The Invaders - Twilight-Tober Zone
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- "The Invaders" is the definition of a classic Twilight Zone episode. It utilizes components of horror in combination with small-scale elements to give us a one of a kind story starring just a single actor on screen; the ending twist is one of the more memorable in the shows history, and several production pieces are among the most recognizable this series has ever produced. Join Walter as he discusses this episode in the Twilight-Tober Zone.
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"The Invaders" is episode 15 of season 2 (and episode 51 overall) of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. The episode, which originally aired January 27, 1961, starred Agnes Moorehead. It was written by Richard Matheson, directed by Douglas Heyes, and scored by Jerry Goldsmith.
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I really adored this episode, especially the writing, direction and Agnes Moorehead's capitivating, wordless performance! 😍👏🏾
I would say this is my second favorite of the Heyes directed episodes.
The first being Howling Man.
As for my favorite TZ episodes in general, it's number 6 of my Top 10.
I saw it on the SyFy channel once, and it is a weird show, the whole thing is weird though, yet I didn’t hate it.
Up until the end I thought that it was Earth where the invasion took place. I was surprised that we were the aliens!
I would've kept the ufo as a model.
Just goes to show that you only need one skilled performer, no dialogue, and excellent tension building to create a classic episode.
Agreed!
Don't forget great writing!
Indeed
Let's see them try make a radio drama out of it 😂
well, you do need an antagonist, too, technically speaking. Plus a good production crew.
Finally a character all alone that doesn't talk to herself! ;-)
And if you don't want to fight space giants, don't land on a giant house!
Seriously, my only gripe was how fast the little demons moved! At least show them flying or something!
Obviously the suits provide them with the ability to move faster.
Well then why do they do that diver suit constricted "dummdy dum dummdy doo diddly" waddle?
And - I just noticed when Walter said the suited "aliens" were painted gold - those creatures look A LOT like the ones from the beginning of The Fifth Element... o-o
"Hey we need something for an alien episode. Who should we as..."
"Forbidden planet"
"But we already..."
" *Forbidden planet* "
You could do a drinking game with how often Walter refers to Forbidden Planet.
this episode terrified me, just the idea of the woman, being played by the amazing Agnes Moorhead, was incredible also having props from Forbidden Planet was a bonus
one of the best episodes of the Twilight Zone
Loved Agnes. Usually played a plain looking character like in Citizen Kane or an evil looking one (Dark Passage) when younger and was able to pull off looking hot (Bewitched) in her 60's.
@@billolsen4360 Miss Moorehead had great features which allowed her to play the dowdy through to the glam. Makeup helped, but her hair was her greatest asset. Plus her wardrobe on Bewitched was suitably modish.
Aw man, the twist is so simple but so perfect.
Indeed, it makes perfect sense upon a second viewing!
@@trinaq In the past scientists sent a satellite out into space and the satellite has only one real function and it's in case of intelligent extraterrestrial life in space find the satellite there are human artifacts to try and explain humans basically, I don't know everything they put on the satellite but If I was to have chosen something to represent humanity (specifically humans ability to create fantastical stories to express our thoughts and ideas in direct ways) it would be every available episode of TTZ
@@noahcolegio7124 I'm not sure a show about the horrors of humanity is the best thing to show aliens. XD I do know that what when we do send out things for potential aliens it's usually what we look like, some recordings, something to give aliens a general idea where we are and some other images like It feels more like to show potential aliens we existed and are out here more than to communicate. Like think more message in a bottle.
@@darkmyro listen, here me out man, we only send them horror movies, we send the original Halloween, the original Texas Chainsaw Masacre, and Jason takes Manhattan and then if aliens 👽 come to earth we all tell the aliens " It'S jUsT a PrAnK Bro!"
@@noahcolegio7124 How about Escape from New York?
The lack of dialogue and the setup really helps this one stand out in my eyes. It's definitely one that I feel deserves its recognition.
Yep, alot like "Two", the unspoken parts are more powerful than the spoken words. I'd like to think what we would have had without the astronaut warning at the end, just moving over to highlight the U.S.. Space Force logo.
Set and props design were also wonderful: from curtains and rod to cooking pots and utensils, their function was recognizable although slightly different looking than you'd expect! GREAT episode.
The mass effect species volus suit design from the episode!
Agnes Moorhead deserved an Emmy for this!
This episode was phenomenal! It’s one of my favorites. The fact that there almost no dialogue makes it creepier than most episodes, and no matter how many times I’ve watch it, that twist at the very end always sends chills down my spine.
This is the first episode I remember seeing as a little kid. I was rooting for the lady the whole time, then had my little mind blown when it shows that the spacemen were humans. And I've been a fan ever since!
Yes, Douglas Heyes' last, and substantially better than his penultimate "Dust" episode. It's a fallacy that the robot creatures were too innocuously sized, they fought with the dark power of a zeppelin! That they lost in the end was how it was meant to be, and not due in any context to their size as opposed to their gigantic opponent, where Agnes Moorehead fought blood, sweat, tears, and excruciating ray gun burns in this, an elephant's stampeding fight to the finish! Jerry Goldsmith, the series' legendary composer, made his grand slam a final time, and is noted for the finest scores of the series; "Nightmare As a Child", and "Nervous Man In a Four Dollar Room". A classic triumph for Heyes, and Goldsmith. And we share this triumph as fans of the Zone.
Agnes Moorehead Is un freaking believe!!! A legend in her own right. She stole this entire episode with how good she was in her acting.. her reactions, truly one of the greats!!💯💯
Yet another example of the "This Looks Like Earth, But It's Not" twist as seen in "Third from the Sun".
When I was at college, my college aired a 60s television time capsule throughout the main recreation center hallway. One of the things shown, was this very episode.
And let's just await tomorrow's Tober offering, where we meet who would be Agnes Moorehead's prey for seven years (Darrin) in an entertaining and rare sort of Twilight Zone offering.
What I take from this episode is that neither side is good nor evil they just react out of fear and ignorance. The lesson: take a moment before you act and try to communicate or everything thing goes to hell.
Magnificent episode and performance by Agnes Moorehead.
I thought that the size of the crew was a good choice. There is a shocking sort of horror seeing something so small that has the power to actually hurt you.
Can we all appreciate the excellent use of the requiem bell tolls in the end of the episode with how well spaced each toll is?
Hands-down one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes!
somehow this ending still gives me chills
This will always be a horror classic
It works because even when you know the twist, it's still scary. At first it's terrifying for this woman fighting by herself against these invading aliens. Then it's terrifying that the Earth astronauts are facing against an alien the size of a skyscraper.
Also it's clever that she doesn't speak because chances are since she wasn't from Earth, she wouldn't know English.
So does that mean Rod's a giant alien too?
Definitely one of my favorite episodes! It's also the first episode I remember watching with my Dad.
*"What a twist!"*
The Invaders is in the top 5 episodes for me along with Talking Tina, The After Hours, and A Hundred Yards Over the Rim. They exemplify what the Twilight Zone is all about.
This one scared the shit out of me as a kid
This and 5characters in search of an exit, are my all time favorites
The ballerina was absolutely GORGEOUS !!!
Just like everyone else I DO love how much Agnes Moorehead is able to do without saying any words and combined with the twist, she's definitely an MVP of the series. And yes, the spacemen are hokey looking, but could they have done live guys shrunk down tiny? I think it gives it charm and a corny fifties sci-fi quality that I like, so it doesn't take away from a good episode that I really need to watch again.
Ooh, I wonder if this inspired Irwin Allen's Land of the Giants sci-fi show.
I have been thinking about these visuals for almost 10 years now and could never remember where I seen this episode. I’m almost speechless as I’m remembering all of this.
My favorite! This episode has haunted me since I was a kid.
Moorehead started in radio, joined Orson Welles' Mercury Players in 1937 and made her film debut in Citizen Kane. Extraordinary actress brought her full talent into focus for this Twilight Zone episode. Her portrayal of a woman being harassed by little spacemen is priceless. One of the best ironic endings of the series. Written by Richard Matheson, one of sixteen he wrote for the Zone.
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First there was Agnes Moorehead, now comes Dick York.
I really like this episode. Very minimalist and exciting.
This scared the shit out of me when I saw it on TV as a kid.
I used to think tiny astronauts were gonna get me for the longest time.
I always thought the "invaders" looked adorable.
This was the first Twilight Zone episode to blow my mind! That twist really surprised me and it was SO GOOD.
love this episode. I imagine getting this acting gig and.. i cant imagine if i can pull this off or not. Whole process must be exhausting because theres probably someone coaching her behind the scene and while you have to follow instruction you also have to be aware that the camera is rolling. This is a masterclass performance.
What would've made the little spacemen scarier?
I 'unno, make 'em look like demonic bugs, I guess.
Can't believe this year's TTZ is already two thirds over.
This out of all the twilight zone episodes is my #1 favorite.
This one is easily one of my favorites. I loved the twist when i first saw it as a kid and even now i thoroughly enjoy it
I remember the short story that R.L. Stine made that was inspired by this.
This episode surprised me at the time when I watched it.
Classic. My father would tell me about this one a lot.
One of my favorite episodes!
Who would've thought that we were the aliens?
I'll forever believe this is the thing that inspired The Lighthouse
You've said enuff, I never thought I'd want to watch the lighthouse but now you made my mind spiral with questions
. Bravo to you.
Seconded, I wouldn't be surprised if was influenced by the Twilight Zone!
I watched this when I was a kid and OH BOY that twist got me so bad! I swear I didn't see it coming!
This is interestingly the one episode that remember the most. It's absolutely fantastic and the twist at the end was really creative!
I am glad to hear you say you loved this episode. I love this one but can see how people would be turned off by the spacemen. Agnes’s performance sold this one for me. She is legit terrified and that terrified me.
"They're as frightening as Peter Rabbit coming at you."
*"PETER RABBIT?! AHHHHH!"*
This has always been one of my favorite episodes of The Twilight Zone, I think the fact that Agnes Morehead doesn't speak makes it creepier, she gives a wonderful performance. Funny thing is that I don't know many people who remember this episode.
I actually watched this a long time ago. Definitely didn't expect the ending though (now I look on about it).
This one absolutely scared me as a kid!
Remember watching this as a kid!
Next time a mind reader episode!
I think this was one of the very first episodes I ever watched when introduced to The Twilight Zone. Definitely worth it.
One of my favorite twilight zone episode.
One of Richard Matheson’s favorite tropes - it WASEN’T Earth all along.
I feel this was my first Twilight Zone episode, shown to me by my Dad. Been hooked ever since.
This episode feels like a prequel episode of the other classic TV show "Land of the Giants". Humans arrive to a planet where everyone look like humans but they are giants.
It’s really clever that Agnes Moorehead character didn’t talk which makes the twist all the more worth it
This could have been a prequel to Land of the Giants, where the giants were also initially supposed to be mute or capable of making only strange sounds (as they did in the pilot episode).
This episode terrified me as a child......
The welts she gets from their guns truly disturbed me.
Agnes Moorehead is wonderful. She always gave 100% and then some. This episode is one of the few that stuck with me from when I was a child.
Great episode. Great performance. AMAZING twist
The 1st Twilight Zone episode I ever saw, So it really holds a place in my heart
I remember when I was a little kid in the 90s I caught a rerun of this late night on some retro channel. I started it a few minutes in and had no idea where it was from or what twilight zone even was at the time, but the episode freaked me out and stuck with me long after. Then years later when I finally got around to watching all of twilight zone I was shocked and overjoyed to find this was one of the episodes! Still one of my favorites :)
Acting without dialogue, is Agnes Moorhead.
One of my favorite episodes.
I remember when I first saw the movie Avatar, seeing a sci-fi story where us humans are the alien invaders and doing all the evil things aliens do in sci-fi. I remember saying James Cameron did something new and original with an alien invasion story. But no The Twilight Zone came up with that idea first!
Avatar was just Dances With Wolves in space. The only thing original about it is the whole "artificial alien body that a human can transplant their mind into".
Agnes did a good job of physically acting like she might in a silent film.
Amazing
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It's just too bad and unfortunate that all the content isn't like this. Most of it is Doug Walker, aka Nostalgia Critic who is just awful and one of the worst people online.
Imagine if one astronaut survived, and had to hide out on the planet until the end of his days....
Should I be surprised or unsurprised that like 90% of the cast of Bewitched appeared on The Twilight Zone?
One of my fav episodes, right next to the obsolete man
They did a radio drama of the episode, this time involving an elderly couple.
*This was a planet the crew of the starship Enterprise never explored - the Planet of the Giant Hillbillies.*
one of the best twists if you ask me
This was muy favorite episode from all time!!!!!.
It hard to believe that this frightened elderly woman played Endora from Bewitched (making her one of the five title characters to appeared in the series)
Ooh, this is one of my favorites
Agnes was one of the greats
She was only 60 yrs old on this episode and looked good for her age
One of the best in the whole franchise.
I like the concept on this one, whether Earthlings land on another planet or the other way around as you are led to believe, it makes you think, suppose aliens landed on Earth in the 1800's and were scared away by some pioneer woman. Either way, the idea behind it is absorbing. Agnes Moorhead looks so young.
If you take a one-way trip to the stars, but be careful where you land. You could wind up in... The Twilight Zone!
"The Invaders" is easily one of the most intense episodes of the series. On the first watch, it seems like an innocent old lady is trying to defend herself and her home form aliens that want to do her harm. However, in the end and upon rewatch, it's not what it seems.
This was one of those episodes where I accurately guessed the twist very early on.
I love Agnes Moorhead in What’s The Matter With Helen?
I didn't notice she didn't talk till my dad pointed it out to me when I first saw this episode as a kid.
This episode along with the Howling man and One for the Angels are my top three favorite episodes
This is one of those episodes that takes on a completely different context when you know the twist. Kind of like The Usual Suspects.
I've said I always applaud a Twilight Zone episode that does something different, and this takes the cake. At the very least, this was certainly is an achievement in acting. In a more macro scale, this is an unparalleled example of genre mixing: a sci-fi Slasher film! I didn't notice it at first, but it soon became apparent how unnerving it is that we didn't hear our protagonist speak; no sounds from her until about the 7 minute mark! I get why, any attempts at communication would've exposed the twist.
Still, I have issues. I consider the appearance of the "invaders" (their suit, not their height) to be cheating. We know what an astronaut's space suit look like, 1960s TV viewers knew what it looked like. Even in episodes set in the far future, like "Elegy," the design didn't deviate too much from the recognizable. So for this episode to create a being with such an alien look with the obese body, the rotating antenna, and the rebreather hose seemed deliberately deceptive. And for creatures that very clearly waddle as they move their squat bodies around, they sure take large, quick strides when not onscreen; the sound effect they picked for them running could've been chosen with more consideration.
Another issue is the lighting. I loved it, especially the chiaroscuro effect created with those pronounced shadows, but boy does that single candle really brighten a room. One other lighting problem: the upper rim of the saucer is clearly illuminated early on and nowhere is "US Air Force" printed on it; just a plain old continuity error that could've been rectified if they were more conscientious with how they framed the craft. Maybe attaching a little jetpack to their suit would've helped explain how they could traverse so much distance so fast.
Agnes Moorehead is a legendary actress and I salute her body work and expressions. Her silence is essential to the episode's twist, even if it doesn't exactly make sense. It's frustrating that neither she nor the invaders attempt to communicate with each other when that'd be a very natural thing to do (I know, I know... this is a commentary about the inherent bestial/barbaric nature of mankind that we assume the worst and attack first, ask questions later, blah, blah, blah). But even later when she's being attacked, she never screams. She pants, she moans, she makes noises, but never screams... even after being slashed. I kind of get Walter's point about her being an alien so her behavior is meant to seem different from our expectations, but even still that seemed stilted to me.
Lastly is Rod's introduction. With the revelation that the miniature men are Earthlings and the woman is a gigantic (by comparison) alien, it further seems like cheating to have Serling walk in during the intro and be her height. I can hear the reply, "but if he'd walked in tiny at the beginning, then it would've spoiled the twist." Then don't have him share a scene with her! This opens with a long shot with her house being seen in the distance. Have him appear there and then cut to the next shot of her in the kitchen. That way the perspective would be maintained.
All these gripes may sound like I disliked the episode, but I really loved it. It was tense, unnerving, and surprising. It's without a doubt unlike any other episode in the series, and I can admit that while still raising the issues I mentioned.
This was the first twilight zone episode I remember watching. This one and “To Serve Man”.
Didn’t regonized Agnes Moorhead in this even after seeing bewitched due to the fact she was not wearing makeup and outfit and hairdo I usually saw her in
I wonder if the Volus from Mass Effect were based around these designs, they're very similar looking.
This was my favorite episode as a kid.
Great Video Walter.
The Twilight Zone was never in reruns on channels available to me, so I only watched episodes one or two at a time on occasion. This is one I've never seen.