There are alot of movies both horror and none that I haven't seen yet with today's film being one such film. Heck i'm not even sure if this film can even be classed as a horror film as it has a segment in it that isn't horror and has noting to do with horror but i'm only classing it as a horror film as both Google and IMDB have this film classed as a horror film and so then join me as I review the film that brought together the likes of directors John Landis , Steven Spielberg , Joe Dante and George Miller with the film in question being called simply just "Twilight Zone: The Movie" enjoy.
As this is an anthology film it really doesn't have a plot to speak off instead having four segments with their plot with three of which being full on remakes ( Segment Two "Kick the Can" , Segment Three "It's a Good Life" and Segment Four "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"). With only the films first segment being a partial remake of the episode "Back There" which I think is a good thing to do as the original show was an anthology and with this film it's quite clearly obvious from how this film is being done that all four filmmakers were fans of the original TV series with it only making sense that they would instead openly choose to remake three of the shows most popular episodes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is Vic Morrow as Bill Connor , Doug McGrath as Larry and Charles Hallahan as Ray. Also starring in this film is Scatman Crothers as Mr. Bloom , Bill Quinn as Leo Conroy , Martin Garner as Mr. Weinstein , Selma Diamond as Mrs. Weinstein , Helen Shaw as Mrs. Dempsey , Murray Matheson as Mr. Agee , Peter Brocco as Mr. Mute , Priscilla Pointer as Miss Cox , Scott Nemes as Young Mr. Weinstein , Tanya Fenmore as Young Mrs. Weinstein , Evan Richards as Young Mr. Agee , Laura Mooney as Young Mrs. Dempsey , Christopher Eisenmann as Young Mr. Mute , Kathleen Quinlan as Helen Foley , Jeremy Licht as Anthony , Kevin McCarthy as Uncle Walt , Patricia Barry as Mother , William Schallert as Father , Nancy Cartwright as Ethel , Dick Miller as Walter Paisley , Cherie Currie as Sara , Bill Mumy as Tim , Jeffrey Bannister as Charlie , John Lithgow as John Valentine , Abbe Lane as Sr. Flight Attendant , Donna Dixon as Jr. Flight Attendant , John Dennis Johnston as The Co-Pilot , Larry Cedar as The Gremlin , Charles Knapp as The Sky Marshal , Christina Nigra as A Little girl , Eduard Franz as An Old man , Jeffrey Weissman as A Young Man , Albert Brooks as The Driver , Dan Aykroyd as The Passenger and The Ambulance Driver and Burgess Meredith as This Films Narrator.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about thew actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films cast turning in some really good performances which really shouldn't be all that surprising given not only who is starring in the film but also given the fact that each of this films fours directors knows how to get a really good performances out of their cast with the same thing also being true for the films kid actors as well.
Doing the animation for this film is the really very little and mostly known animation studio Bo Gehring Associates. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film ell then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good with this films animation being rather cheap looking but in this case that's not a bad thing as it adds to the char of the animation rather then take away from it with this films animation even getting one of the films scares as well.
This film is of course an adaptation of the classic nineteen fifty nine series of the exact same name with this film fully remaking three of the shows most well known episodes and partially adapting another one. This is to me the best way to adapt an anthology series as an anthology series doesn't have a plot to them which would make it hard to make it into a movie which only leaves you with one option and that's by going the route that the went with with this film and it's route that works out really well as it gives you a good example of what the show was like at it's best which means that if you haven't seen an episode of the show then this movie is a great way to dip your toes in with this show to see if you'll like it or not.
Instead of being a straight up remake of the show this film is instead an homage to the show even using the shows creator Rod Serling's original season one opening narration at the end of the movie. Along with using some of the shows original stars in different roles this is something that only serves to prove that all four directors of this movie were fans of the original show in some way shape or form as that is something that you wouldn't do if you didn't grow up watching whatever it is that your adapting for a movie and it's that kind of love that just oozes out of every single frame of this movie and makes the movie feel like an extended episode of The Twilight Zone.
I have to admit that it was really easy for me to tell which segment was directed by Steven Spielberg as he chose a really whimsical and sentimental story to remake. Which isn't a bad thing but given that this is the same guy that directed Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom and Raiders Of The Lost Ark I would have liked it to see him direct one of the films more scarier segments instead of just going down the route that you expect him to him down don't get me wrong his segment and all four segments are for the most really well made but it would have been interesting to see him tackle an episode that scares the living daylights out of people instead f one that makes them feel all warm and fuzzy inside as that would ave been interesting to see.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty one minuets and sixteen seconds. Which is a great running time for this film to have as this film doesn't have a plot to speak of and yet even so I felt that this film could have had some longer segments in it just to hit home some of the man points of the story and while I do fully understand why the first segment ends that way it does that is one of the stories that really does suffer from having a lack of an ending which is a shame as it was a really strong opening story for this film to have and it's helps that this film really does have some fairly solid pacing to it.
So ow then as this sis a horror film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual horror that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual horror that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this film having some really good and creepy moments heck the remake of "It's A Good Life" is a really creepy segment that's filled to the brim with some pretty scary visuals that look genuinely really creepy with that segment also lending itself really well to a creative death scene that isn't that good even it is kind of lame death scene but is still really creative in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this wasn't that bad a movie and it's one that I highly recommend to people who haven't an episode of the original,Twilight Zone just to dip their toe and see if this show is for them or not with this film being a good example of the show when it was at it's best in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film i this very review and as such that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official The Twilight Zone fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film up on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.
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