Case File 025: The Gremlin (The Twilight Zone)

December 02, 2020 / Christopher Schrader

On this episode, we're investigating three different versions of one of The Twilight Zone's most famous stories - Nightmare at 20,000 Feet. We take a closer look at the classic episode from the original series, the concluding segment of 1983's Twilight Zone: The Movie, and the unique spin the 2019 revival puts on the premise with Nightmare at 30,000 Feet.

Topics include: the short story by Richard Matheson that the original episode was based on, why its most obvious shortcoming might be because of how closely it interprets that source material, the reason it's still the most successful version in terms of pacing, the manic energy of the 1983 adaptation, the pros and cons of the most recent version's reinvention, our favorite version of The Gremlin, why every revival of The Twilight Zone seems to struggle to recapture its spirit, and more!

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