Twilight zone the grave5/7/2023 ![]() Basically this is a simple sea going yarn that although acted well hasn’t got enough content to keep your interest. Usually they are merely stretched out versions of 30minute shows which unfortunately results in a rather lacklustre episode that ultimately drags. ![]() ![]() The extended episodes on any series rarely work as well as the standard times mainly due to lack of ideas. The episode "The Thirty-Fathom Grave" doesn’t fair quite so well. All in all a decent episode which feels just a little too familiar to be a true classic. Also one of the doomed astronauts does in fact play the lead character in another classic science fiction film called “This Island Earth”. The sound of the rocket ships instruments is exactly the same as those on the enterprise. Other notable things in this episode (yes there’s more) include a very famous sound effect which is immediately recognisable to Star Trek fans. It is also the reverse set-up to the classic Twilight Zone episode “ I Shot an Arrow into the Air” (DVD Vol 18) in which space travellers believe themselves to be on an asteroid when in fact they are still on Earth. In “Elegy” we have an episode that bares notable resemblance to a Ray Bradbury story called “Mars is Heaven” in which astronauts land on mars to find a town straight out of the turn of the century. He is restored to vigorous young manhood but the worm soon turns when the serum continues its work. “A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain”, Episode 131 – December 13, 1963: Desperate to keep up with his younger wife (Ruta Lee) an ageing man (Patrick O’Neal) tries an experimental youth serum. A sheared periscope? Or ghosts of the drowned crewmen? Chief Bell (Mike Kellin) reveals a guilty secret that has been tormenting him ever since that horrible day. "The Thirty-Fathom Grave", Episode 104 – January 10, 1963: 20 years after a World War II submarine was sunk by the Japanese a mysterious clanging sound is heard emanating from its hull. The only movement is from the caretaker (Cecil Kellaway) who reveals that they are in an exclusive cemetery where the deceased’s wishes can come true. ![]() Introduction This Twilight Zone collection has the theme of “Between Déjà vu and Longing” "Elegy", Episode 20 – February 19, 1960: Three astronauts land on an asteroid where in the midst of their activities, people are frozen in place. ![]()
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