I grew up as a kid watching this show (and Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, Outer Limits... Deadly Earnest). There was always something very creepy, even understated, about the episodes that haunted me much more than those other more professional shows. Yes, there was the foreign actor main star along with the sinister Anthony Quayle, but it was Australian without it being overt and had a hardness from the filming in our light that gave it a different vibe.
The stories varied from weird to downright shocking - my favourite was The Trial with Ray Walston's final comeuppance the highlight, but many other episodes remain in my memory even after all these years. The repeats were on television late at night even into the eighties and early nineties, and the time slot even added to the vibe.
I would love to see this again, dvd or Foxtel or internet - whatever. It would be not just a retro blast from the past but also worth watching for that old atmosphere and the stories, as well as the cameos from long-gone actors.
Watch it if you get a chance.
The stories varied from weird to downright shocking - my favourite was The Trial with Ray Walston's final comeuppance the highlight, but many other episodes remain in my memory even after all these years. The repeats were on television late at night even into the eighties and early nineties, and the time slot even added to the vibe.
I would love to see this again, dvd or Foxtel or internet - whatever. It would be not just a retro blast from the past but also worth watching for that old atmosphere and the stories, as well as the cameos from long-gone actors.
Watch it if you get a chance.