The Evil Dead was so scary. I was obviously going to see the sequel, and when I did I was so amazed by how it had become a comedy that I was confused to the point where when the 3rd one came out I knew I would go see it just to see what the entire series was about. I now love all 3 of them.
Yeah. That was beyond tragic. I wish that had put an end to Landis’ career. Not because his subsequent films have been bad, but because it was the minimum he deserved for causing three deaths.
Unfortunately, that's the movie's legacy, the way that _Rust_ will always be known for the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins, or _The Crow_ will always be known for Brandon Lee's death. That's a shame, because _TZ:TM_ is a solid piece of entertainment. Critics didn't go easy on it, but I think it was a pretty good representation of what the TV show was all about. The show had scary stories, heartwarming stories, tales of the (very) unusual and supernatural, and morality plays, as well as ones where the conclusions were uncertain. All that is in this movie. And I'm just speculating here, but I think they may have declined to put in a sci-fi story because they didn't want their movie to be remembered just for that one segment, given the prominence of science fiction films at that time. They may have wanted their film to represent the fantasy/horror genre instead. If that's so, I don't blame them.
I think both Gene & Roger were dead wrong on the Twilight Zone Movie- the Steven Spielberg episode was not the worst of that bunch- they were ALL good: scary and/or intriguing!... I'm not sure why they didn't speak of the horrible tragedy with the death of Vic Morrow & those 2 kids that perished while filming the 'Racist' episode.
Honestly, I prefer the original version of "Kick the Can." It was much more effective on an emotional level. The only question it leaves me with is what was gonna happen to those kids if they didn't have any parents to take care of them.
I love every incarnation of The Twilight Zone (but I haven't really watched the latest one). 1960s, The Movie, the 1985 revival, the 2002 revival). The Twilight Zone is one of the greatest subversive anthology series of all time. It says one thing while whispering another, and you have to be paying attention to understand both things. It was and is intensely topical, but it also always has stories that that are timeless, stories that call attention to human nature itself.
The original series was uneven, but most of the episodes were pretty good, and the best of them were definitely classics. "Kick the Can" and "It's a Good Life" are favorites of mine, and those two were adapted into the film. The episode with Carol Burnett, however, was just plain awful. A laugh track was included the first time I watched it, but it was seriously unfunny. It was apparently meant to be a pilot for a series focused on a guardian angel. I can only imagine that Rod Serling was drunk when he wrote that one!
@@waynechapman9823 Rod Serling's assessment of _The Twilight Zone:_ “I guess a third of the shows were pretty damned good,” he told an interviewer. “Another third would have been passable. Another third are dogs.”
The Evil Dead is fucking awesome but referring to the cabin as "a vacation cottage in the woods" is like calling your local homeless shelter "a quaint little B n B". And it did not feature any animal guts.
i was not born yet when "The Twilight Zone" was originally airing, i was born in 72 while "Night Gallery" was on. but i grew up watching the constantly in syndication Twilight Zone and i still watch it today any time i see it on and especially those New Years marathons. that said i have actually never really been much of a horror fan and my favorite episodes were the ones that actually had some sort of happy pay off, having them be less common just made them all the more satisfying.. so of course most of my life i have heard people rag on the movie and particularly by far on the "Kick The Can" segment and personally not only is it my favorite segment but i absolutely love it and get emotional watching it every time. i think a lot of people hate it because they think Twilight Zone is only suppose to be spooky stuff, and a lot of people say its too sappy or something. but Scatman Crothers is so damn charismatic and likeable that he pulls it off, he completely sucks me in when he is walking down the street singing to himself and arrives at the home. his gentleness and kindness and the genuine joyous interest he seems to show in hearing the other old folks stories, how could a person like thats infectious smile not spread in a place like that. and i say that as someone that is a full on curmudgeon. and in the end when the kid runs off on his own it always makes me tear up because it makes me think of my father who was so sick my entire life growing up and how i wish he could have had that chance to be young and healthy and free again before he died. Errol Flynn and Douglas Fairbanks Jr were his heroes growing up and that is exactly how i like to imagine him, and frankly i sometimes think happy endings are far too little in this world so i absolutely love that segment and feel it is under appreciated for what it is. Christ if they remade this segment today they would throw some obnoxious racist overtones in it and ruin the beauty. i do not recall "The Survivors" or "The Grey Fox" but i always like Jerry Reed and Richard Farnsworth, great character actors and Reed could play circles around most guitarists. "The Ruling Class" was always a little too weird for me, but man Peter O'Toole has always had an amazing screen presence.
I think Twilight Zone comes across worst for the big fans of the original series; if you aren't that familiar with the originals, the movie's segments are okay. For the fan, all of them are pretty poor compared to the originals. Ironically, for a tribute to Rod Serling's famed creation, none of the stories are based on Serling originals. Landis' segment with Vic Morrow doesn't really end since it was never completed. So, it comes across as several unrelated vignettes showing the worst of humanity with no payoff. The redos of It's a GOOD Life and Kick the Can are the worst - both seemed to miss the series' touch. It's a Good Life, in particular, comes across as practically a spoof on the series style and more, a spoof on what non-fans THINK is the series' style. It also has the majority of the in-jokes: the recognizable members of the "family" are Zone veterans (and Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson), original star Bill Mumy has a cameo, and -- since this was a Joe Dante segment -- Dick Miller as Walter Paisley. Kick the Can was just too gooey to take seriously (although the last scene where the now-youngsters discuss what's happened is pretty good, but scenes like that IS Spielberg's true strength). In the original, the magic occurred because the others cared enough about their friend to join him and risk looking foolish: "I can't play Kick the Can alone!" In the remake ... we have a genie with a tin can. It just doesn't work. The final segment, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, was probably the best, but there are issues. In the original, the protagonist was just released from a mental institution following a nervous breakdown. So, when he sees the gremlin, the first person he has to convince is himself. HE has to prove that he's not going crazy again. In the remake, that backstory is removed, and all you have left is a seriously agoraphobic man who should NEVER have come aboard, and the pilot should have recognized the signs early on and refuse to take off until he was removed for the safety of all the passengers. The intro and outro segments (with Dan Aykroyd and Albert Brooks) are kinda cute but they're basically just Night Gallery blackouts (which Serling never liked anyway). Great to hear Burgess Meredith's vocal talents as the narrator - he sounded perfect. But otherwise, the film was a very unfortunate and VERY misguided tribute, and it could have been so much more.
apparently Steven Spielberg had a really cool, intense Halloween Night skit planned out ... then the _abhorrent_ helicopter accident happened and Steven's passion and goodwill for the project was destroyed. which is understandable, I guess ... it's just ... do what you're gonna DO, man. horrible things happen every day ... and maybe even in things we're personally involved with. but we shouldn't let those things wreck our creativity, should we? art matters. our creations matter. it's important we get our creations out there.
The thing is the 'horrible' thing that happened had a lot to do with the people involved with making that segment. Over the years it has come out how badly the actors were treated which included minors and how lax the on-set safety measures were. The accident ended the lives of a veteran actor and two 'minors'! I imagine anyone with a sliver of humanity in them would not find joy from taking part in something like this. If anything it shows Spielberg had a conscience unlike John Landis and the rest involved with that first segment.
Wow. We have a couple long critiques of Twilight Zone here. Well, I was born in 79 but did like to watch the old Twilight Zones when they were on. So you could say I was a fan. I did like the movie, unlike many on here and Gene and Roger. I did like the one about racism and the one with Lithgow. So I disagree with them on the Vic Morrow one. (The story behind that one is sad and I have seen the footage of the wreck. Regardless, I thought the ending was still good.) I also disagree with them on the one with the kid, which I feel is perhaps the weakest one. Maybe it's from watching it when I was a kid, but I hate that character. He just came off as an arrogant, snotty and annoying kid. I just didn't like how they had to bow down to him. I also didn't find him a great actor.
The Evil Dead was so scary. I was obviously going to see the sequel, and when I did I was so amazed by how it had become a comedy that I was confused to the point where when the 3rd one came out I knew I would go see it just to see what the entire series was about. I now love all 3 of them.
The only thing I knew about Twilight Zone: The Movie was the tragic helicopter crash that killed several people.
It was 3.
The Ground Beef was the best of the lot. Every time I see them review horror films it makes it more understandable why they hated Phantasm.
Twilight Zone the Movie was disappointing like Siskel and Ebert said. Thank you for uploading this That Old T.V.
The Survivors is one of my top movies
Did Roger call Jerry Reed, Jerry Lee?
The Twilight Zone movie will always be known for the on set accident that killed Vic Morrow and two child actors 😔
Maybe he's in another dimension!?
Yeah. That was beyond tragic. I wish that had put an end to Landis’ career. Not because his subsequent films have been bad, but because it was the minimum he deserved for causing three deaths.
Unfortunately, that's the movie's legacy, the way that _Rust_ will always be known for the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins, or _The Crow_ will always be known for Brandon Lee's death. That's a shame, because _TZ:TM_ is a solid piece of entertainment. Critics didn't go easy on it, but I think it was a pretty good representation of what the TV show was all about. The show had scary stories, heartwarming stories, tales of the (very) unusual and supernatural, and morality plays, as well as ones where the conclusions were uncertain. All that is in this movie. And I'm just speculating here, but I think they may have declined to put in a sci-fi story because they didn't want their movie to be remembered just for that one segment, given the prominence of science fiction films at that time. They may have wanted their film to represent the fantasy/horror genre instead. If that's so, I don't blame them.
I’m surprised Siskel and Ebert didn’t mention Morrow’s death
@@jjmanzano9 I'm pretty sure it was kept quite until after the movie release. That accident was a real horror story at it's worst.
I think both Gene & Roger were dead wrong on the Twilight Zone Movie- the Steven Spielberg episode was not the worst of that bunch- they were ALL good: scary and/or intriguing!... I'm not sure why they didn't speak of the horrible tragedy with the death of Vic Morrow & those 2 kids that perished while filming the 'Racist' episode.
The Steven Spielberg episode in Twilight Zone was not bad at all. Infact it was the only one with a bit of humanity.
The Ruling Class is a very well made movie.
Honestly, I prefer the original version of "Kick the Can." It was much more effective on an emotional level. The only question it leaves me with is what was gonna happen to those kids if they didn't have any parents to take care of them.
I love every incarnation of The Twilight Zone (but I haven't really watched the latest one). 1960s, The Movie, the 1985 revival, the 2002 revival). The Twilight Zone is one of the greatest subversive anthology series of all time. It says one thing while whispering another, and you have to be paying attention to understand both things. It was and is intensely topical, but it also always has stories that that are timeless, stories that call attention to human nature itself.
Well don't waste you're time with the latest it's not good in my opinion. It's basically like new Star Trek Woke trash.
@@seanhudson5090 From what I've seen, I disagree. But you're entitled to your opinion.
@@gspendlove It's all good cause if everyone liked the same shit life would be very boring. So if you dig it good for you, it's just not for me.
The original series was uneven, but most of the episodes were pretty good, and the best of them were definitely classics. "Kick the Can" and "It's a Good Life" are favorites of mine, and those two were adapted into the film. The episode with Carol Burnett, however, was just plain awful. A laugh track was included the first time I watched it, but it was seriously unfunny. It was apparently meant to be a pilot for a series focused on a guardian angel. I can only imagine that Rod Serling was drunk when he wrote that one!
@@waynechapman9823 Rod Serling's assessment of _The Twilight Zone:_ “I guess a third of the shows were pretty damned good,” he told an interviewer. “Another third would have been passable. Another third are dogs.”
Peter o tooles the bomb
The Evil Dead is fucking awesome but referring to the cabin as "a vacation cottage in the woods" is like calling your local homeless shelter "a quaint little B n B". And it did not feature any animal guts.
I love ground beef ;)
Me too .. But I prefer mine cooked .. I think this was raw .. TgT
i was not born yet when "The Twilight Zone" was originally airing, i was born in 72 while "Night Gallery" was on. but i grew up watching the constantly in syndication Twilight Zone and i still watch it today any time i see it on and especially those New Years marathons. that said i have actually never really been much of a horror fan and my favorite episodes were the ones that actually had some sort of happy pay off, having them be less common just made them all the more satisfying.. so of course most of my life i have heard people rag on the movie and particularly by far on the "Kick The Can" segment and personally not only is it my favorite segment but i absolutely love it and get emotional watching it every time. i think a lot of people hate it because they think Twilight Zone is only suppose to be spooky stuff, and a lot of people say its too sappy or something. but Scatman Crothers is so damn charismatic and likeable that he pulls it off, he completely sucks me in when he is walking down the street singing to himself and arrives at the home. his gentleness and kindness and the genuine joyous interest he seems to show in hearing the other old folks stories, how could a person like thats infectious smile not spread in a place like that. and i say that as someone that is a full on curmudgeon. and in the end when the kid runs off on his own it always makes me tear up because it makes me think of my father who was so sick my entire life growing up and how i wish he could have had that chance to be young and healthy and free again before he died. Errol Flynn and Douglas Fairbanks Jr were his heroes growing up and that is exactly how i like to imagine him, and frankly i sometimes think happy endings are far too little in this world so i absolutely love that segment and feel it is under appreciated for what it is.
Christ if they remade this segment today they would throw some obnoxious racist overtones in it and ruin the beauty.
i do not recall "The Survivors" or "The Grey Fox" but i always like Jerry Reed and Richard Farnsworth, great character actors and Reed could play circles around most guitarists.
"The Ruling Class" was always a little too weird for me, but man Peter O'Toole has always had an amazing screen presence.
I think Twilight Zone comes across worst for the big fans of the original series; if you aren't that familiar with the originals, the movie's segments are okay. For the fan, all of them are pretty poor compared to the originals.
Ironically, for a tribute to Rod Serling's famed creation, none of the stories are based on Serling originals. Landis' segment with Vic Morrow doesn't really end since it was never completed. So, it comes across as several unrelated vignettes showing the worst of humanity with no payoff.
The redos of It's a GOOD Life and Kick the Can are the worst - both seemed to miss the series' touch. It's a Good Life, in particular, comes across as practically a spoof on the series style and more, a spoof on what non-fans THINK is the series' style. It also has the majority of the in-jokes: the recognizable members of the "family" are Zone veterans (and Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson), original star Bill Mumy has a cameo, and -- since this was a Joe Dante segment -- Dick Miller as Walter Paisley.
Kick the Can was just too gooey to take seriously (although the last scene where the now-youngsters discuss what's happened is pretty good, but scenes like that IS Spielberg's true strength). In the original, the magic occurred because the others cared enough about their friend to join him and risk looking foolish: "I can't play Kick the Can alone!" In the remake ... we have a genie with a tin can. It just doesn't work.
The final segment, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, was probably the best, but there are issues. In the original, the protagonist was just released from a mental institution following a nervous breakdown. So, when he sees the gremlin, the first person he has to convince is himself. HE has to prove that he's not going crazy again. In the remake, that backstory is removed, and all you have left is a seriously agoraphobic man who should NEVER have come aboard, and the pilot should have recognized the signs early on and refuse to take off until he was removed for the safety of all the passengers.
The intro and outro segments (with Dan Aykroyd and Albert Brooks) are kinda cute but they're basically just Night Gallery blackouts (which Serling never liked anyway). Great to hear Burgess Meredith's vocal talents as the narrator - he sounded perfect. But otherwise, the film was a very unfortunate and VERY misguided tribute, and it could have been so much more.
im one of the few that thinks Evil Dead 1 is better than 2
Roses are red
Michael Jackson sang Thriller
John Landis
Is still a killer
Stephen King did a great review of the Twilight Zone in Danse Macabre. I think it was great and at the same time overrated.
So the one to go and see is The Grey Fox, and one that got remembered gets two thumbs down.
The Grey Fox 👍⭐⭐⭐
The Survivors 👎⭐⭐
Robin Williams had problems
Survivors is very funny. RIP RB
apparently Steven Spielberg had a really cool, intense Halloween Night skit planned out ... then the _abhorrent_ helicopter accident happened and Steven's passion and goodwill for the project was destroyed.
which is understandable, I guess ... it's just ... do what you're gonna DO, man. horrible things happen every day ... and maybe even in things we're personally involved with.
but we shouldn't let those things wreck our creativity, should we?
art matters. our creations matter. it's important we get our creations out there.
The thing is the 'horrible' thing that happened had a lot to do with the people involved with making that segment. Over the years it has come out how badly the actors were treated which included minors and how lax the on-set safety measures were. The accident ended the lives of a veteran actor and two 'minors'! I imagine anyone with a sliver of humanity in them would not find joy from taking part in something like this. If anything it shows Spielberg had a conscience unlike John Landis and the rest involved with that first segment.
@@alonealien1474 Steven Spielberg didn't direct that episode, though- it was John Landis
What an insane take. This is the same attitude that got 3 people killed on set. No movie is worth killing people over.
Wow. We have a couple long critiques of Twilight Zone here. Well, I was born in 79 but did like to watch the old Twilight Zones when they were on. So you could say I was a fan. I did like the movie, unlike many on here and Gene and Roger. I did like the one about racism and the one with Lithgow. So I disagree with them on the Vic Morrow one. (The story behind that one is sad and I have seen the footage of the wreck. Regardless, I thought the ending was still good.) I also disagree with them on the one with the kid, which I feel is perhaps the weakest one. Maybe it's from watching it when I was a kid, but I hate that character. He just came off as an arrogant, snotty and annoying kid. I just didn't like how they had to bow down to him. I also didn't find him a great actor.
Farnsworth was a great actor.
The twight Zone movie SUCKED. John Landis should have been IMPRISONED.
In a word: The Twight Zone Movie SUCKED.