9/29/2023
Synopsis: Four horror and science fiction segments, directed by four famous directors, each of them being a new version of a classic story from Rod Serling’s landmark television series.
The Good: I love the original series, having seen every episode and many of them several times over. The movie did almost everything right bringing them to the big screen. It wasn’t the same without Serling and all the directors missed the mark on the ‘feel’ of the originals but anything with Richard Matheson involved is going to be great. All in all they did a great job bringing the stories to a new format.
The Bad: I would have liked more interplay between the stories than the final scene but it worked out well enough.
Best Line: Hey… you wanna see something really scary?’
Fun Fact: As Vic Morrow was waiting to film what would turn out to be the scene that killed him, he allegedly said to a production assistant, “I must be out of my mind to be doing this. I should’ve asked for a stunt double. What can they do but kill me, right?!” While he was filming Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974), he insisted on having a $1 million life insurance policy before he would shoot any scenes involving the helicopter in which he was due to ride. He was very insistent, and when asked why, Morrow allegedly replied “I have always had a premonition I was going to die in a helicopter crash!”
Verdict:
Technical: 7
Entertainment Value: 7.25
Genre Rating: 7.5
IMDb Score: 6.4
Total: 7.25
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