More than a decade before Tales of the Unexpected, Roald Dahl hosted this short-lived horror/sci-fi anthology series which made it to the air roughly around the same time as The Twilight Zone, but isn't as well remembered. Of the 14 episodes, the ones I've seen have impressed so far, and certainly live up to the show's name. In the Dahl penned 'William and Mary' a ruthless husband discovers the downside to surviving death and living on as a disembodied brain, in 'False Face' (written by Larry Cohen) an actor goes to great lengths to play the Hunchback of Notre Dame, 'Side Show' sees a man fall in love with a woman who has a light bulb for a head, and there is a Carnival of Souls type vibe to 'Dissolve to Black' in which an aspiring actress begins to suspect her co-workers are the living dead (featuring make-up by Dick Smith).
Dahl's macabre sense of humour is in full force during his intros, he also smokes like a chimney in them (no doubt because the show was sponsored by a cigarette company) and gives the impression of not being the biggest fan of women...that was 1961 for you though, it was way, way out.
Dahl's macabre sense of humour is in full force during his intros, he also smokes like a chimney in them (no doubt because the show was sponsored by a cigarette company) and gives the impression of not being the biggest fan of women...that was 1961 for you though, it was way, way out.