brilliant actors, brilliant editing

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

There is something about the 1985 "Twilight Zone" that makes it fascinating. It's that unique charm of the 80's, the intelligent writing, its ability to surprise, the eerie and mysterious atmosphere -who could forget the intro? The show also brings back memories from those times, which makes it a personal experience. But "Twilight Zone" is above all a document of the 80's, so if you want to emerge yourself in that era, for study or pleasure, this is it. Even if a few stories don't excel in originality, the narrator's spoken lines are always so well put, it's exhilarating. My favorite episodes include "I of Newton", "Kentucky Rye", "A Small Talent for War", "But Can she type", just to name a few. There are many others, priceless pieces of story telling that make outstanding television, especially today. "Twilight Zone" is always thought provoking, poignant, insightful and simply magic – qualities that I couldn't find in the earlier black & white version or the more recent revival. The 80's version beats the original by far, in my opinion. This is a review on the First Season of Twilight Zone. The second season is simply unwatchable. There's no trace of the Zone's mystery, the scripts, the actors and the direction are lousy. Stick to season 1.

Hey you guys! need a little help here.There was an episode i watched back in the 80's,details is kind of fuzzy, not sure if this is a Twilight episode or some other anthology series, there were lots of this kind of TV shows during the 80s. Anyway, from what i can remember, there was a new tenant in a building, he was told to always dump his leftovers down a chute, he later discovered that the building is alive, then he tried to poison it with household cleaning items.the other tenants banded together and dump him down the chute.Any of you guys seen this episode? Been looking for this episode for years but no luck finding it.

I'm glad I never watched this show when it came out.I just wondered why it lasted 4 years. It reminds me of the terrible 80's with fake people, fake clothes, and fake music. How did I ever survive growing up in this era? The acting in the majority of episodes I have watched are forced. This makes for very boring shows. The plot lines are not very interesting as the old Twilight Zone shows. The old show inspired the imagination and made one look forward to the next show. Stick with the old Twilight Zone shows and spare yourself the pain of watching garbage.

I remember the "new" series of The Twilight Zone with much fondness. I grew up with them. I don't remember many films/TV programs from childhood, but one episode from this series stood out for me more than any other. It was called "The Burning Man" and it was the most eerie piece of film making I had ever witnessed as a kid. In fact it first inspired me to start film directing.I know now that this short episode came from a book by Ray Bradbury, but it was the way the short film was shot that awe-inspired me. I seem to remember it featured a young Danny Cooksey as the kid. Had Piper Laurie in it too.Please CBS, bring them out on DVD. (And do it proper with extra features!)