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Anybody, ANYBODY that likes the power of acting without a bunch of gratuitous gore and special effects will enjoy Night Gallery. I remember watching these shows when I was a preteen. Scared me, impressed me.
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This is a wonderful series. It's a shame that it only ran for 3 seasons. Any fans of Serling's Twilight Zone series I feel sure would also enjoy this series wholeheartedly.
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Well as my title indicates, the waiting IS over. Truth is the waiting was over 30 years. I have already purchased the first DVD set and was pleasantly surprised at the picture and sound quality, not just because of the new technology used to translate this program to digital, but I only remember seeing Night Gallery on an old black and white TV when the shows aired originally. Much like older horror films give a sense of darkness and graininess to the picture, I remember watching the show in black and white and thinking how it must look on a better set. Now that I have viewed the shows on DVD, and in full color, it brings them back to life once more. Seeing Mr. Wright's paintings in color gives them more meaning, not just the contrasts of Grey, black, and whites. Even though the corny little shorts were included in the set, I still remember THAT part of watching the show back then (especially Big Surprise, scared the heck out of me, just the look on the blond kids face backing out of the hole they dug).
I had thought that this DVD set was already out, and was waiting for the right time to purchase it, only to find out it wasn't...until NOW! I will be sitting at home for a few nights after it arrives. Nothing will tear me away from the moments I remembered as a pre-teen kid watching for the first time. Certain images have followed me throughout my life, and there are plenty to remember in this series. When I got the first set, I was expecting to see some of those images once again, but was disappointed to find out that the most memorable ones were in the second season. Throughout the series, scenes like the old man coming out of the hole in the ground, The guy in the haunted house following a trail of liquid in the dirt basement floor only to be confronted with a specter appearing from the darkness of a dark room (just got goose bumps typing that), the art instructor yelling at his student and painting over what she had painted only to reveal his vision of what the model looks like...a ghoulish monster, and the epitome for me at the time was the images of a dead man rising from his grave, walking up to a house, up to the door, and then the darned door creaking open, and seeing it played out in ever changing paintings was too much for my little heart. Ahh the memories!
Strange what we will wait for for over three decades to see once more. Wasn't once enough? If there was any collection of great old shows I would recommend, it would be these. Night Gallery kept me up at least once a week for the years it was on. Now it's time to lose more sleep.
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Do not buy this DVD if you expect HI-DEF picture quality. Some of the older episodes are poor quality on big screen Hi Def. But the rest of the other reviews say about the same thing. I like the show so I bought it.
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Night Gallery was the scariest fun around when I was a kid. Staying up late to watch stories like "Lindemann's Catch" and "Pickman's Model" is one of my fondest memories. In season 2, the show really came into its own and produced some of the best segments, in my opinion. The whole concept of an anthology series where the stories are represented by paintings is brilliant, and Tom Wright's artwork is sometimes more memorable than the segment it introduces.
It helps to have an understanding of the early-mid Seventies to really appreciate Night Gallery. The "Monster Craze" was still a pop-culture force among young people. Aurora model kits of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera, etc., were still selling on store shelves across America. Cartoon ghouls were all over Saturday morning cartoon blocs. Jack Laird, the producer, sometimes injected this monster-mania wackiness into Night Gallery, which gives the show its own particular style and feeling. It also brought him into conflict with the brilliant Rod Serling, who loathed the sillier short segments, and wanted Night Gallery to be a more cerebral showcase for television drama, evoking his earlier career highlights with Playhouse 90 and Twilight Zone.
Though Serling didn't have the kind of creative control over Night Gallery that he wanted or should have had, he contributed a great deal of the show's best scripts, and it is still "his" show even more so than Laird's in some respects, and not just because Serling's name and face are out in front (The show's real title is "Rod Serling's Night Gallery"). Actually, the mix of styles is quite in keeping with the whole "gallery" concept, making the show appeal to a range of tastes. I am very grateful Universal decided to release season two, and give it respect, with fascinating extras and attractive packaging. Worth owning for anyone inclined to appreciate the genre, the era, or the genius and irreplaceable screen presence of Rod Serling.
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