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 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - Personal Demons
Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 2/14/1986
A scriptwriter suffering from writers block is tormented by a group of small creatures.
#6 - 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.
#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 - 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
#9 - Shatterday
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1985
A man accidentally phones his own home and winds up talking to his alter ego
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - The Convict's Piano
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/1986
A man in prison who insists that he is innocent of a crime discovers a piano that transports him to the old days of gangsters.
#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 - 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.
#20 - Room 2426
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/11/1989
Martin Decker is confined to a special room for acts and thoughts against the state. They want the formula for a weapon he does not want to reveal. Escape for Martin comes from the mind.
#21 - 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.
#22 - Teacher's Aide
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/8/1985
A teacher on a violent and gang infested high school has trouble controlling her students. The building is warded by some mysterious gargoyles, which give some special powers to the teacher.
#23 - Children's Zoo
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/11/1985
A little girl's parents are always fighting and screaming at each other. She takes them to the Children's Zoo with a special invitation and she gets something very special, something her parents could not even imagine.
#24 - Nightcrawlers
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/18/1985
A deputy trooper stops by a diner during a rainstorm where a Vietnam veteran's nightmares come to life.
#25 - 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.