Headlines from Hell: The Twilight Zone’s “Printer’s Devil”
The Dansburg Courier has always been Douglas Winter’s dream, a successful small-town syndication built from the ground up. That is where we begin ...
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Treehouse Tropes: A Parody Extravaganza in “I Know What You Diddily-Iddily-Did”
In 1999, the Simpsons released the tenth installment of their well-lauded Halloween series, “Treehouse of Horror.” It features a number of incredibly timely ...
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Set Sail for Eternity in The Twilight Zone’s “Death Ship”
Between science and superstition lies the middle ground upon which Rod Serling created The Twilight Zone. A fan of fantasy and sci-fi magazines ...
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The Twilight Zone’s “Black Leather Jackets” Provides Old Fashion Alien Horror
Creator of The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling, spent most of his career fighting censors… struggling to maintain creative control while making comics and ...
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The Twilight Zone’s The Little People is an Existential Nightmare
Rod Serling believed that the role of a writer was to “menace the public’s conscience”… often demonstrating with social commentaries hidden in the ...
Treehouse Tropes: Body Horror in The Simpson’s “Fly vs. Fly”
Here’s a riddle for you. What do skin-eating mutants, caramel-glazed fish, and sugar-guzzling fly-human hybrids all have in common? Okay, yes, they’re all ...
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The Twilight Zone’s Queen of The Nile Reigns Supreme
Rod Serling’s iconic Twilight Zone television series gave him freedom. Wanting to delve into more controversial subjects, the sci-fi anthology allowed him to ...
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Treehouse Tropes: Examining the Evil Krusty Doll in “Clown Without Pity”
What could be scarier than an evil Krusty doll? That’s the question that the third installment of the Treehouse of Horror series asks ...
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The Twilight Zone’s “The Silence” is Golden Television
It has been six decades since The Twilight Zone first premiered. Though now most are familiar with the series during the holiday season. ...
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Treehouse Tropes: The Simpsons’ The Raven Takes on Poe’s Classic
If there’s one thing that all fans of The Simpsons can agree on, it’s that the early episodes of the Treehouse of Horror ...
