Twilight Zone Intro (1985)

[84sonicdestroyer]

who made this track??? hope somebody will know?????

[grog1138]

@84sonicdestroyer The Grateful Dead

[jimmyclerk]

I also think the mushroom cloud works well.

[morval99]

28 people pick their feet in Poughkeepsie.

[jimmyclerk]

This is a really scary intro.I remember as a child being freaked out by the doll's head.I only just noticed that the eyes close at it rotates.This is way better than the 2002 series intro.I came upstairs when I was a child struck down with a fever after puking in my bedroom.I was pretty sick.Mum went downstairs to clean up and I stayed upstairs to watch TV and the Twilight Zone came on with this intro.I don't know if it was the fever but that doll's head really freaked me out,&still does.

[morval99]

@jimmyclerk yep, funny how stuff scares you as a kid, that is quite harmless when viewed as an adult.

[CrissySnow]

Outer limits intro

[LAJay101]

??omg thats a heart beat at the end

[cawimmer430]

Man, this intro manages to scare the shit out of me even today. And I am 29 years old!

[blaqice88]

@cawimmer430 I think we all need therapy. This used to scare the crap outta me, too.

[cawimmer430]

@blaqice88

Therapy won't help! :-p

[BDWJ1982]

@happydragonpics They aren't saying that he created THIS Twilight Zone. But whenever you remake something, creation credit always goes to original creators.

[bullsfan0323]

One of the best episodes from the 80s version was Gramma.

[randallmockoski]

I remember the first time my girlfriend heard this intro she got scared. I loved it. These were released a couple of years after rod serlings death. I love the series

[kaza12345678]

what is this twilight zone never seen i seen the classic but no this

[Calatafimi]

The most fascinating theme ever !

[NovemberFrog]

Used to love the creepy intro when I was a kid.

[DraculaCronqvist]

By far the scariest Twilight Zone and the most intellectual.

[Gridseeker]

The only good thing of this show was the intro, in particular between 00:29 and 00:30.

[happydragonpics]

Aren't they stretching the truth by saying Rod Serling created THIS Twilight Zone?

[megloman1975]

At :28, still sends a shiver down my spine.

[DAZing23]

I honestly like this intro the best. Too bad the episodes could never live up to it.

[Abvance]

Recommend me some good episodes.

[Vecta]

@Abvance One of my favorites: "Kentucky Rye". Or "Shatterday" with Bruce Willis.

[morval99]

@Vecta out of the two, i'd pick 'shatterday'

[cawimmer430]

This used to scare the shit out of me as a kid. STILL DOES.

[sonicwingmode2]

the Scary Door

[caviper1]

This piece is Jerry Goldsmith´s or Bernard Herrmann´s?

[oscarphile]

@caviper1

Jerry Garcia's, actually, played by the Grateful Dead.

[newphx]

Beautiful, strange, foreboding and unnerving-- all in one 50 second Open. Now THAT's talent.

[caviper1]

@newphx - you said it, no more to say.

[tall32guy]

@newphx I challenge you to view the opener from Season 1 of the original series and tell me it's not all of those things, TWICE over! I am betting you won't! :)

[newphx]

@tall32guy I boldly accept your challenge!! But I must say in advance, I don't think it holds up!!

[MrDoctorx67]

They don't make intros like this anymore because there is no Grateful Dead

[TibsisTops]

this gives me the willies every freakin time!

[samiscool86]

There are no good horror or sci-fi shows on anymore. It's honestly sad that our generation accepts crap shows and doesn't yurn for something of higher value like this.

[Gmancrap]

Perhaps, but you gotta support underground and indie film makers. Our generation film makers have just started, who knows what things will be like in 20 or so years.

[UACbase2145]

it seems to me, i think the people in the industry today can't create scary themes or imagine or compose music like this.

conclusion: today shows = CRAP.

[BlackMagnumFilms]

That was trippy

[antonceta1]

the scary door

[inkadinkadoodle]

It's brilliant...with an homage to Rod Serling thrown in...hail Rod Serling! :)

[AKLPUNDERGROUND]

fantastic opening, not as sophisticated as Serlings but memorable with its eerie precense

[buddeargor]

i almost crap myself years almost a decade since i saw this intro x.x

[UACbase2145]

@buddeargor

just i dont know why in the hell, they don't create themes like this in the today's shows anymore?

[ZedSurvivor1]

honestly i think this new intro was bad >.< i liked the old one with the monologue i also preferred the old narrator

[inkadinkadoodle]

@ZedSurvivor1 I do like this intro, but NOTHING beats the original, for sure! I loved the original intro and the series! (I loved the original Outer Limits, too!) :)

[angelomick1]

scary! a skull at 0: 32 and a face at 0:34 in the title !

[angelomick1]

scary!

[DemitriRas]

I love the 80's

[playdead8992]

Grateful Dead Did this intro

[proliant666]

Esta wea daba miedo CTM!!!

[ddreamer]

This intro still gives me the chills right before the title comes.

[YOU2UUB]

NO, NO  i got it right the 80's version

[tall32guy]

The theme comes to you courtesy of the Grateful Dead, for those who don't know. :)

[MatauReviews]

Top 3 Creepiest Twilight Zone Openings:

3. 2002 Twilight Zone

2. 1954 Twilight Zone

1. 1985 Twilight Zone

[Parasite1101]

Further back threw the window is another dimension, a sphere of aliens, a sphere of spiders, a sphere of dolls, lots of electricty of new 80's special effects you have just crossed over into. The twilight zone!

[EvilTurboRaccoonZ]

I watched the shit out of this as a kid.

[homoKaliptus]

yes , nowdays , paranormal shows talk about only two things GHOSTS and VAMPIRES and THAT IS IS POOR IN TERM OF TWIST

[emmaexplosions]

the Twilight Zone is SO much better in black and white

[tall32guy]

@emmaexplosions I VERY much agree! No remake of it will ever be able to touch the "shady" feel of the original in B&W. It can't be matched, because it was done by the masters, Serling in particular. :)

[Jack98993]

Meh... The first version of this show was better. Thumbs up if you agree.

[ExtraCholesterol]

that was twisted. for real

[tall32guy]

@TheBrutalDrummer I disagree. Especially the one from the very first season of the original. Gives me chills *still* when I listen to it. Check it out, it's on here.

[holmsatlarge]

@TheBrutalDrummer I really love both of them!!!

[HolyBomb]

@TheBrutalDrummer the ending also is far creepier than the opening..

[tall32guy]

@TheBrutalDrummer Depends on who you are. To me, the openings from the original gives me the chills WAY more than this does.

[Bonehousefunnybones]

Pretty poor opening but incredibly, not as bad as the 2002 Twilight Zone opening.

[lac6480]

HA,,,ya dont scare me now creepy music...

[casualtySR]

This is the Grateful Dead.. if you like this trippy music check out some of their Drums/space jams

[KingOfRedOxen]

We watched this in English class

[Cyyael]

Like many of you, I enjoyed the original much better. Rod Serling was just way before his time. The later series was ok but nowhere in the same league as the original.

[ccipollini1984]

I remember being a little boy aand not being able to sleep and going into the living room and I flipped on the tv and this came on. Everyone else was asleep and I was alone with this scary ass intro. The show was subpar, but the opening made an impression on me. I remember I was getting sick too when this came on, asif I wasen't zoinked out enough...

[YOU2UUB]

The 80's Twilight Zone series was a debauchery to Rod Serling's Original 60's series. The 80's was the best decade for music but not remakes like the american institution 60's series The Twilight Zone.

[Diakron79]

@YOU2UUB No, this show was not a travesty. You got this confused with the 2000's version.

[satanicgirl78]

This is still scary

[chrisrenn40]

this intro is freaky

[dj45rpm]

Always loved that flicking image of Rod around :28-29.

[WackdProductions]

0:29 - 0:30

Love that they snuck Rod's face in there. I have no issue with the 1985 or 2002 versions, which are fine anthology horror shows, but it's just not The Twilight Zone without Rod Serling.

[holmsatlarge]

@WackdProductions Yes it was a nice tribute to him. Subtle like he was!

[nickminter17]

pause it n push 7 dats straight up illumanati

[twominutepenalty]

@nickminter17 crazy! fuckin' hell

[RoaccVideos]

@nickminter17

Look at the Twilight Zone logo. The diagonal middle line of the 'Z', and the botton line of the 'Z', and the first line of the 'N' make a triangle with the 'O' inside

[toddflo]

ma mère l'a connue celui là! 8D

[Franks559]

I thoght the series from 1985 to to 1987 was very good. The 1989 series though was a disappointment.

[tall32guy]

@Franks559 There wasn't one in 1989. 1959, 1985 and 2002. :)

[crazyfingers64]

Is this really the Grateful Dead on this recording?

[Franks559]

@crazyfingers64 Yes.

[casualtySR]

@crazyfingers64 Yep

[jellis1408]

twilightzoneepisodes. com

[neroaga]

this version of the intro is so shitty in comparison to the old one

[hoeledge]

well i like the original 50's series too, but imo this 80's version is much better...and definitely creepier...

[uboot1967]

@hoeledge what is the meaning of the word 'blooper'?

I can't find this word in my vocabulary.

Greetings from Greece

[hoeledge]

@uboot1967 slip!

[uboot1967]

@hoeledge Thanks for the answer,but could you please be more specific?

[GoingCamando20]

@uboot1967 blooper is like an outtake or mistake in filming

[uboot1967]

@GoingCamando20 Thank you

[valeriebs1]

Se está aqui por causa do magaiver dá um Joinha ! =D

[xxpandamidknightxx]

Tales from the Darkside and Twilight Zone (1985) was the best during the 80's.

[dltanner99]

Horror novel  see video book trailer

[wesj1231]

Just watching this makes me think of Tales From The Darkside.

[duhnutbusta]

watch all twilight zone episodes twilightzoneepisodes. com

[newphx]

great open. a worthy successor to the original.

[jonquil4000]

A haunting intro.

[Layerboyz]

This has to be one of the creepiest opening sequences for a television show ever. I still get cold chills when I watch it.

[lolmoneymoneylol]

watch all twilight zone episodes here twilightzoneepisodes. com

[PhillipeHasselhoff]

Me acordé cuando era chico! y ahora que tengo 28 años me sigo cagando encima cuando veo esta weá O_O

[lordhermie]

I agree. This intro is the greatest TV show intro in history.

[THYCHANIE]

As far as I am Concerned this by far the best Intro..EVER!!!!!! less talk more action.

[rusty5150]

The 80s version was ok, but no one tells a weird story like Rod Serling himself.

[tsntana]

Yup. It was a great intro. :)

As a series revival, I preferred Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

[Javier23gol]

The intro is scary but the episodes were crapy......look for the 2000 wilight Zone revival, those episodes were really bad!!!

[mak761]

yeah i knew the deasd had a hand in it.

(Opening theme music)

Performed by The Grateful Dead & Merl Saunders

(Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzman, Phil Lesh, Brent Mydland & Bob Weir)

[SuperCartiel]

Do you know who performed this theme? It was the Grateful Dead!

[stankbeeze]

Rod monkey aint bullshitin.

[EpicMickeyFundubs]

I think this is a good intro to the 80's one, funny that the greatful dead did this intro. and nice nod to Rd, iwith his "ghost appering" at the end. what really sucked abotu this seires is tha tit rarly had a naroter,and that when it did, it was jsut a faceless disembodied vocie, I loved the oens with Rod, an Forerest Whitaker did a good job to, not as good as Rod,buthey I liked him.

[mrpapafunky7879]

Whats SCARRIER this intro or Tales from the Darkside?? Close call they both scared the shit outta me

[caviper1]

before internet

[KXPW1]

You can see the ghost of rod serling near the end thats creepy but its all good. ROD SERLING. R.I.P.

[nemesis962074]

I think that the Twilight Zone from the 80's was crap compared to the Twilight Zone from the 60's

[morval99]

@nemesis962074 You are right there mate, 60s is far better filmed. I uploaded this because it is, (in my opinion of course!) a good intro, but the actual shows are quite poor.

[nemesis962074]

@morval99 I like both intros,both of them are pretty good.I have only seen 10 Twilight Zone episodes from the 80's and I think that they were crap.I have seen almost all of the Twilight Zone episodes and I only disliked one.no one can remake this show and compare it to the 60's Twilight Zone

[Kirrithle]

@morval99 Still, they had some successes. I personally liked Children's Zoo & The Toys of Caliban, and The Misfortune Cookie was pretty good.

[Bram25]

@morval99

First season had some awesome episodes. The second season just plain SUCKED, and the 3rd season got it's act good together with some stories written by J Michael Stracynzki who later started writing on Babylon 5 and The Amazing Spider-man and stuff.

[Binky40SW]

@nemesis962074 There were a few real stinkers, but there were also a few gems hidden in the series. Who can forget "The Elevator"- especially the end scene. "Examination Day" or soemthing like that was another good one... and "the Palladin of the Lost Hour", "Shatterday", "A Little Peace and Quiet", "Worldplay" ("Fasten Stepdad")...

Every series has its lemons, but this one had some real diamonds in the rough.

[nemesis962074]

@Binky40SW in my opinion I think that the episode with Hitler was one of the best episodes in the Twilight Zone.

[garganrose]

@nemesis962074 witch one?

[nemesis962074]

@garganrose the one were this guy tries to make America Nazi and Hitler appears.I think that in the best episode because of the politics behind it.

[garganrose]

@nemesis962074 ok i didn't see it but it sounds good you should the masks or eye of the beholder

[nemesis962074]

@garganrose do you mean that I should watch those episodes,I think that I have seen all of the episodes,but since I watched so many I can't remember their names(my memory is not that good when it comes to names).

[nemesis962074]

@garganrose is the masks that episode about the old man in New Orleans that has a bad family?if it is I really liked that episode,the first time I watched(with my dad)I really liked it,and my dad was just laughing at the end, I was eight at the time, so he told me that the episode was really funny to him because of the whole Roman/Greek psychology behind it.is the eye of the.. about the people with pig faces?

[garganrose]

@nemesis962074 yes that's it one of the best. and the eye of the beholder is theone with the woman in the hospital bed with all the bandages covering her face classic or how about what's in the box another great episode.

[nemesis962074]

@garganrose I just finished watching the eye.. on you tube.sorry but for me it can never be as good as the one with Hitler,since I'm really into politics and all that stuff the Hitler episode is like a huge meal for me.the one with the box was also a good episode.there are so many good episodes that I don't know were to start.

[garganrose]

@nemesis962074 that's ok you have your favorites and i have mine.

[nemesis962074]

@Binky40SW Rod Serling said that they made about 6 stinkers after the series where finished.I watched almost all of them but I don't know the names.also one of my favorite ones was the one when this guy dies and he thinks he is in heaven ,but at the end he finds out the truth of the place he is in.there are many episodes that I liked but I can't remember them fully.one really good one was "to serve man"

[holmsatlarge]

@nemesis962074 Yes, I agree! I am glad that they had Rod Serling in the introduction. He was the master of "The Twlight Zone", after all!

[nemesis962074]

@holmsatlarge Yeah me too,actually I have only watched a couple of the episodes from the 80's.I like all intros but this one is more "Twilighty".

[congasious]

@nemesis962074 As i was born in 1976, i grew up and got the creeps with the earliest 80s short films of the twilight zone, so i guess i am attached to these ones, rather than the 60s, which i discover some years later... when i wasn't getting the creeps anymore. The ambient in the 60s is much stronger, as it is the original one, and we all know that in past years the scripts were much better than what they are today. No special FX just script, direction and acting!

[nemesis962074]

@congasious Actually I was born long after the 60's Twilight Zone was made. I was even after the Twilight Zone from the 80's was made.

[collegeman1988]

@nemesis962074 While the 80s Twilight Zone does not have that timeless quality that the original series had (I have all of the episodes from both series on DVD), there were still some great episodes such as Her Pilgrim Soul, The Road Less Travelled and The Cold Equations. I too am a bigger fan of the original series, which was often made on a shoestring budget, but the episodes are just as interesting now as they were over 50 years ago. There are too many episodes to mention that were great.

[nemesis962074]

@collegeman1988 Yes the 80's Twilight Zone had some good episodes, I like the intro from the 80's better than the one from the 60's, but 60's episodes are still interesting today. Which episode is your favorite? mine is "He's Alive" or "Eye Of The Beholder"

[collegeman1988]

@nemesis962074 I would have to say "Eye of the Beholder", but that's because I'm not familiar with the "He's Alive" title associated with the story. I've seen it because I have all of the original Twilight Zone eps on DVD. My very favorite Original TZ ep was the very first, "Where Is Everybody?" staring Earl Holliman.

[nemesis962074]

@collegeman1988 "He's Alive" is the episode with Hitler.

[Gmancrap]

You're only saying that like a classic rock fan would say every decade but the 60's and 70's was horrible for music or someone now might claim that everything now is inferior to what life was like in the 90's. I bet you never even watched the show, it was just as creative and had some amazing episodes. I bet you couldn't even give one reason why the 1985 version was bad. And no, I'm not mad just on your ass.

[nemesis962074]

@Gmancrap You got it all wrong, the Twilight Zone from the 80's was a decent show, but compared to the 60's Twilight Zone it was crap. I have watched some episodes, and yes they are interesting, but without Rod Serling the show was not the same.

[Gmancrap]

I don't see how that makes sense though. Ron Serling was only a narrator. I mean I doubt you watch The Twilight Zone for the 30 seconds of narration Ron gives at the beginning and end of an episode.

[nemesis962074]

@Gmancrap He wrote more than half of the episodes, and he supervised every episode. He was the most important part of the show.

[nemesis962074]

this is the intro from the 80's right?

[PJSkins26]

@nemesis962074 Read The Title....self explanatory you moron.

[nemesis962074]

@PJSkins26 I know!!!!!!

[wineroch]

i never thought upon seeing this after how many years it still scares me....

[Gridseeker]

the only good thing of this show is the intro, in particular the homage to Rod Serling at 00:30. The rest, just crap.

[mrpapafunky7879]

i had nightmares about this theme the words would slowly get closer as i walked down a pitch black heavy forested dirt road.then this music kicked in louder as the words got closer.i ran in slow motion and always woke up right when the words were aboud 5 yards away!SCARY SHIT i tell YALL.Oh the words made a turn after me off the dirt road towards a small dirty path that led to my grandmas.i would see the glow then the words made the fuckin turn!

[mrlego611]

@mrpapafunky7879 I had a nightmare that i was walking down a starry place. and a ticking clock would come floating infront of my face before disappearing with a flash, then the baby doll will just drift beside me then disparate then the I saw the window open up then i saw the door from the original opening get bigger and bigger as i was drawn towards it then when it opened up, a BRIGHT white light would try to suck me in then i would wake up. creepy right?

[ChrisFrenchComedy]

@mrlego611 Dr. Freud will see you in a few moments.

[mrpapafunky7879]

@mrlego611 ummmmm.not as creepy as mine lol

[martyboyish]

@mrlego611 god i have lots of strange dreams all the time but if you wonna know aboutthem you should look up deams on google and fined out what they mean

[tintoweno]

Que gran intro, que gran serie. Esta segunda etapa de "La Dimensión Desconocida" fue un exitazo en Chile. Yo la veía junto a mi mamá cuando era chico. Siempre me daba miedo desde la parte en que aparece la imágen fantasmal de Rod Serling y comienzan a sonar aquellas famosas 4 notas, jeje. Se me pone la piel de gallina al volver a ver esto. Que recuerdos...

[ih8suvz]

This intro scared me more than the original version.

[HonestMom]

This looks like a Barnes & Barnes music video. LOL

Thumbs up if you know who Barnes & Barnes is :-)

[Sirbacon47]

@HonestMom

[CRAZYWeirdNSCARY10]

creepy!

[manualLaborer]

this intro used to scare the crap out of me as a kid

[caviper1]

@manualLaborer - same here.

[AwsomeParodies]

@manualLaborer ikr

[hot3614]

old movies were terrifying and 2010 movies are O.K

[Hasi1974]

holy moly, damn scary!!

[yuridiaprivado]

My dad used to watch still in the 90's, I remember this intro even though I was little.

[lurch321]

As much as I hate the Grateful Dead, I give them credit for this awesome theme song!

[Althausss]

Strange and eerie. I love unsolved mysteries and I love the 80s

[losvegasfan88]

youtube.com/group/TheTwilightZ­oneFANS

[livelovehurtanddie]

The old one was so much better i have to say

[YOU2UUB]

The 80's twilight zone was horrendous like most remakes of any kind.