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      Night Gallery

      TV-PG 1969 1 hr. 40 min. Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 79% 250+ Ratings Audience Score This film is composed of three shorts, each involving a painting of a woman. In the first section, entitled "The Cemetery," a young man (Roddy McDowall) is hypnotized by a picture, with murderous results. Next, in "Eyes," an affluent blind woman (Joan Crawford) goes to devious lengths in order to see for one day. Lastly, in "The Escape Route," a former Nazi (Richard Kiley) is being hunted for his past crimes. In a supernatural attempt to avoid capture, he morphs into a gallery painting. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Excellent. I've been a horror/sci-fi fan since I was little. First saw this as a little kid as the pilot for the tv series. It stands the test of time. All three stories are well written, acted and directed; even the TV movie musical score is an eerie cut above the usual. The first vignette is the best; an intelligent exercise in terror that does not suffer from the gore and wretched excess that passes for horror these days. The second is sad and ironic, and the third is eerie and chilling. Love this. Rod Serling was a genius. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member This feature length pilot to another Twilight Zone type TV series, also produced and hosted by Rod Serling, features three short stories with supernatural overtones which in some way or another involve paintings where some very immoral people get their due. The best segment happens to be Steven Spielberg's, who in his early twenties was already showing a mastery of the cinematic form - his story of a filthy rich blind woman who arranges for a corneal transplant from a needy live donor is a visual tour de force, and a deeply ironic story to boot. The opening segment is typical, if not predictable Serling fare, with a rich man killed by his greedy nephew seems to be coming back from the dead through a painting; but the final segment is comparatively speaking, a letdown, as the story of a Nazi war criminal hiding in South America is told rather incoherently and ends, well, as one would expect after seeing the other two stories.. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member The film that sold the tv series Night Gallery to NBC. Steven Spielberg directs the 2nd of 3 short stories. By today's standards of psyco-drama it most likely will not impress today's younger audiences, but make no mistake, Rod Serling set the bar for television all through the sixties/seventies and beyond. [img]http://www.classichorrorcampaign.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Night-Gallery-Rod-Serling.jpg[/img] Night Gallery is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre. Rod Serling, who had gained fame from an earlier series, The Twilight Zone, served both as the on-air host of Night Gallery and as a major contributor of scripts, although he did not have the same control of content and tone as he had on The Twilight Zone. SEE the entire film (actually 3 short stories) here: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/night_gallery/ [img]http://www.scaredstiffreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/roddymcdowall.jpg[/img] Roddy McDowell, actor, Boris Sagal director, the first of 3 totally different plots What's creepy to some can be laughable to others, but at that risk I would put my money on legitimate creepy. These are 3 stories from Twilight Zone mastermind Rod Serling, a telvision pilot film called Night Gallery (1969). [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_q9p2rBukyKk/TUzg-jSTlLI/AAAAAAAAARk/rA_9txl2Qag/s1600/Night%2BGallery%2BEyes.jpg[/img] The 2nd installment with Joan Crawford was the directorial debut of Steven Spielberg All 3 moral drama stories involve people that are evil ie selfish, dispicable yet survivors. All 3 lead characters, each having their own directors, are victims to their decisions. All 3 suffer poetic justice in the end as well. [img]http://durnmoosemovies.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/night_gallery.jpg[/img] The last installment of a tormented Nazi officer Welcome to Rod Serling's vision called Night Gallery..... REVIEWS by those unpaid critics like us: 100% Awesome Pilot. Rod Serling The Creator Of "The Twilight Zone" Sure Did Not Loose His Charm and also this is Steven Speilberg's First Directing Role! 100% Excellent horror anthology ! The first two stories inparticular, are brilliantly creepy. Ms. Crawford turns in a convincing performance in the second ... [img]http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/169/MPW-84620[/img] The Edgar Allen Poe of television.. Rod Serling NOTES: 1 The series was introduced with a pilot TV movie that aired on November 8, 1969, and featured the directorial debut of Steven Spielberg, as well as one of the last acting performances by Joan Crawford. 2 By the final season, Serling, stung by criticism and ignored by the show's executives, all but disowned the series. 3 Another notable difference from the original Twilight Zone series was there was no ending[and chilling] monologue by Serling summarizing the end of the story segment. [img]http://s3.amazonaws.com/img.goldderby.com/images/1339998591_Night.jpg[/img] Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Awesome Pilot. Rod Serling The Creator Of "The Twilight Zone" Sure Did Not Loose His Charm and also this is Steven Speilberg's First Directing Role! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member A feature-length pilot comprised of three episodes of the TV series. The segment directed by Steven Spielberg is very cheesy and hasn't aged well, and the final segment just takes too long to get going, but The Cemetery, starring Roddy McDowall, is quite entertaining. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Watching the old episodes with Rod Sterling. Loved this creepy series growing up! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis This film is composed of three shorts, each involving a painting of a woman. In the first section, entitled "The Cemetery," a young man (Roddy McDowall) is hypnotized by a picture, with murderous results. Next, in "Eyes," an affluent blind woman (Joan Crawford) goes to devious lengths in order to see for one day. Lastly, in "The Escape Route," a former Nazi (Richard Kiley) is being hunted for his past crimes. In a supernatural attempt to avoid capture, he morphs into a gallery painting.
      Director
      Boris Sagal, Steven Spielberg, Barry Shear
      Rating
      TV-PG
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Aug 24, 2004