tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post7765479782003717484..comments2023-11-05T02:57:06.922-05:00Comments on The Vault of Horror: Terror Comes of Age: A History of Horror TV, Part 2B-Solhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-43675795342953522732008-09-10T07:50:00.000-04:002008-09-10T07:50:00.000-04:00Thanks for the additions, fungii!Thanks for the additions, fungii!B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-58846464366748225322008-09-09T22:22:00.000-04:002008-09-09T22:22:00.000-04:00Sorry, I know this is an old post, but you failed ...Sorry, I know this is an old post, but you failed to mention one of my favourite horror anthology series from the seventies, namely Ghost Story/Circle of Fear! Man, I loved that show. Look at the people involved: Richard Matheson, Jimmy Sangster, Seeleg Lester and William Castle. Not to mention a slew of great actors. It was an awesome, if short-lived, series.<BR/><BR/>Still I'm glad someone else out there appreciates these old shows. :)Fungiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02372410348477189249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-12410555120009182842008-08-12T02:14:00.000-04:002008-08-12T02:14:00.000-04:00oooh, i know what part 3 is about! (i LOVED that s...oooh, i know what part 3 is about! (i LOVED that show!) i used to watch dark shadows as a kid, but i am guessing not when it first started, i would have been too young to get it, i think. (in '66 i was 6!) always remembered barnabas as a vampire in it. but it scared us silly at the time!cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331689337299062712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-33637253038678401402008-08-09T22:57:00.000-04:002008-08-09T22:57:00.000-04:00Well, I suppose I can drop a hint. It's the show t...Well, I suppose I can drop a hint. It's the show that's usually credited as the direct inspiration for the X-Files. And in case you're wondering, part 3 will kick off in the mid 1970s, and run through most of the 1980s.B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-40703159655641708862008-08-09T17:07:00.000-04:002008-08-09T17:07:00.000-04:00Geez! I was hoping someone would slip the name of ...Geez! I was hoping someone would slip the name of the next show that will be brought up. I want part 3! I also want to gush about the shows beyond part 2, but I dont want to ruin future segments lol.Wes Fiercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629748691939917979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-78932044351179464882008-08-08T15:24:00.000-04:002008-08-08T15:24:00.000-04:00RayRay - Hell of a post. Nice work on the history...RayRay - Hell of a post. Nice work on the history. I think you and absinthe nailed it about Serling's The Twilight Zone. I was introduced to it the same way as to Star Trek - via my mother, watching it in late night syndication.<BR/><BR/>The Twilight Zone was a masterful undertaking and as stated continues to be relevant today. Another way to describe it is "timeless."<BR/><BR/>BTW: my mother, ever the wise one, shared your opinion about The Outer Limits. She alwas felt it was the cheaper knockoff to Serling's mastery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-19875077622096063952008-08-08T13:06:00.000-04:002008-08-08T13:06:00.000-04:00Yes the Twilight Zones are still creepy and releva...Yes the Twilight Zones are still creepy and relevant today which is really amazing that the stories can still hold up after all this time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-36321835198472446422008-08-08T12:55:00.000-04:002008-08-08T12:55:00.000-04:00You have to remember that Dark Shadows was, first ...You have to remember that Dark Shadows was, first and foremost, a soap opera. Also, it caught attention at the time for being so different. But no, it doesn't quite hold up. The Twilight Zone, however, is unassailable in my opinion, and does most certainly hold up.B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-62444296127998626622008-08-08T10:02:00.000-04:002008-08-08T10:02:00.000-04:00I think a lot of the beloved classics have aged ba...I think a lot of the beloved classics have aged badly when seen today for the first time.<BR/><BR/>Especially stuff like Dark Shadows. Reading about it time and again seems to be more fun than actually watching it; it can never relate to the mythic quality such shows seem to have accquired along the years. (I remember watching an episode of Will&Grace of all things where they did a funny scene about a seemingly famous ep of Twilight Zone and thinking, wow, that must have left a big impression on the minds of writers back then who surely must have seen this as a re-run in their youth. I wonder if I will see such a thing 20 years from now only with an ep of Buffy or the X-Files *g)<BR/><BR/>I only watched the remake of Dark Shadows and frankly didn´t understand what was the big deal here, and some tv-movie called "Night of Dark Shadows" which I found cheaply made and terribly boring.<BR/><BR/>But reading about it and how it influenced this and that and the long line of novels Ross wrote etc, this is interesting. <BR/><BR/>I guess such stuff merits the old saying: you had to be there (to really appreciate it).AndyDeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806906746754478064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-74329243660494875202008-08-08T08:14:00.000-04:002008-08-08T08:14:00.000-04:00My favorite episode of Twilight Zone is Time Enoug...My favorite episode of Twilight Zone is Time Enough at Last. I loved the end of the world scenario and also the irony of him breaking his glasses. <BR/><BR/>Dark Shadows is now pretty much all on DVD and I was disappointed when I finally hunted them down. I remembered the Dark Shadows remake in the early 90's(I was very upset when it got axed) and was hoping for that same feeling/story line in the original, especially when it ran for such a long time with such popularity. Then when I finally watched them, it almost put me to sleep -=- very sad for a Gothic Romance addict like me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-17856942605505618662008-08-08T00:46:00.000-04:002008-08-08T00:46:00.000-04:00One Step Beyond actually debuted earlier the same ...One Step Beyond actually debuted earlier the same year (1959), as a mid-season replacement show. I covered it in the first part of this piece (the link is at the end of the post).B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-22354806053934895332008-08-07T23:30:00.000-04:002008-08-07T23:30:00.000-04:00Wait -- how did you miss One Step Beyond? If I'm n...Wait -- how did you miss One Step Beyond? If I'm not mistaken, didn't it premiere a year before Twilight Zone? Would the network even have picked up TZ if OSB hadn't been reasonably successful?<BR/><BR/>You skip right from live TV and kinescopes to Serling while overlooking the second-best also-ran in televised genre anthologies. Not to mention the recent appearance on Google Video of John Newland tripping on 'shrooms.<BR/><BR/>Plus, ... the music. That show had the. Best. Music.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com