DVD Review: Night Gallery Season One (B-)

Night Gallery - Season One (1969)
Hosted by Rod Serling
MPAA: UR
Grade: B-

Review by Bobby Nashville

Man, I loved Night Gallery when I was a little kid. Dusting off the season one episodes really brought it all back to me - this was a very good show.

As you might recall, Night Gallery was Rod Serling's followup to the Twilight Zone and it featured some very interesting stories. Darker in tone and often lit with a bit of the film noir style, this series had a lot going for it. It's a shame that it doesn't get the respect that it deserves in most TV critic circles.

Perhaps best known is the pilot episode, starring Joan Crawford and directed by the then young Steven Spielberg. Crawford is quite good as the evil Claudia Menlo, a spinster that taunts the kind Osmond Portifoy (played by DVD Confidential fave Ossie Davis). Like the rest of the episodes on Nigh Gallery Season One, there is always a twist at the end.

For fans of classic TV or horror stories in general, Night Gallery is a must own.