The WORST episodes of The Twilight Zone (1985)
Every episode of The Twilight Zone (1985) ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Twilight Zone (1985)!
This show is based on Rod Serling's classic TV anthology show, The Twilight Zone. Redoing some episodes and doing new ones 20 years laters after the originals, these are made in color and in one-hour episodes. Most of the episodes contained two or three stories, and were broken up in half hour episodes for syndication. CBS cancelled the show in its second season, but it was picked up by a Canadian producer and aired in syndication in a half-hour format. The show contains mostly ironic or special situations with a twist at the end, which show the human nature, coupled with science fiction, horror or fantasy. Some of the show's writers are well known: Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Sidney Sheldon and J. Michael Straczynski. The opening and closing music was done by The Grateful Dead.
#1 - Street of Shadows
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/21/1989
Walking taking a walk in a wealthy neighborhood an unemployed man living in a shelter experiences an unusual transformation.
#2 - Dreams for Sale
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1985
A woman in the future traps herself in an idyllic, computer-generated fantasy in her mind.
#3 - Wish Bank
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/18/1985
Janice finds a magic lamp at a garage sale. Restrictions and lots of paperwork apply for her three wishes.
#4 - Personal Demons
Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 2/14/1986
A scriptwriter suffering from writers block is tormented by a group of small creatures.
#5 - Chameleon
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1985
A space shuttle returns from a mission and NASA discovers that something unusual has been picked up.
#6 - Shatterday
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1985
A man accidentally phones his own home and winds up talking to his alter ego
#7 - Act Break
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/15/1985
A landlord hounds a playwright named Maury for his rent. When the playwright's partner dies of a heart attack, he wishes he could become the greatest playwright ever.
#8 - The Uncle Devil Show
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 11/29/1985
Parents don't realize that the video their child watches demonstrates magic tricks like turning parents into lizards and giving dogs four eyes.
#9 - Crazy as a Soup Sandwich
Season 3 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/1/1989
A man sells his soul to a demon for some racing tips. After being terrified by the demon he goes for help from the criminal boss he borrowed the track money from.
#10 - The Girl I Married
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/17/1987
An attorney and his wife have successful careers. They feel something is lacking in their marriage. Soon, they encounter younger versions of their mates.
#11 - A Little Peace and Quiet
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1985
In a modern remake of the classic episode, "A Kind of a Stopwatch", a woman discovers a necklace that gives its owner the ability to freeze time
#12 - Paladin of the Lost Hour
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/8/1985
A Vietnam Vet named Billy saves an old man named Gasper from a mugging at a cemetery. He discovers that this old man holds the future of time in his watch.
#13 - Examination Day
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/1/1985
In the far future, twelve-year-old Dickie must pass the mandatory government intelligence test.
#14 - Dream Me a Life
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1988
A man in a retirement home is trapped in the dreams of a catatonic widow.
#15 - The Little People of Killany Woods
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 1/3/1986
An old Irishman has often been called a fool for his stories about Leprechauns.
#16 - Many, Many Monkeys
Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/18/1989
An epidemic breaks out and many people are struck blind. Something more happens, however: People have become cold and heartless toward each other.
#17 - The Leprechaun Artist
Season 1 - Episode 47 - Aired 2/21/1986
Vacationing in the United States, an Irish leprechaun is caught by three boys. To be freed, he must grant them three wishes.
#18 - Appointment on Route 17
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/31/1988
After finishing a heart transplant, a man finds his personality has changed. He also discovers that he has a strange attraction to a waitress at a road diner.
#19 - Wordplay
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1985
An overworked businessman suddenly finds himself left out while the rest of his world speaks in mangled slang.
#20 - A Game of Pool
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 12/31/1989
A pool champion has defeated everyone at his local pool hall, except for the long dead legend, Fats Brown, who returns from the afterlife to challenge him to a high-stakes game.
#21 - The Wall
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/25/1989
A U.S. military experiment opens a portal to an unknown place. After sending through one team, the Army calls upon a career soldier to investigate, where he finds an idyllic planet. He has to decide whether to stay or go back to his old life.
#22 - Song of the Younger World
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 7/17/1987
In 1916 a girl and a young man from a reformatory for wayward boys fall in love and try to get away from her father, the superintendent. He finds out and does not approve of their love, locking away his daughter and punishing the boy. Luckily, the girl has a secret plan to escape so she can be forever with the love of her life.
#23 - Joy Ride
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/21/1987
Two teenage boys and their girlfriends steal a recently deceased man's classic car. While they are on a joyride, they accidentally kill a policeman.
#24 - The Hunters
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1988
A young boy falls into an undiscovered cave near a housing project. An archeologist studies strange paintings on its walls and then bizarre things begin to happen. Cave items move around and animals are killed and brought into the cave.
#25 - Gramma
Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 2/14/1986
A young boy is convinced his ailing grandmother is really a monster.
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