Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Directed by

Joe Dante, George Miller, John Landis, Steven Spielberg

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, horror film, anthology film, science fiction film, time-travel film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 820 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a movie with four separate stories, each one involving a strange or supernatural twist. The segments include a bigot who gets a chance to live through historical horrors, an old man who brings a cartoon world to life, a young boy who can control reality with his mind, and a woman on a plane who fears a monster on the wing.

creepysuspensefulwhimsicaldarkunsettlingepisodicsurrealominous

What happens

Twilight Zone: The Movie is a 1983 American science fiction fantasy horror anthology film produced by Steven Spielberg and John Landis. Based on Rod Serling's 1959–1964 television series of the same name, the film features four stories directed by Landis, Spielberg, Joe Dante and George Miller. Landis' segment is an original story created for the film, while the segments by Spielberg, Dante, and Miller are remakes of episodes from the original series. The film's cast includes Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Scatman Crothers, John Lithgow, Vic Morrow, and Kathleen Quinlan. Original series cast members Burgess Meredith, Patricia Barry, Peter Brocco, Murray Matheson, Kevin McCarthy, Bill Mumy, and William Schallert also appear in the film, with Meredith assuming Serling's role as narrator. The film's production achieved notoriety when Morrow and two illegally hired child actors, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen, were killed in a helicopter crash during the filming of Landis's segment. The deaths led to several years of legal action; although no individuals were found to be criminally liable, new procedures and safety standards were imposed in the filmmaking industry. Upon release by Warner Bros. on June 24, 1983, the film received mixed reviews, with praise directed at Dante and Miller's segments, but criticism towards the segments by Landis and Spielberg. Despite the controversy and mixed reception, it was a commercial success, grossing $42 million on a $10 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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