"Lights Out" was an early television horror anthology series--a bit like the later "Twilight Zone" but with a greater focus on the supernatural. I have found the series to be rather uneven. Part of this is due to the sophistication of television in the late 40s and early 50s (such as using a cheesy organ for the music and cheap sets). Part of it is due to wildly uneven scripts. While shows like "Dead Man's Coat" are brilliant, others such as "And Adam Begot" are downright silly.
"And Adam Begot" begins with some folks discovering a Neanderthal skull along the roadway in the Dordogne region in France (which is famous for its neolithic cave paintings). The two guys then begin arguing once the car takes off and this leads to an accident--and the trio are hurled down an embankment. Suddenly, it's thousands of years in the past and they are in the age of Neanderthals--and it's a fight for their lives.
Personally, seeing a guy running about in Fred Flintstone clothes chasing these modern folks is embarrassing. And so is the explanation for how all this occurred. Take my advice...see one of the other free episodes available for viewing or download at archive.org. This one is really dumb.
By the way, one of the characters in the show (played by Kent Smith) talks about how stupid Neanderthal man was and how small his brain was. This is not so, as the brain capacity if about equal to the average person today. Really.
"And Adam Begot" begins with some folks discovering a Neanderthal skull along the roadway in the Dordogne region in France (which is famous for its neolithic cave paintings). The two guys then begin arguing once the car takes off and this leads to an accident--and the trio are hurled down an embankment. Suddenly, it's thousands of years in the past and they are in the age of Neanderthals--and it's a fight for their lives.
Personally, seeing a guy running about in Fred Flintstone clothes chasing these modern folks is embarrassing. And so is the explanation for how all this occurred. Take my advice...see one of the other free episodes available for viewing or download at archive.org. This one is really dumb.
By the way, one of the characters in the show (played by Kent Smith) talks about how stupid Neanderthal man was and how small his brain was. This is not so, as the brain capacity if about equal to the average person today. Really.