Rod Serling effectively presents three tales of the supernatural, shown first as eerie paintings.
First story, 'The Cemetery' is a creepy yarn about wretched nephew Roddy McDowell, who inherits his uncle's estate, only to be plagued by sinister paintings of his uncle rising from his grave to seek revenge. Ossie Davis is also good as a disrespected butler who is far more cunning than he seems, much to their regret...
Second story, 'Eyes', stars Joan Crawford as a spoiled, rich, but blind woman who tries to literally purchase another man's eyesight, even for a short time. Highly ironic ending is most effective. Steven Spielberg directs this memorably.
Third tale, 'The Escape Route', stars Richard Kiley as a Nazi on the run in South America, who tries to escape justice inside a much-loved painting of a fisherman...things don't go as planned, with a chilling ending indeed.
Led to the TV series, which only on occasion lived up to this quality, but was still mostly enjoyable.
First story, 'The Cemetery' is a creepy yarn about wretched nephew Roddy McDowell, who inherits his uncle's estate, only to be plagued by sinister paintings of his uncle rising from his grave to seek revenge. Ossie Davis is also good as a disrespected butler who is far more cunning than he seems, much to their regret...
Second story, 'Eyes', stars Joan Crawford as a spoiled, rich, but blind woman who tries to literally purchase another man's eyesight, even for a short time. Highly ironic ending is most effective. Steven Spielberg directs this memorably.
Third tale, 'The Escape Route', stars Richard Kiley as a Nazi on the run in South America, who tries to escape justice inside a much-loved painting of a fisherman...things don't go as planned, with a chilling ending indeed.
Led to the TV series, which only on occasion lived up to this quality, but was still mostly enjoyable.