I always love horror anthologies because with them not just do you have a great variety of stories but their a creative freedom to them, you can do just about anything.
This is both my favorite horror anthology show but also one of my favorite shows in general. This show I also feel has became a bit of a forgotten gem, yeah I know there have been a lot of other anthologies out there some like "The Twilight Zone", "The Outer Limits" (no surprises there), but this I just really love the best and I feel doesn't get the credit it deserves. It's also kinda a childhood relic since I seen this show when I was about 10 years old, so that's all the more reason this show is close to my heart.
I love the theme song it's one of my favorite theme songs ever, it has a creepy and rather menacing tune to it which perfectly fits. It was done on a modest budget but I thought they used it really well and I thought the effects were solid because they were all practical, though there really aren't many which is fine by me, effects aren't what power this show.
Rod Stirling is a great host, director, and writer as usual, his presence is almost easy to mistake this show for being a sequel to "The Twilight Zone" but it's not there is a difference; "The Twilight Zone" was more sci-fi and fantasy morality tales, this show is more horror, fantasy, and suspense stories. However what I really love is the art gallery he directs us in, which all consists of surreal and dark art all which are real paintings. This gallery I thought was awesome since both are my favorite types of paintings and seeing that gallery as a kid I wanted to make my own private art gallery that consisted of that art.
There are plenty of good and memorable stories, some which are really suspenseful and even scary. It's true there are some bad apples as well but all anthologies have their hits and misses. Some of my favorites are "The Way Out" which is like an E.C. comics Suspense story on a scum bag that is trapped in a maze. "Cold Air" which is an adaptation of a story from H.P. Lovecraft one of my favorite authors, about a scientist living off borrowed time, it's both sad and creepy. "The Catapilar" on a doomed man attacked by a Caterpillar , I'll admit this one always made me squirm. And my favorite on "Silent Snow, Secret Snow" which is beautiful, sad, but also really haunting and unsettling, it's a story left to your own interpretation and I love the narration from Orson Wells which adds to the atmosphere.
Like any great painting it's worth looking at, and like any great painting won't be forgotten.
Rating: 4 stars
This is both my favorite horror anthology show but also one of my favorite shows in general. This show I also feel has became a bit of a forgotten gem, yeah I know there have been a lot of other anthologies out there some like "The Twilight Zone", "The Outer Limits" (no surprises there), but this I just really love the best and I feel doesn't get the credit it deserves. It's also kinda a childhood relic since I seen this show when I was about 10 years old, so that's all the more reason this show is close to my heart.
I love the theme song it's one of my favorite theme songs ever, it has a creepy and rather menacing tune to it which perfectly fits. It was done on a modest budget but I thought they used it really well and I thought the effects were solid because they were all practical, though there really aren't many which is fine by me, effects aren't what power this show.
Rod Stirling is a great host, director, and writer as usual, his presence is almost easy to mistake this show for being a sequel to "The Twilight Zone" but it's not there is a difference; "The Twilight Zone" was more sci-fi and fantasy morality tales, this show is more horror, fantasy, and suspense stories. However what I really love is the art gallery he directs us in, which all consists of surreal and dark art all which are real paintings. This gallery I thought was awesome since both are my favorite types of paintings and seeing that gallery as a kid I wanted to make my own private art gallery that consisted of that art.
There are plenty of good and memorable stories, some which are really suspenseful and even scary. It's true there are some bad apples as well but all anthologies have their hits and misses. Some of my favorites are "The Way Out" which is like an E.C. comics Suspense story on a scum bag that is trapped in a maze. "Cold Air" which is an adaptation of a story from H.P. Lovecraft one of my favorite authors, about a scientist living off borrowed time, it's both sad and creepy. "The Catapilar" on a doomed man attacked by a Caterpillar , I'll admit this one always made me squirm. And my favorite on "Silent Snow, Secret Snow" which is beautiful, sad, but also really haunting and unsettling, it's a story left to your own interpretation and I love the narration from Orson Wells which adds to the atmosphere.
Like any great painting it's worth looking at, and like any great painting won't be forgotten.
Rating: 4 stars