Freaktana
A Major Disappointment
Senteur
As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.
Keeley Coleman
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
Sabah Hensley
This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
ctomvelu-1
Short-lived anthology series offered both spooky and more conventional suspense tales. Too bad it only lasted a few episodes. Familiar faces from bothy TV and movies dotted each episode, and Henry Rollins of all people served as a Rod Serling-type narrator. Watching the series again on CHILLER, I was struck by an episode involving four young people at a rustic rest stop who are captured one-by-one by shadowy figures. The ending is a real shocker, and reminded me to some small degree of the movie WRONG TURN. Another episode that stood out was a variation on Shirley Jackson's THE LOTTERY, with a decidedly supernatural twist. A very TWILIGHT ZONE-ish episode had a college coed finding herself in a different time plane and dimension after successfully negotiating a maze on her campus. Another episode had a scientist trying to figure a way to enter a bubble-like dimension showing a bucolic landscape that suddenly appears one day in the desert. In a really chilly episode, a man returns from the dead only to find himself forever changed. Yet another episode involved a small band of eastern European stowaways locked in a large storage container who are being picked off and eaten by an unseen monster. Once again, the ending came as quite a surprise. It really is a shame the show didn't last longer. It appears to have been Fox's answer to HBO's TALES FROM THE CRYPT.
kasperick
I caught a Sci-Fi Channel marathon of this series, and was very pleasantly surprised. If you are a fan of The Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Night Gallery, Amazing Stories, Tales from the Crypt, and the like... this is a must see. With many of these types of compact suspense series, it's often hit or miss with each story - sometimes highly satisfying, sometimes disappointing. But, I found each episode in this series extremely entertaining, and well acted. It's no wonder with the consistent caliber of cast, including: Bill Pullman, Brian Dennehy, Bridget Fonda, Aidan Quinn, Natasha Lyonne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Chad Lowe, Jerry O'Connell, Sherilyn Fenn, Randy Quaid, Jay Mohr, Jamie Kennedy, Cary Elwes, Luke Perry, Pam Grier, Jack Palance, Stephen Baldwin, and MORE. The only unappealing portion of the show is Henry Rollins' hosting. Even as a fan of Henry, I found him to be ineffectively uptight and out of place in this role. There are 26 thirty minute episodes, each edition featuring two episodes. It's a shame this didn't last - I think it could have had a pretty good life!
MovieMilhouse21
Night visions was an extremely good show. It has a Twilight Zone quality to it. The stories are very well written and often blow you away when you see the ending. I would recomend anyone to check out this show if the can find it.
chalz
If I had to describe what I've seen of this series so far (4 episodes) in one word: pedestrian.I found the stories to be trite and predictable. There was little originality - mostly old stories as the basis. It's like 'The Outer Limits', but in the 'Young Adults' section. Henry Rollins, while I dig him well enough, does a rather unconvincing job with the 'punchlines' at the end.If you want a cute 30 minute piece with an actor or two you'll easily identify, go ahead. Otherwise, I say stick to 'The Outer Limits'.
