The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone became the role model for TV anthologies. The parables which usually resided in the world of fantasy or science fiction expertly explored humanity's hopes, despairs, prides and prejudices in metaphoric ways conventional drama cannot.
King Nine Will Not Return
A pilot of a downed WW II bomber comes to in the African desert and desperately tries to find out what happened to the rest of his crew.
Man in the Bottle
A luckless couple stumbles upon fortune when a genie materializes from a bottle in their antique shop. The genie grants them four wishes but warns them, prophetically, to be careful what you wish for.
Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room
Small time criminal Jackie Rhoades must face both his past and his conscience while waiting for his next assignment.
A Thing About Machines
Bartlett Finchley's paranoia about the machines around proves true.
The Howling Man
Seeking refuge from a storm, traveler David Ellington comes upon a bizarre hermitage of monks, who have imprisoned a man who begs for his help. When David confronts the head monk Brother Jerome, he is told that the man is the devil, and David must decide
Eye of the Beholder
A young woman lying in a hospital bed, her head wrapped in bandages, awaits the outcome of a surgical procedure performed by the State in a last-ditch attempt to make her look 'normal'.
Nick of Time
A pair of newlyweds stopping in a small town are trapped by their own superstition when playing a fortune-telling machine in a local diner.
The Lateness of the Hour
The daughter of an inventor objects to their 'perfect' home where they are waited on by mechanical servants.
The Trouble with Templeton
A nostalgic actor revisits his late wife and friends at their old haunt, only to find that he is now out of place there.
A Most Unusual Camera
When three dum-dum crooks get ahold of a camera that takes pictures of the future, they set out to make a quick fortune with their new toy.
The Night of the Meek
After a derelict Santa Claus is fired on Christmas Eve, he finds a mysterious bag that gives out presents. With this bag, he sets out to fulfill his one wish - to see the less fortunate inherit the bounties of Christmas.
Dust
In a tragic, western town, a desperate father begs for clemency as his son is slated to die for an accident he could not have prevented.
Back There
At a prominent club in Washington, D.C., a socialite argues about whether it would be possible to change history by traveling back in time. When he leaves the club he finds himself in 1865, on the night that President Lincoln will be shot.
The Whole Truth
A used car salesman buys a car that dooms him to tell only the truth.
The Invaders
When a woman investigates a clamor on the roof of her rural house, she discovers a small UFO and little aliens emerging from it. Or so it seems.
Penny For Your Thoughts
Gaining telepathic abilities when his coin lands on its edge bank clerk Hector B. Poole learns about the difference between other people's plans and fantasies.
Twenty-Two
While in the hospital recovering from overwork, Liz Powell keeps dreaming about going down to the hospital morgue.
The Odyssey of Flight 33
Passing through the sound barrier a commercial airliner inadvertently travels back in time.
Mr. Dingle, the Strong
A timid vacuum-cleaner salesman is given the strength of 300 men by some experimenting aliens.
Static
An old radio is taking bitter bachelor Ed Lindsay back to a happier time before what he considers worthless tripe on television when he starts picking up radio programs from the 1930's and 1940's.
The Prime Mover
A compulsive gambler cajoles his friend to use his telekinesis to affect the results of the gambling tables in Las Vegas.
Long Distance Call
A toy telephone becomes the link between a young boy and his dead grandmother.
100 Yards over the Rim
A pioneer from a wagon train in 1847 sets off to find something for his ill son and stumbles into present-day New Mexico.
The Rip Van Winkle Caper
After successfully stealing a gold shipment, a group of criminals and their scientist accomplice put themselves in suspended animation in a remote desert cave. When they awaken decades later, complications ensue when their truck is destroyed.
The Silence
Annoyed by a club member's constant chatter, a man bets him he cannot remain silent for a year, living in a glass enclosure in the club basement.
Shadow Play
Adam Grant is trapped in a recurring nightmare, in which he is sentenced to death and executed.
Mind and the Matter
Using the power of mind over matter, Archibald Beechcroft remakes the world to his own specifications.
Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up
Following a frantic phone call about a crashed spaceship, two policeman try and determine who among the passengers of a bus at a snowed-in roadside diner is from another world.
The Obsolete Man
In a future totalitarian society, a librarian is declared obsolete and sentenced to death.
