Night Gallery

Serling’s unadmitted spin-off of his previous project, The Twilight Zone. While in that show, macabre and horror episodes were overshadowed (in number, not quality) by sci-fi, in this genre revue he tries to make amends for that, but only in some episodes does it manage to achieve the qualities of its predecessor (or other TV anthology series) only in some episodes. Mainly during the now cult second season. (2x01a) The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes 5/5 An infant TV harbinger of things to come and a charged atmosphere not unlike The Medusa Touch. (2x01b) Miss Lovecraft Sent Me 2/5 A short snack about the tribulations of a vampire who is looking for a baby sitter for his offspring. (2x01c) The Hand of Borgus Weems 3/5 When your right hand isn’t completely yours, you can get into a lot of trouble. (2x01d) Phantom of What Opera? 2/5 Approximately four minutes of filler about the Phantom of the Opera’s true love. (2x22a) The Caterpillar 5/5 When it’s pours with rain for days on end in Borneo, even a charismatic gentleman can get bored. A married woman could be just what he needs. When the niggling itch crawls into his head. Literally. (3x10) She'll Be Company for You 1/5 A widowed Spock (you keep on expecting him to give us his Vulcan gesture) who is given a diabolical kitty-cat to keep him company, has an annoying habit of ringing the service bell, which drives him completely crazy. This was probably meant to be a variation on Poe’s “Ligeia", but it’s just weirdly edited boredom with awful sound. (22/02/2013)