Monday, March 7, 2011

Amazing Stories
















Country: USA

Year: 1985-1987

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 45

Summary

Amazing Stories is a fantasy, horror and science fiction television anthology series created by Steven Spielberg, episodes quite often were humorous as well. It ran on NBC from 1985 to 1987.

Is it available on DVD?

Amazing Stories: The Complete First Season is available on DVD through Universal. The second season of the series is apparently available on DVD in Japan and the full series released on DVD in Germany.

List of episodes

Season 1

  1. Ghost Train
  2. The Main Attraction
  3. Alamo Jobe
  4. Mummy Daddy
  5. The Mission
  6. The Amazing Falsworth
  7. Fine Tuning
  8. Mr Magic
  9. Guilt Trip
  10. Remote Control Man
  11. Santa '85
  12. Vanessa in the Garden
  13. The Sitter
  14. No Day at the Beach
  15. One For the Road
  16. Gather Ye Acorns
  17. Boo!
  18. Dorothy and Ben
  19. Mirror, Mirror
  20. Secret Cinema
  21. Hell Toupee
  22. The Doll
  23. One for the Books
  24. Grandpa's Ghost
Season 2
  1. The Wedding Ring
  2. Miscalculation
  3. Magic Saturday
  4. Welcome to my Nightmare
  5. You Gotta Believe Me
  6. The Greibble
  7. Life on Death Row
  8. Go to the Head of the Class
  9. Thanksgiving
  10. The Pumpkin Competition
  11. What If...?
  12. The Eternal Mind
  13. Lane Change
  14. Blue Man Down
  15. The 21-Inch Sun
  16. Family Dog
  17. Gershwin's Trunk
  18. Such Interesting Neighbors
  19. Without Diana
  20. Moving Day
  21. Miss Stardust

Saturday, March 5, 2011

13 Demon Street


Country: USA/Sweden

Year: 1959-1960

Seasons: 1(?)

Episodes: 13

Summary

13 Demon Street is a horror anthology series that aired between 1959 and 1960. Hosted by Lon Chaney Jr. who introduced each episode from 13 Demon Street. The series was originated by Curt Siodmak who also wrote some of the scripts and directed several episodes.

Is it available on DVD?

Yes but only partially in various forms, The Vine of Death, The Black Hand, The Photograph and Fever have been included as bonus features on DVD releases of the Boris Karloff series The Veil, not all releases of The Veil have all four of these episodes.

Also the episodes The Photograph, The Girl in the Glacier and Condemned in Crystal were edited together to make the 1961 theatrical release The Devils Messenger which is available on DVD.

List of episodes(in no particular order)
  • The Black Hand
  • Fever
  • Condemned in Crystal
  • Green are the Leaves
  • The Girl in the Glacier
  • The Book of Ghouls
  • The Photograph
  • The Vine of Death
  • A Gift of Murder
  • The Secret of the Telescope
  • Never Steal a Warlock's Wife
  • Murder in the Mirror
  • Black Nemesis