I believe it was Freddy who mentioned his love for this Fox summer show from several years ago.
Like any anthology show, there were a couple mediocre episodes, but probably two thirds were top notch. It helps to have a half hour to tell your story. Get in, get to the hook, throw in a twist, and get out. Too many Outer Limits eps feel padded. (Night Visions’ intro’s and outro’s by Henry Rollins were corny and unnecessary, but I can overlook them.)
My favorites:
The Joe Dante episode with Bridget Fonda kept me awake at night. She thinks people are breaking into her house, but she can’t prove it…
Cary Elwes gets out of the city for a weekend to go camping and get some peace. But there’s a killer on the loose and the guy camping nearby (Brian Dennehy) is acting really weird…
Jerry O’Connell and his college buddies stop at a rest stop where hippies are selling their homemade wares. They seem harmless enough until Jerry’s friends disappear one by one…
Luke Perry is a psychic therapist who knows that nothing bad should be coming up the stairs and coming down the hall…
A glitch in the fabric between dimensions has the military puzzled. Out in the middle of the desert, behind an impervious forcefield, stands a house and its alien inhabitants. Should the military find a way to break through, or leave well enough alone?
Randy Quaid is accidentally pronounced dead, “coming back to life” at his own funeral. He enjoyed his near-death experience so much, however, that he’d rather be dead…