The Twilight Zone!
Here are a few classic episodes of The Twilight Zone. (And believe me, it was hard to stop at just three!)
In Eye of the Beholder, a women endeavors to make herself less hideous through risky surgery, but things aren’t quite what they seem.
In The Chaser, a man frustrated by his girlfriend’s ambivalence buys a love potion and gets more than he bargained for.
In The Masks, a dying man has plenty of assets to leave behind… but there’s a peculiar catch for interested parties.
I could watch this show all day long. (Actually, I have: WPIX used to run marathons on New Year’s Day, and as I recall, that would be the last big hurrah before school started up again after Christmas break.)
Tonight’s survey:
Name your favorite episode of The Twilight Zone. Don’t be afraid to go into detail, too!
If you don’t know enough about this series to answer that question, please give it a closer look. It still holds up. In fact, from a certain angle, it hits harder now than it did when it was still fresh!
Extreme Ghostbusters!
As mentioned in this older Dino Drac post, there was a fairly infamous episode of Extreme Ghostbusters that pit our (then blossoming) heroes against a horde of ghouls that looked and acted like the Cenobites from Hellraiser.
Deadliners is the name of the episode, and of the monsters it features. Enjoy!
Tonight’s survey:
Name some scary moments from cartoons. (Not adult-targeted cartoons, obviously — that’s too easy!)
We’ll open this one up to toons from television and movies.
Let’s freak ourselves out. It’s Friday!
Creepshow 2!
Just a quickie for tonight, as time is limited!
I’ve featured one of the segments from Creepshow 2 on DDAD before, but here’s the whole shebang:
Love this gory cheesefest.
We’ll resume the nightly surveys tomorrow. For tonight, just enjoy the people-eating sludge monsters and extremely durable hitchhikers.
Scream Until You Like It!
I found this old music video hiding on a random tape, and oh God, it’s the besssssst:
From W.A.S.P., it’s Scream Until You Like It, aka the theme from Ghoulies II!
I was aware of the song and was probably at least subconsciously aware that it was a W.A.S.P. song, but I’d never seen the music video, and that’s the most important part. Aside from including random scenes from Ghoulies II, the movie’s creatures also appear with the band!
Totally amazing. I would’ve pegged Ghoulies II as being too “underground” to snag an official music video, but here’s this one, which actually got airplay on MTV!
Tonight’s survey:
Tell us about a music video you’re into, whether because it’s obscure-but-awesome or popular-yet-weird. (Include a link to it, if you can!)
Bonus points if your choice incorporates a character from a movie. Double bonus points if that character is also a monster.
Go on, give your fellow night owls something to new/old to watch/hear.
