Review of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) by Chris S — 22 Jul 2011

With Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall working on this, you know that it was done right. Highlighted by a great musical score by Jerry Goldsmith, The Twilight Zone movie takes place with a Prologue and four subsequent remakes of original episodes.

The contrast from one story to the next will fill you with a thousand different emotions and keep you guessing as to what will happen next. The Prologue lulls you into a false sense of security that is the perfect opening to this movie, making you think "Wait, is this the Twilight Zone or something else?" Add a sudden twist by Dan Akroyd and you're aggressively thrown into The Twilight Zone.

The first segment (Time Out) presents us with a good message about racism, though it does so in an unfortunate way. The second segment (Kick the Can) was touching, but not what I expected from The Twilight Zone.

It is definitely my least favorite of the 4 stories. Kathleen Quinlan is FANTASTIC in the third segment (It's a Good Life) but wow, this story was just SO BIZARRE! This is unlike any story that I have ever seen/heard and I loved it.

Jeremy Licht undergoes an amazing transformation from the beginning of this story to the end. Finally, in the final segment of the movie (Nightmare at 20,000 Feet) John Lithgow is incredible! This is more intense than any airplane sequence that I've seen (even in scary movies like Final Destination).

Though The Twilight Zone just isn't the same without Rod Serling's narration, this is a great presentation of four unique stories that are sure to twist your mind in several different directions.