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- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsWilliam ShatnerPatricia BreslinGuy WilkersonA pair of newlyweds stopping in a small town are trapped by their own superstition when playing a fortune-telling machine in a local diner.Extended Ratings:
Story: 10/10
Characters: 10/10
Rewatchability: 10/10
Twist/Resolution: 9/10
Bonus*
Relevance: 4/4
Tone: 4/4
Effectiveness: 3
Weaknesses: n/a
Total: 50
*Relevance (1-Low/2-Minor/3-Moderate/4-High)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong
*Effectiveness (Acting, Fortune Machine, Ending) - 1959–196425mTV-PG8.9 (6.2K)TV EpisodeDirectorRon WinstonStarsRod SerlingClaude AkinsBarry AtwaterOn a peaceful suburban street, strange occurrences and mysterious people stoke the residents' paranoia to a disastrous intensity.Extended Ratings:
Story: 9/10
Characters: 10/10
Rewatchability: 10/10
Twist/Resolution: 9/10
Bonus*
Relevance: 4/4
Tone: 4/4
Effectiveness: +2
Weaknesses: n/a
Total: 48
*Relevance (1-Low/2-Minor/3-Moderate/4-High)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced, 3-Balanced, 4-Strong)
*Effectiveness (Society, Ambiguity) - DirectorRobert StevensStarsRod SerlingGig YoungFrank OvertonA man, fed up with where he's at in life, finds himself not only in his old hometown, but back to the time when he was a boy.Extended Ratings:
Story: 10/10
Characters: 8/10
Rewatchability: 9/10
Twist/Resolution: 8/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 4/4
Tone: 3/4
Total: 42
*Relatability (1-Not at all/2-In small ways/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong)
Extended Ratings:
Story: 10/10
Characters: 8/10
Rewatchability: 9/10
Twist/Resolution: 8/10
Bonus*
Relevance: 4/4
Tone: 3/4
Effectiveness:
Weaknesses: n/a
Total:
*Relevance (1-Low/2-Minor/3-Moderate/4-High)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong
*Effectiveness (Acting, Fortune Machine, Ending) - 1959–196425mTV-PG8.5 (3.9K)TV EpisodeDirectorLamont JohnsonStarsSusan HarrisonWilliam WindomMurray MathesonAn Army major awakens in a small room with no idea of who he is or how he got there. He finds four other people in the same room, and they all begin to question how they each arrived there, and more importantly, how to escape.Extended Ratings:
Story: 8/10
Characters: 10/10
Rewatchability: 10/10
Twist/Resolution: 8/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 1/4
Tone: 4/4
Total: 41
*Relatability (1-Low/2-Some/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong - DirectorJack SmightStarsRod SerlingJack WardenJohn DehnerA convict, living alone on an asteroid, receives from the police a realistic woman-robot.Extended Ratings:
Story: 9/10
Characters: 10/10
Rewatchability: 10/10
Twist/Resolution: 7/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 2/4
Tone: 3/4
Total: 41
*Relatability (1-Not at all/2-In small ways/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong) - DirectorBuzz KulikStarsJack KlugmanJonathan WintersDee SharonA frustrated pool champion has beaten everyone. Everyone except one man - the legendary Fats Brown. Brown is dead and the champ can only curse his name. But guess who just walked in.Extended Ratings:
Story: 9/10
Characters: 10/10
Rewatchability: 8/10
Twist/Resolution: 8/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 2/4
Tone: 4/4
Total: 41
*Relatability (1-Low/2-Some/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong - DirectorRobert StevensStarsEarl HollimanJames GregoryPaul LangtonMike Ferris finds himself alone in the small Oakwood town and without recollection about his name, where he is or who he is. Mike wanders through the town trying to find a living soul.Extended Ratings:
Story: 8/10
Characters: 10/10
Rewatchability: 10/10
Twist/Resolution: 7/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 2/4
Tone: 3/4
Total: 40
*Relatability (1-Low/2-Some/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong - DirectorAnton LeaderStarsLois NettletonBetty GardeTom ReeseWhen Earth deviates from its normal orbit, getting closer to the sun, two women try to cope with increasingly oppressive heat in a nearly abandoned city.Extended Ratings:
Story: 9/10
Characters: 9/10
Rewatchability: 8/10
Twist/Resolution: 8/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 3/4
Tone: 3/4
Total: 40
*Relatability (1-Low/2-Some/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong - 1959–196425mTV-PG8.7 (4.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorMontgomery PittmanStarsJohn HoytJean WillesJack ElamFollowing a frantic phone call about a crashed spaceship, two policemen try to determine who among the bus passengers at a snowed-in roadside diner is from another world.Extended Ratings:
Story: 7/10
Characters: 9/10
Rewatchability: 10/10
Twist/Resolution: 8/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 1/4
Tone: 4/4
Total: 39
*Relatability (1-Low/2-Some/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong - DirectorDouglas HeyesStarsMaxine StuartWilliam D. GordonJennifer HowardA young woman lying in a hospital bed, her head wrapped in bandages, awaits the outcome of a surgical procedure performed by the State in a last-ditch attempt to make her look "normal."Extended Ratings:
Story: 8/10
Characters: 7/10
Rewatchability: 8/10
Twist/Resolution: 10/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 2/4
Tone: 3/4
Total: 38
*Relatability (1-Not at all/2-In small ways/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong) - DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsGladys CooperRobert RedfordR.G. ArmstrongAn old woman has fought with death a thousand times and has always won. But now she finds herself afraid to let a wounded policeman in her door for fear he is Mr. Death. Is he?Extended Ratings:
Story: 9/10
Characters: 8/10
Rewatchability: 6/10
Twist/Resolution: 10/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 1/4
Tone: 4/4
Total: 38
*Relatability (1-Low/2-Some/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong - DirectorElliot SilversteinStarsBurgess MeredithFritz WeaverJosip ElicIn a future totalitarian society, a librarian is declared obsolete and sentenced to death.Extended Ratings:
Story: 8/10
Characters: 10/10
Rewatchability: 7/10
Twist/Resolution: 7/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 2/4
Tone: 3/4
Total: 37
*Relatability (1-Low/2-Some/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong - 1959–196425mTV-PG8.3 (5.1K)TV EpisodeDirectorDouglas HeyesStarsRod TaylorJim HuttonCharles AidmanThree astronauts return to Earth after seemingly having made an encounter that dooms them and their craft to erasure from existence itself.Extended Ratings:
Story: 8/10
Characters: 9/10
Rewatchability: 7/10
Twist/Resolution: 8/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 1/4
Tone: 3/4
Total: 36
*Relatability (1-Low/2-Some/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong - DirectorRichard DonnerStarsWilliam ShatnerChristine WhiteEd KemmerA man, newly recovered from a nervous breakdown, becomes convinced that a monster only he sees is damaging the plane he's flying in.Extended Ratings:
Story: 7/10
Characters: 9/10
Rewatchability: 9/10
Twist/Resolution: 7/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 1/4
Tone: 3/4
Total: 36
*Relatability (1-Low/2-Some/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong - DirectorJohn BrahmStarsBurgess MeredithVaughn TaylorJacqueline deWitA henpecked book lover finds himself blissfully alone with his books after a nuclear war.Extended Ratings:
Story: 8/10
Characters: 5/10
Rewatchability: 8/10
Twist/Resolution: 9/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 2/4
Tone: 3/4
Total: 35
*Relatability (1-Low/2-Some/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong - DirectorBoris SagalStarsFranchot ToneLiam SullivanCyril DelevantiAnnoyed by a club member's constant chatter, a man bets him he cannot remain silent for a year, living in a glass enclosure in the club basement.Extended Ratings:
Story: 7/10
Characters: 7/10
Rewatchability: 6/10
Twist/Resolution: 10/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 1/4
Tone: 3/4
Total: 34
*Relatability (1-Not at all/2-In small ways/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong) - DirectorJack SmightStarsBarbara NicholsJonathan HarrisFredd WayneWhile in the hospital recovering from overwork, Liz Powell keeps dreaming about going down to the hospital morgue.
- DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsLarry GatesJoseph BernardJack AlbertsonA suburban dinner party is interrupted by a bulletin warning of an impending nuclear attack. As the neighbors scramble to prepare themselves, they turn against the one family that installed a permanent bomb shelter.Extended Ratings:
Story: 9/10
Characters: 6/10
Rewatchability: 5/10
Twist/Resolution: 7/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 4/4
Tone: 3/4
Total: 34
*Relatability (1-Low/2-Some/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong - DirectorJohn BrahmStarsRod SerlingVera MilesMartin MilnerWhile waiting in a bus station, Millicent Barnes has the strange feeling that her doppelganger is trying to take over her life.Extended Ratings:
Story: 8/10
Characters: 7/10
Rewatchability: 7/10
Twist/Resolution: 6/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 2/4
Tone: 3/4
Total: 33
*Relatability (1-Low/2-Some/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong - DirectorIda LupinoStarsRobert KeithMilton SelzerVirginia GreggWealthy Jason Foster is dying and he invites his greedy heirs to a Mardi Gras party where they must wear the masks he specially had made for them or else be cut off from their inheritance.Extended Ratings:
Story: 8/10
Characters: 5/10
Rewatchability: 7/10
Twist/Resolution: 9/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 1/4
Tone: 2/4
Total: 32
*Relatability (1-Low/2-Some/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong - DirectorRichard L. BareStarsLloyd BochnerSusan CummingsRichard KielAn alien race comes to Earth, promising peace and sharing technology. A linguist and his team set out to translate the aliens' language, using a book whose title they deduce is "To Serve Man."Extended Ratings:
Story: 7/10
Characters: 7/10
Rewatchability: 7/10
Twist/Resolution: 8/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 1/4
Tone: 2/4
Total: 32
*Relatability (1-Low/2-Some/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong - DirectorJames SheldonStarsJohn LarchCloris LeachmanDon KeeferOn an isolated family farm, a young boy with vast mental powers, but lacking emotional development, holds his terrified family in thrall to his every juvenile wish.Extended Ratings:
Story: 7/10
Characters: 7/10
Rewatchability: 5/10
Twist/Resolution: 6/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 1/4
Tone: 3/4
Total: 29
*Relatability (1-Low/2-Some/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong - DirectorDouglas HeyesStarsAgnes MooreheadDouglas HeyesRod SerlingWhen a woman investigates a clamor in the attic of her rural house, she discovers a small UFO with little aliens emerging from it. Or so it seems.Extended Ratings:
Story: 7/10
Characters: 4/10
Rewatchability: 4/10
Twist/Resolution: 7/10
Bonus*
Relatability: 1/4
Tone: 2/4
Total: 25
*Relatability (1-Low/2-Some/3-Mostly/4-Definitely)
*Tone (1-Flat, 2-Unbalanced , 3-Balanced, 4-Strong