Product Details

• Actors: John Newland, Robert Douglas, Will J. White, Olan Soule, Jeanne Bates
• Writers: Merwin Gerard
• Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Vci Video
• DVD Release Date: July 29, 2003
• Run Time: 324 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000AC8NN
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #101,229 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "One Step Beyond" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

This fascinating anthology series, dealing with supernatural subject matter, debuted on the ABC network, January 20, 1959, and ran for a total of 96 half-hour episodes. John Newland directs and hosts each week's drama dealing with ghosts, precognition, mental telepathy and other spooky supernatural occurrences -- all supposedly based on actual events! Originally sponsored by Alcoa, the series was also titled "Alcoa Presents". This special collection contains 12 complete episodes from season #2: Delusion (9/15/1959), Ordeal on Locust Street (9/22/1959), Brainwave (10/6/1959), Doomsday (10/13/1959), The Inheritance (10/27/1959), The Explorer (3/15/1960), The Clown (3/22/1960), Delia (5/3/1960), House of the Dead (6/7/1960), Tidal Wave (8/30/1960), Anniversary of A Murder (9/27/1960), To Know the End (11/1/1960). Bonus Features: Episode Selection Menu| Motion Menus| Previews. Specs: 2-DVD9s; Dolby Digital Mono; 324 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1959-1960; SRP - $14.99.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars John Newland's creepy world is "One Step Beyond", January 11, 2004

By	Ron Wise (Cleveland, MS USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Okay, so some of the prints aren't the best in world, but so what? It's "One Step Beyond" and we are finally getting to see more than a scattered episode here and there on DVD.
VCI Entertainment did an excellent job of putting this DVD package together and I love the spooky DVD "landscape" created by VCI between the episodes. It's not just your average cheapie compliation of "here's the episodes with no money spent to set the mood."
"Ordeal on Locust Street" is worth the price of admission alone, and John Newlands deadpan intos and outros run a close second to Rod Serling's.
Sure, "One Step Beyond" has always been considered to be the poor man's "Twilight Zone," but that's part of it's charm. It's like a night of cheap thrills at a 1950's drive-in.
I just hope VCI Entertainment is true to it's word and makes available future collections.
So buy this set, sit back, and enjoy Collection #1 of "One Step Beyond."

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best video quality on the market for OSB, September 20, 2004

By	Mark Welsh "Doobiewah" (Mayberry, NC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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VCI Entertainment has put out most definitely the best prints available of OSB anywhere. I was nearly knocked out at the video quality when I watched this DVD, having always loved the series but like everyone else, having to endure the characteristic horrible prints of TV reruns over the years. I don't know where VCI got these prints but I hope they continue releasing the series, as their prints are by far better than the crap used by the other companies selling OSB DVD's on Amazon. Beware all others regarding quality, but I will admit that if VCI does not step up to the plate, I may be forced to settle for the same old poor quality prints of the other compilations. The quality of the video, along with the ability to buy all 12 of these episodes on one DVD, has made this OSB release the best value by far.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars, Sight Unseen!, October 8, 2003

By	Craig Gustafson (Glendale Heights, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The CLOWN!? THE CLOWN is on this set!?!?!?! I am SO buying this right now.

I saw that on tv when I was five or six. I couldn't look into a mirror for YEARS afterward... which the crueler among us would say was beneficial.

I saw it on a couple of years ago as a patchy, chopped up rerun. From an adult (reasonably) perspective, the episode moves somewhat slower than a drunk snail in a tub of molasses -- and it still scared the bejeezus out of me.