time, and why it remains relevant after so many years. It's hard to pick just one favorite episode of The Twilight Zone, but if I was forced to pick I'd probably go with the season 1 episode called "A Stop at Willoughby".

[@doublefeature]

don't think i've ever come across someone else whos fav episode is a stop at willoughby. it gets mentioned occasionally on best of list but not usually anyones top favorite. something about that scene where it's snowing at night, only to wake up to a bright sunny warm day. willoughby.. willoughby.. NEXT STOP willoughby!!

[@eduardo_corrochio]

"A Stop at Willoughby" taps into a theme that Mr. Serling visited more than once: the desire to go somewhere nicer, and/or to return to happier times of the past. How great would it be to rid ourselves of today's problems and enter a serene fantasy world. But with the Willoughby episode, things clearly take a dark turn ... or is it so dark? The protagonist may have gotten his fondest wish.

[@doublefeature]

@@eduardo_corrochio absolutely, another gem in that vain is walking distance.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@doublefeature That's my favorite episode, Walking Distance. Beautiful story, so sad and haunting.

[@doublefeature]

@@eduardo_corrochio i figured when you were talking about that specific theme, you may have also had that episode in mind. it's such a great episode as well. especially being inspired by Rod himself. that man was such a gem among men. so ahead of his time with his art.

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[@christopheralthouse6378]

"Once Upon A Time" is one that doesn't get near-enough love...while obstensibly a comedic ode to the silent film era which starred the ONLY silent film star to appear on The Twilight Zone, Buster Keaton, it takes the idea of fear of the future and flips it on its head, in this case, the unknown future is the present-day (i.e. 1950's) and his present is, of course, turn-of-the-century America (silent film era)...a sort of a different what-if, this time asking the question of how a person from the past would react to the present...which answers itself comedically yet also poignantly... I think at some point someone should take a look at the Twilight Zone comedies, as they do exist and are every bit as meaningful as any of the more serious and frightening episodes of the program...😊

[@melissacooper4282]

I loved the episode mostly because Buster Keaton was in it. Anyway his character Milligan borrowed the time machine from the Professor to travel into the future in the hopes that it would be better. He ends up feeling intimidated by all the technology of the 1960s and wanted so badly to get back home. Rollo, on the other hand wanted to go back to the 1890s because he was nostalgic for "the good old days." When Mulligan and Rollo return to 1890 Mulligan was more grateful for what he did have. Rollo couldn't handle life in the past because he was used to moden technology of 1962. So he was sent back to the future. So the moral here is the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence.

[@dyveira]

I've loved The Twilight Zone since I was very little. I'm 32 now and the show has gotten older, but the message and power of the show hasn't dulled even a bit all these decades later. Rod Serling was a man of rare character and talent. He had an astounding ability to show us the foibles of our nature. It also benefited from some excellent writers like Richard Matheson and numerous talented actors.

[@77xdivaokurrr7atsymbol6]

My favorite fun fact about the Twilight Zone is that writing it was how Rod Serling coped with PTSD.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

Yes, war was hell, and in fiction he had an outlet to vent his feelings about his experiences. And yet this same troubled soul could pen such beautiful and poignant pieces of nostalgia, like "Walking Distance". Serling was special.

[@Elysiumbell]

In 7th grade we read the script or something like that of 'Monster's on Maple Street' and had to study themes in it, especially fear and we had to write a 5 minute screenplay based on the same themes as a group. My group wrote a 45-minute screenplay and we were the only ones who read it. I have snice lost the document though...

[@edmonddantes3640]

I did too in 7th grade, back in 1970

[@JonKentBiggestFan]

Thanks to this video both me and one of my sisters started watching this series and we both agree that it is to this day one of the greatest and smartest tv shows to ever been made

[@its_casual_thursday9090]

The Twilight Zone is one of my favorite sci-fi and philosophical anthology series. Thanks for the video. Also thanks for all your videos! I just recently discovered your channel and have been enjoying all of the content!

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One of the best film channels on youtube, great job guys, i've never have seen content as well made about a subject as from you guys

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[@eduardo_corrochio]

How lucky I find myself to stumble upon this wonderful video mere days before the 60th anniversary of Rod Serling's enduring series. From the first moments of this video I knew it was going to be special and good-- a keeper. The clips and editing, the narration and writing, the background music-- all just right. It's a distinct pleasure to find a KZbin video about the TZ that is excellently rendered, artful, respectful, and thought provoking. 👏 PS: My favorite episode is Walking Distance. And that's odd, because I always prefer spooky things over sentiment; but that episode is so touching and nostalgic. It's relatable stuff, and leaves me misty-eyed every time. We yearn for the past, it's human nature. But should we really go home again? Thank you.

[@Screened]

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[@EthylAlcohol01]

Those last lines sent chills down my spine. I didn't expect that from just watching a video essay

[@goodbyebluesky5770]

Rod Serling was a true genius.Unfortunately, he burned himself out on Twilight Zone and seemingly lost all his creative abilities when it came to his next series Night Gallery

[@TakeaRideWithMyTrunkOpen]

What do you fear??? ME: a remake of twilight zone!

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[@0816M3RC]

It is actually pretty good.

[@hammerheadcorvette4]

The remake has been pretty good !

[@kathurtado13]

Yes!!!

[@shira6688]

The 2002 remake is great but the 2019 is meh

[@Zaron_Gaming]

7:02 I saw this in my 5'th grade class and it stunned me. such a good lesson and it leaves you with some deep thinking. I'm so glad I saw it then

[@Dina8485]

Amazing timing considering the reboot that is supposed to come out on Monday (hosted by Jordan Peele). Great job guys!!

[@Screened]

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[@santoshadi8563]

its trash some say

[@JOECANDELA22]

Don't waste your time. Typical woke crap. A truly well done show is Black Mirror. Watch it, you will love it. It deals with themes involving technology and explores how morality and tech doesn't always mesh. Well done.

[@maxwhitehead1759]

Lol, all the triggered little racists who don't understand that The Twilight Zone has always been "woke." Rod Serling wasn't on your side, dipshits.

[@0816M3RC]

@political bull shittery Joe Candela Right wing idiots. The Twilight Zone has always been "woke".

[@missgrimreaper2000]

A Nice Place To Visit is my favorite. I think about it every day.

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[@NoirL.A.]

excellent vid. i was born in 1968 so didn't get to watch the show first run but it was never off the air during my entire lifteime and very happy to say i've seen every episode. in addition to some of the greatest acting in television history it's all too easy for people to forget how ahead of its time this show was especially late 50's early 60's at the heart of the red scare and right after the McCarthy era and american society was changing rapidly and alot of people were opposed to the changes and many not at all ready for them. plus television back then was for the most part very nerdy and family friendly it's amazing the show was ever allowed on the air let alone that it became an all time classic.

[@kaldwinpoison771]

the ending of the video comforts me

[@murilocorrea9357]

The first time i watched Twilight Zone, was when i was about 13 or 14, and was the remake with Forest Whitaker I always liked time travel histories and that one with the woman going back in time to kill Hitler as a baby is still one of my favorites

[@jacobb.9181]

_its a cookbook!_

[@wtfemtf]

Five Characters In Search Of An Exit is probably my very favorite episode. The ending really got me and it has a really good plot.

[@Screened]

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[@wtfemtf]

Screened it was very introspective and irrational at the same time

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[@Shuttle9]

Dude, you HAVE to give us a part 2. This was amazing and thank you

[@krisdepp890]

LOVED THIS. You explained Twilight Zone beautifully, it's one of my all time favorite shows and has a special place in my heart. I applaud you for this video and the appreciation you have towards the main focal points of the creativity behind it all!

[@Screened]

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[@yusefendure]

'A Piano in the House' is my favorite. Excellent job on this video, by the way.

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[@partydean17]

The return to the unknown realization is something I've been using to impress people for years now and I'm kinda ticked off someone else came up with the same ideas. Lol great vid

[@davidho1258]

in "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", the neighbors gathered and started to speculate on what was going on. one of the kids claimed it was aliens buy the adults said it was just him reading too much comic books. they speculated to more ground reasons such as military or foreign countries. then at the end it revealed to be aliens.

[@Noodlemonkey7]

I’m in tears. I fear life equally as much as death and both are dreadfully frightening

[@elizasnow9661]

This video is strangely calming or comforting

[@kaylemkerr6989]

I suggest that anyone who likes Twilight Zone should give the short stories written by Richard Matheson a try (author of 'I Am Legend'). Some of his stories were turned into Twilight Zone episodes. P.s. Richard Matheson is one of main people who influenced Stephen King.

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[@Screened]

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You are a brilliant writer. The ending left me in chills.

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Same here this was extremely interesting to watch

[@TenaciousBuns]

When I watched this as a kid I just thought it was just a weird show, didn't know it was this deep... I think I'm gonna watch it again.

[@CondorCap]

I loved watching it again once I was older. It's an exceptional delve back through history, highlighting the cultural morals, values, fears, music, storytelling, etc of the 1960s America.

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[@ShamusTheTurtle]

I wish there was a movie of I have no mouth and I must scream, because hearing you analyze it would be simply amazing

[@oldladytrexarms]

They do have a rather interesting point 'n click pc game that I love. It's fairly cinema-esque and definitely pretty good at getting the horror across.

[@1Dub79]

OMG! This was a great video. A lot to pull from what was mentioned. I must admit. I’ve been watching Twilight Zone, since I was 6 or 7 and at 44, the theme music STILL scares me. I still haven’t seen every episode. Growing up, I used to watch single episodes on the local channel. Then, I used to watch marathons on Sci-Fi channel. Not long ago, they had it on Netflix. Twilight Zone is very unique because some episodes can be scary, but others can be thought provoking. Seems there’s something to gain from every episode.

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[@strings1586]

I don't mind death as a concept. A total unknown. The be-all end-all that no-one can escape. Gives you motivation to use your time more wisely and be less opinionated.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

I think maybe death is the meaning of life. We know there's an expiration date and that gives life value.

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[@locutusdborg126]

God is a human construct and Jesus is a standard savior myth. Otherwise, good comment.

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@@locutusdborg126 You'll not be the only one to lose your soul to sci-fi, O Foolish One, for it is you who are the "construct!"

[@drawnking5476]

Damn that quote at 5:20 gave me the chills

[@Liberator130]

Great video! I would also say that Twilight Zone is so much better than Black Mirror not only in terms of overall writing, but the fact they were willing to delve into the supernatural rather than only sci-fi.

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[@ReturnToNormal777]

For those persons who have the ability and capacity for compassion, analysis and critical thought, many episodes of The Twilight Zone could provide good instruction in overcoming some of the basest fears and anxieties in todays world! Very well done, Thank You!!!

[@radioactive_angel]

This explains everything I love about The Twilight Zone!! Great video

[@Screened]

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[@grndragon7777777]

I wish I could forget the endings of the shows so I can be in shock and awe as I first was

[@doublefeature]

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