andyvanberkum
Twilight Zone: The Movie is both scary and enchanting. Man oh man, did it frighten me. I would not want to eat peanut butter sandwiches while watching that scary bunny. Poor Grandpa Pete. Whatever happened to his mind.Funny eyeballs and monsters that eat airplanes. Old people that play kick the can and become young again. Dan Akyroyd becoming the scary man. It was truly terrifying.
Richard Dominguez
My Second Favorite Anthology (Nightmares 1983 Is My First) ... This Has The Same Feel As The Original TV Series ... I Believe (Could Be Wrong) The First Story Was An Original Script For The Movie (See Notes In Comments) ... The Other Three Stories Were All Remakes From The Original Series ... My Favorite One Is The Second One "Kick The Can" ... An Episode That Proves Not All Twilight Zone Stories Were Full Of Horror ... Some Were Happy And Even Funny ... "Kick The Can" Has (What Is To Me The Happiest Ending I Have Seen In Any Story Or Movie) ... The First Episode "Time Out" Saw The Accidental Death Of Vic Morrow And 2 Child Actors (Myca Dinh Le And Renee Shin-Yi Chen) ... All In All An Excellent Anthology And A Wonderful Tribute To An Old Old TV Show Friend ...**Comment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Zone:_The_Movie
Realrockerhalloween
The movie was a sorted affair dealing with four directors, script rewrites, tragedy and high expectations that nearly canceled the entire production. Starting off in the right direction with a bookend of a man picking up a hitch hiker until everything goes terribly wrong. Staying true to the heart of the original series the morality cautions are ever present with the dangers of picking up strangers, racism, staying young at heart, abuse of power and disbelief. The first take would be an instant new classic in the vain of his image if a helicopter hadn't crashed on the set and killed three actors (two children). Legally able to proceed on Landis was force to shorten his segment so the man never leans his passion but receiving punishment for crimes again humanity. Forcing Spielberg to make his second segment more light hearted with a charming remake of Kick the can which has its cute moments yet doesn't work in a horror movie setting.Joe Donte for it back on track with it's a good life, but it's plagued with humor, fake noticeable props and comes out to cartoonist to get the willies. Last and least was the most shocking, scary and best directed segment by George Miller updating terror at 50,000 feet which seems lasted by three duds preceding it. Such a shame as it had potential to spawn off countless sequels instead of direct to TV short living series.While not bad in the least it could've been a grand masterpiece.
TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews
Bill(Morrow as a bigot, R.I.P.) is certain he's lost out to the Jews, the African-Americans and the Asians, and gets a nasty surprise. An old folks home is visited by the mysterious Mr. Bloom(Crothers with his inimitable charm), who influences the inhabitants. School teacher Helen(Quinlan, patient) comes across a very peculiar kid(played to perfection by Licht... all of the performances here are solid, even the child actors). And finally, John(Lithgow, paranoid) is, well, not a good flier - but he'll swear on his life, there was something on that wing...This is essentially giving a bigger budget and talent to some stories known from the show, and while I haven't watched the original episodes for ages, but on the issue of reusing them, I always say that a good tale is worth retelling. At one point, this was going to be a single scenario, not four separate ones. I'm glad they abandoned that - with this, we have 93 minutes(not counting end credits) which is, no less than four plots(and a prologue), all of them short enough that character development, pacing and staging is all economical.Landis' is surprisingly "meh". Maybe he left his talent in London. In a werewolf. From America. Spielberg's is not really scary, nor is it meant to be, instead it's emotionally compelling fantasy, and, well, there's a reason his name is highly regarded - it's great. Dante really kicks things into high gear with quirk giving way to twisted terror, also putting amazing practical effects to good use. And Miller closes this out on a claustrophobic, nerve-shredding note.There is some violent and/or disturbing content and a little strong language in this. I recommend this to any fan of horror. 7/10
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