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The Twilight Zone: The Invaders/ Nothing in Dark [VHS]

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These two episodes are immortal examples of the very essence of what "The Twilight Zone" is all about. `NOTHING IN THE DARK' and `THE INVADERS' are two very classic examples. They focus one the isolation of the individual and the fears that one creates. By our own willingness through self-fortitude we face those fears. And perhaps the very nature of those fears was not what we had made them out to be. The performances by Agnes Moorehead, Gladys Cooper and Robert Redford make these episodes very tangible for the emotional response of the viewer. Very effective and highly recommended viewing.

Richard Matheson again came up with another ingenious twist on the sci-fi genre with "The Invaders," a dialogueless masterpiece in which a "farm-house woman" is stalked inside her cabin. It's no "Nightmare at 20,000 feet," but still very enjoyable. George Clayton Johnson's finest script is filmed in "Nothing in the Dark," the most brilliant and moving episode that The Twilight Zone has to offer. Enough said.

NOTHING IN THE DARK and THE INVADERS have to be 2 of the most watched episodes of "The Twilight Zone." Gladys Cooper and Robert Redford give very good performances in this story of `Mister Death' knocking at the door by George Clayton Johnson. THE INVADERS is a classic episode in the true tradition of "The Twilight Zone." Richard Matheson wrote a memorable story and Agnes Moorehead gave one of the greatest visual acting jobs of all time. Volume 1 is excellent and a must-have!

For those who think of the great Agnes Moorehead only as "Endora" from "Bewitched," then, they have not experienced the range of one of film's most capable character actresses. "The Invaders" offers the actress the chance to have a field day as a seemingly mute farmwoman whose home has been invaded by Lilliputian visitors from "out there." With a gloriously effective Jerry Goldsmith score, this classic episode not only has bravura acting from Moorehead, but the ingenious use of puppets and miniatures, along with interesting camera angles and lighting.

The end "revelation" is still a shocker!

It doesn't matter which episode is paired with this one, as is "Nothing in Dark." "The Invaders" is an investment worth making on its own.

"Invaders" is a true classic. A tiny spaceship lands on the roof of an isolated farm house and the solitary resident (Moorehead) battles the tiny space travelers.

I watched a different tape - which had the Invaders but not Nothing in Dark.

The Invaders is a good acting performance and it is interesting but SSLLOOWW and a little silly looking now. Little versions of the robot from lost in space attacking this woman with little flashlights and a carving knife??? For it's time it was probably good, but not now - in my opinion.