âThe Twilight Zoneâ is one of the most influential creations in the history of entertainment. 2024 marks Rod Serlingâs centennial.
There are 156 episodes, and most are hit or miss. I struggled to craft a list of the Top 60 and ranked them accordingly.
45 â The Thirty-Fathom Grave
Crippled by the hour-long run time, its still a solid horror episode. The clanking sounds coming from a sunken ship and the ghostly sailors are what true terror is all about.
44 â Death Ship
The best of the Season 4 episodes, it features the great Jack Klugman as the captain of a galactic Flying Dutchman.
43 â The Arrival
A plane lands with no one on board. I got chills just typing that.
42 â A Most Unusual Camera
Comical episode with a great Twilight Zone prop â a camera that takes pictures of the future
41 â Dead Manâs Shoes
Mob episode with noir style and great soundtrack.
40 â The Silence
Nothing supernatural here, just a friendly wager between two enemies.
39 â Stopover in a Quiet Town
A couple wakes up in a deserted town. Add the sounds of a child giggling and you have your scares.
38 â The Purple Testament
Chilling war themed episode in which a soldier can foresee the deaths of his unit.
37 â A Kind of Stopwatch
Another great TZ gimmick â a stopwatch that stops time
36 â The Odyssey of Flight 33
A passenger plane travels back in time.
35 â Elegy
Three astronauts crash land on a spooky asteroid. Would be Top 10 if not for the goofy score that kills the terror several times
34 â Deaths Head Revisited
Dark story about a Nazi captain returning to a desolated concentration camp.
33 â Third From the Sun
One of the iconic episodes features the great Edward Andrews as Carling, one of my favorite TZ characters.
32 â The Four of us are Dying
Urban styled episode about a man who can swap faces.
31 â The Hitchhiker
The beautiful Inger Stevens stars as a woman on a cross-country road trip stalked by an ominous man.
