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Way Out (1961)

Way Out poster
Directed by
Paul Bogart
Genre
anthology series
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 14 episodes
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A black-and-white anthology series hosted by Roald Dahl. Each 25-minute episode tells a standalone story of horror, fantasy, or science fiction with a macabre twist. Dahl introduces each episode with a dry monologue before the main story unfolds.

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What happens

'Way Out is a 1961 American horror, fantasy, and science fiction television anthology series hosted by writer Roald Dahl. The macabre black-and-white 25-minute shows were introduced by Dahl, his face projected in a disconcerting hall of mirrors effect, dryly delivering a brief introductory monologue, expounding on such unusual subjects as undertakers or frogs or murdering a romantic rival with ground tiger's whiskers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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