After the Twilight Zone went off the air, Rod Serling hosted an even more unique psychological thriller series, called The Night Gallery. I fondly remember this show. I really looked forward to staying up late to see it, on Saturday nights back in the early 70s.
Serling hosted this show from an art gallery each week. The gallery was filled with all sorts of macabre paintings. And when Serling introduced each episode, he also referred to a painting in the gallery, which closely conveyed the character of that particular episode.
One of the most intriguing things about this series, was that each hour-long show was broken up into several vignette-like episodes. And each separate episode, had no relationship to the others, that were shown during the weekly hour of The Night Gallery. Any given episode, would last varying amounts of time within the hour time-frame of the show. It was shear genius to run these various different episodes, within the same hour. No other drama series, then or now, had been formatted that way. This factor kept the show fresh and interesting, and no doubt held the viewer's attention.
Though The Night Gallery focused primarily on the psycho/emotional distress of the characters in each episode, there are also elements of horror thrown-in. The horror factor in the show, was not too gory or overpowering. So The Night Gallery was a scary show, that parents could let their youngsters watch, without exposing them to lots of bloody violence. This show is now on DVD, and definitely recommended for those who like cutting edge, top-notch drama series.
Serling hosted this show from an art gallery each week. The gallery was filled with all sorts of macabre paintings. And when Serling introduced each episode, he also referred to a painting in the gallery, which closely conveyed the character of that particular episode.
One of the most intriguing things about this series, was that each hour-long show was broken up into several vignette-like episodes. And each separate episode, had no relationship to the others, that were shown during the weekly hour of The Night Gallery. Any given episode, would last varying amounts of time within the hour time-frame of the show. It was shear genius to run these various different episodes, within the same hour. No other drama series, then or now, had been formatted that way. This factor kept the show fresh and interesting, and no doubt held the viewer's attention.
Though The Night Gallery focused primarily on the psycho/emotional distress of the characters in each episode, there are also elements of horror thrown-in. The horror factor in the show, was not too gory or overpowering. So The Night Gallery was a scary show, that parents could let their youngsters watch, without exposing them to lots of bloody violence. This show is now on DVD, and definitely recommended for those who like cutting edge, top-notch drama series.