Podcasters Of Horror Episode 26
Discussing Twilight Zone Episodes
‘Twenty Two’, ‘Five Characters In Search Of An Exit’ and ‘The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street’
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Welcome to this podcast series from The Super Network with Podcasters Of Horror! This podcast is all about horror anthologies from television and films and it began with a retrospective on Mick Garris’ Masters Of Horror series and continued on with looking Fear Itself, with bonus episodes on Goosebumps and Freddy’s Nightmares.
Your hosts ‘Super’ Marcey Papandrea and ‘The Terrible Australian’ Bede Jermyn are back with special guest Sam Inglis (Fearless Pretender & Hawke Talk), who is making his debut on this podcast after being a regular guest on other Super Network Podcasts. Podcasters Of Horror heads back to the original The Twilight Zone series with discussions on three episodes that potentially have inspired other works. The three episodes chosen by Marcey, Sam and Bede are ‘Twenty Two‘, ‘Five Characters In Search Of An Exit‘ and ‘The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street‘. In discussing each episode, there is a discussion on what influences the episodes have had as well as how they stand out on their own merits. Happy listening!
Twenty Two (Episode 53/Season 2 Episode 17)
Teleplay by Rod Serling based on an anecdote from Famous Ghost Stories by Bennett Cerf. Directed by Jack Smight. Starring Barbara Nichols, Jonathan Harris, Fredd Wayne, Arline Sax, Mary Adams and Norma Connolly.
Plot Synopsis: “While in the hospital recovering from overwork, Liz Powell keeps dreaming about going down to the hospital morgue.”
Five Characters In Search Of An Exit (Episode 79/Season 3 Episode 14)
Written by Rod Serling based on The Depository by Marvin Petal, directed by Lamont Johnson. Starring William Windom, Murray Matheson, Susan Harrison, Kelton Garwood and Clark Allen.
Plot Synopsis: “An Army major awakens in a small room with no idea of who he is or how he got there. He finds four other people in the same room, and they all begin to question how they each arrived there, and more importantly, how to escape.”
The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street (Episode 22/Season 1 Episode 22)
Written by Rod Serling, Directed by Ronald Winston. Starring Claude Atkins, Barry Atwater, Jack Weston, Burt Metcalfe, Amzie Strickland, Anne Barton, Jan Handzlik and Mary Gregory.
Plot Synopsis: “On a peaceful suburban street, strange occurrences and mysterious people stoke the residents’ paranoia to a disastrous intensity.”
Highlights include:
* Welcome back to Podcasters Of Horror Sam!
* The prep for this podcast was Sam’s first time experiencing The Twilight Zone.
* Twenty Two and Final Destination share a core connection.
* Five Characters In Search Of An Exit explores some interesting themes.
* Could it have inspired Cube or Toy Story?
* The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street – would a longer run time have made it better?
* There are pieces of Monsters in The Mist …
* Ratings for each film!
* Plus much, much more!
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