Twilight Zone - The COMPLETE Definitive Collection (28-Disc Set)? (1 Viewer)

[Dan McW]

And as someone on the HTF told me and I later confirmed, the Blu rays restore TZ's final-season sponsor tags in the end credits in the episodes that originally had them. I think the DVDs had only one or two episodes with sponsor logos.

 

[Harry-N]

The Blu-ray set from Image is one of the finest sets I own, and will be the last TWILIGHT ZONE set I buy (unless someone manages to exhume Rod Serling and has him come to my house with actual master prints!).

I won't need anything better in the years I have left.

 

[JoshuaB.]

What do people think of Rod Serling’s other anthology series, Night Gallery? I’d only read about it in Marc Scott Zicree’s fabulous Twilight Zone Companion book and despite the author’s mixed feelings on the series, it sounded intriguing!

My only exposure to it was A&E’s repeated broadcasts of the pilot telefilm in the ‘90s. It wasn’t until Universal released S1 on DVD in the mid ‘00s that I finally got to watch the series (although it took nearly a decade for all three seasons to be released on DVD), which I enjoyed, as I have a fondness for ‘70s TV horror, thanks to Carl Kolchak and Dan Curtis’ memorable telefilms.

It’s not as consistent as TZ’s first three seasons and doesn’t benefit from Serling’s control, but despite the goofy comedy vignettes between stories, I still enjoy it. I really need to upgrade to Kino’s acclaimed Blu-ray releases!

 

[BobO'Link]

I'm not much of a fan though I do like it better than I did when it first aired. It's kind of like a Twilight Zone Lite with a horror twist. If you like 70s TV horror you'll likely enjoy it.

 

[Harry-N]

NIGHT GALLERY had its moments, but overall, it just has that '70s NBC look about it. I can't describe what that is very well, but it starts with the shaggy hair styles of that decade. I faithfully bought the DVD sets as they appeared, but I don't think I personally need to own the Blu-rays. I don't look at those very much, but am happy to at least have them.

I've even tried turning off the color to make it more Twilight Zone-ish, but the color film and lighting doesn't resolve as well in black & white.

 

[Robert Saccone]

I like Night Gallery. I think it is very different than TZ. Also of note is many directors of films that I like got started there.

 

[jayembee]

Night Gallery is no Twilight Zone, but it's worth it for the scattered gems. The first story in the first episode (not the pilot movie), "The Dead Man", just completely freaked the shit out of me back when I first saw it in 1970.

You need to avoid watching the syndicated versions of the episodes (which hopefully have gone the way of the dinosaurs by now) though. Universal cut down some stories and lengthened others, as was also done (by CBS, not Universal) with the 80s Twilight Zone in syndication. To increase the amount of episodes, they included some severely-edited -- from hour-long episodes to half-hours -- some episodes of a different series, The Sixth Sense -- including eliminating all scenes with the main character, played by Gary Collins.

 

[TravisR]

For any fans of Night Gallery, there's a couple of really great books that have recently been released. The Art Of Darkness looks at the paintings and the greatly expanded second edition of An After Hours Tour is a wonderful look at the whole series.

Check them out here: https://www.nightgallery.net/