The WORST episodes of Amazing Stories (1985)

Every episode of Amazing Stories (1985) ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Amazing Stories (1985)!

Truly amazing, fantastical, funny, and odd, and sometimes scary, sad, and endearing stories are portrayed. Many famous actors, actresses, and directors made guest appearances.

Last Updated: 8/2/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
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Miss Stardust
star
6.23
56 votes

#1 - Miss Stardust

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/10/1987

A beauty pageant promoter is forced to allow the cream of the alien crop into his self-proclaimed "Miss Galaxy" contest.

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The Greibble
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6.37
83 votes

#2 - The Greibble

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1986

A housewife has a very real nightmare. She encounters a large creature that has a taste for inanimate objects.

Directors: Joe Dante
Writer: Mick Garris
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Fine Tuning
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6.48
141 votes

#3 - Fine Tuning

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1985

Teenager (Andy) is working on a science project to intercept distant television signals but inadvertently tunes into a series of alien broadcasts...aliens who have mimicked old b&w TV shows such as "I Love Lucy." Andy and his friends tune in on a newscast saying three alien explorers are travelling to Earth on an expedition to meet their inspiration. Andy and his friends find the aliens - who easily stand out - and decide to take them on a tour of Hollywood, but the aliens are disappointed to learn that they can't bring anyone (such as Milton Berle) back with them. Finally, Andy digs up some aging vaudeville entertainers from a retirement home who are glad to go back with the aliens and entertain them.

Directors: Bob Balaban
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Hell Toupee
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6.48
71 votes

#4 - Hell Toupee

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/13/1986

A new toupee causes a man to feel an urge to kill the first lawyer he sees.

Directors: Irvin Kershner
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Gershwin's Trunk
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6.48
54 votes

#5 - Gershwin's Trunk

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/13/1987

A broadway lyricist seeks inspiration by contacting the spirit of Gershwin through a psychic.

Directors: Paul Bartel
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Moving Day
star
6.56
57 votes

#6 - Moving Day

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/3/1987

A teen learns that his family is bound for a new home: a planet almost a hundred billion miles away.

Directors: Robert Stevens
Writer: Frank Kerr
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What If...?
star
6.60
62 votes

#7 - What If...?

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1986

A boy wonders what would happen if his parents did not return from one of their many social events.

Directors: Joan Darling
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Magic Saturday
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6.62
89 votes

#8 - Magic Saturday

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1986

A man temporarily exchanges bodies with his grandson so that he can relive his youth on the baseball field. While the man enjoys his new life, the boy discovers his grandfather's old body is dying.

Directors: Robert Markowitz
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Lane Change
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6.62
53 votes

#9 - Lane Change

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1987

Traveling a deserted highway, a woman facing divorce sees her past through the windshield after she picks up a stranded woman.

Directors: Ken Kwapis
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Santa '85
star
6.67
93 votes

#10 - Santa '85

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1985

A little boy helps Santa when the legendary man is thrown in jail while delivering presents.

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Secret Cinema
star
6.68
76 votes

#11 - Secret Cinema

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/6/1986

A young woman believes that her mother, her fiance, and her psychiatrist are secretly filming her life.

Directors: Paul Bartel
Writer: Paul Bartel
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Remote Control Man
star
6.71
94 votes

#12 - Remote Control Man

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1985

A henpecked man finds comfort in a unique television set that bring lifelike images to him.

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Alamo Jobe
star
6.75
266 votes

#13 - Alamo Jobe

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1985

During the fight of the Alamo a young messenger is transported to twentieth century San Antonio.

Directors: Michael D. Moore
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Such Interesting Neighbors
star
6.79
58 votes

#14 - Such Interesting Neighbors

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/20/1987

The Lewise family believes that their new neighbors the Hellenbecks are from outer space. The couple and their only child are strange, and seem to have little or no knowledge of 20th century customs and behaviors. Soon strange things begin happening and a strange heat-seeking device tries to kill the Lewises. The Hellenbecks reveal they are from the future, and came back in time to have a naturally-born child (which is forbidden in their future). Together the two families manage to defeat a killer-android and the Hellenbecks depart rather then endanger their new found friends.

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Vanessa in the Garden
star
6.81
81 votes

#15 - Vanessa in the Garden

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/29/1985

When an artist is devastated by the death of his wife, he finds a way for her to live on in his painting.

Directors: Clint Eastwood
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Guilt Trip
star
6.87
93 votes

#16 - Guilt Trip

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1985

The emotion Guilt feels overworked. He takes a vacation cruise and falls for the emotion Love.

Directors: Burt Reynolds
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Boo!
star
6.89
81 votes

#17 - Boo!

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/16/1986

Ghosts in an attic try to get rid of a couple who move into their house.

Directors: Joe Dante
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The Pumpkin Competition
star
6.91
92 votes

#18 - The Pumpkin Competition

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1986

An old spinster who is tired of losing a pumpkin competition recieves special advice from an agricultural professor.

Directors: Norman Reynolds
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Gather Ye Acorns
star
6.92
86 votes

#19 - Gather Ye Acorns

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/2/1986

On the advice from a mysterious little man, an 18-year-old boy begins to collect rare comics and toys. When he sells them as an old man, he gains wealth and happiness.

Directors: Norman Reynolds
Writer: Stu Krieger
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The 21-Inch Sun
star
6.93
55 votes

#20 - The 21-Inch Sun

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/1987

A television writer is given an opportunity to write a sitcom. The source of inspiration for the sitcom comes to the man from his plants.

Directors: Nick Castle
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The Main Attraction
star
6.93
290 votes

#21 - The Main Attraction

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1985

A high school football player is magnetized by a fallen meteorite.

Directors: Matthew Robbins
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No Day at the Beach
star
6.97
77 votes

#22 - No Day at the Beach

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/1986

A GI tries to be a hero during an amphibious assault in Italy during World War II.

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Mirror, Mirror
star
6.98
81 votes

#23 - Mirror, Mirror

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/9/1986

A popular horror novelist is terrorized by a strange figure in his bathroom mirror.

Directors: Martin Scorsese
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You Gotta Believe Me
star
6.98
87 votes

#24 - You Gotta Believe Me

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1986

Awakened by a dream of a plane crashing outside his home, a man tries to convince people of his premonition.

Directors: Kevin Reynolds
Writer: Stu Krieger
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The Eternal Mind
star
7.02
56 votes

#25 - The Eternal Mind

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/29/1986

A dying scientist volunteers to be the first person to merge with a computer.

Directors: Michael Riva
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