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joysilenceLJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY dfordoom)
I’ve been rediscovering Rod Serling’s Night Gallery TV series. While it’s often dismissed as simply an inferior 1970s colour version of his earlier Twilight Zone series it actually has its own distinctive flavour, being more in the mould of the traditional ghost story or weird tale with less of a science fictional feel. In fact quite a few episodes were based on classic ghostly tales by some very fine 19th and early century writers. The House, a story that is all atmosphere and no plot and all the better for it, was based on a story by Andre Maurois. The Doll was adopted from an Algernon Blackwood story, while Certain Shadows on the Wall was based on a story by the underrated Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman.
dfordoom)I’ve been rediscovering Rod Serling’s Night Gallery TV series. While it’s often dismissed as simply an inferior 1970s colour version of his earlier Twilight Zone series it actually has its own distinctive flavour, being more in the mould of the traditional ghost story or weird tale with less of a science fictional feel. In fact quite a few episodes were based on classic ghostly tales by some very fine 19th and early century writers. The House, a story that is all atmosphere and no plot and all the better for it, was based on a story by Andre Maurois. The Doll was adopted from an Algernon Blackwood story, while Certain Shadows on the Wall was based on a story by the underrated Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman.
