Top 10 Creepiest Twilight Zone Moments

[@Aiur]

Nothing will ever compare to imagination, innovation and pure brilliance of this series and it's creator. Genres, movies and series have been created based off episodes.

[@YouBigDummy]

Aiur no need to overrate a show just because you have on your nostalgia glasses on.

[@Aiur]

I wasn't around for the original run so there is no rose colored glasses at work, i'm 29 and would honestly disagree, i'm a huge fan of sci fi anthologies - and have recently re watched every season of TTZ over the last few months and then some-from the outer limits to monsters to tales from the darkside to tales from the crypt and their more modern incarnations (ala black mirror) i'm a fan of it all i'm also something of a horror aficionado and have seen most films in the genre since the mid 60 starting with italian horror so i've seen how some of these ideas have grown to become standalone movie franchises and television series in their own right. i can say with the upmost confidence that not only does this series hold up, but it puts to shame most modern attempts. there is simply nothing comparable to the writing in that show.

[@Rilumai]

Damien Lu Have you watched the entire series? Everything that Aiur has said is absolutely correct. It's one of the greatest, if not _the_ greatest, television shows ever created.

[@thomasgangemi7259]

Damien Lu overrated? Get your millennial ass outta year.

[@corndog4848]

Often replicated, never duplicated. One of the single greatest television shows of all time.

[@TheRealest127]

To ME? The creepiest episode was about the Teenage girl who came from a rich family and who was arranged to marry the son of another rich family but she was in love with a rebellious bad boy. And every day she would go horseback riding down the road. Until one day she looks up the hill and sees somebody on a dark black horse wearing all dark black with a dark black hood on. And that person is yelling at her. Like they want to KILL Her. And then they start to chase after her full speed on their horse. So she starts to ride away in fear. And the person on the black horse is still chasing her. Screaming at the top of their lungs. But you can’t really hear what they’re saying. So this same thing happens over and over for the next few days. But the person on the black horse never catches up to her. So long story short the young girl ends up running off with the Bad boy instead of marrying the Rich Boy who is a Nice Guy. The scene cuts and you see an older woman living in a shack with a guy who is an abusive alcoholic bum. They argue like they do every day and that Woman runs out of the house and jumps on her horse. Her DARK BLACK Horse. She rides up the hill and looks down and sees a young girl on a horse looking up at her. She starts yelling “WAIT! Don’t Do it!” The young girl can’t hear her and looks terrified. She starts to chase after the young girl but the girl starts riding away. She keeps chasing her and yelling “DON’T DO IT!!” But the Girl is too fast. The older woman never catches her.... The Stranger On The Dark black horse was HER from the future. Trying to stop her YOUNGER Self from making the BIGGEST and WORST Mistake that would destroy her life FOREVER. CREEPIEST Episode EVER.

[@riverjunior3965]

KINGSEANFAME just reading this sumup scared me lol

[@eddylpark]

This sent chills down my spine

[@michaelmarriott9761]

That would actually be a cool movie to watch lol.

[@rdf4315]

KINGSEANFAME what episode is that?

[@Coyotek4]

"Spur of the Moment" was the name of this ep.

[@GIOVANNITH3G35FAN]

Just being filmed in black and white made it creepy

[@annapaulikonis2433]

G10VANN1 TH3 G35 FAN Its the film noir effect.

[@notsure6187]

in the early 60s color sets were alot more expensive than the late 60s. Beginning in the late 50s, a select few programs could be watched in color, but they were mostly animated movies. so basically it was pretty pointless to own a color TV till around 1965.

[@thudthud5423]

If they ever try to reboot this series again (I think they've tried twice), they ought to go black and white. Yeah, I know - why in the age of 4K HD would you have a B&W TV show?? But. the effect of it! A few years ago, they made a very good B&W movie about a silent film star fighting to keep his career alive "The Actor". It was in B&W, mostly silent and very good.

[@albear972]

@wulfgar3000 Color TV was around since 1954. 4+ years before the series started. And many other TV programs were filmed in black and white film while color was available as a cost cutting measure.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

everything was in black and white back then, dullard

[@jonathanlocke6404]

How about the one where astronauts crash on a barren asteroid or uncharted planet, and began to feud among themselves, mostly over the limited supply of water? One gradually begins to eliminate all the others to ensure his survival, only to finally come over a hill to find power lines, road signs, and a highway with traffic moving through the desert. They'd crashed back in the desert of the southwest United States, and been there the whole time.

[@bailysbeads2057]

JONATHAN LOCKE I Shot an Arrow into the Air

[@moonlit6311]

I loved that one!

[@dreday5880]

Inspiration for The Village

[@rjjcms1]

@@dreday5880 And perhaps a contributor towards Capricorn One in a way,too.

[@AntiWoke_Autistic]

I agree! Especially the scene where he shoots one of them and the bullet punctures the last cantene of water!

[@s93m66]

My favorite episode is when the Nazi goes back to the concentration camp and all of the prisoners get their revenge. While it wasn’t exactly creepy it definitely was awesome to watch!

[@jameswill6072]

😂😂 Just saw that one like 2-3 days ago that’s a good one.

[@sciblastofficial9833]

Jasmine M Deathshead Revisited

[@Scripturegirl.]

Karma.

[@akramgimmini8165]

Which Episode is It?

[@kyleshiflet9952]

It is a great example of karma

[@stephenschiffman5940]

What I love about The Twilight Zone is that it is timeless. A lot of shows from that era have become dated and hard to watch. But not The Twilight Zone. It is as enjoyable today as it was in 1959.

[@comicbookninja5268]

so true.

[@anastasiabeaverhausen8220]

Absolutely! Thanks to gorgeous black and white noir-ish cinematography. Effort, care, and nuance. Great writing, a lot of it from Serling, one of the greatest writers in tv history. Great casting and acting and directing. My all-time favorite series since childhood when I watched it first-run.

[@bobbyslater1198]

Someone above commented that The Twilight Zone stole ideas from today's movies and shows. Must have had a time machine.

[@billanthony7896]

Stephen T- Because of the writing. It irks me when someone uses the expression, "It Was Ahead Of It's Time." Really? In what way? There were plenty of good television shows in that same time period. The ones that stand out, even today, are the ones that employed good writers. Good writing is timeless!

[@jamessmithe5490]

Because Rod Serling was a genius.

[@deedeesnicks]

Rod Serling was a storytelling genius, even though he died young he left a true legacy behind

[@MeanBeanComedy]

Poor bastard had one of the worst lives ever, too! 😕

[@BlighterProductions]

All of the greats on earth go early, unfortunately.

[@suzanner8360]

@Brandon Sutton wait until you’re 50. Trust me, you will not be old.

[@thedude8457]

@@MeanBeanComedy what was so bad about his life?

[@andrewsmith3257]

More like middle-aged 🙄

[@orchidrose1410]

My favorite Twilight Zone episode is “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” it’s one of the storylines that is timeless, just as relevant today as it was back then.

[@rynegreen7902]

Shark Snack I know, I love the episode. It send a chill down my spine by seeing the neighborhood tear itself apart

[@jonathanbethards3689]

The one about the fallout shelter and the neighbors is awesome too, one of my faves.

[@robertpolanco1973]

@Shark Snack - The title was "The Monsters are DUE on Maple Street." Not "Die."

[@orchidrose1410]

Robert Polanco 😂 thanks didn’t realize my autocorrect changed that! lol stupid autocorrect, that could have been embarrassing!

[@rageknight]

Yeah that one was good

[@Avicenna10]

This show was so far ahead of its time, it's ridiculous. And for that matter, I can't think of anything since that surpasses it. Virtually all of its episodes still hit home today, with a good number of them carrying a strong humanitarian message/warning, but one that never feels heavy-handed towards the viewer. Even though we've seen every episode multiple times, my wife and I still binge watch hours and hours of Rod Serling's masterpiece at least a couple of weekends a year. Absolutely brilliant man. RIP Mr. Serling. I hope you are now enjoying your own time in...The Twilight Zone.

[@TheAuntieBa]

A dear friend grew up in upstate NY and Rod Serling was a summer neighbor and friend of his father’s. Smoked like a fiend, but was very sociable and friendly. He said he ‘tricked’ the network into Twilight Zone in order to make thought-provoking morality plays.

[@graceskerp]

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. We need that lesson today more than ever. "Fear is the mind killer."

[@patrickperry6945]

Grace Skerp Dune.

[@DylDane]

It was definitely for it's time

[@luvzfrance24]

Talking Tina is Chucky’s grandmother.

[@pennynorthcutt5833]

Lol

[@BillAndInna]

My name is talky Tina and I'm gonna bake some cookies

[@sharondelaney9153]

Hate doll stories! Freaky

[@hadbetterdays8118]

My name is talking tina wanna play

[@natwalsh2710]

So that means... Tina was once human too before she became a doll and uses voodoo too, to transfer her soul into the doll. And Tina was also once a serial killer too... Just like her grandson Charles Lee Ray before he became Chucky. XD

[@maddyluvsjohnny17]

You forgot the one where the little boy is receiving phone calls on his wooden telephone toy from his dead grandmother (Long Distance Call). That one always freaked me out.

[@Scripturegirl.]

Makes me 😿 Cause I lost my grandma in July 2002.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Yeah, WAY more so than a dumb doll. Jmo

[@starbrand3726]

"Little Girl Lost" had to inspire the movie "Poltergeist." The stories are so similar.

[@starwoors5343]

TRUE... It was the inspiration...

[@BillyReHab3723]

"The Cube" was based on the twilight zone episode "5 characters in search of an exit"

[@BillGraper]

"The Hitch Hiker" may have inspired "The Sixth Sense," which inspired a bunch of other movies.

[@patrickperry6945]

Hollywood has no imagination. It just keeps rehashing the same old stories.

[@Kat-id7rz]

I think the zone always gets ripped off

[@NECHOII]

To me the most MOVING TWILIGHT ZONE was the episode THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD in which a teacher who had taught in a boy's school for 51 years until he was told he had to retire and considered himself a failure as a teacher until he was visited by several ghosts of his former pupils, most of whom had been killed in the two World Wars, who had come back to tell him they had learned much from him during the time they were pupils in his class. It just makes me sad to think of all the fine young men that gave all their tomorrows so that we could have our todays.

[@TomTimeTraveler]

Agreed. Add "Walking Distance." That episode brings tears to my eyes each time I watch it.

[@BRuane-pw6xq]

@@TomTimeTraveler That episode resonates with hard working Execs who have money but no peace

[@an0ana]

Yes agree. Very emotional. The woman who gets the phone call always made me tear up, because my grandma lost her husband when my mother was 11 and he actually worked on telephone lines.

[@yvwic50]

Absolutely right; emotionally searing, even to me as a kid. Donald Pleasence played the teacher.

[@Littlebill85]

@@BRuane-pw6xq That was beautiful and moving. Most of us ever get to see the good we have done in someones life.

[@outlander271]

I remember the hitchhiker saying at the end “I believe you’re going my way?”

[@ethanbanta4714]

Very creepy.

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@ethanbanta4714 Yes! simple and scary as hell.

[@andrewmalinowski6673]

What about the Civil War episode, the last casualty is President Lincoln and they're all marching down a highway of death?

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@andrewmalinowski6673 yes. or the patient at the hospital who keeps walking by the morgue and the nurse opens the door and says "room for one more honey"

[@gabriellitewski7988]

It doesn't have a sad ending

[@arronstyes6365]

Rod Serling was way ahead of his time. A drama and suspense master

[@cringyworldwelivein]

“There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space, and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call The Twilight Zone.” This show is a classic, and will forever be one of my favorites. Thank you Rod Serling for creating such a fantastic show c:

[@pinkydogbear]

A true classic!

[@lydellflood8818]

I know. I own both boxsets and Twilight Zone the movie.

[@splenderella9]

Rebel Gamer26 Sad that he died so prematurely - at 50! He achieved a great deal in his limited time on earth - he started writing for the fairly new medium of TV to deal with his PTSD after serving in WW2 in the Philippines - won a Bronze Star and Purple Heart...

[@murdarichblood7603]

U wrote all this?. SMH.

[@faizanbaig2840]

Retrospectively, this show has laid foundations to many modern era horror movies.

[@dennis-gu8ei]

Faizan Baig indeed

[@chibilaichi]

True, as did Alfred Hitchcock.

[@bobbyslater1198]

LOL, someone above commented that The Twilight Zone stole ideas from today's shows and movies. Must have had a time machine.

[@stephaniebeeboo2793]

The episode when the little girl disappears into another dimension was Poltergeist's inspiration i bet :D

[@pinkydogbear]

Yes

[@Soooooooooooonicable]

Midnight sun was always the most disturbing episode for me. You could really feel the dread and hopelessness of their situation. It's even more impressive that the whole episode takes place in a single room.

[@riverjunior3965]

Gon amazing final twist. And it lasted just a few seconds leaving you in your trauma

[@worldofdoom995]

I agree the total hopeless agony of life itself coming to an end and nothing anyone can do about it is the only type of horror that keeps me up at night.

[@bailysbeads2057]

"All of man's little devices to stir up the air are now no longer luxuries, they happen to be pitiful and panicky keys to survival."

[@birdsfan57]

Yes! One of the show's best and most memorable episodes!

[@birdsfan57]

When it's disgustingly hot and humid in the the summer or bitterly cold in winter, I always think of this episode.

[@lemonlime2288]

Does anyone remember the episode where the little boy tried drowning himself in the pool to be with his dead grandmother? That is seriously the most twisted episode in my opinion

[@Scripturegirl.]

That was long distance call, and No he tried getting hit by a car, he accidentally fell inside his pond, he died, but came back later.

[@annapaulikonis2433]

Sunshine M I thought he had a sister too and they were trying to get away from their RichEvil parents just to be with 👵 Granny and theHappyPlace.Is that the episode.

[@Scripturegirl.]

That was. "The bewitchin pool." There were two kids, both siblings, running away, swimming to the other side from their pool, and they live now with a woman named Aunt T. They ran away cause their parents were getting divorced, and they weren't happy about it.

[@brianward7508]

yes! too many creepy ones to name

[@19580822]

He kept talking to his dead grandmother on his toy phone. His mother had enough of it and grabbed the phone from him, only to hear his grandmother's breathing on the speaker. The boy was Billy Mumy, who would go on to star in "Lost in Space".

[@argelbargel7680]

"What makes you think you're in Heaven? This IS the other place."

[@sciblastofficial9833]

argel bargel A Nice Place to Visit

[@davidbjacobs3598]

THIS is the bad place!!

[@GoddessFourWinds]

@Alan Cogan Yeah. Because we want to make sure all people have food and water and housing and healthcare and an education, including Republicans. Imagine that. We're just so horrible, we're filling up Hell (that other imaginary place). But I seem to recall a certain man in a certain book telling people to offer people things if they needed them, even the refugee. And somehow we're wrong for following that certain man's instructions, even if people throw that man's words at us all the time. So, you know, hey. If "Hell" is the reward for wanting to take care of people...my neighbors and people I've never even met, because I'm like that...then I accept it graciously. I don't plan to stop what I'm doing any time soon.

[@magneto44]

Goddess FourWinds preach ✊🏽

[@ewaleokadia76]

Also, "The Masks", could be considered a hell on earth story. When the dying elderly man makes his beautiful but selfish family put on masks to be taken off at midnight. The masks became the faces of how each of the family members truly were character wise. It doesn't matter that they inherited all that wealth when they would become pariahs in the real world. The old man taught them all a good lesson.

[@lennyleonard5926]

twilight zone was way ahead of its time. truly one of the best shows ever made. if you've never got around to watching it, you should.

[@billanthony7896]

Gangle Fingers- Not just ahead of it's time, but WAY ahead of it's time. Really? In what way? In comparison to what? Is good writing "ahead of it's time?" I think not. Good writing is timeless. Even in TZ episodes that look extremely dated today, the good writing often makes up for it. I don't understand what that expression is even supposed to mean! Did it tackle issues other shows of that era didn't? No... Did it produce horror other shows of that era couldn't match? No... Was the acting superior to other shows of that era? No... So how the Hell was it ahead of it's time? I'm sorry, but I can't stand that expression. I'm not trying to pick on you, I'm just venting.

[@jamessmithe5490]

Hey, it means that TV at that time was mostly crap. Because they had to not do anything to upset the sponsors. Because that was the whole purpose of TV shows at the time, to sell products. And they managed to be original despite the concerns of corporations. Much harder to do then.

[@billanthony7896]

@@jamessmithe5490- Well, then, I guess TV hasn't changed much. It's still mostly crap. There were certain shows in 1960 that were better than the standard fare. TZ was one of them, but hardly the only one.

[@pinkydogbear]

Yes, I agree!

[@canturgan]

I think 'One Step Beyond' was earlier, and it was creepier because it was based on actual events.

[@Poppi_QT]

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call... The Twilight Zone.

[@michaelcarson7866]

im outa here!

[@AntiWoke_Autistic]

So what's your point in typing out the entire pre-episode narration? We've all heard it 5,000 times. SMH

[@heedmywarning2792]

sorry, I prefer "you unlock this door with the key of imagination..."

[@rkbkirin5975]

Rod Serling knew how to WRITE (I'm assuming he wrote that passage).

[@vivekpanchpal6987]

This is paranoia isolation and BS

[@LadyCeag840]

I can't help but think if every single episode in the Twilight Zone was somehow reimagined or slightly based off of popular movies and shows in today's media. And, I don't mean a handful of episodes that seem similar. I mean *every single episode* .

[@40GamesAG]

LadyCeag840 Wouldn’t surprise me, the show is that good.

[@Aiur]

it's absolutely true, and even in written form as well

[@michaelmarriott9761]

Yeah i have to admit that episode "Twenty-Two" ending was basically Final Destination and it would be something from Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction.

[@LadyCeag840]

Michael Marriott What’s Beyond Belief?

[@Stratelier]

It was a TV show in which Jonathan Frakes (of Star Trek TNG fame) presented anecdotes that were either real or fiction, challenging the viewer to guess which was which. Look it up sometime.

[@43nostromo]

"Little Girl Lost"-This was likely the inspiration for "Poltergeist". The score for this episode was brilliantly composed by the legendary Bernard Herrmann. Poltergeist was scored by the legendary Jerry Goldsmith. Both composed many unforgettable scores for episodes of "The Twilight Zone" .

[@Thundering-xt2hy]

"to serve man" was the scariest episode for me because after I heard "its a cook book" I got goosebumps and was terrified.

[@gabriellitewski7988]

What other horror episodes is there besides that?

[@Akira625]

Fun fact: Talky Tina was voiced by June Foray, who also voiced Rocky the Flying Squirrel.

[@Reapermaskhybrid]

Akira625 Jesus, that's a thought to linger on.

[@michaelmarriott9761]

She also voice Grammi Gummy in the New Adventures of the Gummi Bears.

[@mountainmew3835]

And Cindy Lou Who.

[@bobbyslater1198]

Also Natasha, Nell from Dudley Do-right and Penelope Pitstop.

[@cryingclown83]

June Foray also supplied the recorded voice of Chatty Cathy, the real-life doll that Talky Tina was based on.

[@Floymin]

Twilight Zone... the first Black Mirror.

[@comicbookninja5268]

Black Mirror is nothing without TZ.

[@billanthony7896]

Floymin- Or "Thriller." Or "One Step Beyond." Or... Oh, heck, the early days of television had a lot of GOOD Shows!

[@alicegraham1571]

The twilight zone was clean and timeless. Black mirror only works because of our misconception of modern technology, also they have to throw a lot of gore and sex to shock audiences, which is to say Cheap

[@adrianlindsaylohan]

You mean Black Mirror... a reiteration of Twilight Zone

[@forcedtohaveahandle]

Floymin Black Mirror is garbage, a modern rip-off of The Twilight Zone

[@Mr_Xzanders]

I watched ALL the episode recently. I found the scariest (and often overlooked) episode *"The Midnight Sun"* ...there aren't killers or monsters but the performances and situation itself is so chilling and realistic it gave me nightmares

[@gtsgreatteacherscathach5550]

Luca Xzanders plus that twist at the end after she woke up from her nightmare.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

Scathach best waifu And she realized that the earth wasn't moving towards the sun, it was moving AWAY from the sun.

[@billanthony7896]

Michael Palmieri- Well, actually, she was never given the word in the episode. Remember, she wakes up from her feverish nightmare, and says to her landlady how nice it is to see night, and to be cool; And the landlady, without any enthusiasm, says, "Of course, dear." The poor kid doesn't know what's going on, even though we the audience do. It's part of what just added to the "creep" factor!

[@annapaulikonis2433]

Luca Xzanders Kinda reminds you of the results of 🌏 global warming.

[@ea.fitz216]

The Midnight Sun had one of the most unexpected and horrific twists in all these episodes. And they all have a twist.

[@shawbros]

I hate hot places, and would much rather die from cold than heat. So for me, in that episode, the ending was a relief.

[@madam-mint]

"You said...leave you...alone. I always...do...what you say." Cue waterworks.

[@nickpotter158]

What about "It's a Good Life"?! Anthony turning Dan into a Jack in a Box.

[@nataliep501]

That shadow jack-in-the-box head of his neighbor freaked me out as a child!

[@arthurwilliams8266]

Nick Potter A classic- one of my favorites! I know it is just a show, but that spoiled brat really got on my nerves!

[@californiahummus]

That was a good thing you just did.

[@Scripturegirl.]

Think I read it, in h.s.

[@MeliaMilhorat]

That should have been on the list instead of Nightmare at 20,000 feet!

[@minkdevil]

That mannequinn episode scared the shit outta me when I was a child!

[@annapaulikonis2433]

minkdevil The dummies always freaked me out.Creepy.Never played with the damn things like dolls.

[@kittybratton3657]

Marsha! I was really young when I saw this,and got scared of mannequins,the actress was lovely,and would later be on honey west.

[@themanwithnoname2183]

minkdevil same

[@crazyphan18]

I can’t hear the name Marsha repeatedly whispered without shuddering, that episode scared me.

[@ZnenTitan]

Anne Francis aka Honey West. And what is spooker than being locked alone in a department store filled with mannequins?

[@Reject1977]

What about the howling man? Or five characters in search of an exit? Those always creeped me out.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

Mr. Uncle It was scary because the "howling man" of the title was the devil himself!

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

Ju Raju "Five Characters In Search Of An Exit" was an interesting episode, especially at the end when it turned out that the five characters are only dolls, and that the huge cylinder they're trapped in is just a donation barrel set up to collect Christmas toys for needy children. I certainly didn't see that coming! The actor who played the major doll in that story was William Windom, who also played Jessica Fletcher's friend, Seth, on "Murder, She Wrote."

[@kittybratton3657]

A winner for sure

[@melissasaint3283]

It's so important to remember the time period when these were airing...Nazi Germany and the horrors of the Holocaust were comparatively recent memory, more recent than Sept 11 is today. Many of the people viewing it would also have been shocked by the first images of the Holocaust as they appeared in newspapers and newsreels, and would have followed the Nuremberg trials. And it was the height of the Cold War. The concern that the world could just abruptly end in raging fire followed by nuclear winter was extremely new and, with the Cuban Missile crisis, extremely imminent. (I always think about that when I see the epiaodewhere the Earth veers out of orbit) Also, in response to realistic fears about the Soviets, American culture became *insanely aggressive* about conformity for a while, which Serling (like Ray Bradbury and many other artists) clearly hated, and rightly so. This was also right in the middle of the Civil Rights movement, with all the brutal, irrational resistance it faced, including police brutality, numerous murders and assassinations. Every day, America opened their newspapers and were confronted with horrors that compelled them to consider what being an American meant. The Twilight Zone is art, because it was not only razor sharp topical then, it stillresonates with us today with our different yet still the same anxieties.

[@davidbjacobs3598]

I never noticed Midnight Sun's relevance to nuclear warfare - you think you'll die out in an inferno, but then nuclear winter freezes you instead. Damn...

[@patrickperry6945]

Bobby Brady I beg to differ. Remember the Cuban missile crisis? The Berlin Wall? The ‘80s was when the Cold War was winding down. Gorbachev. “Tear down this wall!” Ronald Reagan. Perostroyka.

[@Anvanho]

"A Stop at Willoughby" one of my favorites .. not a creepy plot, but still a bit on the eerie side.

[@SonshineLady7]

One of my favs as well!

[@Littlebill85]

Loved that one. I have felt like that before in my life. It was beautiful.

[@alexgray87]

Смена караула. Сезон 3, серия 37

[@ikaros2006]

Yep i loved it too

[@alexgray87]

Да, тоже неплохой эпизод

[@yungdro247]

"It's a cook book!"

[@bailysbeads2057]

yungdro247 my skin broke out in goosebumps when I first saw that scene.

[@anastasiabeaverhausen8220]

Unforgettably creepy! :)

[@allennance949]

To serve man., With French fries and Cole slaw

[@partgard1]

TO SERVE MAN! YUMMY!

[@bromixsr]

I actually read the short story 1st, so when I saw it on a Twilight Zone I thought this is pretty neat.

[@Relicanth]

Midnight Sun deserves to be a damn movie unto itself.

[@suzieg9537]

Amen

[@jamesrogers47]

It sort of was. There is a film called 'The Day the Earth Caught Fire," in which an enormous nuclear test (presumably Russian,) begins shifting the Earth's orbit, causing it to spiral into the sun. There isn't a twist ending, but an ambiguous one in which the fate of the Earth is dependent upon the success or failure of a plan to reverse the effects of the original nuclear test.

[@sciblastofficial9833]

Bogmire42 All Midnight Sun (2018) jokes aside, Midnight Sun (Twilight Zone) does deserve to be a movie

[@tiktokparodys4712]

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[@FutureGirl2033]

*You're

[@jeremyc9593]

Even scarier than The Twilight Zone.

[@suzieg9537]

*the comment zone

[@rodgersgirl1980]

Lol

[@kellyweingart3692]

doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

[@sherilewis4345]

What the heck happened to "The Dummy "? I don't scare easily, but the ending still sends chills down my spine 55 years later!

[@googlesucks478]

I vaguely remember watching that episode when I was like 11. I've never been so deeply disturbed in my life. Like, it was literally months before I could relax and sleep normally

[@charliebird5299]

Another personal favorite. STILL scares the hell outta me. 😶😨😱

[@corbanrdl]

I don’t like that episode as much… maybe cause his disturbing that darn dummy is!

[@gelfling612]

Little girl lost was definitely the influence for poltergeist

[@ewaleokadia76]

You mean for the character of Carol Ann BUT, the storyline, itself, was influenced by a park built on a cemetery. The bodies were originally supposed to be removed to a bigger cemetery, however, that idea was scrapped. Ever since that time, the park has been haunted by the souls of those deceased.

[@mrnobody2018]

The ending wasn't happy, who knows if it will happen again

[@sazfretz1945]

"Nightmare at 20,00 Feet" got a hilarious nod in the brilliant "3rd Rock From the Sun" when the gang is waiting at the airport for their leader, the Big Giant Head, played perfectly by William Shatner. He tells them what he saw on the wing of the plane. John Lithgow, who played Shatner's role in the Twilight Zone movie, immediately butts in and says excitedly, "The same thing happened to me!"

[@melindabagley-duarte2437]

That’s because John Lithgow played shatner’s character in the movie. He was great!

[@sazfretz1945]

i already said he played shatner's character in the film and lithgow is great in anything he does

[@txbuzzkill6276]

I remember that, it was hilarious.

[@anastasiabeaverhausen8220]

One of my all-time favorite tv moments. Hilarious. They both gave such great performances of sheer white-knuckle panic. It is William Shatner (and the gremlin on the wing) that are responsible for me never having flown to this day. Early childhood trauma. Thank you, Twilight Zone!

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

Anastasia Beaverhausen The gremlin in the story is based on the idea that mischievous creatures by that name make a habit of sabotaging airplanes. Whenever something goes wrong on a plane, the crew immediately blames it on the gremlin. The fear of these little troublemakers was especially prevalent during World War Two, when each side of the war was worried about gremlins destroying their fighter and bombing planes. This fear was even parodied in the popular culture of the day. For example, the Warner Brothers movie studios put out a few Looney Toons/Merrie Melodies cartoons where gremlins were featured prominently. One of these was entitled "Russian Rhapsody," which was inspired by the fact that the Soviet Union was one of our most important allies. In this film, German bombing planes try to attack Russia but fail to complete their mission. It is suspected that Russian gremlins are to blame. Adolf Hitler is so furious about this, that he decides to pilot a plane to bomb the USSR personally. As he's flying through the sky, tiny Soviet gremlins, many of them caricatures of members of the Warner Brothers animation staff, invade the plane and begin destroying it as they sing, "We Are Gremlins From The Kremlin" (to the tune of "The Song Of The Volga Boatmen"). Some of them torment Hitler: one scares him by putting on a Josef Stalin mask; another says to "Der Führer," "How do you do?" (a spoof of the popular catchphrase of comic Bert Gordon, better known as "The Mad Russian") In the end, the gremlins throw Hitler out of the plane into the ground below and place the wings from the plane as grave markers (Adolf pops out of the "grave" chuckling and says "Nazis is de claziest peoples," a takeoff of Lew Ayes' "Monkeys is de claziest peoples"). Another cartoon (I don't remember the title) showed Bugs Bunny trying to stop an Axis gremlin from sabotaging an American plane. The gremlin taunts Bugs throughout the picture, throwing banana peels on the floor that makes the rabbit slip and almost fall out of the plane, dropping him through a bombing hatch, sticking his tongue out at him, etc. Soon, the plane goes into a dive, heading towards certain doom. But just as it's about to hit the ground, it stops suddenly. "Sorry, folks," the gremlin says to the audience, "we ran out of gas." "Yeah," says B.B., "you know how it is with these 'A' cards."

[@KatieVanHelsing]

It might just be me, but I saw Talky Tina as more of the protagonist of the episode. The step father was an abusive jerk and even the ending monologue states how “to a child caught in the middle of turmoil, a doll can be many things: friend, defender, guardian.” So, I kinda saw her as a guardian angel. A creepy guardian angel, but as she was protecting Christy, I was okay with her.

[@gregorytyson995]

Good call. I too see Tina as more of an anti-hero than a straight-up villain. You also have to consider the fact that both the little girl and her doll share the same name -- Christina and Tina respectively -- suggesting, possibly, some kind of psychic link. It's certainly an episode that has more to it than its imitators.

[@phastinemoon]

Yes, but in the era of the Hayes Code, having the doll kill a father-figure in the family would be... well, you couldn't act as though that was the "right" thing to do...

[@gregorytyson995]

Serling's outro suggests the doll was there to protect Christie from that abusive father figure.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

Gregory Tyson The name "Talky Tina" may have been a spoof of "Chatty Cathy," a popular talking doll at the time.

[@ChrisWolfe31]

This theory actually makes me feel a lot better.

[@MightyGazelle1]

The best moment in the series was always "there was time, now..."

[@birdword111]

Same! I saw it when I was 12 and then watched it in my high school English class senior year to learn about good foreshadowing and twists. At the part where his glasses fell, I actually heard a few people in my class gasp. A moment in this show was able to make a class of high school students that acted too cool to care about anything (especially anything that happened before they were born or anything that they saw in a black and white show because it was "old") gasp and that really says something about how good it is.

[@pierosanchez2010]

Watching that episode now is crazy because people do not read and explore their imagination like today

[@pierosanchez2010]

Time enough to last. Its on Netflix in the first season

[@batman-gu7pm]

Its not fair!

[@suzannemenuet947]

Yesssss! Best episode imo!

[@jbscotchman]

This show was so far ahead of it's time. The After Hours is probably my favorite episode.

[@christineml1476]

"The Howling Man" is very creepy, gives me chills every time I watch it.

[@justincameron9661]

One of my favorite episodes

[@joannkennedy1392]

Twilight Zone was creative, genius, ground-breaking, ahead of it time. There was no techogoly at it time but it was advance in special effects. Love love love this show.

[@Dragonblack90]

Greatest. Of. All. Time. I watch the marathon every New Year's Eve

[@jonathanbethards3689]

Better than any NYE party

[@maryannlockwood3961]

Netflix has all the episodes.

[@johnfraraccio99]

Do yourself a big favor and get the DVDs or Blu-rays so you can binge without commercial interruption. That will leave a mark...

[@ComradeLavender]

"I'm Krusty the Clown and I'm going to kill you..." "Heh heh, didn't even have to pull the string that time."

[@jeffshelton3034]

I'm not nodding, it's the air conditioning.

[@andrewmalinowski6673]

I was just thinking of that before I got here. Krusty the Clown doll trying to kill Homer, that was creepy before ever hearing the "Living Doll" audio version

[@roblabow9702]

If I remember correctly when the girl on the couch wakes up the world is not suffering extreme hot but extreme cold. #6

[@b.d6642]

When a show from the 50's actually does better horror than the horror movies today that just throw jump scares in your face

[@birdword111]

Oh god... I watched "Eye of the Beholder" when I was 12 and I appreciated it so much because I was considered ugly and it resonated with me. 10 years later, I watched it and paid closer attention. This was also accompanied by the new knowledge that I am autistic. And then I heard the phrase that the nurse-who is supposed to be comforting the woman but is doing so in a way that is dehumanizing to her- used: "You know, with those bandages on, I almost think she's a person." And it reminds me of the way some terrible teachers and my own mother used to talk about me. And then I saw the ending (spoiler alert) and I remember thinking that the man who was also "ugly" like her made her feel welcomed and that it was a happy ending because they were going to a town where she would be loved. Now, I have heard critiques of the episode and I remember some of the language the man used as well as the circumstances surrounding this visit (e.g. the dictator-esque figure and wanting to make everyone the same). I wondered if he was actually taking her to something that was comparable to the ghettos in the Holocaust. Since the age of 12, I have learned about the eugenics movement and that people with disabilities were also victimized in the Holocaust along with many other types of people who would be considered "ugly" in that society in various ways. So it wasn't just an "in jr. high I was/felt ugly compared to my popular peers and it felt like they were dictators but in actuality I will grow up and realize that though it wasn't as strict as it seemed, society seems that scary as a pre-teen" type thing. It was a "Serling is using a weird imaginary society that does not exist to draw us in to thinking deeper about something that actually did/does happen in our real society and we might not have thought of it if we had not been encouraged to see it that way" thing. I love that the episode hits on that many levels and it has only gotten better as I view at different stages of my life.

[@phastinemoon]

See, this is why shows like The Twilight Zone are good art -- not just because they're well made, but because they resonate and have meaning in the real world. I feel like way too much of our entertainment these days focuses on the spectacle or the cool factor, and forgets to be important to us, in the audience.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

birdword111 The book "The Twilight Zone Treasury" said that the episode "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" could be considered "a companion piece to 'The Eye Of The Beholder' ", because they were both aimed at one of Rod Serling's favorite targets, namely conformity. The young lady in "The Eye Of The Beholder" is considered a freak because she doesn't look like everyone else, which is why she's in a hospital with her face covered in bandages, waiting to see if the doctors were able to fix her face so she will look like everybody else. This is her eleventh operation, the maximum allowed by the state; if the operation is a failure, she'll be exiled to a community where others like her are forced to live in isolation. Of course, there's a twist to the story: the audience is led to believe that the woman is ugly and that the doctors are trying to make her beautiful; however, when they finally take the bandages off (while, on television sets all over the hospital, the leader of the state makes a speech about "glorious conformity"), the audience sees that she IS beautiful, but the head doctor announces that there's been "no change at all," that the operation has failed; when one of the nurses turns on the lights, we see the truth about this strange, fictitious society, that the doctors, the nurses, and everyone else (including the leader of the state) have faces that are hideous and distorted! Apparently, in this world, attractive looking people are the outcasts of society while the ugly ones are regarded as "normal." It turns out all for the better, on the other hand, when the woman is introduced to another "freak," a very handsome man who is from one of the separate areas where people like him and her have to live. He comforts her and assures her that she will be accepted by the other outcasts, that she will be loved. He then reminds her of the old adage that gives the episode its title: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" is another story about how society subtly pressures people to be exactly the same as all those around them. But unlike "The Eye Of The Beholder," this is a story about a futuristic world where everyone has to be beautiful. At the age of 19, everybody undergoes an allegedly "voluntary" operation that makes them look as attractive as possible, but at the same time, turns them into carbon copies of thousands of others (both actor Richard Long and fashion model Suzy Parker play multiple roles in this episode). But one young girl, 18 year old Marilyn, sees the "transformation," not as a gift from a benevolent society, but as a deliberate method of enforcing conformity. This belief is reenforced when she notices that everyone who has the operation not only looks alike, but thinks and acts alike as well. Marilyn's free-thinking father had committed suicide after his transformation because, as she says, "when they took away his identity, he had no reason to live." She remembers that her father had once told her "if everyone is beautiful, no one will be, because without ugliness, there can be no beauty." She then adds her own opinion: "They don't care if you're beautiful or not, they just want everybody to look the same." Unfortunately, nobody can understand how she feels, not the doctors, not her mother, not her uncle, not her friend Valerie, no one! When she tries to sneak out of the hospital where she is forced to stay, she ends up in an operating room where a doctor and nurse are waiting for her. She comes out looking, acting, and thinking like Valerie ("The nicest part of all, Val," she says, "I look just like you). She's finally been crushed by a heartless, uncaring world bent on mindless, stifling conformity.

[@birdword111]

Cool! I'll have to rewatch that one because it has been so long!

[@julietfischer5056]

phastinemoon - Too many shows spell it out for us. We aren't supposed to think about the implications of things or to fill in the blanks (if there are any to fill). For example: Hulu has episodes of 'Night Gallery'. In one of them, Pernell Roberts's character is told why a jukebox (which had been replaced once) always played the same record: a story of love, betrayal, and murder, and you know that the ghost of the dead man is still in the building, and really likes that song. Roberts goes back to his car and happens to look up as a man and woman enter the diner. As he pulls away, we hear terrified shouts. Someone in comments actually asked what happened. They needed to be shown the ghost getting his revenge on his cheating wife and her lover because they were used to being spoon-fed.

[@julietfischer5056]

I wonder how much control the people in the 'three beautiful cities' have over their lives. What sort of economy do they have? Are there commercial relations between these cities and the rest of the nation? Are they self-sufficient or are they kept under control through dependence on the government for certain services? (Given the implications of dictatorship, I'd call that a possibility.) Are they allowed to reproduce? If so, what happens to those children who are normal? Are they sent away, to be raised as good little citizens, never knowing their parents were abnormal? (I mean by the standards of this culture.)

[@MrGeekFreek]

Fun fact: Legendary voice actress, June Foray, was the voice of Talky Tina. R.I.P.

[@harponercam]

In England known as "Cora Tina"

[@leoguy1979]

The little Girl Lost Episode was partially the influenced for Poltergeist

[@FlashySolution]

jose alfaro yes I thought that too!

[@stephaniebeeboo2793]

yes it was :)

[@michaelcarson7866]

being in that dimension after going in the wall with time running out...........

[@chunkymonkey3364]

Only if rod serling was still alive he would make so many good horror movies

[@petepeter1857]

'Time enough at last'.....my favorite, shocking sad and totally unfair to Burgess Meredith 😎

[@JudgeMarmianWiZard]

Pete... yes I remeber that one, his wife was such a bitch, just because he liked reading alot.

[@elizabethshuster218]

That episode still makes me cry! 😭 poor burgess!!

[@ZexionZeroThe2nd]

No mention of "It's A Good Life"? I'm shocked that's another classic episode

[@magicamadeye]

Feel Good Music and predictable and part of their last list if memory serves

[@jacobangeles5539]

Feel Good Music That man's head in the Jack-in-the-box was absolute terror.

[@JabberCT]

That didn't creep me out as much as it made me frustrated and angry. I kept waiting for someone to put a bullet in that kids head lol. They made a sequel to that in color called "Its Still A Good Life" with original actors Bill Mumy and Cloris Leachman. Its on youtube.

[@ZexionZeroThe2nd]

I think the most creepy I found about that episode was the kid himself, He had that look of a Menace, idk it's just he looked like one of those kids that will ending growing up being a serial kller

[@889Pammov]

Creepy short story 😮In the beginning of the story Andy is tearing apart a rat with his mind 😈

[@MilsurpMikeChannel]

What... no "send them to the corn-field Billy!"?

[@nickmanzo8459]

Milsurp Mike Channel it’s good that ya done that son, it’s real good!!!!

[@jamessmithe5490]

That is definitely the creepiest. Gave me nightmares.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

Milsurp Mike Channel The boy in the "It's A Good Life" episode was named Anthony, not "Billy."

[@annapaulikonis2433]

Milsurp Mike Channel I. Agree.This was the creepiest episode ever.

[@flushthecatnip]

Christ that episode freaked me out for YEARS

[@flowerchildsmile]

I will love Rod Serling until the day I die. So brilliant and ahead of his time!

[@mercedesrusso7488]

Heather Johnson THATS WHAT MY DAD SAID

[@tenhirankei]

One of my favorites was the Invaders from 1961 starring Agnes Moorehead. She had no lines to deliver (I wondered if her character was mute), but she delivered emotion at her plight and showed her resolve to beat it. Her plight being miniature aliens that had landed on the roof of her house and could not be considered cute.

[@Daddymouse-ny9cz]

.....with yet another appearance by the Forbidden Planet spaceship!

[@thudthud5423]

The scene when one of the "aliens" sliced her hand is a jump-out-of-your-chair shocker. No dread music build up - it just falls on your lap.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

I remember that one very well! Agnes Morehead was a great actress.

[@edwardburner2721]

she didnt speak because she wasnt an earthling, she was the giant monster, also the decor was very simple, a chair a chair, a pot a pot , a table a table, to remove any appearance of earth for the final scene.

[@graceskerp]

@@edwardburner2721 The final shot - fast pan down to the ship. On its hull USAF. We were conned into cheering for the old 'woman'. Hellva twist.

[@Lava1964]

I always jump when William Shatner pulls back that curtain.

[@tateanderson4655]

I know its gonna happen, but i still jump

[@Refugeefromcalif]

One of my favorite/creepiest episodes was "To Serve Man". Just Classic TV at the time. Sadly, it didn't make this list at all.

[@gregorytyson995]

It did make, however, their list of the best "TZ" episodes a few years back.

[@arthurwilliams8266]

Refugeefromcalif Unfortunately, it wasn't a really scary episode until the very end. But to get to the end by unraveling the mystery of the cookbook was well worth it. It threw me for a loop when I first saw it. Definitely one of my top 10 episodes!

[@Refugeefromcalif]

@ Gregory Tyson. I missed that video.

[@Scripturegirl.]

Second place.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

Refugeefromcalif In "To Serve Man," the people of the earth are tricked into thinking that the aliens bearing the book entitled "To Serve Man" have come to help mankind solve its problems. This belief seems to be confirmed when the aliens create new ways to grow plenty of food for everyone, to turn deserts into fertile fields, to end wars, and so on. It's only at the end when they find out the aliens' true intentions, especially when it's discovered that "To Serve Man" is actually a cookbook! The message can probably summed up in the old adage: "If something seems too good to be true, it probably is." One could liken it to the old legend of the Trojan Horse, where the people of Troy believed that they had defeated their enemies, the Greeks, when they discovered the huge wooden horse outside the gates of the city, and assumed that it was some sort of peace offering. Of course, they later found out that they were wrong when the Greek soldiers hidden inside the horse jumped out of it and conquered the Trojans. This story inspired a popular saying: "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts." Perhaps what "To Serve Man" was trying to say was "Beware of aliens bearing gifts."

[@n3phlym]

This is such a good show

[@mrnobody2018]

Depending on the horror and fantasty episodes and no karmic justice

[@mrnobody2018]

I want real horror for fun of the show

[@mrnobody2018]

You want to find the proper horror to be scared straight

[@chrisouk6777]

“The new exhibit” is definitely one of the most creepiest. It doesn’t get much creepier than wax figures of ex murderers in a basement. How did that one NOT got on the list?

[@iszybutler3000]

An episode that NOBODY seems to notice is “nothing in the dark” it’s SO good! I definitely recommend it.

[@willymac5036]

I’ve always loved #5, Perchance to Dream (Season 1 episode 9). It kind of pioneered the whole “Psycho Circus” kind of setting, and did great work with lighting and camera angles. And when Maya (Suzanne Lloyd) is laughing at him, and telling him “Look Edward! Look!” and later “Jump!”….it’s all enough to get under your skin. GREAT work, and definitely pushed the limits of what was possible to air on television in 1959.

[@Actionfan19]

My favorite episode is "Monsters on Maple street"

[@kaileybrowning8211]

I'm reading that in english right now. I had a nightmare last night lol

[@gabrielleporter553]

I read that in English last year! We even got to watch the episode in class

[@notsure6187]

a great one that weirdly isn't creepy at all is "night of the meek". it's a great one to watch with the little ones around Christmas time.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

"The monsters are due on Maple Street."

[@Marchant2]

The Twilight Zone is a collection of imaginative, original, creepy stories that for some reason Hollywood is no longer able to create. Everything is a rehash of something that's already been done.

[@annapaulikonis2433]

Marchant2 ThankYou.

[@SR77736]

Exactly. I love this show.

[@ewaleokadia76]

I mourn the death of Hollywood, too. I wish that they could go back to creating original stories again.

[@Eguzzisme]

I’ve been watching The Twilight Zone since I was a kid, and every one of the episodes on the list scared the hell out of me. One that they didn’t mention was “Five Strangers in Search of an Exit” was really creepy too. A major in the military wakes up in a room without a door, and he and the other four people (a clown, a hobo, a ballerina, and a bagpipe player) all try to find a way to get out. I won’t spoil it here, but it always gave me chills.

[@Scripturegirl.]

It's five characters in search of an exit, I own it, and seen it.

[@Zuxiasunicorn]

I think Star Trek Next Gen did a copy cat of that .

[@JudgeMarmianWiZard]

Hammer house of mystery and suspense t.v show did a very similar story called "child's play" which I think they copied from T.Zone

[@GoddessFourWinds]

@@suckmyballzgameplays7172 Way to spoil it when the OP was nice enough to not do that.

[@gabriellitewski7988]

Boo!

[@tiffanyt333]

Who’s ready for the marathon! ✋🏾✋🏾

[@8888craven]

"The Grave" will probably always remain the most horrifying episode for me (if you haven't seen it, it's in season 4 on netflix, and I highly recommend it). Not knowing for sure one way or the other of exactly what happened is what makes horror in my opinion. The Quiet Place is a movie that did that very well.

[@rwilliamsb007]

yeah man....THE GRAVE - phew!~ still urks me until this day.

[@edkeaton1085]

What about the episode entitled, "A Different Kind of Museum" with Martin Balsam? That episode was extremely creepy to me! 😨😱😵😱

[@gregorytyson995]

"The New Exhibit." It was that rarity: a good season four episode.

[@edkeaton1085]

Gregory Tyson Thanks, I stand corrected as far as the name of the episode is concerned. It was a creepy episode to me.

[@Gravydog316]

Martin Balsam rules, but who REALLY did the murders? Him or the dummies...?

[@puplover7991]

I love that ep! Those dummies were terrifying. One of the great hour long eps.

[@pinkydogbear]

Do not remember that one?

[@jakedlp_]

I love the twilight zone

[@mommyesdeath7473]

jimmydiddles it's one of the best creepy episodes

[@inusberard3112]

Good to see that you have good taste in TV. I love the Twilight Zone even though it came out nearly 20 years before my birth. My dad and I used to love watching the old reruns on TV. Mom never liked it. The "music scared her".

[@jakedlp_]

Inus Berard yeah I’m 15 so not many people my age can connect to me with this but my best friend likes twilight zone . My favourite twilight zone related thing is the tower of terror at Disneyland Paris as it’s what got me in to it in the first place

[@micah4029]

I'm 25 and I still watch a few episodes every month. You know a show is good when you already know the ending of an episode and can still enjoy watching it again and again.

[@TobeyStarburst]

Absolutely love this show always watch the marathons on New Year's Eve and the 4th of July.

[@annapaulikonis2433]

Tobey Starburst Me too.Never miss it.

[@michaelcarson7866]

I look forward to them too

[@yvetteb1061]

"Stop Over in a Quiet Town" is the first episode I ever saw as a child in the 80's. I was hooked ever since.

[@brendanwaters3275]

I think that one of the purely haunting moments of the Twilight Zone is at the birthday party when Anthony Freemont telepathically sends people to a corn field and everyone has to smile and say that it's a "Real good thing" the episode is It's a Good Life.

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

In #4 the original ending was creepier, the voice on the phone said "Hello Miss Elva, I'll be right over." The scariest episode, though, would have to be 'And When The Sky Was Opened'. Being retroactively erased from existence is terrifying.

[@Coyotek4]

Dang, TOTALLY forgot this one. And yes, incredibly scary!

[@anastasiabeaverhausen8220]

Good catch! That's one of my favorites with possibly the best performance Rod Taylor ever gave! I always think of that episode.

[@billanthony7896]

Anastasia Beaverhausen- Yes, Rod Taylor's performance in that episode was stellar! You may be right. That may, indeed, have been his finest performance EVER!

[@Gravydog316]

dang no way :o

[@tajmahal4069]

Unlike other half hour mysteries and events from the imagination from the 50's to 60's. The 'Twilight Zone' had a excellent writer Rod Sterling, alone with many others and a superb production crew. That is why this series remains ageless and appeals to all generations.⏳🚬

[@justathought973]

One Step Beyond came out before Twilight Zone and it was very Twilight Zoney, lol just not as remembered. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nH25m2unaNqEbaM

[@bcarb100]

Looks like the film "Poltergeist" was heavily inspired by the episode " Little Girl Lost"

[@Bluebirdfalling]

"Little Girl Lost" is episode 91 of The Twilight Zone, about a young girl who has accidentally passed through an opening into another dimension. Her parents and their friend attempt to locate and retrieve her. Written by Richard Matheson from his short story published in The Shores of Space (1953). Original air date March 16, 1962. Edwin Charles Tubb was a science fiction author. His haunting short story 'Little Girl Lost' (1955) was adapted for Rod Serling's Night Gallery series. A scientific genius is troubled by the death of his daughter. Original air date March 1, 1972.

[@MyoticTesseract]

Where the hell is It's a Good Life? That Jack-in-the-Box scene is terrifying dude

[@terriparnell8626]

What about the alien n the finer or the mask rod was s pure genius his mind was beyond time u can female twilight zone a million times n it will never touch the level of rod sterling cause won he spoke his voice drawed it attention n u nu the episodes were gonna b good from the way he spoke n him wearing suit made it seem that much more interesting wish I cpulda met him but he was way waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay b for my time but I love his show I can watch his show over n over n not b bored he had s brilliant mind that's for sure love I rod rip ur work still awwwwwwwws people after all these years cant find many writers n directors that have that affect on people even sum young one rip I'll b watching till the day o doe PR they take u off tv

[@nehemiahmarcus308]

What made the Twilight Zone so great was that the real stories were underneath the surface with plenty of subtext.

[@thomasabbott8974]

Watching Mojo. Real Enjoyed watching the clips from the Twilight zone, Thanks for sharing the clips.

[@pinkydogbear]

Thank you!

[@denniscleary7580]

“Your a bad man!”

[@annapaulikonis2433]

Dennis Cleary Yeah whatta gonna do about it.BOING.UH OH.

[@denniscleary7580]

Anna Paulikonis I’ll send you to the cornfield 😂

[@Sohltaker]

I feel like Eye of the Beholder doesn't belong on a creepiest episode list, even as an honorable mention. It's oddly sweet really. And ahead of it's time with it's message. All the Twilight Zone episodes were ahead of their time honestly.

[@ericmoss8928]

Twenty Two was the episode that scared me since I was a young kid. I already don't like hospitals and airplanes, so that didn't help. And the creepy nurse with the smile saying "room for one more, honey" always freaked me out.

[@michaelthomson2504]

I believe it inspired The Final Destination movie as well

[@princess17257]

Twenty-two should've made the list instead of the eye of the beholder. It was creepier to me. Especially when that nurse kept saying "Room for 1 more honey.." 😨

[@billanthony7896]

ILoveME #NoTime4FairyTalez - The room for one more mantra, is an old folktale that has been retold countless times. Ancient Rome even had their version. "Twenty-two" was just TZ's version of that folktale!

[@Littlebill85]

I will never forget that last scene.

[@themanwithnoname2183]

T #DeterminedB eye if the beholder was extremely predictable, but twenty two was quite the opposite

[@blup1sx991]

I agree that "22" should've made the list along with to "To serve Man", "The Howling Man" and "Nothing In The Dark"

[@cliffordhodge1449]

If you liked The Hitchhiker, watch the film that was probably inspired by it - possibly the best low-budget horror film - Carnival Of Souls. Very eerie film.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

Clifford Hodge "The Hitchhiker" was originally a 1942 episode of the old radio show "Suspense." An expanded version was broadcast in 1946 on "The Mercury Summer Theater." There were a few differences between the radio and TV versions. To start with, the main character was a man named Ronald Adams, played by Orson Welles. At one point, Ronald picks up a female hitchhiker, who rides with him for a few miles, but when he tries to run over the mysterious hiker who has been appearing out of nowhere, the girl, who didn't see the hiker, thinks Ronald is crazy and leaves him. At the end, Ronald finds out that he has been dead all this time after being in an auto accident on the Brooklyn Bridge, which was where he first saw the hitchhiker. In the television version, the protagonist is a young lady named Nan Adams, played by Inger Stevens (Nan was the nickname of Rod Serling's daughter, Anne, who didn't particularly like being called Nan; the name was also used in the episode "A Passage For Trumpet" with Jack Klugman). In one scene, Nan picks up a male hitchhiker, a sailor, who rides with her for a while, but then decides she's nuts after she attempts to run down the unknown hiker, whom the sailor never sees; like the girl in the radio show, the sailor leaves Nan. At the end, Nan discovers she has been dead the whole time, after having a car accident in Pennsylvania, which was where SHE first layed eyes on the weird hitchhiker. In both versions, it is implied (but never said directly) that the titular hitchhiker is death itself!

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

It seems I was somewhat mistaken about the radio version of "The Hitchhiker." The episode first aired on "The Mercury Summer Theater" in 1941, then a condensed version was broadcast on "Suspense" in 1942, and then the original was rebroadcast on "The Mercury Summer Theater" in 1946. Thank God I have an old- time radio app on my cellphone; this afternoon, I listened to the "Suspense" version of "The Hitchhiker," which was preceded by an introduction by Orson Welles telling the audience how the story was first heard on "The Mercury Summer Theater" the year before. On the app, the "Mercury" version is listed as having been broadcast in 1946, so I figured it was a rerun. Sorry, my bad. Believe it or not, "The Hitchhiker" was partly based on an actual incident involving Lucille Fletcher, one of the writers for "Suspense." She said that one time, she was driving her car across the Brooklyn Bridge, when she saw a man who appeared to be waiting for a ride leaning against the cables; strange enough, she later saw that very same man while driving along the Pulaski Skyway in New Jersey (the bridge and the skyway are the first two places where, in the story, the fictitious Ronald Adams first sees the mysterious hitchhiker). This weird occurrence inspired her to write a story about a motorist who sees the same hitchhiker everywhere he goes. Incidentally, Lucille Fletcher also wrote another well-known episode of "Suspense," the classic "Sorry, Wrong Number," which was first broadcast on May 25th, 1943, and starred Agnes Moorehead as an invalid woman who hears a murder being plotted over the telephone (the tale was rebroadcast several times between 1943 and 1960). This too was based partly on a true story involving Miss Fletcher; as she explained, she went into a store to buy some milk for her baby one day, when she encountered a very neurotic woman who was arguing with the saleslady: "She was very rude to her and me," she later recalled, "and I thought to myself, 'I'm going to get even with you, lady.' " She also remembered that she lived in a house near the Queensboro Bridge over which a train would cross every now and then. In the "Wrong Number" story, the main character, Mrs. Stevenson, is also very obnoxious and neurotic as she argues with whoever she talks to over the phone while trying to report the murder she heard being plotted; she complains about how she's getting "tied up in all this red tape" (of the phone company), she calls people "stupid" when they can't help her track down the killers she overheard, she calls a police sergeant an "idiot" and hangs up on him when he says it will be hard to prevent the murder because she doesn't know the identity of the intended victim or where she lives (all she knows is that the victim lives in "a house near a bridge," and that the house is near Second Avenue), and when he tells her that he has "a few things on my desk that require immediate attention." In the end, Mrs. Stevenson realizes that SHE is the woman who's to be murdered! At the last minute, the hired killer appears just as the 11:15 P.M. train crosses after the bridge (which happens to be the Queensboro Bridge) outside her window and drowns out her screams--and her final breath!

[@annapaulikonis2433]

Clifford Hodge That was a WeirdCreepyMovie.

[@marcrobson6157]

Loved both The Hitchhiker & Carnival of Souls

[@kittybratton3657]

Right on,I loved carnival of souls,and the hitchhiker is similar in mood.

[@carnotantonioromero3024]

My pick: "The Invaders." No dialogue, until the last moment, just mute Agnes Moorehead battling little metal men in a remote farmhouse.

[@mrnobody2018]

Unfortunately the character was a alien and the invaders were astronauts exploring the intstellar of space

[@elmantishrimp1689]

Omg that Madagascar 2 gremlin scene makes so much sense now

[@rogueguardian]

Midnight sun is still so terrifying Today.

[@mrnobody2018]

But there's no fridge horror

[@kill3rbamb146]

@@mrnobody2018 fringe horror?

[@mrnobody2018]

@@kill3rbamb146 something what you logically believe in horror sensing innocent characters receiving, death or violence or trauma inflicted to them offscreen

[@mrnobody2018]

@@kill3rbamb146 I'm talking about the innocents in terror

[@mrnobody2018]

@@kill3rbamb146 the proper horror source in the twilight zone

[@yourdadsbbqbrisket8526]

I friggin' love Twilight Zone. My favorite episode will always be the one where there's a bus crash and all the passengers have to stay at a diner but one of them is actually an alien. I don't know why, it just has a special place in my heart.

[@Scripturegirl.]

Will the real Martian please stand up.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

Scripturegirl1990 I saw that episode. However, the passengers in the story don't go to the diner because the bus crashed; they do it because they're waiting to see if a nearby bridge, which is covered with ice, will soon be safe to cross over. Eventually, a phone call comes in saying that the bridge is safe. The two state troopers who have been looking for the alien without success decide to give up the chase and offer to escort the bus and its passengers over the bridge. A little while later, one of the passengers, a middle-aged fellow who is supposedly a businessman, returns to the diner and tells the counterman that the phone call was just an illusion. The bridge wasn't safe; it collapsed into the river and the state troopers' car and the bus fell in with it, killing the troopers, the bus passengers, and the driver. The businessman is the Martian, a scout sent ahead by his people to prepare the earth for a coming invasion. It is also revealed that he has three arms! But, in one of those twist endings that the program was famous for, the counterman reveals that he too is an alien--from Venus! His people have already intercepted the Martian invaders so they can conquer the earth themselves. To confirm his story, he removes his chef's cap, revealing a third eye on his forehead! The Martians' plans have been foiled before they could be put into operation. One of the state troopers was played by John Archer, who was, for a short time, the radio voice of "The Shadow."

[@annapaulikonis2433]

horse noodles We are all 👽 aliend.HAHA.

[@mercedyzmarieguion292]

Michael Palmieri John Archer is the late father of Anne Archer. Not a household name but a good actor.

[@brianmcd993]

So many Simpsons episodes on here! 😂

[@Gravydog316]

lol

[@cunextthursday]

Futurama as well

[@JudgeMarmianWiZard]

1980s Brittish hammer house of horror t.v series also copied the doppelganger story in "the two faces of evil" episode and the dolls house story in the "child's play" episode.

[@dtrix10kc]

The episode, "Eye Of The Beholder" totally freaked me out.

[@charliebird5299]

Not that anyone asked, but here's MY Top 13 😈 TZ Episodes: 1) Dead Man's Shoes 👞 2) Living Doll 👧 3) Mirror Image 👱👱 4) The Dummy 😱 5) The After Hours ⌛ 6) Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up? 👽 7) The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street 🏡 8) A Thing About Machines ☎ 9) Perchance To Dream 😴 10) And When The Sky Was Opened 🚀 11) The Jungle 🐹 12) Long Live Walter Jameson 💀 13) Shadow Play 😴 I know, I know, I'm the ultimate TZ GEEK 😶, what can I say.😛 Still, I'd love to see YOUR Top Picks of this brilliant, classic series!😍😍😍

[@niajones992]

What about the episode where the town got darker and darker because of all the hate in the world. And also the episode where the devil was let loose from his cage and all the curious in the world started up again? Those episodes are terrifying

[@ishma222]

The scariest Twilight Zone episode is easily 'The Dummy'

[@gillz107]

TTTSB Exactly! The "dummies" @ Watchmojo dropped the ball on that one, for not including that episode in this top 10. The dummies laugh alone is scary enough, especially his last laugh

[@rusty7984]

That episode creeped the hell out of me as a kid and still does to this day and I developed a small fear of dummies when I was 8 Slappy the dummy from Goosebumps didn’t help either because I was also into Goosebumps when I was little

[@arthurwilliams8266]

TTTSB I'll see you that and up you one with "Caesar and Me".

[@jamessmithe5490]

yes. yes. So creepy.

[@thediabolicalempath7246]

TTTSB When George Murdock was breaking the forth wall at the end. “Do you mean lady?” Now that was scary.

[@ShnugFlug]

The Hitch Hiker is terrifying. I remember my teacher played it in English class a couple years ago. The idea behind it is brilliant.

[@tracyalexandrayeager4405]

You guys left out the episodes, Jess Belle, The Masks and The Dummy. The Dummy has a truly creepy & eery ending as does The Masks.

[@RiverOfBlacklights]

Yeah, there are many episodes that should've made this list. Episodes like the ones you listed and so many others like _'The Thirty Fathom Grave',_ _'The Grave',_ _'Long Distance Call',_ _'The Jungle',_ _'I Am The Night -- Color Me Black'._ Sad that these lists are only limited to 10 episodes with a handful of "honorable mentions". There's so many other episodes they didn't even touch that belong on a list like this for sure...

[@annapaulikonis2433]

Tracy Alexandra Yeager Dummiy movies and TV episodes always creep me out.

[@michaelcarson7866]

jack klugman and two other astronauts in a spaceship landing on the same planet over and over again, seeing their spaceship already crashed on that planet, and not wanting to admit they were all dead.

[@sciblastofficial9833]

Michael Carson "Death Ship"

[@kaiakauniste3903]

I absolutely love the twilight zone! We had to watch it in school and I still love it 2 years later!!

[@annapaulikonis2433]

iNK Shadow Cool Huh.

[@toadtreeunhinged3679]

Wow 2 whole years

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

What school do you go to? We never got anything that interesting.

[@felin_de_la_nuit]

Best show ever made. RIP Rod Serling 🖤

[@chibilaichi]

Thank you for mentioning "Number 12 Looks Like You." That episode is so scary because it's come true. Free thinking is thrown away for vein beauty and treatments to make one look more beautiful.

[@NuttersIncorporated]

I mean… no, it isn’t. In fact, we are further away from that dystopia than we where when that episode was made. Yes, some people still unfairly judge others on looks and the beauty industry is still going strong. However, when you say- ‘Free thinking is thrown away for vein beauty and treatments to make one look more beautiful.’ Nope, that’s a load of bull. Society tends to look down on people who only care about their looks and nothing else. Women aren’t expected to just be beautiful and shut off their brains. Men are thought of as shallow if all they care about is their own appearance. I don’t wear makeup, have fizzy hair and freckles, and I tend to wear comfortable rather than attractive clothing. Every now and again my mum will tell me that I’d look so pretty if I just made more of an effort. However, nobody is horrified that I don’t spend hours doing my hair and putting on makeup every day. No one is telling me to quite my job so that I can concentrate more on looking beautiful. I’ve never been told that I should shut down my brain and hand over my free will so that I can be more attractive. That's just not the world we live in. If people want to spend time and money on makeup, then there’s nothing wrong with that. People can be both pretty and cleaver at the same time.

[@Coyotek4]

I know "Eye of the Beholder" is on my people's Top Ten TZ eps, but for me, I greatly prefer "Number 12".

[@chibilaichi]

+Nuttersincorporated You make an excellent point. The reason for my original comment is, if you gather a group of people together (and it's been done before), and ask them what's going on in the news today, or even who a famous person is, one who is famous because of a great achievement, the majority would not know. Now, there are definitely exceptions, and I've seen those exceptions, but the majority don't know. Ask those majorities who Snookie is, or what trend is happening now, or even what good makeup brands are, they will know without thinking about it.

[@NuttersIncorporated]

That’s true enough in its way and I’m not denying it but I think you underestimate people because of it. People need light-hearted things to make life bearable. Hell, more people probably recognise Harry Potter than Snookie. That doesn’t mean they only care about fictional characters. People aren’t giving up their free will just because they like something frivolous. It’s escapism and fun. Do I wish that the beauty industry wasn’t so in your face, hell yes! Do I judge people who choose to use beauty products because it makes them happy, no. Everyone needs something. We can’t only think about big issues. It would crush us. Just because people recognise celebrities easily, that doesn’t mean they don’t care about anything else. Science programs are more popular than they’ve ever been and a lot of young people are really engaged and passionate about politics these days. More people might recognise Snookie than Deborah Birx. However, that doesn’t stop Deborah Birx being in charge of a $6. 6 billion program, in 65 countries around the world, that supports HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention efforts.

[@raymatthews4319]

That episode always reminds me of Huxley's "Brave New World."