Twilight Zone: The Movie

19831 hour 41 minsPGVietnamese, English, German, French

HorroRated verdict

Recommended

1980sAnthologySci-Fi HorrorSupernaturalPractical FX

Directed by: John Landis, Joe Dante, Steven Spielberg, George Miller
Written by: George Clayton Johnson, Richard Matheson, Melissa Mathison, Jerome Bixby, John Landis
Produced by: Frank Marshall, George Folsey Jr., George Miller, John Landis, Steven Spielberg

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Creature Features Practical FX Psychological Sci-Fi Horror Supernatural Anthologies Dark Comedy

Why it’s HorroRated

Four directors, four very different approaches, and at least two segments that are legitimately great. Dante's is unnerving and George Miller's airplane window creature is pure tension from start to finish. The anthology format means the weaker parts are short. Worth it for those two alone.

Synopsis

Spielberg, Landis, Dante, and Miller each direct a segment adapting stories from the original Twilight Zone series. Dante's piece about a child who controls reality with his wishes is deeply unnerving, and Miller's airplane window creature is pure tension from start to finish. The format means the weaker parts are short and the strong ones are substantial.