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I loved this DVD....My girlfriends and I watched every single episode over the long holiday weekend.....Great/Good FUN!
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Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1QWYG52S6PZ61 Night Gallery as a series is difficult to define. My video is designed to give you a feel for the mood and tone of the series and show an example of how the drama segments are introduced, also the layout and artwork of the media and box set. Night Gallery cuts across the genres of horror, science fiction and dark humor. It doesn't fit perfectly into one of these, or any of these categories. For me the most enjoyment I got from the series is seeing Rod Serling's brief stoic narrative introductions to each episode segment himself via the vaguely unnerving paintings in the backdrop of the shadowy Night Gallery. Rod, impeccably dressed and coiffed in his signature black jacket and tie has a resonant voice that makes you pay attention as if something vitally important is being said. The introductions where Serling sometimes imparts a bit of cautionary wisdom to the "visitors" of the night gallery can occasionally offer a more chilling feeling than the actual production itself. There is no doubt you will find the effects and the sets of the individual dramas dated. But that is part of the retro charm of the series as viewed from a modern perspective. With the likes of SAW, Silent Hill, Star Wars, and TV series like the new Outer Limits, the Friday The 13th series ( anyone remember the V series? ), etc..., having made their impressions, the episodes of Night Gallery are not going to seem very impressive by comparison. However, there are many epsiodes that maintain their nail-biting tension and edge-of-your-seat drama because of the great writing, directing, and serious acting..., three elements which can rise above older values in cinematography and set production. Which is why great older series such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents still have powerful entertainment impact today. Season two of Night Gallery starts off with two such high impact episodes. "The Boy Who Could Predict EarthQuakes" and "The Hand Of Borgus Weems". Both episodes are unnerving. In the first we are treated to the exploitation of a young boy's gift for clairvoyence. Until, one day, he predicts something terrible that no one wants to hear. In the second, a man's life is taken over by a force beyond his control as his hand suddenly carries within it a supernatural determination to follow a deadly course of action. Other episodes that I would recommend in the second season are "Since Aunt Ada Came To Stay", a brilliantly concieved supernatural drama in which a very rational, very logical college professor suddenly finds himself believing in witchcraft and that his wife's life is in deadly danger from it. This episode is particularly interesting for it's co-star Jonathan Harris ( Doctor Smith from Lost In Space ), who plays a friend of the professor who gives him advice on how to defeat the supernatural power he is facing. "Pickman's Model" a fairly good limited production of the classic H.P. Lovecraft tale of an artist who has delved far too deep into the supernatural vistas of his world to find models for his strange unnerving paintings. There are others worth viewing as well. "The Messiah On Mott Street", written by Rod Serling himself , I believe this marks one of the last television appearances of the great Edward G. Robinson, as an aged and dying grandfather trapped in a little run down apartment on Mott Street trying to care for his young grandson. It's a heartwarming story, not typical of the series, but very satisfying. While you should not expect to be "wowed" by the sets or the effects, overall I must recommend this series for anyone who enjoys great acting and great entertainment. It is well worth the investment. The disks themselves functioned perfectly. The video was clean and the color was magnificent, the audio also is outstanding. The DVD's performed flawlessly.
- Mike S.
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i think night gallery is very well made for its time rod serling was truly amazing with short stories i still think the original twilight zone was better made but having said that night gallery has its creepiest moments i know one thing i wouldn,t want to get caught in any of those paintings in the gallery my favorite story was camera obscure in the second season among other,s. great story telling well worth collecting there,s only two seasons i often wondered had rod serling lived much longer what would he have produced next? for viewers you just don,t see those show,s made anymore great viewing
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Like the Twilight Zone but in color. The premise of an art gallery is pretty unusual and interesting. If you liked the Twilight Zone and you crave more this it it.
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An amazing box set with some of the best extras I've ever seen. The documentary about Tom Wright is mindblowing.
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