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taking a look at ideas that were
explored in the original Twilight Zone
series long before they were popularized
in modern movies and shows since twist
endings play a key role in The Twilight
Zone be prepared for the following
spoilers this is the dimension of
imagination it is an area which we call
the twilight zone
number 10 child’s play living doll
before Chucky became the silver screens
definitive killer doll there was talky
Tina the night you brought to life by
voice acting legend June Foray Tina
looks like an innocent wind-up doll but
she has some choice words for family
patriarch Eric’s trader convinced that a
stepdaughters doll is out to get him
Eric tries to destroy Tina but this toy
does not play nice with those she
doesn’t like although the episodes plot
mirrors child’s play there are a few
notable differences hosting the soul of
a serial killer Chucky is the epitome of
evil in living doll however we’re left
to wonder who the true antagonist was
the abusive husband and stepfather or
the doll who wanted to make little
number nine what women want a penny for
your thoughts you wouldn’t expect a
Nancy Meyers romantic comedy starring
Mel Gibson to draw comparison to a
Twilight Zone episode but these two
stories are eerily similar I wish I
could read your mind in what women want
Gibson plays a macho womanizer who gets
in touch with his feminine side after an
accident enables him to hear the
opposite sexist thoughts do you realize
that I have an Ivy League education and
that running your stupid errands has put
me into therapy why don’t you take me
seriously and give me some real work to
do oh yeah I remember why because I have
a vagina
while the protagonist in a penny for
your thoughts lacks Gibson’s confidence
he also gains the ability to read minds
poor mr. Poole he looks tired and pale
his gift isn’t restricted to just
females though opening up his mind to
even more dirty secrets in each story
the male lead ultimately loses his
powers but walks away from the
experience with a wiser outlook and a
girlfriend who incidentally both love
[Music]
I can’t hear anything I can’t hear a
thing you’re thinking number eight
midnight in Paris a stop at Willoughby
in this Woody Allen comedy oh when
Wilson plays a contemporary screenwriter
who feels as if he was born in the wrong
decade you’ll show my novel to Gertrude
Stein when the clock strikes midnight
Wilson’s character is inexplicably
transported back to 1920 Paris brushing
shoulders with Ernest Hemingway
Josephine Baker and the Fitzgeralds take
it easy step it back baby
big night Fitzgerald the film really
tapped into the zeitgeist of 2011
exploring society’s ever-growing
fascination with nostalgia years before
Allen took a trip back to the 1920s Rod
Serling transported audiences back to
1888 will it be July summer it’s 1888 a
stop at willoughby follows a man who
takes a train ride to a peaceful place
untarnished by time while both tails
touch upon the comfort we all find a
nostalgia they also demonstrate why we
shouldn’t try to escape the future by
retreating to the past just jumped off
the train did he shouted something about
willoughby and ran out to the platform
and that was the last I saw him doctor
says he must have died instantly number
seven the sixth sense the hitchhiker at
the height of his career M night
Shyamalan was hailed as a modern Rod
Serling capping off each of his movies
with a twist the parallels actually
might have been closer than we initially
realized in a hundred yards over the rim
someone from the 19th century suddenly
finds himself in the present day not
unlike the ending of the village where
quit The Sixth Sense is also reminiscent
of a classic Twilight Zone episode
entitled the hitchhiker tell us if this
sounds familiar
a young woman driving from New York to
LA repeatedly passes by a mysterious
hitchhiker who appears to be stalking
her I saw him again 50 miles further on
and then again on the long straight
stretch The Virginian just standing
there not menacing merely in the end
it’s revealed that our protagonist was a
ghost the entire time and the hitchhiker
was the embodiment of death I believe
you’re going my way number 6 poltergeist
little girl lost Steven Speilberg not
only directed a segment of 1983 s
Twilight Zone the movie but also two
so we wouldn’t be surprised if Spielberg
drew inspiration from Serling while
co-writing and co-producing poltergeist
this supernatural horror film revolves
around the Freeling family who lose
youngest daughter Carol Ann when she
crosses over into another dimension
a bedroom closet acts as a portal to
this other world calling a classic
Twilight Zone episode to mine in little
girl lost six-year-old Bettina Miller
stumbles into the fourth dimension which
is accessible through the wall behind
her bed interestingly the writer of this
episode Richard Matheson also wrote the
1971 television movie dual which marked
[Music]
number five the good place a nice place
to visit hell isn’t necessarily all fire
and brimstone in the episode a nice
place to visit lowlife rocky believes
he’s died and gone to heaven when he’s
treated to everything he’s ever wanted
[Applause]
put your money on the table fat right
there number fourteen red Rocky is
alright rocky eventually grows tired of
this routine feeling that he might fit
in better at the other place
rocky soon discovers that his guardian
angel is a devil in disguise revealing
that he is in the other place look I
don’t belong in heaven see I want to go
to the other place mr. pip has to spell
it out for the oblivious rocky but Alan
our shells drop pieces the truth
together for herself
whereas the twilight zone delivered this
twist within 25 minutes however the good
place managed to keep its audience in
the dark for the entire first season
before pulling the rug out from under
holy mother for King shirt boss number
discussing the original final
destination actor Sean William Scott
stated that the film was quote as dark
and eerie as any Twilight Zone we can’t
help but wonder if Scotts ever seen the
episode 22 as it shares a great deal in
Alex browning and Liz Powell both
experienced visions that seemed all too
real suggesting death is just around the
corner has details from their dreams
come to fruition Alex and Liz each
decide not to board a plane that’s about
to take off
mr. better hurry up a little miss that’s
your flight ready for departure up there
premonitions turn out to be correct as
both planes explode in midair
whereas Liz dodges her date with death
though Alex finds the death isn’t so
easy to cheat
number three The Truman Show a world of
difference Truman Burbank is a seemingly
ordinary guy who slowly realizes his
world is nothing but a reality series
Jesus do you think he knows writer
Andrew Niccol screenplay was inspired by
an episode of the 1985 Twilight Zone
revival entitled special service which
also centers on a man who’s unknowingly
the star of a 24-hour TV show this idea
can be traced back even further to the
original Twilight Zone in a world of
difference businessman Arthur Curtis is
mystified when his office winds up on a
soundstage cut he’s told that his real
name is Gerald Regan and Arthur is a
character he’s playing in a movie cast
of characters Arthur Curtis 36 a young
business executive happily married
Curtis lives in Woodland Hills with his
wife and child he Marion Curtis 33 a
charming young woman typical of that
efficient breed which can manage a house
and family and still have a torn between
reality and fiction
our protagonist ultimately accepts the
role of Arthur saying good afternoon
good evening and good night to his other
life party are you all right sure well
where were you mr. Curtis are you
leaving now yeah number two us
mirror-image it’s like we’re seeing
double the same year Jordan Peele
launched his reboot of The Twilight Zone
he also wrote produced and directed a
film that owes a lot to Rod Serling
anything wrong with you people need some
peel has made it no secret that US was
largely inspired by the episode mirror
image which tells the story of a woman
who encounters somebody who looks
exactly like her at a bus station
everybody keeps telling me that I’ve
been here before growing increasingly
paranoid she fears that the doppelganger
is going to take her place after the two
worlds converge
comes into our world and and in order to
places move west out so that it can live
the Wilson family endures an identical
dilemma in us as they come face to face
with their own evil counterparts
although US has a style and tone that
makes it unique the film’s legacy will
always be tethered to the twilight zone
they look exactly like us before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
you want swimming well I didn’t expect
it’s matter dear something wrong I’m
somehow involved in some sort of story
like I’m a character in my own life and
atoms are in a given mathematical
arrangement this device breaks them up
stores them and puts them together again
in the same order having anything else
worthwhile to show you everything in
this lot should have been condemned
years ago I got more lemons per square
foot than a fruit grower Salinas I
remember when you brought me this
antique silver frame from Tiffany’s
Tiffany’s gosh it’s a 50 Merc down from
Ken number one The Simpsons
various episodes tree house of horror is
a Halloween tradition for the Simpsons
but did you know that some of the most
iconic segments are Twilight Zone
parodies all right we already mentioned
a few storylines The Simpsons satirized
like evil dolls time controlling stop
I’m Krusty the Klown and I’m going to
kill you the cookbook twist from to
serve men is hilariously spoofed in the
first Halloween episode in another
episode that uses Night Gallery is a
framing device a gremlin goes from
tormenting William Shatner on a plane to
haunting Bart on a bus
over the years bart has been given the
godlike powers of Anthony Fremont from
it’s a good life while lisa has created
a miniature society reminiscent of the
little people it’s a whole race of
people no bigger than ant as South Park
would say the twilight zone did it in
fact that episode was a ripoff of a
Twilight Zone episode do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and be sure to
subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
watchmojo.com did it first before we
begin we publish new content every day
so be sure to subscribe to our Channel
and ring the bell to get notified about
our latest videos for this list we’re
taking a look at ideas that were
explored in the original Twilight Zone
series long before they were popularized
in modern movies and shows since twist
endings play a key role in The Twilight
Zone be prepared for the following
spoilers this is the dimension of
imagination it is an area which we call
the twilight zone
number 10 child’s play living doll
before Chucky became the silver screens
definitive killer doll there was talky
Tina the night you brought to life by
voice acting legend June Foray Tina
looks like an innocent wind-up doll but
she has some choice words for family
patriarch Eric’s trader convinced that a
stepdaughters doll is out to get him
Eric tries to destroy Tina but this toy
does not play nice with those she
doesn’t like although the episodes plot
mirrors child’s play there are a few
notable differences hosting the soul of
a serial killer Chucky is the epitome of
evil in living doll however we’re left
to wonder who the true antagonist was
the abusive husband and stepfather or
the doll who wanted to make little
number nine what women want a penny for
your thoughts you wouldn’t expect a
Nancy Meyers romantic comedy starring
Mel Gibson to draw comparison to a
Twilight Zone episode but these two
stories are eerily similar I wish I
could read your mind in what women want
Gibson plays a macho womanizer who gets
in touch with his feminine side after an
accident enables him to hear the
opposite sexist thoughts do you realize
that I have an Ivy League education and
that running your stupid errands has put
me into therapy why don’t you take me
seriously and give me some real work to
do oh yeah I remember why because I have
a vagina
while the protagonist in a penny for
your thoughts lacks Gibson’s confidence
he also gains the ability to read minds
poor mr. Poole he looks tired and pale
his gift isn’t restricted to just
females though opening up his mind to
even more dirty secrets in each story
the male lead ultimately loses his
powers but walks away from the
experience with a wiser outlook and a
girlfriend who incidentally both love
[Music]
I can’t hear anything I can’t hear a
thing you’re thinking number eight
midnight in Paris a stop at Willoughby
in this Woody Allen comedy oh when
Wilson plays a contemporary screenwriter
who feels as if he was born in the wrong
decade you’ll show my novel to Gertrude
Stein when the clock strikes midnight
Wilson’s character is inexplicably
transported back to 1920 Paris brushing
shoulders with Ernest Hemingway
Josephine Baker and the Fitzgeralds take
it easy step it back baby
big night Fitzgerald the film really
tapped into the zeitgeist of 2011
exploring society’s ever-growing
fascination with nostalgia years before
Allen took a trip back to the 1920s Rod
Serling transported audiences back to
1888 will it be July summer it’s 1888 a
stop at willoughby follows a man who
takes a train ride to a peaceful place
untarnished by time while both tails
touch upon the comfort we all find a
nostalgia they also demonstrate why we
shouldn’t try to escape the future by
retreating to the past just jumped off
the train did he shouted something about
willoughby and ran out to the platform
and that was the last I saw him doctor
says he must have died instantly number
seven the sixth sense the hitchhiker at
the height of his career M night
Shyamalan was hailed as a modern Rod
Serling capping off each of his movies
with a twist the parallels actually
might have been closer than we initially
realized in a hundred yards over the rim
someone from the 19th century suddenly
finds himself in the present day not
unlike the ending of the village where
quit The Sixth Sense is also reminiscent
of a classic Twilight Zone episode
entitled the hitchhiker tell us if this
sounds familiar
a young woman driving from New York to
LA repeatedly passes by a mysterious
hitchhiker who appears to be stalking
her I saw him again 50 miles further on
and then again on the long straight
stretch The Virginian just standing
there not menacing merely in the end
it’s revealed that our protagonist was a
ghost the entire time and the hitchhiker
was the embodiment of death I believe
you’re going my way number 6 poltergeist
little girl lost Steven Speilberg not
only directed a segment of 1983 s
Twilight Zone the movie but also two
so we wouldn’t be surprised if Spielberg
drew inspiration from Serling while
co-writing and co-producing poltergeist
this supernatural horror film revolves
around the Freeling family who lose
youngest daughter Carol Ann when she
crosses over into another dimension
a bedroom closet acts as a portal to
this other world calling a classic
Twilight Zone episode to mine in little
girl lost six-year-old Bettina Miller
stumbles into the fourth dimension which
is accessible through the wall behind
her bed interestingly the writer of this
episode Richard Matheson also wrote the
1971 television movie dual which marked
[Music]
number five the good place a nice place
to visit hell isn’t necessarily all fire
and brimstone in the episode a nice
place to visit lowlife rocky believes
he’s died and gone to heaven when he’s
treated to everything he’s ever wanted
[Applause]
put your money on the table fat right
there number fourteen red Rocky is
alright rocky eventually grows tired of
this routine feeling that he might fit
in better at the other place
rocky soon discovers that his guardian
angel is a devil in disguise revealing
that he is in the other place look I
don’t belong in heaven see I want to go
to the other place mr. pip has to spell
it out for the oblivious rocky but Alan
our shells drop pieces the truth
together for herself
whereas the twilight zone delivered this
twist within 25 minutes however the good
place managed to keep its audience in
the dark for the entire first season
before pulling the rug out from under
holy mother for King shirt boss number
discussing the original final
destination actor Sean William Scott
stated that the film was quote as dark
and eerie as any Twilight Zone we can’t
help but wonder if Scotts ever seen the
episode 22 as it shares a great deal in
Alex browning and Liz Powell both
experienced visions that seemed all too
real suggesting death is just around the
corner has details from their dreams
come to fruition Alex and Liz each
decide not to board a plane that’s about
to take off
mr. better hurry up a little miss that’s
your flight ready for departure up there
premonitions turn out to be correct as
both planes explode in midair
whereas Liz dodges her date with death
though Alex finds the death isn’t so
easy to cheat
number three The Truman Show a world of
difference Truman Burbank is a seemingly
ordinary guy who slowly realizes his
world is nothing but a reality series
Jesus do you think he knows writer
Andrew Niccol screenplay was inspired by
an episode of the 1985 Twilight Zone
revival entitled special service which
also centers on a man who’s unknowingly
the star of a 24-hour TV show this idea
can be traced back even further to the
original Twilight Zone in a world of
difference businessman Arthur Curtis is
mystified when his office winds up on a
soundstage cut he’s told that his real
name is Gerald Regan and Arthur is a
character he’s playing in a movie cast
of characters Arthur Curtis 36 a young
business executive happily married
Curtis lives in Woodland Hills with his
wife and child he Marion Curtis 33 a
charming young woman typical of that
efficient breed which can manage a house
and family and still have a torn between
reality and fiction
our protagonist ultimately accepts the
role of Arthur saying good afternoon
good evening and good night to his other
life party are you all right sure well
where were you mr. Curtis are you
leaving now yeah number two us
mirror-image it’s like we’re seeing
double the same year Jordan Peele
launched his reboot of The Twilight Zone
he also wrote produced and directed a
film that owes a lot to Rod Serling
anything wrong with you people need some
peel has made it no secret that US was
largely inspired by the episode mirror
image which tells the story of a woman
who encounters somebody who looks
exactly like her at a bus station
everybody keeps telling me that I’ve
been here before growing increasingly
paranoid she fears that the doppelganger
is going to take her place after the two
worlds converge
comes into our world and and in order to
places move west out so that it can live
the Wilson family endures an identical
dilemma in us as they come face to face
with their own evil counterparts
although US has a style and tone that
makes it unique the film’s legacy will
always be tethered to the twilight zone
they look exactly like us before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
you want swimming well I didn’t expect
it’s matter dear something wrong I’m
somehow involved in some sort of story
like I’m a character in my own life and
atoms are in a given mathematical
arrangement this device breaks them up
stores them and puts them together again
in the same order having anything else
worthwhile to show you everything in
this lot should have been condemned
years ago I got more lemons per square
foot than a fruit grower Salinas I
remember when you brought me this
antique silver frame from Tiffany’s
Tiffany’s gosh it’s a 50 Merc down from
Ken number one The Simpsons
various episodes tree house of horror is
a Halloween tradition for the Simpsons
but did you know that some of the most
iconic segments are Twilight Zone
parodies all right we already mentioned
a few storylines The Simpsons satirized
like evil dolls time controlling stop
I’m Krusty the Klown and I’m going to
kill you the cookbook twist from to
serve men is hilariously spoofed in the
first Halloween episode in another
episode that uses Night Gallery is a
framing device a gremlin goes from
tormenting William Shatner on a plane to
haunting Bart on a bus
over the years bart has been given the
godlike powers of Anthony Fremont from
it’s a good life while lisa has created
a miniature society reminiscent of the
little people it’s a whole race of
people no bigger than ant as South Park
would say the twilight zone did it in
fact that episode was a ripoff of a
Twilight Zone episode do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and be sure to
subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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