My literature teacher began reading the short story to my class today n waited to the end of class to began just to leave us hanging lol well I'm super curious so reading it n watching the episode.! I'm a student eager to learn.!
i read the preview on amazon and wanted to see the story further developed, but i'd sooner rip my eyes out than torture myself by watching these abysmal performances
@mennyus Just goes to show that what made the original Twilight Zone great was not only the plot behind every story but the well developed characters and superb acting. Yeah, I agree about the acting but you have to admit that the script is not really helping; great idea for a story, but it was poorly executed.
I was gonna request the DVD from Netflix thinking it would be like the original Twilight Zone but now I think I'll pass.
aperte o botãozinho "CC" na parte inferior do player do youtube...logo ao lado esquerdo do que parece ser um balãozinho (é o primeiro botão depois da faixa comprida). Clique e aparece "Português", ele ativa a legenda, pode crer, acho que é novidade!
I love Mare Winningham, but I've never seen her like this. Her, and the men - such incredible over-acting, what's the deal?! Bad director, I think. 'The Box' is bad too, I don't know how anyone could think that was good merely because it pays closer attention to detail.
It´s based on a book of a portuguese writer, Eça de Queiroz. In 1880 he wrote "O Mandarin"(The Mandarin), a novel in wich a man earns from a stranger a bell that when ringed would make an old rich mandarin in China die, and all his fortune belong to him.
An interesting trivia fact about this episode:when viewers read the opening credits, the credits read "TELEPLAY BY LOGAN SWANSON. BASED ON THE SHORT STORY BY RICHARD MATHESON.' In reality, Richard Matheson wrote the teleplay, byt when he saw the episode, he thought the producers did such a bad job that he requested that his name be removed from the credits. That's when he came up with the pen name "Logan Swanson".
The husband was the lead in the movie Midnight Express. Hard to believe how bad he is in this short. The stutter must have been some device to make his character more pathetic. Hilarious acting. They are so over the top that it's bad good.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this episode almost as much as the orignal Twiglight Zone...but has anyone seen the trailer to the Camero Diaz movie "The Box" out next month? TRIPPY
Você não tem idéia de quanto eu queria rever esse episódio de "Além da Imaginação". Viva o YOUTUBE!!! Tinha 10 anos quando assisti pela Globo. Fiquei petrificado com o final.Sensacional!
that woman is a complete and total bitch and she smokes which is a disgusting habit and she is gunna die prematuraly and im gunna be happy about it and the way she smokes is disgusting and the wat she even moves or speaks disgusts me. not just the character she plays. the very person she is is disgusting.
Não consegui visualizar as legendas, q pena
TheGfjorge 2 weeks ago
seriously though, who just wheels a shopping cart right into their house?!?
UncleMark13 1 month ago
I would like to fuck this bitch!!!!
Seintein150 1 month ago
2:56 haha he starts chewing before he evens put the food in his mouth.
MMAbadboy 1 month ago
His stuttering is annoying
janazia789 2 months ago
mew '
é muiito bem feito esse filme !
ameei
karolinadeaquino 2 months ago
She's a bitch. UPVOTe THIS
frt975 4 months ago
Wow, the top comments are about the wife being a bitch.
DiarrheaChain 4 months ago
the music sucks
disneyfreakXD112 4 months ago
brad davis is super cute, even with the bad stuttering
xxtiaan 4 months ago
bitch, bitch and more bitch
sexydog872 4 months ago
I lol'ed with the Sméagol impersonation at 9:14
Staward 5 months ago
they made this story into a movie
Ironegle 5 months ago
My literature teacher began reading the short story to my class today n waited to the end of class to began just to leave us hanging lol well I'm super curious so reading it n watching the episode.! I'm a student eager to learn.!
MeLoveMichaelJackson 5 months ago
omg..the freaking stuttering! fucking ridiculous
UwatchinQ 6 months ago
that stuttering, horrible acting fool makes this unwatchable
chitownsuperfan 6 months ago
ugh I can't stand that look on her FACE! What a bitch.. Funny watching this after seeing "The Box". Great concept, just not performed very good :')
Jordy666sic 6 months ago
lololol @ the acting
mrperson54 7 months ago
She just needs a good fuck.
80sHitchcockPresents 7 months ago
I thought it was a good episode,
YQuiensera 8 months ago
this.is.unwatchable.
i read the preview on amazon and wanted to see the story further developed, but i'd sooner rip my eyes out than torture myself by watching these abysmal performances
mennyus 8 months ago
@mennyus Just goes to show that what made the original Twilight Zone great was not only the plot behind every story but the well developed characters and superb acting. Yeah, I agree about the acting but you have to admit that the script is not really helping; great idea for a story, but it was poorly executed.
I was gonna request the DVD from Netflix thinking it would be like the original Twilight Zone but now I think I'll pass.
comochinganconesto 7 months ago
@MyBabypies
Right, I met her a couple times in the late '90s, when she was on tour on the west coast with her band. Truly the nicest performer I've ever met.
Everyone should watch 'Georgia' to see Mare as the excellent actress she is.
FungusMossGnosis 8 months ago
This is a great premise, it would have been much better if she had been likable.
MidnightMoses69 9 months ago
essa série é bizarra :DD
vinibolaina46 10 months ago
he is like...weh weh weh wehweh well thats all folks xD
steveboy20028 10 months ago
@Reginaldo13 PARA ATIVAR A LEGENDA:
aperte o botãozinho "CC" na parte inferior do player do youtube...logo ao lado esquerdo do que parece ser um balãozinho (é o primeiro botão depois da faixa comprida). Clique e aparece "Português", ele ativa a legenda, pode crer, acho que é novidade!
Ginzaheart 10 months ago
lmao @ that guy ..is he serious with that acting?? i died
woolhatgrl 10 months ago
Low life scumbag welfare punk bitch ass slut I miss my ex!
purepimpinkev 10 months ago
9:15 both of them develop Gollum voices lol
dizzyb111 10 months ago
Wow...the worst acting I've ever seen. Officially...the worst.
alpo27 10 months ago
"wait right here.... I'll get a beer"
haha, classic.
poster12345678 10 months ago
It seems like they're trying (and failing) to go for laughs for some reason, when it's supposed to be scary
TomFromJersey 10 months ago
omg new id seen it before thats crazy that movie"the box"is based off this twilight zone.
jsramos97 11 months ago
@jsramos97 And that was based off a very good short story
WersomesFacts 11 months ago
wow I think this is a case of a not too badly written script performed by HORRIBLE actors
lavalamp625 1 year ago
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lavalamp625 1 year ago
I love Mare Winningham, but I've never seen her like this. Her, and the men - such incredible over-acting, what's the deal?! Bad director, I think. 'The Box' is bad too, I don't know how anyone could think that was good merely because it pays closer attention to detail.
FungusMossGnosis 1 year ago
This is the worst acted thing I have ever seen...literally, and badly filmed too! It was laughable.
TheJarnold88 1 year ago
"Well we won't push it!!!" Great story
outlander5b5 1 year ago
It´s based on a book of a portuguese writer, Eça de Queiroz. In 1880 he wrote "O Mandarin"(The Mandarin), a novel in wich a man earns from a stranger a bell that when ringed would make an old rich mandarin in China die, and all his fortune belong to him.
alefernandeschaves 1 year ago
"Its murderrrr" Like Smeagol on the lord of Ring
kadufilms 2 years ago
Ok, I`ve never watched this before but this is terrible. "The Box" is great, though...
Pulisej 2 years ago
@Pulisej uhhh the box was probally the worst movie i had seen I'll go a little softer on it and call it the worst movie of the decade
saiyan24 1 year ago
h-h-he h-ha-ha-has a a a a b--ba -bad-bad s-st-stu-stut-stut-stutter.
littlefatwhitekid 2 years ago
essa legenda tá boa mesmo hein!
lanuxkerouac 2 years ago
An interesting trivia fact about this episode:when viewers read the opening credits, the credits read "TELEPLAY BY LOGAN SWANSON. BASED ON THE SHORT STORY BY RICHARD MATHESON.' In reality, Richard Matheson wrote the teleplay, byt when he saw the episode, he thought the producers did such a bad job that he requested that his name be removed from the credits. That's when he came up with the pen name "Logan Swanson".
Girardifan 2 years ago
nossa, que super ! Legendado!! Muito bom !!
chshcam 2 years ago
...and her smoking is absolutely ridiculous!!!!! :-)
some really bad acting here indeed!!! Classic!!! :-)
fabiolemme 2 years ago
Wow the acting in this series is horrible.
Cmpowell83 2 years ago
it's muuurrrrrrder....
OH COME ONNNNNNNNN!
every set of twilight zones they make get gradually worse....but funnier
callmeparker 2 years ago
Oh NOW people start watching this classic Twilight Zone episode, all because of the Cameron Diaz movie, now it's all trendy all of a sudden.
mikevas19 2 years ago
its actually based on a book...
Mystery4000 2 years ago
Its a sex toy
yuyupb 2 years ago
"MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DIE EVERY DAY... ARTHURRRR!" HAHAHAHA
"What if its someones new born babyyyyyyy" OH GOSH, the 1950s version was better, but this is still good
midprod 2 years ago
I´m sure there is a excellente black and white version of this, but...... where can i find it???
jmloco2 2 years ago
i know it's been said already, but yeah, the acting is horrible :/
glaceauu 2 years ago 4
Jesus christ LOL
Manberg900 2 years ago
5:11 the button unit lmao
86Timewarp 2 years ago
there making a remix of this called "the box" LOL
varoom300 2 years ago
yah a longer version
86Timewarp 2 years ago
husband: *that's* strange.
SouthHrbrBlvd 2 years ago
The husband was the lead in the movie Midnight Express. Hard to believe how bad he is in this short. The stutter must have been some device to make his character more pathetic. Hilarious acting. They are so over the top that it's bad good.
wallypipin 2 years ago 3
THE BOX
Old man Grim Reaper
1015287 2 years ago 2
9:07 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit's stoooooopid haha too funny.
aquaticmole 2 years ago
A chinese peasant's life has no value?
NiklasPopp 2 years ago
Ominous monotone man: I assume you found the button unit?
Bitch wife: ...the what?
Ominous monotone man: THE BUTTON UNIT!!!
absworkoutplan 2 years ago
the wife is a bitch
RelaxingSin 2 years ago 25
You guys aren't kidding on the acting. He isn't adding any effect by stuttering through his lines
Timberwolf2979 2 years ago 3
just skip to 8:40, it is fucking hilarious.
louvremix 2 years ago
ah NORMA! god he sounds sooooo fucking gay there!
LOLbroadcasts 2 years ago
omg..the acting is horrific, but i love the concept
blovely21 2 years ago
she just lets him inside???? i remember the original one being good.
BrendanWhelan 2 years ago
Terrible acting.
lazorice 2 years ago
lol 2:50 shouldve had this scene:
husband: here why don't you open it.
wife: well why dont you open that darn thang. you brought it in, so you open it.
husband: but i, i, i, think you should see what's in it.
Dawntycarver 2 years ago
The acting..
OMG...
sizzle3207 2 years ago
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this episode almost as much as the orignal Twiglight Zone...but has anyone seen the trailer to the Camero Diaz movie "The Box" out next month? TRIPPY
BaristaLBC 2 years ago
She is such a cunt geez
I can't stand her
murphscousin 2 years ago
he's afraid of his wife
GamingFreak589 2 years ago
They just opened that box. Anything could be in there. a bomb, anthrax.
not to sound paranoid...but you never know do you?
ccdj504 2 years ago
Damn this dude stutter to damn much.lol
KennyMar 2 years ago
christ if i was the husband i would ask the guy to cut the money in half and if the random person could be his wife xD
warster 2 years ago 2
The acting is so weird.
WhoopMQ 2 years ago
you were allowed to take shopping carts all the way to your house in the 80's?
MattSturg 2 years ago
Heck, people do that all the time today!
Have you ever seen the back of an appartment that's close to a grocery store. There's tons of shopping carts just sitting there!
MarcoMan033 2 years ago 2
wow, they get way to serious, haha!
TheGhFan 2 years ago
wow she's a bitch
elfy6238 2 years ago 8
SENSASIONAL !!!
lorenzosaade 2 years ago
Você não tem idéia de quanto eu queria rever esse episódio de "Além da Imaginação". Viva o YOUTUBE!!! Tinha 10 anos quando assisti pela Globo. Fiquei petrificado com o final.Sensacional!
UlstonWadz 2 years ago
LOlz. I swear they use the same apartment building for every movie where "po' peepl live". Karate Kid, Pulp Fiction, etc....
Good post, though. My first time seeing this. Nice.
bonkers46 2 years ago
'The Box' is such a rip-off of this.
MikeSmithIs007 2 years ago
It's supposed to be, seeing as it was BASED off of this exact episode.
skeeterart 2 years ago 4
Você tem que ativar! dah
Thenewtwilightzone 2 years ago
In the original short story by Richard Matheson, her husband dies when she pushes the button.
DoctorWeeTodd 2 years ago
oh i love him...he came out on a movie called "Midnight Express" very very good acting/movie!!
lucybellzoe 2 years ago
Haha I remember this episode from many years ago...thank you thank you!
Frostbyte380 2 years ago
"NORMA! You youyou youyouyou you!" Now that's what I call a STUTTER
itswoodie 2 years ago 2
Wow. She's just about the worst actress I've ever seen.
awkwardbarry 2 years ago
Just because she plays an annoying character does not mean she's a bad actress.
skeeterart 2 years ago 2
Ordinarily yes, but I think in this case, she's pretty terrible. You don't agree?
awkwardbarry 2 years ago
yah she is just bad, she is trying to hard and hitting that "overacting"
ballz87deep 2 years ago
What the heck...She's an ungrateful woman...
wakingneddevine 2 years ago
that woman is a complete and total bitch and she smokes which is a disgusting habit and she is gunna die prematuraly and im gunna be happy about it and the way she smokes is disgusting and the wat she even moves or speaks disgusts me. not just the character she plays. the very person she is is disgusting.
Pumaxavier 2 years ago
going to be made into a movie THE BOX
ajaygeorge9 2 years ago 4
indeed ;)
Yurmamaismybitch 2 years ago
it's...murrrrderrrrrr!
OH COME ONNNNN!!!
LOL!!...what fantastic acting! *applause*
endorphinz 2 years ago 3
the guy studders a lot!
TheBoyWhoCriedPICKLE 2 years ago
I'd pay to see Camron Diaz's box.
MonsterZERO78 2 years ago 4
lol he stutters alot
xoxoxoxoxox3 2 years ago
she's a b**** :48
coolandfunnystuff 2 years ago
dude the guy who comesin the house witha tux is really creapy
twilight7504 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this episode! I like this one.
blrivera 2 years ago
they're remaking this into a film with James Marsden.
HeyYashamaru 2 years ago
chain smoking ratty looking piss bag broad. suddenly i miss my ex-wife...
MonsterZERO78 2 years ago 14
Yeah Norma rocks in this!
winmill 2 years ago
I haven't seen this in at least 10 years, thanks for posting it! :)
EVILC44 2 years ago
This is classic - my wife and I still use the line "someone you don't know" once in a while...
winmill 2 years ago
I remember seeing this when I was a kid
XSC3 2 years ago