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COLLECTION · Series · 1985

The Twilight Zone

This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.

Source: TMDB
* 7.7 (249)DramaFantasyMysteryScience FictionUnited Kingdom · United States
Creators
Rod Serling
Countries
United Kingdom · United States · Canada
Studios
CBS · London Films Productions · Atlantis Films · Persistence of Vision Films
Runtime
30–45 min/ep
Age rating
TV-14
Release
27/09/1985
Score
7.7 / 10 (249)
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
6 episodes
Episode 1. Conversation With Wes Craven
14 min

Wes Craven discusses how he had become part of The 80's Twilight Zone revival.

Episode 2. Harlan Ellison Commentary on "Shatterday"
14 min

A truncated (cut) version of the first episode, "Shatterday", with commentary by the original stories author, Harlan Ellison.

Episode 3. The New Twilight Zone Bumpers

Special features from the DVD box set, Twilight Zone Bumpers with the iconic theme song.

Episode 4. Nightsong - Deleted Scenes
1 min

Special features from the DVD box set, deleted scenes from the episode "Nightsong"

Episode 5. The Road Less Traveled - Deleted Scenes
13 min

Special features from the DVD box set, deleted scenes from the episode "The Road Less Traveled"

Episode 6. Time and Teresa Golowitz - Deleted Scenes
3 min

Special features from the DVD box set, deleted scenes from the episode " Time and Teresa Golowitz"

Season 1
Season 1
24 episodes · 1985
Shatterday / A Little Peace and Quiet
Episode 1. Shatterday / A Little Peace and Quiet
1985-09-27 · 48 min

A man named Peter Jay Novins accidentally dials his home phone number, and it's answered by Peter Jay Novins. A harried housewife finds a medallion that gives her the power to freeze time.

Wordplay / Dreams for Sale / Chameleon
Episode 2. Wordplay / Dreams for Sale / Chameleon
1985-10-04 · 49 min

Salesman Bill Lowery wakes up one morning and discovers, to his horror, that people around him are slowly degenerating their talk into gibberish that he cannot understand. His ability to communicate is needed more than ever when his son…

Healer / Children's Zoo / Kentucky Rye
Episode 3. Healer / Children's Zoo / Kentucky Rye
1985-10-11 · 49 min

Cat burglar Jackie Thompson breaks into a museum to steal ancient artifacts and takes a rare gem that has strange healing powers - he is shot but the gem heals him. Taking on the name of Brother John, Jackie becomes a faith healer but…

Little Boy Lost / Wish Bank / Nightcrawlers
Episode 4. Little Boy Lost / Wish Bank / Nightcrawlers
1985-10-18 · 49 min

A photographer torn between taking a plum overseas assignment and getting married, meets a strangely familiar little boy. Janice finds a magic lamp at a garage sale. Restrictions and lots of paperwork apply for her three wishes. A…

If She Dies / Ye Gods
Episode 5. If She Dies / Ye Gods
1985-10-25 · 49 min

A year after his wife died a man is involved in a car accident that leaves his young daughter in a coma. On his way home the man has a vision. Cupid arrives in the modern world. A love spell for his target does not work as well as he…

Examination Day / A Message From Charity
Episode 6. Examination Day / A Message From Charity
1985-11-01 · 49 min

In the far future, twelve-year-old Dickie must pass the government intelligence test. He is very nervous about the outcome of the test but eager to show how smart he is. At the end his parents get the news - Dickie "passed" the test...but…

Teacher's Aide / Paladin of the Lost Hour
Episode 7. Teacher's Aide / Paladin of the Lost Hour
1985-11-08 · 49 min

A teacher on a violent and gang infested high school has trouble controlling her students. The building is warded by some mysterious gargoyles, which give some special powers to the teacher. A Vietnam Vet named Billy saves an old man…

Act Break / The Burning Man / Dealer's Choice
Episode 8. Act Break / The Burning Man / Dealer's Choice
1985-11-15 · 49 min

A landlord hounds a playwright named Maury for his rent. When the playwright's partner dies of a heart attack, he wishes he could become the greatest playwright ever. Maury is transported back in time and meets Shakespeare. During a heat…

Dead Woman's Shoes / Wong's Lost and Found Emporium
Episode 9. Dead Woman's Shoes / Wong's Lost and Found Emporium
1985-11-22 · 49 min

Shy Maddie finds a pair of shoes and after trying them on, is possessed by the vengeful spirit of a rich murdered woman. David Wong searches for something he lost. He seeks the Lost and Found Emporium where he finds others looking for…

The Shadow Man / The Uncle Devil Show / Opening Day
Episode 10. The Shadow Man / The Uncle Devil Show / Opening Day
1985-11-29 · 49 min

The smartest boy in school is a target for bullies. At home in bed after an attack, the boy meets the "Shadow Man" under his bed who offers him a solution. The "Shadow Man" is a serial killer, but tells the boy that it never kills the one…

The Beacon / One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty
Episode 11. The Beacon / One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty
1985-12-06 · 49 min

When Dr. Dennis Barrows's car breaks down, he goes to an unusual town where visitors are disliked and townspeople are terrified of lighthouse and where it might shine. The house where Barrows stays the night is shined upon by the…

Her Pilgrim Soul / I of Newton
Episode 12. Her Pilgrim Soul / I of Newton
1985-12-13 · 49 min

Two scientists named Kevin and Daniel are experimenting with a holographic device. One day they are confronted with a fetus in their machine. Growing, it becomes a woman whose life story fascinates and allures Kevin. A frazzled…

Night of the Meek / But Can She Type? / The Star
Episode 13. Night of the Meek / But Can She Type? / The Star
1985-12-20 · 49 min

A drunken storefront Santa is terminally depressed by the many children who go gift less and starving during Christmas. He is fired from his job at a department store when he shows up late, and subsequently finds a bag that he can pull…

Still Life / The Little People of Killany Woods / The Misfortune Cookie
Episode 14. Still Life / The Little People of Killany Woods / The Misfortune Cookie
1986-01-03 · 49 min

Finding an old trunk, a couple realizes that it has a false bottom containing a 70-year-old film from the Amazon. An old Irishman has often been called a fool for his stories about Leprechauns. He catches the leader of "The Little…

Monsters! / A Small Talent for War / A Matter of Minutes
Episode 15. Monsters! / A Small Talent for War / A Matter of Minutes
1986-01-24 · 49 min

A young boy becomes fascinated with the new neighbor next door. The neighbor, Mr. Bendictson, warns him that he cannot stay long, as he is a vampire! The boy is still intrigued, but soon finds out the truth. An alien ship arrives at the…

The Elevator / To See the Invisible Man / Tooth and Consequences
Episode 16. The Elevator / To See the Invisible Man / Tooth and Consequences
1986-01-31 · 49 min

Two twenty-something brothers go to their father's laboratory to steal his fathers' growth serum research and sell for their own profit. They find a web-like material, which tastes great. They find large plants. Some plants have…

Welcome to Winfield / Quarantine
Episode 17. Welcome to Winfield / Quarantine
1986-02-07 · 49 min

The grim reaper arrives at a hospital to take possession of a dying man. The man's wife rescues him and takes him to the western town of Winfield where residents have been living for hundreds of years. Apparently, the reaper has failed to…

Gramma / Personal Demons / Cold Reading
Episode 18. Gramma / Personal Demons / Cold Reading
1986-02-14 · 49 min

A young boy is left to care for his old, scary grandmother. He finally confronts his fears and steps up to her, finding that she has no pulse. Then Gramma reaches out and grabs him... A screenwriter is having writer's block when strange…

The Leprechaun-Artist / Dead Run
Episode 19. The Leprechaun-Artist / Dead Run
1986-02-21 · 49 min

Vacationing in the United States, an Irish leprechaun is caught by three boys. To be freed, he must grant them three wishes. An out-of-work trucker takes on a bizarre job upon the recommendation of a friend: deliveryman of souls to Hell.…

Profile in Silver / Button, Button
Episode 20. Profile in Silver / Button, Button
1986-03-07 · 49 min

A researcher from the future, a descendent of President John F. Kennedy goes back in time to witness his ancestor's death, and inadvertently changes history by saving the President. The researcher accidentally gives away the fact that he…

Need to Know / Red Snow
Episode 21. Need to Know / Red Snow
1986-03-21 · 49 min

On a little town people started going crazy. Edward Sayers is sent by the senator to investigate. He makes the usual tests but doesn't find anything. He traces it to one person with a very special secret... A KGB investigator is sent to…

Take My Life...Please! / Devil's Alphabet / The Library
Episode 22. Take My Life...Please! / Devil's Alphabet / The Library
1986-03-28 · 49 min

A mainstream comedian is killed by the one from whom he stole his work from. When he comes to, he is in one strange stage show, but there is something extremely wrong... A college group holds their "Devil's Alphabet" meeting every year.…

Shadow Play / Grace Note
Episode 23. Shadow Play / Grace Note
1986-04-04 · 49 min

A condemned man, Adam Grant, insists that everything and everyone around him is a dream: one that he can't wake up from. He claims that every time he is executed, he fails to wake up and must relive the whole thing again. His attorney is…

A Day in Beaumont / The Last Defender of Camelot
Episode 24. A Day in Beaumont / The Last Defender of Camelot
1986-04-11 · 49 min

In the 1950s a flying saucer crashes on Earth. The crash is seen by a couple. They run into town, but no one believes them. "The Last Defender of Camelot" takes place in 1986 in London and, eventually, Cornwall. An extension of the story…

Season 2
Season 2
11 episodes · 1986
The Once and Future King / A Saucer of Loneliness
Episode 1. The Once and Future King / A Saucer of Loneliness
1986-09-27 · 49 min

An Elvis impersonator is transported to the 1950s where he meets the real Elvis who thinks that the impersonator is his long dead brother. A quiet waitress sees a glowing UFO, which gives her a message that everyone wants to know. She…

What Are Friends For? / Aqua Vita
Episode 2. What Are Friends For? / Aqua Vita
1986-10-04 · 48 min

Alex Mattingly wonders whether his son Jeff's new friend Mike is real or imaginary. This episode is a cruel "fountain of youth" spin-off. A fortyish reporter is at risk of losing her anchor position on a network evening news broadcast to…

The Storyteller / Nightsong
Episode 3. The Storyteller / Nightsong
1986-10-11 · 48 min

In the early 20th century a young woman takes a job as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse. One of her students, Mica, secretly takes extra books home to read. When the teacher confronts him, she finds that the boy is reading the books…

The After Hours / Lost and Found / The World Next Door
Episode 4. The After Hours / Lost and Found / The World Next Door
1986-10-18 · 46 min

A Woman goes to a mall for a doll, but encounters strange things after the closing hours... A young college student has been losing personal items for some time. The mystery is resolved when she finds two time-travelers in her closet. A…

The Toys of Caliban
Episode 5. The Toys of Caliban
1986-12-04 · 23 min

An elderly husband and wife live in terror of their son, a boy who has the power to summon anything he can conceive. They are forced to limit what he sees and reads, since anything he summons has to come from...somewhere. When he becomes…

The Convict's Piano
Episode 6. The Convict's Piano
1986-12-11 · 23 min

A man in prison who insists that he is innocent of a crime discovers a piano that transports him to the old days of gangsters.

The Road Less Traveled
Episode 7. The Road Less Traveled
1986-12-18 · 25 min

A man who dodges the Vietnam draft is haunted by visions of his other life as a soldier during the war.

The Card / The Junction
Episode 8. The Card / The Junction
1987-02-21 · 46 min

A compulsive spender accepts "The Card" to keep up her habit. Unfortunately stringent penalties kick in for late payments. A modern-day miner has an argument with his wife and then goes off to work in the local mine. A collapse traps…

Joy Ride / Shelter Skelter / Private Channel
Episode 9. Joy Ride / Shelter Skelter / Private Channel
1987-05-21 · 47 min

Two teenage boys and their girlfriends steal a recently deceased man's classic car. While they are on a joyride, they accidentally kill a policeman. A survivalist traps himself in his bomb shelter when a nuclear blast finally comes. On…

Time and Teresa Golowitz / Voices in the Earth
Episode 10. Time and Teresa Golowitz / Voices in the Earth
1987-07-10 · 47 min

A Broadway composer, Bluestone, who has just died of a heart attack is visited by "Prince", who gives him one wish because of his contributions to entertainment. Bluestone wants to relive a youthful encounter with the girl of his dreams,…

Song of the Younger World / The Girl I Married
Episode 11. Song of the Younger World / The Girl I Married
1987-07-17 · 46 min

In 1916 a girl and a young man from a reformatory for wayward boys fall in love and try to get away from her father, the superintendent. He finds out and doesn't approve of their love, locking away his daughter and punishing the boy. With…

Season 3
Season 3
30 episodes · 1988
The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon
Episode 1. The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon
1988-09-24 · 22 min

A woman tries to get her Uncle Edgar committed, believing that he is senile. The investigating doctor finds Edgar living in an apartment containing all kinds of junk. Edgar claims that a mysterious Voice tells him what junk to collect,…

Extra Innings
Episode 2. Extra Innings
1988-10-01 · 23 min

Ex-baseball player Ed Hamner, lame from an injury and forced to retire early, is given a 1909 baseball card of a player that looks exactly like him, Monte Hanks. The card is magical in that he becomes drawn into it and lives out the life…

The Crossing
Episode 3. The Crossing
1988-10-08 · 22 min

A stressed-out priest repeatedly encounters a station wagon containing a young girl. The car keeps crashing and bursting into flames.

The Hunters
Episode 4. The Hunters
1988-10-15 · 22 min

A young boy falls into an undiscovered cave near a housing project. An archeologist studies strange paintings on its walls and then bizarre things begin to happen. Cave items move around and animals are killed and brought into the cave.

Dream Me a Life
Episode 5. Dream Me a Life
1988-10-22 · 22 min

Roger, a curmudgeonly man in a retirement home, has nightmares of an unknown woman trying to hold back some strange creature behind a door in a room filled with candles. He is shocked when that woman, a cataleptic, becomes his next-door…

Memories
Episode 6. Memories
1988-10-29 · 22 min

A hypnotist who specializes in helping people relive their past lives tries to find her own history. She hypnotizes herself and when she awakens, she learns that everyone can now remember their past lives. They also desperately want to…

The Hellgramite Method
Episode 7. The Hellgramite Method
1988-11-05 · 22 min

An alcoholic, Miley Judson, is approached by a doctor who offers to provide him with a unique cure. Desperate, Judson agrees and is secretly given a "hellgramite" insect. The insect in his stomach will keep him sober no matter how much he…

Our Selena is Dying
Episode 8. Our Selena is Dying
1988-11-12 · 22 min

A young woman, Diane, comes to live with her family, including the dying patriarch Sylena. Much to the doctor's astonishment, Sylena begins to make an astonishing recovery, while Diane begins to show all the signs of rapid aging. The…

The Call
Episode 9. The Call
1988-11-19 · 22 min

A lonely man accidentally phones the wrong number and finds an intriguing female to whom he grows attached. When she refuses to meet him, he investigates and finds the phone in a museum next to the statue of a woman.

The Trance
Episode 10. The Trance
1988-11-26 · 22 min

A scam artist purports to channel the spirit of Delos, a former inhabitant of Atlantis. Together with a partner, he makes a living off of it. The day of his big break, he channels another spirit, one who could cause him to lose…

Acts of Terror
Episode 11. Acts of Terror
1988-12-03 · 22 min

A woman terrorized by her abusive husband finds some small consolation in a statue of a dog given to her by her sympathetic sister. The woman soon discovers that she can summon the dog to life as a huge ferocious beast that will respond…

20/20 Vision
Episode 12. 20/20 Vision
1988-12-10 · 22 min

Newly promoted bank loan officer Warren Cribbens cracks his eyeglasses and discovers he can see the future through them. Faced with seeing the future of the farmers whose farms he must foreclose on, Warren can't bring himself to…

There Was an Old Woman
Episode 13. There Was an Old Woman
1988-12-17 · 22 min

A famous children's book writer visits a sick boy and reads him one of her stories. Later, at home, she is disturbed by children's voices throughout her house and learns from his parents that the boy has died.

The Trunk
Episode 14. The Trunk
1988-12-24 · 22 min

A young man at a motel discovers an empty trunk that grants any wishes. He uses it for popularity, but at a party he discovers who his true friends are.

Appointment on Route 17
Episode 15. Appointment on Route 17
1988-12-31 · 22 min

After finishing a heart transplant, a man finds his personality has changed. He also discovers that he has a strange attraction to a waitress at a road diner.

The Cold Equations
Episode 16. The Cold Equations
1989-01-07 · 22 min

A shuttle pilot on the outer fringes of space finds a stowaway on board his ship. Because of the extra weight, he does not have enough fuel for his journey and faces a dilemma forcing him to consider jettisoning her into space.

Stranger in Possum Meadows
Episode 17. Stranger in Possum Meadows
1989-01-14 · 22 min

A young boy playing in a field meets an old man who is really an alien collecting specimens to bring back to his planet.

Street of Shadows
Episode 18. Street of Shadows
1989-01-21 · 22 min

Walking taking a walk in a wealthy neighborhood an unemployed man living in a shelter experiences an unusual transformation.

Something in the Walls
Episode 19. Something in the Walls
1989-01-28 · 22 min

A doctor arrives at his new job in a sanitarium. He discovers the case of a woman who is terribly frightened of things that appear on her walls.

A Game of Pool
Episode 20. A Game of Pool
1989-02-04 · 22 min

Young Jesse has spent his entire life mastering pool, and wants to beat the best: the deceased Fats Brown. Summoned, Fats Brown appears to challenge him to a game of pool. The stakes: Jesse's life. After a tense match, Jesse fails to make…

Room 2426
Episode 21. Room 2426
1989-02-11 · 22 min

Martin Decker is confined to a special room for acts and thoughts against the state. They want the formula for a weapon he does not want to reveal. Escape for Martin comes from the mind.

The Mind of Simon Foster
Episode 22. The Mind of Simon Foster
1989-02-18 · 22 min

In an impoverished future, Simon Foster goes to a pawnshop to sell some personal items to raise money for rent. The shop owner offers to buy some of his memories. In Simon Foster's life, what could be possibly be valuable?

The Wall
Episode 23. The Wall
1989-02-25 · 22 min

At a lab a dimensional portal appears. Major Alex McAndrews is sent through the portal to learn what is on the other side. He discovers a pastoral paradise. When he returns to Earth, he discovers that the military has plans for the portal.

Cat and Mouse
Episode 24. Cat and Mouse
1989-03-04 · 22 min

Andrea, a plain, shy, secluded girl longs for love. One day, love comes to her in the form of a cat who transforms into the man of her dreams. The man was cursed to become a cat by a scorned woman centuries ago. Unfortunately, the cursed…

Rendezvous in a Dark Place
Episode 25. Rendezvous in a Dark Place
1989-03-11 · 22 min

An old woman with an obsession with death attends funerals for entertainment. One night when an injured thief breaks into her home, she lets him die and waits for Death to come and collect him.

Many, Many Monkeys
Episode 26. Many, Many Monkeys
1989-03-18 · 22 min

An epidemic breaks out and many people are struck blind. Something more happens, however: People have become cold and heartless toward each other.

Love is Blind
Episode 27. Love is Blind
1989-03-25 · 22 min

In a bar, a very mysterious blind man plays the piano, and gives some very special advice to a jealous boyfriend.

Crazy as a Soup Sandwich
Episode 28. Crazy as a Soup Sandwich
1989-04-01 · 22 min

A man sells his soul to a demon for some racing tips. After being terrified by the demon he goes for help from the criminal boss he borrowed the track money from.

Special Service
Episode 29. Special Service
1989-04-08 · 22 min

A normal, everyday guy discovers a camera in his closet. Puzzled, a repairman shows up to fix it, and secretly informs him that his life is being televised, and is a top-ratings grabber. The guy, John, doesn't want his life to be aired,…

Father and Son Game
Episode 30. Father and Son Game
1989-04-15 · 22 min

A 79-year-old man wants to keep on living so he transplants his brain into a younger body. His son, however, resents his father's continued life and tries to wrestle power from him.

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Charles Aidman
Charles Aidman
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GenerationofSwine
★ 10.0 / 10
Yeah, for the longest time I thought I was the only person that actually liked this, but thanks to the internet I now know that I'm not alone. And, like the first series, you get your fill of horror and science fiction ironic twists... more with an eye to horror in the 80s version and not so much science fiction. And one episode that seems like an updated Wicker Man. Anyway, everything has been said already, so the best thing I can do is point out that it had everyone. I mean it had EVERYONE, every actor that wasn't a leading man in the 80s and some actors that were, it had has beens and will bes in it. You're going to sit down and spend and episode screaming "Oh! I know him from!" And in 2020, pure nostalgia.
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