Top 10 Favorite Night Gallery Segments

[@brookswade5774]

I absolutely loved this series. It scared the crap out of me as a kid. We couldn’t wait for the new episode each week.

[@SirManfly]

Me too! I was a horror buff back then and this show was the coolest for a young teenager!! 😂

[@ko7577]

I wasn't born when it originally aired, but there were re-runs sometime in the late 70s/early 80s, so I watched them with my grandmother. She called scary shows "chillers" and Night Gallery was known as "the best chiller of them all." As a 5-7 year old, it was fascinating to me. To this day, I can't watch "The Cemetery" at night.

[@user-jh8ek6qd1z]

My favorite was the one with, Roddy McDowall and The Cemetery 🪦👻👻👻👻

[@rmas32]

I’m so glad you included, “The Cemetery!” That one scared the crap out of me when I was a kid! I kept looking at the paintings in my home hoping the scenery didn’t move!

[@HarrietCraig323]

Omg “The Doll” ruined my life! 😱

[@NalaRichenbach]

Me too.

[@pennierkaide4985]

We lived across from an old cemetery and my room overlooked directly into it. That Cemetery episode scared me so bad, my parents switched rooms with me. It took over 30 years and some therapy to get over my cemetery fear.

[@TangoSierra888]

Yeah, I saw that episode as a kid, & out of all the episodes I saw, that’s the ONE episode I vividly remember!

[@melvinsimmons4947]

Thank you that is exactly the name I was trying to remember The Cemetery that was a good one

[@mattkoch692]

The Cemetery may be thee best television episode in history, regardless.

[@NalaRichenbach]

That episode terrified me when he kept looking at the painting. Back in the early 1970s this was scary. I miss those days.

[@jacklawer6389]

Scared the hell out of me

[@deborahchesser7375]

Absolutely the best one of all in my opinion too, damn that was creepy.

[@eddysgaming9868]

That episode burned itself into my memory. Frightening as hell to watch when I was little.

[@deborahchesser7375]

I can’t remember exactly what year it was, 72’-74’ I guess so I’d have been 6-8 and damn did it scare the shit outta me 😆

[@thomasmoshier3920]

“The Sins of the Fathers” starring Richard Thomas should be on this list. Truly terrifying!

[@thomasmoshier3920]

@@susanb2015 if you haven’t seen it, it’s worth a look.

[@willmar3212]

I remember it. The Serling end was truly disturbing. Because of it, I did not eat meals at funerals from the age of eight to fifteen.

[@royallison5307]

The Sin Eater

[@gaildoughty6799]

Omg I remember it vividly today. Terrifying and weird.

[@jacquelinecallejas1390]

That one truly hit hard because Richard's character was backstabbed by his own mother. He didn't deserve his fate. Most of the people who come to bad ends in this show are bad so you don't feel so bad when they get messed up.

[@kristymerrill2496]

The Caterpillar episode is why I have a minor phobia for ear wigs. The Cemetery episode gave me nightmares as a kid. Thanks for sharing.

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Ha ha I can relate. I've never been the biggest fan of bugs or creepy crawlers myself either. Thanks Kristy!

[@maurenegarza6427]

“So I squeezed it.“

[@nancyhammons3594]

Don't feel too bad about the ear wig thing. I saw that episode in 1972 and every night since then, I'm 68, I've slept with a blanket or sheet over whichever ear is up. Even now that I've retired, if I nap in the recliner, I cover both ears with a hoodie. 😮

[@jeanmank6342]

That was a rough one!

[@marsh443]

​@@nancyhammons3594🤣

[@starmnsixty1209]

One can argue that Night Gallery represents the truly dark side of Rod Serling's imagination.

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

That is a great point. The stories he wrote or adapted for this series often were darker. The series itself overall was far more focused on straight horror.

[@robertmcpherson1617]

He also explored humor a lot in this show.

[@matsumoku1]

@@robertmcpherson1617 actually the humor vignettes were the result of someone else involved in production. Serling didn't like them and they clashed throughout the series. In the end most people like the show and the humor and Serling was basically "wrong".

[@robertmcpherson1617]

@@matsumoku1 I did not know that. Thank you! I am one of those people who liked the whole show, humorous bits and all.

[@wc3617]

Rod Serling was a genius at the macabre.

[@earldriskill3505]

He would've made Edgar Allen Poe proud.

[@grumpyoldwizard]

I watched these on TV with my Grandmother. Some of them have stuck around with me even to this day. Now my wife is going to kill me. I scratched the itch and bought a disc set of the whole series. I blame you!😉

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Hey Grumpy Old Wizard, hope you have been well! Ha ha, well hey I always love to hear I've inspired some physical media purchases...the ones that anger the wives however.....those I take zero responsibility for. 😉😂😂

[@SmokeD-dl2ju]

This show is truly ahead of its class 🌺🌺😍😎😎😆😁💯💯💯😋🙏☮️🙏🙏☮️☮️

[@JohnVKaravitis]

FYI, your so-called wife was already planning to kill you, regardless.

[@chrismead1464]

Me as well.

[@mrs.rucker2448]

I still get scared when I think about the episode with the crawling hand at the end.

[@beng2427]

To me, the scariest theme song of all time.

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

It's a great song. The music throughout the show is pretty solid actually. That first theme song is my favorite.

[@Ewwtuba]

The creation of the theme is interesting in itself, if you'd venture to look it up. :-)

[@archstanton4365]

​@@Ewwtuba Gil Mellé

[@violetfemme411]

My beautiful mother LOVED horror...movies, books et al. I was born to take after her, and she allowed me to watch this series. She also passed on a book she loved, one you might recognize, called Carrie. Although still living she currently resides in an Alzheimers facility in another state. And although she no longer recognizes her children, she left me with her work ethic as well as her appreciation of all things creepy. Love ya mama, miss you heaps 💜

[@rachelstratman3071]

@@violetfemme411 what a beautiful legacy! I wish you much, peace, and all the horror you can find!

[@XperimentorEES]

Glad to see obscure classics haven't been entirely forgotten.

[@MrHominid2U]

I was 9. My mom let me stay up to watch Night Gallery even though it was a school night. I have them all on DVD.

[@HarrietCraig323]

Same!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Best years ever!

[@Bat_Boy]

OMG, same. My mom wasn't too thrilled, but let me anyway.

[@HarrietCraig323]

@@Bat_Boy haha we would BEG them to let us stay up and watch it and then we’d be too scared to go to bed’

[@barcham]

My favourite episode was the first episode of the first show, after the pilot, called 'The Dead Man' about a man who could be hypnotized to display the symptoms of any disease, but he returns to normal once the doctor pounds out a code on the table. Unfortunately, he is also having an affair with the doctor's wife, and the doctor finds out. That leads to the doctor hypnotizing him to emulate death, but the doctor 'forgets' the proper code to wake him again. The wife eventually listens to a tape of the session and discovers the real knocking code to bring him back, but too much time has passed and when she runs to the grave to awaken him, what comes back is a decaying living corpse. I watched it in the original run of the series and to this day, I still remember the pattern it took to bring him back, that is how much that episode has remained a part of me.

[@jamesbrice6619]

We watched that episode when it aired and it scared the crap out of me. I think her running through the cemetery shrieking was terrifying. The last shot was mind blowing.

[@user-yq2zi5iz9i]

Tap-tap-tap...tap-tap...

[@pennierkaide4985]

I never heard of that episode but it sounds awesome!

[@machtnichtsseimann]

Yup. "The Dead Man" is in my Top 10.

[@wc3617]

I especially liked the episode with Roddy McDowell. His facial expressions were epic.

[@waltbohan]

Stayed up with my sisters past midnight back in the early 70s to watch this. I was surprised Green Fingers wasn't one of your top 10. "Everything I plant grows.EVERYTHING!"

[@crs290]

That episode freaked out a 10 year-old me.

[@waltbohan]

Did those earthy legs spook ya?

[@bennyh4950]

The roddy mcdowell episode still creeps me out. My fav of them all.

[@seank.9764]

People forget what a great actor he was. I remember how sad I was when I heard he had died. RIP Peter Vincent, Vampire Killer!

[@ginafloresvaldez5262]

My favorite one too

[@archstanton4365]

Mr. Jeremy and faithful Portifoy...

[@kalynvogl7568]

OH, I LOVED THESE SHOWS!!!…ALSO ONE STEP BEYOND,THE SIXTH SENSE,TWILIGHT ZONE,ETC!!!….THE BEST SHOWS EVER!!!

[@JavierMartinez-um1uo]

I was a kid in the 70'S l remember watching all these shows ! but l watched them all in Spanish !

[@archstanton4365]

Do you remember Circle of Fear?

[@Memo-nd6fj]

Don't forget the Outer Limits! I have both the Outer Limits and Night Gallery on DVD. Going to watch all again. Since there is basically nothing to watch on TV anymore.

[@sharkob]

Night Gallery was one of my favorite scary series to watch. I'm surprised that more people didn't mention "The Doll". That episode left me shaken as a kid. The ending raised the hair on my arms and I did have nightmares the night that I saw it. That doll was truly a terrifying figure!

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

The ending for that one is chilling as hell. Much thanks for the watch & comment sharkrob! Be well!

[@tiredofstupidpeople4111]

Right? As a little girl, with dolls, a bedroom at the top of the stairs and some brothers who loved to scare me by turning the light off when I was halfway up them, this episode was terrifying! I still hurry up the stairs and turn around when I get to the top to make sure she's not sitting there or following me! And do not get me started on that Zuni Doll from Trilogy of Terror!

[@maryeckel9682]

The Doll scarred me for life!

[@LanceUppercut78]

The Cemetery is one of the scariest things I've ever seen as a kid. Gave me so many nightmares. I actually haven't seen most of this list, I'll have to check them out.

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

I could see that one easily giving any kid nightmares....its creepy as hell. Much thanks for e watch & comment! Be well!

[@starmnsixty1209]

Be prepared for pure terror.

[@grainnegowen5758]

This series freaked me out as a kid so memorable

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

I hear you, it's easy to see why. Many are genuinely creepy even as an adult.

[@matthewparker8607]

​@@FeverDreamlandTheaterEspecially the episode about the monster in the basement that beat that artist down and it turns out he was a monster as well.😊

[@drumdad54sdl47]

Any of them with Joanna Pettit are noteworthy.

[@seank.9764]

Agreed. She was a beautiful girl! Love “House” with her dreamily driving a large convertible and her lovely blonde hair waving in the wind. Remember it from when I was a kid along with so many of the other classic episodes. This one is interesting because the house depicted in the episode always reminded me of the Sharon Tate murder house. And in a cruel twist of fate, Pettit was Sharon’s lunch guest at the house on the afternoon just prior to the murders. She was one of the last people to see Sharon alive!

[@mariemorgan7759]

​@@seank.9764 Yes, I remember The House. I never thought about it, but the actual house did resemble the one on Ceilo Drive.

[@personaking7844]

You should see her now

[@ko7577]

@@personaking7844 I have no doubt that she's just as beautiful now. Even at 81, alpha women like that always have a mystique and beauty about them that never fades. It's in their eyes.

[@flleathercop]

The joan crawford segment is legendary

[@mckady4869]

Directed by a young Steven Spielberg.

[@paulforder591]

"Cool Air" was a terrifying story. Watch for that shocker ending! Scared me as a kid.

[@ericwaldo5034]

I really loved the fish-head episode! I sure do miss the simpler times. Thx for the flashback.

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Hey Eric! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DJ-dw3gl]

Oh!! The one with monkey’s paw!! Am I right?

[@cadewarrencns]

Conrad Aiken's original short story "Silent Snow Secret Snow" is one of the greatest English stories on its own merits, for sure, but the Night Gallery adaptation is one of the greatest cinematic short films ever made, period, end of story. It's a masterpiece amongst many other NG masterpieces. But I wanted to single out my favorite one-two punch on NG: "The House" & "Certain Shadows On The Wall". Two of the greatest ghost stories in TV history, paired together. Finally, NG is a whole damn catalogue of almost every 60s/70s actress I've had crushes on throughout my life! Sandra Dee, Leslie Ann Warren, Joanna Pettit, Susan Strasberg, Diane Baker, Michele Lee, Jeanette Nolan, Linda Marsh, Louise Sorel, Maureen Arthur, Deidre Hall, Susan Oliver, Carol Lynley, Donna Douglas, Lois Nettleton, Lana Wood, Tisha Sterling, Joan Van Ark, Lindsay Wagner, Kathryn Hays... WOW! What a phenomenally casted show. The recent bluray NG sets are stunningly beautiful, and with a remarkable number of quality, informative commentaries if you're into those like I am.

[@cadewarrencns]

Forgot to mention: You know a show/movie is doing something right if it has the good sense to cast both Jeanette Nolan & Agnes Moorhead, two of the greatest actresses in cinematic history. They were astonishing talents who paved the way for other brilliant actresses like Ellen Burstyn.

[@seank.9764]

You’re right about Silent Snow. So well done and narrated by Orson Welles to boot. The kid was played by Radames Pera who many will recognize from scores of 70s shows. Remember young “grasshopper” from Kung Fu? Another great series!

[@jamesbrice6619]

The House is my favorite episode. Excellently directed by John Astin, it is mind blowing. Silent Snow, Secret Snow is one of the best things ever presented on television.

[@chrislindsay3104]

"Silent Snow, Secret Snow" was about autism. There is a serious black & white movie that was made about it somewhere on the internet prior to NG. Night Gallery took it to a different level though.

[@jamesbrice6619]

@@chrislindsay3104 I did not know that! I always thought it was about schizophrenia.

[@DJ-dw3gl]

Do you remember the one with the kid hiding in his room being taunted by kids on the street “Ugly ugly ugly freak freak freak” They pan to his face and his head looks like it’s covered with candle wax drippings. His parents decide to enroll him in the a planetary exchange program where when he arrives he runs into really good looking guy who just stares and him and says “ I hope things work out better for you than they did for me” Cut to two girls giggling about how cute the exchange student is, and they look just like him.

[@jwhuggins]

Love that one: Different From The Others--it's cool to see their 1970's,version of the future.

[@paulforder591]

DJ, the episode in question is The Different Ones--Rod Serling wrote the script, and is a good example of society's intolerance of those born disfigured. They also used stock footage from Fahrenheit 451, which was released in 1966. 🐱

[@rociomiranda5684]

A Question of Fear is a masterpiece of psychological terror. Love this list.

[@proggerjohn]

Yep. I always thought A Question of Fear was THE Scariest Night Gallery episode ever. It was classic early 70's horror IMO. I also like the revenge factor.

[@debrakish9659]

I love all those that everyone has mentioned but there's also "The Big Surprise" with John Carradine and "I'll Never Leave You, Ever" with Lois Nettleton. The image of that creepy witch that carved the creepy voodoo doll has stayed with me all my life. I guess it'll never leave me, ever.

[@user-yx8cx6bg1g]

I LOVED "The Big Surprise"! Such a great story! One that did indeed surprise my little mind when I watched it in the early 70s! I was 6 years old in 1972, and "BIG SURPRISE" gave me delicious nightmares! Such a good, and frightening short one. And at that time, I was the age of those 3 kids too! 😬 John Carradine is THE perfect actor for this classic! **And how about that other fantastic episode ender (even shorter), "Professor Peabody's Last Lecture," with Carl Reiner as the dramatic professor who, after reading from the Book of The Dead to his class (while ominous winds and storms are blowing windows open), his voice getting louder and more urgent!....builds and builds until w/a crash of lightning ⚡ his head morphes into something... that scared me to death at that age! I used to think that his head turned into spaghetti. And finally, I can't believe I haven't seen anyone mention "FEAST OF BLOOD" with Clint Eastwood's soon to be wife as the young girl, who succumbs to a giant rat-like monster (which morphed from the cursed broach clipped on her dress) while she walked home after an argument, on a lonely dark road. And YES! That witch from "I'll Never Leave You..." I love witches to begin with and that image stayed with me as well! I mean, look, the poster of this clip, at the start, talks about Night Gallery being more about fright and the macabre...which is what I liked about it. Well, these 3 (BIG SURPRISE, PROFESSOR...& FEAST OF BLOOD) are a triple feature of straight up fear and macabre, whereas most of them aren't. All three, for me, rank right up there with the very best of freaky, scary Night Gallery! *Oh, and here's the other quite scary thing about the show, and it's not even an episode or short... the THEME INTRO! With it's eerie, scary music and the bizarre, frightening imagery! Brilliant! I used to dare myself I watch that intro back then, and in many instances, I just didn't make it! Marc ⚡

[@michiganjfrog366]

My favorite episodes are The Cemetery, Green Fingers, Sins of Your Father, and Brenda... Although there are so many more that we never missed an episode, these four always stood out to me as a little kid watching them with my big brothers and sisters

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Wow so far it seems the one I see mainly popping up across everyone's lists is The Cemetery. I feel like that may be the most popular one in the whole series.

[@jamesbrice6619]

Brenda is my second favorite episode after The House.

[@earldriskill3505]

Green Fingers scared me to death as a kid.The old lady coming back to life, from a chopper off finger she plants. Sitting there in her rocking chair, covered in vines, then saying, "Everything I plant, grows."

[@muffinman9462]

i remember the mirror...where a old man takes the paint off a old mirror unveiling a prehistoric land beyond...he traps zaza gabor...(an 60s actress) behind the mirror and paint over it sealing her to her doom.....classic stuff

[@caprenticus]

This was the one I was going to say. The Painted Mirror.

[@4ucarla885]

@@caprenticus I remember that one too.

[@ricknorman7193]

In Serlings debut movie from 1969, i loved the episode where Richard Kiley was a Nazi on the run , in South America and he has to project himself into a painting. Remember the far out ending? Mind blowing!

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Hey Rick, that was such a powerful story. I referenced it in my review of a 'Twilight Zone' that covered similar subject matter; 'Deaths Head Revisited'.

[@kathyd456]

I believe it was called The Escape Route. I had first read it in an anthology of Night Gallery stories. It was amazing, and with a good imagination, the scene with the gallery security at the end had me sleeping with the lights on for almost a week! And I had read it quite a few times. (Electricity was cheaper when I was a teen... 😄) I finally got to see it on DVD about 6 or 7 years back and it did not disappoint.

[@user-ye4ru8wg8f]

I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s and Night Gallery was one of my favorite shows to watch. It was delightfully creepy!

[@imbatman3620]

Me too ✋ 💯😎

[@courtneywallace871]

When I was a kid the one where Elsa Lanchester does not want to give up her house always freaked me out.

[@josephwilliams3738]

Green Fingers…yeah that one stayed with me as a kid

[@user-up2yz7tj2l]

My favorite segment is "The Devil Is Not Mocked". Nazis vs. Count Dracula. Great concept!

[@kyereCat]

The shadow in the walls; The boy who predict earthquake; The Sins of the Fathers; The Caterpillar are my favorites.

[@user-yx8cx6bg1g]

I LOVED "The Big Surprise"! Such a great story! One that did indeed surprise my little mind when I watched it in the early 70s! I was 6 years old in 1972, and "BIG SURPRISE" gave me delicious nightmares! Such a good, and frightening short one. And at that time, I was the age of those 3 kids too! 😬 John Carradine is THE perfect actor for this classic! **And how about that other fantastic episode ender (even shorter), "Professor Peabody's Last Lecture," with Carl Reiner as the dramatic professor who, after reading from the Book of The Dead to his class (while ominous winds and storms are blowing windows open), his voice getting louder and more urgent!....builds and builds until w/a crash of lightning ⚡ his head morphes into something... that scared me to death at that age! I used to think that his head turned into spaghetti. And finally, I can't believe I haven't seen anyone mention "FEAST OF BLOOD" with Clint Eastwood's soon to be wife as the young girl, who succumbs to a giant rat-like monster (which morphed from the cursed broach clipped on her dress) while she walked home after an argument, on a lonely dark road. And That Witch from "I'll Never Leave You..." I love witches to begin with and the image of her stays with you! I mean, look, the poster of this clip, at the start, talks about Night Gallery being more about fright and the macabre...which is what I liked about it. Well, these 3 (BIG SURPRISE, PROFESSOR...& FEAST OF BLOOD) are a triple feature of straight up fear and macabre, whereas most of them aren't. All three, for me, rank right up there with the very best of freaky, scary Night Gallery! *Oh, and here's the other quite scary thing about the show, and it's not even an episode or short... the THEME INTRO! With it's eerie, scary music and the bizarre, frightening imagery! Brilliant! I used to dare myself I watch that intro back then, and in many instances, I just didn't make it! Marc ⚡

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Hey Marc! I agree, the theme song for this show was amazing. Regarding 'The Big Surprise' I feel the same about many 80's horror movies. They really stuck with me. Especially ones which featured kids around my age at that time. Good stuff. Thanks for sharing, be well!

[@user-yx8cx6bg1g]

@@FeverDreamlandTheater Heh! I know what you mean! When you watch movies that involve people you're own age (esp when you're young) you do tend to connect more with the cinema. **Funny, you said that about 80s films, because I was a teenager then (14-21 from '80-'87) and we all know that golden age of slashers, and horror movies in general from that time. It was not only the "golden era," but most of them featured teenagers and young adults. So obviously, those really connected with me as well. ---> Like taking my girlfriend to see "A Nightmare On Elm St." at an old fashioned 2-movie theater upon release. This is when Freddie was new & actually scary, not a jokester. You know with the stretching arms and comments like "THIS, is God!," followed by the maniacal laugh and the big eyes! Plus all the other surreal frights of that excellent first one. Sooooo, when that 1st film ended, we had to walk out the "side door Exit" (from inside the theater)...a closed-in spot...through a puddle and up a metal staircase to the parking lot. The fear was palpable! Not only due to the film being trippy and frightening, but also due to our age (we were 17-18, and both felt that palpable connection!) Marc

[@LauraHenderson-wx6xy]

This show scared the crap out of me. I never missed an episode. 😄👍

[@sandraweilbrenner67]

I always loved the paintings ❤

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Agreed, beautiful work from artists Tom Wright and Jeroslav Gebr. There's a book I'll likely buy which covers their work from the show.

[@Ease54]

I recall seeing the originals come up for sale every now and then back in the day. Beyond my means then unfortunately.

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

@@Ease54 oooh man, I hear you, that would be amazing to have an original though.

[@workablob]

I appreciate that you didn't give away the endings.

[@tbrackett8389]

The intro to Night Gallery gave me the creeps when I was a kid.

[@robertminor3967]

My brother and I watched this show when we were kids. Scared the heck out of us!

[@hendrix2763]

Rod Serling rocked.

[@bbbnnnlll]

These are all great episodes. I also remember liking the one with Elsa Lanchester, and that one with the kid who finds a monster in a pit. Now I wanna revisit the series myself...

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Yeah its a fun series overall, with something for everyone - well worth a fresh watch! Much thanks for the comment, have a good one!

[@michiganjfrog366]

The episode was called Green Fingers. "Everything grows even me" 😁

[@starmnsixty1209]

​@@michiganjfrog366I recall its original showing all these years later.

[@a_Cynthia_Main]

Green Fingers haunted me. I remember seeing it late night on TV not knowing what the hell it was I was watching. Then after the weird ending, the channel signed off. I just sat there stunned. 😳

[@davidschaadt3460]

That was a favorite . It was sad ,also.

[@brada1136]

Also loved the short segments. There was one with Carl Reiner, as a skeptic professor, reading a spell in a classroom and when he's done, he turns into a plant creature. Segment was 2-3 minutes. In the same episode there was a slightly longer one where kids are scarred of an old neighbor. For some reason (don't remember why) they dig a hole in his yard and he comes popping out.

[@billr3053]

“The Girl with the Hungry Eyes”

[@willmar3212]

Death on a Barge.

[@capsizebrian]

yes yes yes

[@proggerjohn]

Yep. Joanna Pettet was a looker back in the day.

[@billr3053]

@@proggerjohn Oh, that’s who she is! In Casino Royale (1967) I could have sworn it was Diana Rigg. But credits say Pettet. She was mesmerizing. IMDb says she was in four Night Gallery episodes. Plus one Banacek.

[@mcbear2543]

I was 11 or so when Night Gallery debuted and I never missed an episode! These are excellent choices but Joan Crawford in “Eyes” and Patty Duke in “The Diary” are two of my all time favourites. Love your reviews ❤! Great work and so well done. Thank you 😊

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Much thanks MCBear, I appreciate the kind words! "Eyes" and “The Diary” were great as well, both also had such memorable conclusions.

[@tsrbrad]

"Big Surprise" scared the crap out of me.

[@betelguese3909]

I agree. As a 11 year old kid scared the crap outta me too.

[@chrislindsay3104]

Same here--I was 13 then and John Carradine was a creepy old dude. Now I'm 66 and I scare the crap out of myself. lol

[@angelag669]

I am not surprised "The Caterpillar" is on this list. That episode has stayed with me all these years. I loved this show when I was young and often watched it with my sisters.

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Hey Angela, thanks for sharing! I think that one is popular among fans, it's east to see why, it stays with you for sure. Be well!

[@chrispacer4231]

17 JULY 2024….. I LOVED THIS SHOW I watched as much as I could NOW I HAVE TO FIND THIS SHOW ( streaming ) Or buy the series on DVD …. THANKS MAN !!!!!!!!

[@dhaucoin]

I agree that, 'The Cemetery' is one of the creepiest, scariest segments ever put to screen. Watching McDowell decend into madness was terrifying. On a lighter note, one of my favorite memories was, 'Hell's Bells,' starring John Astin as a hippie who dies, and is shown his 'forever afterlife'. It's a 5min hoot, yet it gave me one of the most profound insights into the dichotomy of Heaven & Hell, and it sticks with me to this day.

[@richardvinsen2385]

“Hell’s Bells” is probably my favorite. The ending is quite surprising and funny.

[@brianew]

That's right. One man's hell is another one's heaven. Did 'Night Gallery' have shorts as well, or is that a false memory for me?

[@dhaucoin]

@@brianew The show typically had two stories per episode. If there was time needed filling, there was the occasional 'quickie' to fill the gap. 'Hell's Bells' was one; it came in under 10min, as I recall.

[@brianew]

@@dhaucoin Thanks!

[@rachelstratman3071]

@@dhaucoin one of my favorite parts of Hells bells was when the cleaning lady kept popping in and calling him a slob!

[@DJHolte]

I mainly watched this show as a kid. Plenty of nightmares ensued, lol. But back then, the scariest segments for me were The Caterpillar and Green Fingers.

[@proggerjohn]

1) Midnight Never Ends 2) Camera Obscura 3) Cool Air So many to choose from really. Good memories...though sometimes unsettling.

[@Plowlady222]

In the 70's, we'd turn off the lights & everyone jumped on the furniture (no feet over the edge) & you were the safest one when someone shared the big chair with you

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

😄 Hey now that sounds awesome! Fun memories.

[@quiltguy1906]

"Escape Route" is my favorite, because it is suspenseful, well done and an absorbing morality tale. The cast includes some mighty fine actors: - Richard Kiley( the Nazi death camp guard) starred in "Man of La Mancha" on Broadway. He was in numerous films and TV shows. -Sam Jaffe(the concentration camp survivor) made many movies, among them "The Day the Earth Stood Still," "Gunga Din" and the original "Lost Horizon." Probably his most famous role was in the TV series "Ben Casey," as the elderly physician Dr. Zorba. -Norma Crane(the prostitute who mocks Kiley's character's search for solace) played Golda, Tevye's wife, in the film "Fiddler on the Roof." A fine actress whose promising career was cut short due to cancer.

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Thanks quiltguy. I'm always interested in where we've seen these performers before. Often I mainly know of given performers from 1 or 2 parts, so its always facinating to see their other projects.

[@ranchokitty1]

don't forget Sam Jaffe in The Asphalt Jungle!

[@rachelstratman3071]

I’ve been wondering the name of this episode for sometime… Thanks for filling in all the blanks for me.

[@kathyd456]

I read the story when I was a teen, we had a book of Night Gallery stories from the shows. It stunned me, and it was so good that I slept with the lights on more than once because it was too good a story to not read again, and again.

[@eddysgaming9868]

Thank you for gathering these episodes. This is a classic horror show from my childhood. The theme music and those paintings were enough to send chills down my spine. Not every story was as good as these. But, you've gathered some of the best.

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

I hear you, for every show out there; there's some misses, but this one has many hits for sure. Thanks for the watch & comment Eddy! Be well!

[@ladyjatheist2763]

my mother and I used to watch Night Gallery together. I was born in 1969. :D She also read Poe to me in the womb.... it explains a lot. :D

[@rachelstratman3071]

I did the same with my mom born in 1966. I was the only one of the kids that seem to be interested in sci-fi, or any of the night gallery shows. I was also the only one of the kids that became an insomniac, because I was scared to close my eyes! Lol.

[@ladyjatheist2763]

@@rachelstratman3071 lol... I learned how to lucid dream. I wasn't about to sacrifice my sleep. :D

[@rachelstratman3071]

@@ladyjatheist2763 not sure what ‘lucid dream’ means, but I eventually reasoned that it wasn’t real and was able to sleep at night.

[@ladyjatheist2763]

@@rachelstratman3071 Lucid dreaming i when you're in the dream but aware that its a dream and so you learn to take control of it.

[@BOOMER-DAD]

Night gallery was very cool. Rod Serling was my favorite TV writer. I bought the DVD collection very groovy

[@NalaRichenbach]

I was in jr. high when this series came out. My sister, mom and myself would watch this every week. We looked forward to it. We also watched the scary movies of the week they had back then. Watching TV was so much fun on those days.

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Very cool, sounds like some fun memories Nala, much thanks for the comment & sharing! : )

[@TheGr00ve]

My top 10 would probably only have about 3 of these in it, but I respect your choices. Portifoy!

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Portifoy! 😁👍

[@rong7496]

The one where the guy was hypnotized to imitate certain diseases/afflictions, and (ultimately) death, itself.

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

The Dead Man! Another very solid entry the series. 👍

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

That starred Burgess Meredith and (l think)Cameron Mitchell.

[@rumrstv]

That's one of my very favorite episodes. Along with Silent Snow, Secret Snow.

[@bobkarlik4056]

Cemetery I remember watching it as kid. Still haunting

[@adrionjones]

Well chosen. The Cemetery was my favorite.

[@thekeyofimagination]

I was so hoping “The Cemetery” would make the list, and I was not disappointed. Awesome job!

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Joe! whats up man, hope you have been well & thanks for popping in from the Zone. For me, The Cemetery was the easiest pick for this list...it was actually number one by default for some time too. Much thanks for the kind words!

[@geraldmartin7703]

The segment is a reworking of "The Mezzotint", the short ghost story by M.R. James, published in 1904.

[@geraldmartin7703]

For another run through of the basic story, see "The Witches" (1990). The haunted painting is only a small, sad element of the movie.

[@thomasrobinson182]

Mine: The Flip-Side of Satan, Marmalade Wine, A Fear of Spiders and The Other Way Out.

[@BlackSpineHorror]

I always look forward to your videos. Episodes I enjoyed were Green Fingers, and The Little Black Bag (it was great to see Burgess Meredith in another Serling show).

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Much thanks, I appreciate the kind words! I also agree, anything with Meredith is well worth a watch.

[@starmnsixty1209]

This was an addition of a story by Henry Kuttner, I think.

[@blackcrowvol2281]

The Cemetery was the one that creeped me out.🤣

[@jonesy9035]

I used to love this show when I was in high school! I thought no one else remembered it. I was so glad to see this! Thank you so much!

[@rkrueger8009]

I love the cemetery episode the most😀

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Especially that ending! 😀

[@VanessaSellers40]

The cemetery will always be my favorite

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

A great choice, such an excellent way to kick start the series.

[@walterfechter8080]

"Pickman's Model," "Death on A Barge" and "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar."

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

More solid entries, especially "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar." 👍

[@walterfechter8080]

@@FeverDreamlandTheater Thanks!

[@timriley4543]

Pickman's Model is my favorite NG episode and that's coming from Tim Riley.

[@walterfechter8080]

@@timriley4543 👍

[@laurametheny1008]

​@@timriley4543Oh yes! I've seen that several times recently. But I didn't realize it was Night Gallery. It was uploaded without that info I guess. Thank you!😃

[@sandraweilbrenner67]

My favorite horror TV show

[@tracycraft2546]

Oh! The cemetery is my all time favorites!! I still think of that episode to this day! Simply brilliantly written!

[@ajh6354]

I remember the cemetery and the earwig from 50 years ago. Had not seen them since. Scary stuff for a 1970s, 10 year old.

[@schizoidboy]

My favorite that will stay with me was the third segment of the Pilot TV movie. I forget the title but it involved a Nazi commander of a death camp who is hiding in Argentina. He's being hunted and gets spotted by a former inmate at the camp. I love the lines in that one. "A concentration camp can be a university" and "...You have put too many Christs on crosses for any God to give you an audience..." The Nazi sees a picture of a man in a boat and he stares at it imagining himself in the picture. The short of it is that it doesn't work the way he wants it too. It is a rich morality play that asks a scary question of to what point does salvation become unattainable.

[@dancingnature]

Iirc that was the one with Maximilian Schell . That was my favorite too

[@NalaRichenbach]

That was the painting with the fisherman in the row boat....Richard Kiley played the Nazi guy.

[@christystewart4567]

Thank you. I was hoping to see a mention of that episode.

[@redhedkev1]

I just made a post about this episode ( "Escape Route" ).... I couldn't believe that it didn't get mentioned. Scrolling down quite a ways before I found your post. It's my number one pick.

[@davidsilverstein7509]

Richard Riley was the nazi

[@marsh443]

I remember this phase of RS' TV endeavors. While fine work, they came away as weak, knock-off RS labor. Nothing more. Separately, TZ' can & are binged on endlessly & enjoyed tremendously. Viewers always come away in awe of each well-written, well-acted extraordinary episode. Truly, precious programming.

[@TheGlssr60]

"The Cemetery" was the best IMHO. "The Dead Man" was also one of my favorites. A squib from that particular episode was used in "Night Gallery's" opening sequence. The one I probably liked the least was "Big Surprise".

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

"Surprise!" Good thing I did not see that when I was younger, it would have freaked me out.

[@lauramurillotovar811]

Good selection. I'd change some for "Green fingers", "Someone in the Woodwork", "Pickman's model", "The House" and "The Dead Man", (which resembles some Poe's story: "The facts in the case of Mr. Valdemar"). I was about 10 when watched this series. I loved it. Remember some other stories, like "Brenda", "Certain Shadows on the Wall", "Lone Survivor", "Professor Peabody's Last Lecture", "The Painted Mirror", and "A Feast of Blood", that shocked me. Thanks for sharing and made me remember. Best whishes from Mexico.

[@mybachhertzbaud3074]

The cemetery episode is probably the one that has stuck with me. Thanks for reminding me of the title.😁

[@twilightzone-1959-4ever]

Top Night Gallery segments: 3-Messiah on Mott Street...2- The Little Black Bag...1- They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar(Emmy winner)!..

[@brianew]

''The Little Black Bag'' was awesome and I'm glad you mentioned ''Messiah on Mott Street'' w/ Edward G Robinson.

[@archstanton4365]

Wow! Thanks so much for doing this one! Night Gallery is absolutely my all time favourite horror type TV show, it's hands down the best all around and I will never grow bored with it, so much gathered in these three seasons, most of it highly entertaining but all worth watching.

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Thanks Arch! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@marniekilbourne608]

My late father told me about this show. He enjoyed it when it was on tv and he knew I like all things macabre so I'm finally watching the show. I do really like it.

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

The best of the best were the girl who gets a jealous Doll. And that girl that brings swamp thing home 😂❤

[@tapeduk]

The scene between Joanna Pettet and Laurence Harvey is some of the greatest acting I've ever scene, the look she gives him after the "Slowing growing" double entendre.....Joanna Pettet and Laurence Harvey were good friends in real life

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Hey that's cool, I didn't know that. I also read that Harvey, who was already suffering from cancer and passed a year after this segment, went as fas as to stop taking his prescribed painkillers for the purposes of his scenes in this show.

[@tapeduk]

@@FeverDreamlandTheater Yes I read that in the Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After-Hours Tour book

[@PeterParker-nc5ke]

The opening titles and music scared the hell out of me as a kid. Channel 13 KCOP Los Angeles on Saturday nights.

[@chuffa1130]

Thank you for the review well done! Remember seeing these as reruns as a child in the late '70s, and completely horrified, I really think rod Sterling is a bona fide genius!

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Hey Chuffa! Glad you enjoyed it, thanks!

[@kimrunyan5106]

I loved The Night Gallery. Rod Serling was a genius! Thank you for sharing!

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Indeed he was. Glad you enjoyed it & much thanks for watching!

[@The53rrc]

Always liked this series. Rod Serling was the best.

[@ajh6354]

I appreciate human narration. AI sux. New subscriber.

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Well thank you, though I can't promise if the machines ever take over, I wont be taken over by AI. I'll put up a good fight though! 😀 Seriously, thanks for the sub, happy to have you here. Be well!

[@riverguy75]

The Cemetary, Eyes, Pickman's Model, Cool Air and A Feast of Blood are my all time favorite eps. Thanks again for another great video review. Your casual manner of speaking and also making jokes is what always makes me enjoy your videos! What was his name again....POTIFOY! 🤣🤣🤣 I also enjoyed you mentioning Leslie Nielsen and Fritz Weaver who also starred together in my all-time favorite movie CREEPSHOW. 🎃🎃👍💯👍🎃🎃

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Hey Riverguy! Much thanks for the kind words man! Yeah this one was a pleasure and its a bit different for me too. Also, I'm always happy to sneak in a Creepshow reference whenever I can! 🤜🤛 Be well bro!

[@riverguy75]

@@FeverDreamlandTheater Awesome! 😎

[@andrewkaye2108]

The Cemetary and The Doll had perfect double twist endings. Serling was the man!

[@user-kr1bi3bt8c]

My favorite was the segment where the spider refused to fully die. Every time it was killed, it just got bigger and bigger until it killed the people!

[@matthewparker8607]

That episode was called the fear of spiders. The part that got me was when that woman locked that man in the room with the monster spider.

[@user-kr1bi3bt8c]

@@matthewparker8607 YES!!! I remember now. Thank you!

[@paulforder591]

"A Fear of Spiders" was the first Night Gallery segment I remember seeing as a kid--it creeped me out!! 🫣🙀🙀🕷️🕷️🕸️🕸️

[@matthewparker8607]

@@paulforder591 Yes, especially creepy was the noise that the spider made when he first saw it in his bedroom.

[@strangemonkey90]

Okay, after watching this list and all of the star power behind this show, I think it's time to watch this series. Lol Great list!

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

SMR! No doubt, it is well worth checking out. There are so many segments so even it one isn't for you the next one likely will be perfect. Speaking of star power, Spielberg himself directed two segments as well. Thanks for popping by man, be well! 🤜🤛

[@chrisjohnston3405]

I remember an episode where a statue is stalking someone and shows up in their bedroom. Haven’t seen that episode since I was 7-8yo but scared me so much I’ve never forgotten it!

[@kathyd456]

That may be where the idea for the Doctor Who with those creepy angel statues came from... 😳

[@terriperry6820]

So many great actors, i loved this series,watched them as a teen 🤗 thanks for reminding me how much i loved them 😍

[@Phoenix85006]

This was my first time watching one of your videos and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was extremely well done and very thorough. Especially liked how you acknowledged the familiar faces in these segments. Looking forward to more of your videos! 👍👍

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Hey Phoenix, thanks for the kind words, and happy to have you here! Have a great day ahead!

[@kellyhoulton2998]

Gosh, I miss Rod Serling! I wasn't allowed to stay up and watch it, but my older sister would describe the stories in such detail that YEARS later I realized I knew what was going to happen! I have the first two seasons on DVD and am off to see if I can find all the others. The pilot episode with Roddy McDowell is a fav! Thanks for this!!

[@pallen49]

Kids nowadays will never get to 'feel' the joy of the 70's ( especially early 70s ) of when you're about 8 or 9 years old. Imagine it's late Friday night, no schools the next couple days so your parents let you stay up late to watch 'Friday Night Creature Feature' and the eerie theme of the Night Gallery' comes on your 8 inch black and white tv. The kind that has 'rabbit ear antennas ' lol....GOD, life was so good back then..

[@vanessajazp6341]

LOVED this show!! I was only a little kid when this series was on TV, but I remember it well.

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Hi Vanessa! That's good to hear, its been great hearing from so many fans of the series. I wish I had been able to see it when it initaly aired. Thanks for watching!

[@petergaynes9201]

I must have been about 5 years old when I saw The Doll episode and it scared the Hell out of me. It really stuck with me.

[@tapeduk]

I adore 'Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay' it's always been my # 1 favorite.....I also love Certain Shadows on the Wall, Cool Air, The Phantom Farmhouse, Last Rites of a Dead Druid, The House, Green Fingers, Return of the Sorcerer, Fright Night, and many others...........a great top ten list

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Hey Tapeduk, its been cool to see that 'Aunt Ada' is a favorite for others as well. Prior to this review I glanced at others lists here and there but I do not recall anyone saying this was their fav, so I assumed I might be alone, lol. Much thanks for the watch & comment! Be well!

[@tapeduk]

@@FeverDreamlandTheater I love everything about 'Aunt Ada', the cast, the music, and story......It's great to see so many 'Night Gallery' fans.....I think it's just as great as the Twilight Zone