THE TWILIGHT ZONE FOREVER: On the release of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone...
We continue with the final entry in our series of posts by Arlen Schumer exploring The Twilight Zone. (Part 1 can be read here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here). In Part 4, Schumer continues his...
View ArticleOn the 50th Anniversary of The Twilight Zone’s “The Eye of the Beholder”
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of “The Eye of the Beholder,” the quintessential episode of the legendary TV series The Twilight Zone, created by Rod Serling, on Thursday, November 11th, 7-9 PM,...
View ArticleCharles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone’s Magic Man
Not long ago I was given the opportunity by JaSunni Productions to watch a review/screener copy of the new documentary Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone‘s Magic Man. The film tells the...
View ArticlePBS Pioneers of Television: Science Fiction, Airs January 18
PBS is beginning the second season of Pioneers of Television with four episodes. The first will look at science fiction, including Lost in Space, Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, and those who helped...
View ArticleLeslie Dale Feldman: Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone and Politics
I am always on the lookout for good books that probe various aspects of the fantastic in popular culture in depth. Not long ago I came across such a book that looked at the political views of Rod...
View ArticleRecession and The Architects of Fear
There are stimulus plans, and then there are stimulus plans. In one of the strangest intersections between the fantastic in popular culture and politics, an economist is drawing upon the idea of alien...
View ArticleGeorge Clayton Johnson and the Legacy of The Twilight Zone
Today I was thumbing through the June 2012 #123 edition of Rue Morgue magazine and an item caught my eye. In honor of a new Twilight Zone collection coming to Blu-ray, the magazine interviewed George...
View ArticleThe Twilight Zone Comes to Brooklyn
July 4th is not only known for fireworks and barbeques, but for the SyFy Channel’s bi-annual (the other is New Year’s Eve) Twilight Zone Marathon, a 21-hour nonstop lovefest of what Arlen Schumer...
View ArticleObituary: William Windom
Veteran character actor, William Windom, recently passed away at the age of 88. His body of work included roles in science fiction and fantasy/thriller, such as the part of Commodore Decker in the...
View ArticleTitles of Interest: Irony in The Twilight Zone
Irony in The Twilight Zone: How the Series Critiqued Postwar American Culture by David Melbye (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015) Rod Serling’s pioneering series The Twilight Zone (1959 to 1964) is...
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