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The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

James Earl Jones hosts this film based on two stories by the late Rod Serling, who wrote the stories of the original 'The Twilight Zone' (1959) series. In "The Theatre," a young woman attends a movie only to find that her life story is being revealed on the screen. In "Where the Dead Are," a Boston surgeon in 1868 searches for a scientist who may have the answer to a medical mystery.

Release Date : 1994-05-19

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : O'Hara-Horowitz Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Host

Original Name : James Earl Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Melissa Sanders (segment "The Theatre")

Original Name : Amy Irving

Gender : Female

Character Name : James (segment "The Theatre")

Original Name : Gary Cole

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Benjamin Ramsey (segment "Where the Dead Are")

Original Name : Patrick Bergin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maureen, Barmaid (segment "Where the Dead Are")

Original Name : Julia Campbell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")

Original Name : Jack Palance

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "The Theatre")

Original Name : Heidi Swedberg

Gender : Female

Character Name : Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")

Original Name : Priscilla Pointer

Gender : Female

Character Name : (segment "The Theatre")

Original Name : Scott Burkholder

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "The Theatre")

Original Name : Don Bloomfield

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "The Theatre")

Original Name : Michael Burgess

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "The Theatre")

Original Name : Grey Silbley

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "The Theatre")

Original Name : Alex Van

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "The Theatre")

Original Name : Deborah Winstead

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Ames (segment "Where the Dead Are")

Original Name : Peter McRobbie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ezekiel Perkins (segment "Where the Dead Are")

Original Name : Bill Bolender

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Flanagan (segment "Where the Dead Are")

Original Name : Malachy McCourt

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Where the Dead Are")

Original Name : J. Michael Hunter

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Where the Dead Are")

Original Name : Stan Kelly

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Where the Dead Are")

Original Name : Tony Pender

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Where the Dead Are")

Original Name : Hank Troscianiec

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Where the Dead Are")

Original Name : Mark Joy

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Where the Dead Are")

Original Name : Richard K. Olsen

Gender : Male

Character Name : (segment "Where the Dead Are")

Original Name : Chris O'Neill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Susan Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")

Original Name : Jenna Stern

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bruce Baldwin (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Ralph Bellamy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pete Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Earl Dwire

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ticket Lady (uncredited)

Original Name : Joanne Pankow

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Rosalind Russell

Gender : Female

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

@GenerationofSwine

2023-01-11

OK, it has James Earl Jones hosting it so it gets 10 stars and a note that I'm still disappointed that he was replaced as the goto narrator. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love Morgan Freeman too, but I do miss the days where you were guaranteed Jones or Nimoy as hosts and narrators. So Jones brings it to the 10 star mark, even though it was only two episodes and the first episode was so forgettable that, honestly, I literally forgot about it... which is a pretty poor showing for a VHS that consists of only two episodes. But the second is good, it has the irony, it has an H.G. Wells/Mary Shelly feel to it set in the Civil War and a path to hell that is all good intentions. It is good old fashioned Twilight Zone irony right there. But it still doesn't have that classic Twilight Zone feel to it, so you don't really get what you expected. It's a little too modern for the early 60s, but the story is there... at least in the second, which was a strong finish for a two episode video tape that was only half good.