Twilight Zone: The Movie

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Twilight Zone: The Movie

PG

1983

1h 42m

Sci-Fi

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This tribute to the beloved supernatural TV show has four episodes. In the first, racist Bill Connor (Vic Morrow) is transformed into a Jew in World War II. Next, Mr. Bloom (Scatman Crothers) comes to a retirement home to teach the residents that they are only as young as they feel. In the third, teacher Helen Foley (Kathleen Quinlan) meets Antony (Jeremy Licht), a boy who is not what he seems. Finally, panicky plane passenger John Valentine (John Lithgow) sees gremlins attacking his flight.

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Twilight Zone: The Movie suffers from the typical anthology-film highs and lows -- thankfully, the former outnumber the latter.

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Peter Travers

Gannett Westchester Rockland Newspapers

Jun 6

Of the film's four episodes, only one -- the last -- is truly top-notch.

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Ed Siegel

Boston Globe

05/02/2018

Twilight Zone: The Movie fails because it tries to blend the spirit of the TV show into a medium whose spirit has evolved away from subtle storytelling. The result is like trying to merge a Wagner opera with a Debussy sonata.

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Michael Blowen

Boston Globe

05/02/2018

The problem is not only that the film is divided into four short stories but that each director only gives us a 25% effort.

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Jeff Beck

The Blu Spot

Feb 3

3/5

It was an intriguing idea to try and transplant the beloved show onto the big screen, but ultimately better decisions needed to be made as to what stories to include, resulting in a curious anthology film that's only half recommendable.

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John Ferguson

Radio Times

04/04/2024

3/5

It was Australian George Miller, responsible for cult hit Mad Max and its sequels, who produced the one truly scary section of this feature-length stab at Rod Serling's classic TV series.

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Phil Edwards

Starburst

08/01/2022

An entertaining fright work, slickly made, amusing and scary by turns.

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Ollie W

@RT90619198 Aug 9

The first story is in-your-face utterly unsubtle and unsophisticated political propaganda. The second story, about some old people in an old peoples home, is sickeningly saccharine and feels utterly at odds with the tone and vibe of the original TV show. The other two segments are better but I’d prefer to just re-watch the original TV show episodes. This film is entirely lacking in the uncanny mystery of the original TV show. An abomination.

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thiago S

@Thiagostone Mar 22

Filme bacaninha, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são bacaninhas, a história é mais ou menos, o elenco é mais ou menos, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são bacaninhas, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, o filme mostra esquetes de diferentes histórias com alguns com plot twists ou não, com tudo isso, eu até recomendo esse filme

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D.A. P

@Archives1987 Feb 20

Twilight Zone: The Movie picks up where the original Rod Serling series left off- with four great tales and a great opening sequence that holds your interest throughout the movie. With the four stories done based on classic Twilight Zone episodes and directed by Steven Spielberg, John Landis, Joe Dante and George Miller, the way that these stories are presented are enough to hold any Twilight Zone's fans interest. Also the narrations for each segment are done by Zone alum Burgess Meredith, who provides a voice over introduction for the segments and you know when they have someone from the original show doing that, it will be worth your while. 5 out of 5 stars- See this- whether you are a classic or current Twilight Zone fan- it will hold your interest like it did mine and many others.

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Raul M

@ThyKingdomCome Dec 17

IMO, the only reason to watch this is to see actors before they were famous. Otherwise, this was pretty bad and didn't live up to the TV series. Grade: D

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Stephen C

@bob25009 07/04/2025

Meant to scare me in 1 hour and 42 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Nick O

@Nicki1985 06/02/2025

Four great directors come together to make a feature length horror anthology based on the most brilliant and terrifying TV show ever created. Rod Serling would’ve been proud!

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Synopsis

This tribute to the beloved supernatural TV show has four episodes. In the first, racist Bill Connor (Vic Morrow) is transformed into a Jew in World War II. Next, Mr. Bloom (Scatman Crothers) comes to a retirement home to teach the residents that they are only as young as they feel. In the third, teacher Helen Foley (Kathleen Quinlan) meets Antony (Jeremy Licht), a boy who is not what he seems. Finally, panicky plane passenger John Valentine (John Lithgow) sees gremlins attacking his flight.

Director: John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, George Miller, Frank Marshall
Producer: John Landis, Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter: John Landis, George Clayton Johnson, Richard Matheson, Melissa Mathison
Production Co: Warner Bros.
Rating: PG
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 15, 2008
Runtime: 1h 42m
Sound Mix: Surround

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