Twilight Zone the Movie: a lot of posts talking about crazy movies that we watched at a young age. 1983
Posted by MsMisty888@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 33 comments
I just watched this movie and paid real attention to each of the 5 stories.
I recommend everyone of all ages watch this movie. It is profound.
Iron_Chic@reddit
Cat's Eye and Creepshow were worse
Stereo_Jungle_Child@reddit
Go out and try to find the outtakes from "Creepshow". They're hilarious!
Ok_Industry3016@reddit
Wasn't creepshow like b horror?
Comedywriter1@reddit
Yes. It was based on the old EC comics from the 50s like Tales from the Crypt, Haunt of Fear, etc. (“Choke!”, “Gasp!”, etc. 😂)
I think it’s absolutely brilliant for what it is.
MsMisty888@reddit (OP)
Tales from the Crypt!
abousono@reddit
Love Creepshow, unfortunately I can’t find it on any streaming service I have, though. However Creepshow part 2 is on Amazon Prime and Tubi, iirc.
Wutzdapoint@reddit
Way ahead of its time, I've had some great PB&J burgers recently with bacon jam and spicy peanut butter. That crazy kid was right, peanut butter on hamburgers is good.
Stereo_Jungle_Child@reddit
Everything that kid did or thought was "good".....or else. 😄
Hostile1974@reddit
Vic Morrows story was great
LeMonza_@reddit
Shame the making of it killed him and two kids.
Suspicious-Yogurt480@reddit
A book about this incident was written years ago called Outrageous Conduct, it is even more tragic because it was so avoidable.
radioactivecat@reddit
Wow. Somehow I had never heard about this. How absolutely horrific.
PuppytimeUSA@reddit
I still don’t know what that blue monster guy was all about. What’s his deal?
Lanky_Comedian_3942@reddit
The Gremlin?
PuppytimeUSA@reddit
No from the intro. Dan Aykroid’s character.
Lanky_Comedian_3942@reddit
Kick the Can was kind of weak. The others were pretty good, except, being based on original episodes, I already knew them.
MsMisty888@reddit (OP)
Olly, olly oxenfree...
karma_the_sequel@reddit
To begin with, there are only four stories, not five.
Comedywriter1@reddit
Maybe he’s counting the Dan Ackroyd bookends as a a story.
MsMisty888@reddit (OP)
Yes, I did add the prologue as a 'story'
karma_the_sequel@reddit
Perhaps. That’s considered to be the Prologue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Zone:_The_Movie#Plot
dysteach-MT@reddit
I was scared of flying for years later. Fun fact- the original Twilight Zone’s episode of “Nightmare at 20,000 feet” starred William Shatner!
NerdfestZyx@reddit
William Shatner and John Lithgow make a reference to this on an episode of the sitcom Third Rock from the Sun when one of them has a plane flight and the other is picking him up from the airport
dysteach-MT@reddit
Username checks out!
vanillagirilla1975@reddit
That effing rabbit thing!!
Oh_No_Its_Dudder@reddit
"Want to see something really scary?"
doghouse73@reddit
Still think of that opening with Dan aykroyd
El_Peregrine@reddit
This and the Lithgow / airplane story scared the SHIT out of me. Well, the faceless girl one as well.
geefunken@reddit
Scared the life outa me as a kid..
MsMisty888@reddit (OP)
Me too. Yet I somehow watched it 4-5 times all through the 80's! It was a classic.
I would never let an 11yr old watch this.
geefunken@reddit
When I think back to the things we DID watch back then…!
Ok_Industry3016@reddit
Loved this.
Comedywriter1@reddit
I love the original Twilight Zone series and even the 80s remake had some great episodes(Her Pilgrim Soul, Nightcrawlers, etc.)
I’m not sure the film quite captured the magic of Serling’s series (part of the problem was Landis’ segment had a last minute rewrite because of the on set tragedy) but it had some good moments.
I’ve always thought the movie’s tone was a bit strange. It’s very broad and cartoonish. (Spielberg’s influence?)