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I saw it in English
I liked the monsters are due on maple street... It made the 50's seem so abnormal because how things are today... If you haven't seen the origanal you must see it...!!!

Two Classics
This video contains what are perhaps the two best-known and loved TWILIGHT ZONE titles, "Time Enough at Last" and "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street."The former episode stars Burgess Meredith as a bookish bank teller named Henry Bemis.Scolded by his boss and his wife for being "a reader," Bemis retires to the bank's vault each day during his lunch hour to indulge his passion.One day while he is reading in the vault, a nuclear explosion happens and the earth is turned into a wasteland.Stumbling upon the remains of a public library, Bemis declares that now he has all the time in the world to read - but does he really?Serling's script for "Time Enough at Last" is whimsical though ultimately tragic, with similarities to both "The Obsolete Man" (also with Meredith) and "The Lonely."
2 Fine Episodes Exactly As Pictured
Time Enough At Last - A sole survivor of a nuclear war is all alone in its aftermath. First, he finds solace in books. However, after he breaks his reading glasses, he is lost.
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An Excellent Film
They don't make them like this anymore.Intelligent dialogue.An uplifting score.Absolutely astonishing acrobatics.This film is without nothing.If you have not seen this then you must.
ROBIN HOOD ALL' ITALIANA
To make a good adventure film it is not so easy, but, sometimes the magic is done. This is one of those examples. the lighter side of Lancaster
Though the plot is silly and derivative of "Robin Hood", this film makes a great vehicle for Burt Lancaster, as Dardo "The Arrow", a man who is adored by children, loved by women, and lives in a forest with his band of freedom fighters. It isn't the type of film one usually associates with Lancaster, as he won his awards and fame with serious drama; in his mid-thirties at the time, with chiseled bone structure, an incandescent smile, and an enormous amount of hair, he did his own stunts, some which are astonishing acrobatic feats.Read more

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OUTSTANDING 1950's HORROR THRILLER!
I must admit, I never saw this film until 15 years ago. From the middle 1960's until the early 1990's, I thought I had seen every horror-thriller in the genre, both foreign and domestic. It was a real treat to view this film. I believe this is the greatest horror-thriller to come out of the 1950's. The film stars Dr. Holden (Dana Andrews) a psychologist whose main interest is in debunking the occult and any other paranormal activity: Especially those who claim to have paranormal powers. He is scientific in his research, and believes those who do practice the occult or claim to have psychic abilities are charltons, or mentally ill. He soon finds out how wrong he has been.
Good but flawed
Before I discuss the film itself, an important point needs to be made: On this excellent DVD you are given the choice to watch either the original British cut of this film, called Night of the Demon, or the much-shorter American cut, called Curse of the Demon. Many people pick the American cut simply because it's shorter, because that's the title they're familiar with, because that's the default on the DVD...whatever. Some critics have argued that there really isn't much difference between the two versions. I could not possibly disagree more. In fact, in Curse of the Demon, an entire chapter from the chapter selection menu is missing, and this chapter contains some of the most important scenes in the entire film! Thus, if one watches Curse of the Demon rather than Night of the Demon, one misses: 1) the absolute creepiest scene in the whole film, when Dr. Holden thinks he feels and/or hears the demon coming for him in the Noir-looking halls of the hotel, 2) an important part of the plot, when Dr. Holden discovers that the pages after the 28th have been ripped out of his calendar, and 3) the best dialogue exchange in the whole darn movie! In fact, one could argue that this latter exchange is the most important bit of dialogue too, in terms of establishing Dana Andrew's character:
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Colorful and interesting example of old-fashioned westerns.
Canyon Passage has almost everything you'd want in a western, from technicolor scenery to great character actors for comdy and musical sidekicks.The story's not particularly gripping, but original enough to be interesting.
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This video was sent out to me the next day after I placed the order.It was mailed out as promised by the seller.I was surprised that it was on its' way to me so quickly.It arrived in perfect condition.A reputible seller, indeed.

A Plot Driven Western
I didn't have much in the way of expectations when I started to watch this film, so I have to say I was pretty surprised by how good it was.Dana Andrews stars as a cowboy/businessman in 1850's Oregon who is in love with Susan Hayward, the fiancee of his friend, a reckless gambler played by Brian Donlevy.Andrews has to look out for Ward Bond, a violent wanderer who seems bent on killing him.Toss in some Indians, beautifully photographed scenery, other love interests and subplots, and you have a good story that ties all of the elements in together, providing enough action, drama, and romance to keep any viewer satisfied.Plus you have Hoagy Carmichael moving about singing several songs.What more could you ask for? ... Read more

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He is not deeeeeeeeead but sleepeth!
Comedy of Terrors is one of the funniest movies to come out of the 60s. My entire family just fell apart on the couch watching it. You've Vincent Price as the nasty undertaker. You have Peter Lorre as the picked on humble assistant, you've Boris Karloff as the sleepy and near deaf father in law. Oh and add Basil Rathbone as the Shakespeare loving landlord who won't stay dead and you'vean incredible piece of black comedy.

Brrrrr!
This movie is a great. Classic Video Fun!
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The classic "Eye of the Beholder" and deadly Talky Tina
"The Eye Of The Beholder," a classic Twilight Zone episode written by Rod Serling, tells the story of Janet Tyler, a woman whose hideously deformed face has made her an outcast all of her life. Now she faces her eleventh and final operation in a last chance to look normal. Maxine Stuart plays Janet under the bandages, and Donna Douglas plays her as revealed. This is one of the show's finest episodes, although probably more people have seen the Saturday Night Live takeoff than the original.Then we have Telly Savalas as Erich Streator, who is threatened by a "Living Doll" in this episode written by Jerry Sohl. Erich does not like the Talky Tina his wife has bought for Christie, his step-daughter. However the doll, voiced by the great June Foray (the voice of Rocky J. Squirrel), tells Erich she hates him too. A gripping episode since Talky Tina never talks when anybody else is around. Poor Erich.An above average Zone episode and while I would not have thought of putting this particular pair together on the same videotape, it is certainly one of the better volumes in this series.

My name is Talky Tina and I will Kill You.
Those words spoken by a Living Doll who protects the young daughter of a cruel step father played by Telly Salavis in "Living Doll", one of the most frightening episodes of the Twilight Zone, and scored with suspenceful music by Bernard Herrman.The next episode after that "Eye of the Beholder", penned by Rod Serling, is a statement of what it means to be ugly or beautiful when a woman wakes up on some world in the future or the past (It's never revealed) where her face stands out in a world where the other human faces look vastly different.The erie atmosphere of the story is also added by the strange haunting (and yet somewhat hopeful) music again scored by Bernard Herrman.A must of for any Twilight Zone fan's video collection.

All Is Not What It Appears to Be
Your heart kind of goes out for Telly Savalas in LIVING DOLL. As much of the no-good creep of a stepfather he is you just gotta feel bad for this guy as he gets outdone by a doll, Talky Tina. The doll is almost as evil as he is and this becomes very evident in the final scene at the bottom of the living room staircase. A lot of the ambiguous feelings the viewer feels is the result of Bermard Herrmann's innovative score. It has a childlike quality that taunts and teases both Telly Savalas and the viewer. This is an excellent episode from the 5th season and the entire series for that matter. THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER also taunts the main character and the viewer. The suspense of what lies beneath those bandages is unbearable. This story is not only a parable of beauty being in the eye of the beholder but makes a strong statement on fascism. Bernard Herrmann's score once again is on target as his rather ominously suspenseful scoring pulls in the viewer for a twist of fate. THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER is another excellent episode. ... Read more

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And it's still not on DVD... :(
Thank God for Turner Classic Movies channel otherwise I may not have seen this gem. It helps to check the classics schedule on their website sometimes months in advance to record movies that are not out on DVD and overpriced/unavailable on VHS.
A Gem
Orson Welles' definition of movies as a "ribbon of dreams" helps account for cinema's special hold on human consciousness.To return to a film that we may remember seeing as children is more than revisiting the past: it's reexperiencing the actual moment of wonder that was ours the first time we saw the film.
An Enchanting Movie
This is my favorite movie of all time. In todays movie market it is so rare that we find a movie that the whole family can enjoy, and this is one of our favorites!I've let all my friends watch it, and they love it too.I'm thinking about buying a few copies for Christmas presents. ... Read more

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This is a 5-star B movie
What a strange, short movie!Set in Haiti, around 65 years ago, a Canadian nurse comes to the island to care for a woman who appears to be catatonic.We discover that the patient is, instead, a zombie!None of the two zombies in this film chase people, eat people, or any of the other typical stuff.They are just stupified and can be controlled by others.It is a strange, dark little film that achieves its effect through lighting and excellant editing.This is a gem of a film -- like a great short story instead of a novel.The film lasts just a little over an hour, and uses every minute effectively.

Don't Miss "I Walked With a Zombie"
I have always considered "I Walked With a Zombie" to be archetypical of what might be called "horror-noir."It is a moody, suspenseful black and white film, skillfully portrayed by all the actors, who play well off each other and off the premise of the story.Music gives just the right eerie note to build on the apprehension of the audience.Cinematography is excellent, with superb effect of light and shadow to create the chilling ambience.Unlike many latterday films, the makers of this film seem to have understood that they were playing to an intelligent audience that would understand the subtleties of the film, with no need for blatant, screaming examples to explain every nuance.No gore or grue -- no "special effects," just an excellently underplayed manipulation of the audience's own fearful imaginings to create a superior example of this film genre.Definitely a "must-see" for true film buffs and for anyone else who has not, yet, been privileged to view this type of film.

"SHE WAS DEAD AND YET ALIVE!"
Frances Dee stars in this psychological horror thriller about a nurse who is sent to the carribean to tend to a pacient. When the nurse(Dee) goes to the island only to see her pacient in such a condition she realizes something is wrong. The only solution is to have her healed with starnge voodoo rituals. A very chilling sequance in which the two women walk through the corn field only to find a dog hanging in a tree and to see a life drained zombie awaiting for them on the other side of the field. James Ellison alsostars as the brother of the sick woman. And featuring Tom Conway as Ellison's brother. A suspenseful movie with a chilling atmosphere. Directed by Jacques Tourner, 69 Minutes ... Read more

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A Star on Sunset Boulevard, and a Wanderer
If "A Passage for Trumpet" is Rod Serling's version of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, then "The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine" is his SUNSET BOULEVARD.Like that classic's Norma Desmond, Barbara Jean Trenton is a "movie great from another era" who is unable to accept the fact that she is no longer in demand by Hollywood and spends her days in a darkened room with her old films.Barbara's greatest wish is to recapture her past, with Jerry Herndon, her former, handsome leading man...and in a positively uncanny climax, her wish is granted.Ida Lupino gives a formidable "star performance" as the aging actress, and Martin Balsam brings emotional depth to the role of her sympathetic agent, Danny Weiss, who tries in vain to snap her back to reality.Mention must also be made of the set (the star's Beverly Hills mansion), which is simply beautiful.
The Fear of the Unknown
"To me, the worst fear is the fear of the unknown - the fear which you cannot share with others. That is the most nightmarish of the stimuli." These words of Rod Serling could apply to "The Hitch-Hiker", one of Serling's most chilling, evocative and memorable TWILIGHT ZONE scripts. It concerns a young woman driving alone across country. She is frightened by the sight of a sinister-looking hitch-hiker who seems to appear at every turn. In a story that resembles a religious parable, she encounters a good-natured auto mechanic, a drug store owner, a heartless gas station owner, and a selfish young sailor. The episode plays with some of Serling's favorite themes: human cruelty, and the loneliness and helplessness caused by a secret anxiety. Its dark, unsettling atmosphere - especially during the terrifying night the woman goes through when her car breaks down - remain vivid in my memory.
Inger Stevens and Ida Lupino visit the Twilight Zone
Inger Stevens and Leonard Strong turn in strong performances as Nan Adams and the title character in Serling's "The Hitch-Hiker," based on the radio play of that name by Lucille Fletcher. Following a blowout, Nan repeatedly sees the same hitch-hiker as she travels along the highway. Since this is, after all, the Twilight Zone, we all know the true identity of the hitch-hiker."The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine," written by Serling, stars Ida Lupino as Barbara Jean Trenton, an aging actress who just sits n her private screening room watching her old films.Martin Balsam turns in an nice performance as her agent, trying to coax her back to the real world.But trying to get her a part in a film and having her former leading man visit her only backfire.Watching this one certainly reminds you of "Sunset Blvd." with a rather happy ending.Both episodes feature fine performances by all the principles, which is why these end up being a couple of above average trips into the Zone. ... Read more

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The Invaders looks silly now
I watched a different tape - which had the Invaders but not Nothing in Dark. Agnes Moorhead, Gladys Cooper and Robert Redford in the Zone
This volume of "The Twilight Zone" offers a pair of classic episodes where the performances by the actors are as memorable as the stories with their infamous Twilight Zone twists. "The Invaders" is a tour de force performance by Agnes Moorhead in an episode written by Richard Matheson. Moorhead plays a woman living alone in a farmhouse who finds that a miniature flying saucer has landed on her roof. The woman has to fight against the strange tiny invaders with their advanced technology. But then remember, this is the Twilight Zone. "Nothing in the Dark," written by George Clayton Johnson, offers Gladys Cooper as Wanda Dunn as an old woman who has barricaded herself in her basement apartment for years, fearing that Mr. Death with kill her with a touch. Wanda knows that Death can take many disguises. But despite her fears, when Harold Beldon, a young policeman is shot outside her door, she drags him inside. Of course, the fact Beldon is played by Robert Redford might have something to do with her letting her guard down.Like I said up top, both of these episodes are classics from the beloved television anthology series.

Two More Gems From the Twilight Zone
two more well written episodes from the Twilight Zone series finds host Rod Serling Presenting Agnes Moorehead being attacked in her home by small invaders (a spine thriller episode written by Richard Matheson).The second episode written by George Clayton Johnson shows a young Robert Redford playing a mystery guest who shows an old woman that there is nothing to be afraid of in the dark (even after the lights are turned on). science fiction on television never got better then this. ... Read more

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The original 1943 film that inspired the sexier 1982 Natassja Kinski remake is an intriguing metaphor for sexual repression and anxiety.When a Manhattan ship architect named Oliver Reed (Kent Smith) marries beautiful but psychologically tortured fashion sketch artist Irena Dubrovna (Simone Simon), he has little knowledge of her past other than that she is tortured by myths from her European homeland.His bride fears she will transform into a deadly panther if aroused or angry.Once their passionless marriage deteriorates, and Oliver begins to ponder a romance with his coworker Alice Moore (Jane Randolph), Irena's jealousy and anger begin a series of transformations that threaten her therapist, her husband, and Alice. Director Jacques Tourneur never shows Irena's metamorphosis, usually implying the presence of her feline alter ego through creepy sound effects, ominous shadows, and dramatic camera angles, all elements that effectively generate suspense and fear.This black-and-white mood piece takes its time building up its story, and while Irena's inner panther could easily be interpreted as representing the wrath of a woman scorned, Read more

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Black Cats ARE Huge if of Serbian Ascent!
"Cat People" (1942) is considered a B Class movie.
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Perhaps the best known and most often imitated "B" movie of the 40s or of all-time Jacques Tourneur's "Cat People" like the main character has a lot going on underneath its surface.
Lurking in the Shadows
Producer Val Lewton was forced to work with a small budget during his time with RKO, but faced with financial contraints and lack of star power, he hooked up with director Jacques Tourneur to create several horror films that many decades later are still considered the finest ever made in the genre. Cat People is one of those films.
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Gregory Peck's impressive debut in unrealistic war movie!
When I was a kid I thought this was one of the greatest war movies ever made. Now when I watch it, I can't help but laugh at the many inaccuracies throughout the film, which was supposedly based on a true story. Directed by the great Jacques Tourneur, it featured a cast of "fresh new faces", including a very young Gregory Peck in his film debut. Gregory Peck stars as Vladimir, the commander of a small group of Russian partisans during World War Two. The people in his group have the typical names you'd find in an American-made WW2 movie set in Russia, like "Olga" and "Sasha". Most of them don't even try to fake Russian accents, and one of them even has a strong British accent! And of course the female partisans have perfectly groomed hair and makeup at all times!
The Pick of the Pecks
Here's a film that no decent Gregory Peck fan should be without. Perhaps this is why the video is OUT OF STOCK?? Or perhaps the subject matter - The Great Patriotic War - is unpopular in these days of glory in occupied Iraq? The things that strike me about this film, apart from Peck's rawboned, wide-eyed performance (yes, his VERY FIRST) are the deep B&W photography and the treatment of children in the movie.... it's as though much of the story is seen through their eyes. Indeed, "Enemy at the Gates" owes a plotline to "Days of Glory". In fact, I am gonna go ahead and put this on my list of grand all-timewar movies 'about' children, right up there with Boorman's "Hope and Glory" (similarity intentional, Bro. John?); "Come and See"; "Empire of the Sun"; "The North Star"; "Back to Bataan";and of course "Mrs. Miniver". Perhaps YOU can add others?

War Effort from Casey Robinson and Jacques Tourneur
The year was 1944. Screenwriter and producer Casey Robinson wanted to chronicle the harrowing and valiant resistance of the Russian people against the Nazi military machine that invaded their homeland in 1941. To give the film a look of realism Robinson went outside Hollywood to find fresh young faces for the leads. He cast New York theatre actor Gregory Peck and ballerina Tamara Toumanova to star. Robinson got Jacques Tourneur to director based on his imaginative work (CAT PEOPLE) for producer Val Lewton. There are some good action sequences but the film is weighed down by Robinson's own script that is full of long stretches of dialogue and many romantic interludes which detracts from the intended theme of the film. The film's greatest assets are Gregory Peck's performance as Vladimir the leader of the Russian resistance and Academy Award Nominated Special Effects by Vernon L. Walker. ... Read more

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"Build my gallows high, baby"--just one of the quintessentially noir sentiments expressed by Robert Mitchum in this classic of the genre. Mitchum, in absolute prime, sleepy-eyed form, relates a complicated flashback about getting hired by gangster Kirk Douglas to find femme fatale Jane Greer. The chain of film noir elements--love, money, lies--drags Mitchum into the lower depths. Director Jacques Tourneur gets the edgy negotiations between men and women as exactly right as he gets the inky shadows of the noir landscape (even the sunlit exteriors are fraught with doubt). This is Mitchum in excelsis, with his usual laid-back cool laced with great dialogue and tragic foreshadowing. As for his co-star, James Agee immortally opined that Jane Greer "can best be described, in an ancient idiom, as a hot number." Remade in 1984, unhappily, as Read more

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A film to get lost in . . .
This 1947 film is a fascinating study of human psychology as two men become fatally involved with a femme fatale. Robert Mitchum plays the central character, a man attempting to leave behind a shady past, who is drawn back into it. Kirk Douglas is his antagonist, a crook who has a way of falling for women ready to shoot him full of holes for a stack of his cash. Jane Greer is the smoldering but cool-headed woman who plays off each man against the other.
"How big a chump can you get to be? I was finding out."
Directed by Jacques Tourneur (Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, Night of the Demon), Out of the Past (1947) stars Robert Mitchum (The Night of the Hunter, The Enemy Below, Cape Fear), Jane Greer (The Prisoner of Zenda, Man of a Thousand Faces), and Kirk Douglas (20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Spartacus).Also appearing is Rhonda Fleming (Spellbound, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral), Virginia Huston (Flight to Mars), Paul Valentine (House of Strangers), and Dickie Moore (Sergeant York, Miss Annie Rooney), a child actor who, by the time he was ten years old, had appeared in over fifty films, which is about fifty more than I've appeared in, and I'm a heck of a lot older than ten.
"A dame with a rod is like a guy with a knitting needle." (recommended)
Jeff Markham (Robert Mitchum) is a private detective who assumes the name Bailey to distance himself from his troubled past. In his new life, he falls in love with small-town homely Ann Miller (Virginia Hudson). Interrupting their elopement is G-Man Joe Stephanos (Paul Valentine) for a former gambler client, Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas), whom Markham had crossed.
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Riveting Klugman and Winters
"A Game of Pool" is a riveting two-man show (duodrama?) about winning, losing, and competition set almost entirely within the confines of a pool room. Jack Klugman, here in his second of four TWLIGHT ZONE appearances, gives a typically intense and subtle performance as pool champ-wannabe Jesse Cardiff. Jonathan Winters is terrific as his rival for the pool shark's mantle. One could hardly guess that Winters was a comedian rather than an actor and that this was his first dramatic role, so assured and witty a performer is he. "A Game of Pool" deserves to be compared with other films, such as 12 ANGRY MEN, that derive tension from a closed setting. I'd include "Pool" among the TWILIGHT ZONE classics.

"A Game of Pool" Is a Winner!
These two sports-related episodes of THE TWILIGHT ZONE, "Steel" and "A Game of Pool," are about the potential - and the limits - of human ability."Steel," made in 1963, is set in "1974" - an era in which professional boxing is done by robots, not by humans.After his mechanical boxer breaks down, "Steel" (Lee Marvin), himself a former boxer, decides to fight in its place.Though Steel comes to grief in the ring, his experience teaches a lesson that is particularly relevant today, in the computer age."A Game of Pool" is a nearly thirty minute face-off between two characters, Jesse Cardiff (Jack Klugman), a "pool shark" who wants to be recognized as "the best," and the legendary "`Fats Brown'" (Jonathon Winters), who returns from the dead to challenge Jesse to a game, the stakes of which are Jesse's life.Klugman, in his usual "urban everyman" role, gives a characterization that veers between bravado and vulnerability; Winters' cool, thoroughly self-assured pool champion is the perfect foil for this man who, in his quest for greatness, has let his world shrink to the dimensions of a pool hall."A Game of Pool" is a gripping episode with a chilling ending;it is also a chance to see two riveting actors at work.

In the Twilight Zone, it matters how you play the game...
The sporting life is the top of this pair of above average episodes from "The Twilght Zone.""Steel," adapted by Richard Matheson from this short story and directed by Don Weis, is the better of Lee Marvin's two appearances in the series. Once a heavyweight who was never knocked down "Steel" Kelly is now the manager of Battling Maxo (Tip McClure), an outmoded B2 robot who badly needs repairs.The problem is, Kelly has no money in this future where only androids are allowed in the ring since prizefighter was banned in 1968. However, Kelly pretends to be an android to get a fight to raise the cash for his fighter. "A Game of Pool" is one of George Clayton Johnson's best scripted episodes, featuring Jack Klugman as pool shark Jesse Cardiff who gets the game of a lifetime against the legendary--and late--Fats Brown, played by Jonathan Winters. This episode, directed by Buzz Kulik, is one of those moments that reaffirms how good comedians are as dramatic actors.If you are reminded of Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason in "The Hustler" after watching "A Game of Pool," then you are certainly not alone in that regard. ... Read more

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Step inside the mysterious minds of the ingenious filmmakers that drive us to the edge of our seats with our hearts pounding and blood rushing from fright. Meet the directors that terrify you in the movie theater and haunt you in your dreams.
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Half & Half
I have to concur with the previous reviewer.Lee Marvin is very good in "The Grave", although the script is a bit flawed.However, in comparison to "The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank," it is a superb episode.The problem with the latter lies in the casting, with James Best giving yet another of his agonizingly wretched performances as an oafish hillbilly who looks and sounds as if he needs to go to the bathroom.A skilled actor could probably have made this work, but in this role (as in most of the rest of his roles), Best is the worst!Three stars for Marvin, but none for James (Worst) Best.

A pair of sub-par "TZ" episodes by Montgomery Pittman
This particular volume in "The Twilight Zone" videotape series has a pair of episodes written and directed by Montgomery Pittman, which might explain why they are a couple of subpar efforts overall."The Grave" (October 27, 1961) starts with Pinto Sykes (Richard Geary) being gunned down by the folks in a western town. They had hired Conny Miller (Lee Marvin, in his first "TZ" appearance) to do the job, but he never caught up with Sykes and we have doubts about his courage. Now Miller hears that before he died Sykes vowed to grab Miller if he ever came near his grave. The mood is rather spooky, but why a killer would want to get the coward who never even tried to kill him is a rather big hole that keeps this one from really working. Look for familiar faces Strother Martin as Mothershed and Lee Van Cleef as Steinhart in this one. So-so
I have to agree with the previous reviewer; "The Grave" had a promising premise, but was undermined by a weak ending; however, it is worth watching the typically strong performance by the great Lee Marvin. Unfortunately, however, this episode is paired with "The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank", a silly episode with James Best delivering a typically overwrought portrayal of his usual annoying cornpone clown, the sort of half-witted hayseed character which has long been his trademark. So, for optimum viewing pleasure, enjoy Lee Marvin, and fast-forward through James ("aw, shucks") Best. ... Read more

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Burgess Meredith, Elizabeth Montgomery and Charles Bronson
This is a rather odd pairing of Twlight Zone episodes to put together.First we have a rather comic little episode and then a rather serious one, but both episodes feature fine performances. "Mr. Dingle, the Strong" offer Burgess Meredith in another episode, this time as Luther Dingle, a timid salesman who is temporarily given super strength by Martians (not sure if this is plural--they have two heads but only one body) conducting an experiment. For a while the worm turns, but then the experiment is over. Of course, there are some Venusians who decide to boost Dingle's intelligence. Written by Rod Serling this episode has Don Rickles as Bettor. For my money the better episode is "Two," written and directed by Montgomery Pittman, which offers Charles Bronson and Elizabeth Montgomery as a pair of soldiers who are apparently the sole survivors of the two sides involved in World War III. Montgomery is excellent, as you would expect, but Bronson turns in a surprisingly solid performance as well.

"Mr. Dingle the Strong" the better of the two.
A decent volume of the Twilight Zone Collection. I wasn't too crazy about the second episode, "Two", but I loved the first one, "Mr. Dingle the Strong". This is a humorous story of a meek, constantly beat-on vaccuum cleaner salesman named Luther Dingle (played by the great Burgess Meredith) who happens to be the lucky test subject of a two-headed alien who, without Dingle knowing what's happening, gives him super-human strength. The humor in this episode lies in how Meredith shows off his new power. Don Rickles guest stars in this episode as a rough man named Bragg. This is the one