De tien beste afleveringen van The Twilight Zone uit de jaren tachtig

RDJ134 23 oktober 2012 om 17:38 uur

Toen Eigenwereld.nl net begon hadden we een leuke feature, namelijk het posten van oude afleveringen van The Twilight Zone. Helaas was na verloop van tijd het moeilijk om nieuwe afleveringen te vinden, dus hebben we laten vallen. De website Topless Robot heeft nu deze top tien gemaakt met de beste afleveringen uit de jaren tachtig. The Shadow Man en Dealers Choice staan er jammerlijk genoeg niet op maar wel Nightcrawlers die echt fookin awsome is.


10) Nightcrawlers

Brief Synopsis: A Vietnam vet might have brought back more than bad memories from the war.

Spoilery Version: Just like the ghosts of World War II made for some of the original Twilight Zone's most haunting and thought-provoking episodes, the lasting pain of the Vietnam War was a powerful theme in some of the revived series' best stories. This includes episodes like "The Road Less Traveled" (which fell just short of making this list) and "Nightcrawlers," a truly disturbing piece with a dark and cinematic vibe that makes it feel like a cut segment from Twilight Zone: The Movie. The episodes starts with a small town cop with a bit of a tact problem strolling into the local diner and casually telling everyone while snarfing down his dinner that a nearby motel was shot up and burned to the ground, killing many of the occupants. Officer Friendly he is not. Soon after, a sullen Vietnam vet stops by for a cup of coffee and is repeatedly questioned by the cop about his time in the war, despite the vet's obvious desire not to discuss it. The veteran displays a small talent for making his wishes turn into reality, like a beer and a steak, but this ability gets out of control when the cop begins to suspect his involvement in the motel shootout, tries to arrest the vet, and then bashes him over the head when he tries to escape. Left unchecked as he sinks into unconsciousness, the veteran's ability to conjure his dreams into reality brings his PTSD into the present. The warzone is suddenly brought back to America, with the diner finding itself right in the middle of a battle fought by phantom soldiers. The small establishment is besieged with gunfire and explosions, and the dead platoon the vet left behind finally catches up to and kills him. As the chaos ends and the ambulances arrive, the shellshocked diner owner recalls with horror that the vet said there were others like him that display this terrible ability...

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