Night Gallery: The Complete Series [DVD]

I was a small child when Night Gallery originally aired on NBC from 1970-73 and mostly remember the show from its syndicated run for the rest of the decade. It was a lot of fun re-watching the series on DVD and seeing so many television and film stars of the era-- Ossie Davis, Roddy McDowall, Joan Crawford, Tom Bosley, Larry Hagman, Diane Keaton, Burgess Meredith, Phyllis Diller, John Astin, Bernie Kopell, Ray Milland, Leslie Nielson, Desi Arnaz Jr, Imogene Coca, Vincent Price, Ruth Buzzi, James Farentino, Adam West, Arte Johnson, Rudy Vallee, Pat Boone, Leif Erickson, Larry Linville, David Carradine, Orson Welles, Patty Duke, Pamelyn Ferdin, Cesar Romero, John Carradine, Carl Reiner, Bob Crane, Jo Anne Worley, Steve Lawrence, Rene Auberjonois, Edward G. Robinson, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Sandra Dee, Patrick Macnee, Pernell Roberts, Randy Quaid, Sondra Locke, Richard Kiley, Jill Ireland, Buddy Ebsen, Bill Bixby, Jack Albertson, Bobby Darin, and Cloris Leachman were just a few of the guest stars that I recognized. While this series wasn't as consistently good as The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling's previous horror and science fiction anthology series, Night Gallery is still a sort of guilty pleasure. Unlike the Twilight Zone, Night Gallery was filmed in delicious color, and some of its camera work and practical effects were cutting-edge for the time-- if not actually experimental. I'm pretty sure that no other show on television at the time had the same distinct look and sense of visual style that the Night Gallery had. While The Twilight Zone mostly featured tales of science fiction and horror, Night Gallery was almost entirely made up of stories about the supernatural and the occult, with a few comedic shorts thrown in to lighten the mood. The writing was a bit uneven in both series, which is fairly typical with anthology shows, but both series had more episodes which worked than episodes which didn't. Night Gallery is creepy and a little spooky, but it won't terrorize the kids too badly, and older family members like me will appreciate the show for its nostalgia value. I don't think I'm likely to watch this DVD collection again, but I really enjoyed revisiting and remembering this show once and would recommend it to others.

Good quality writing what can you say Rod at his best would buy again

Love the creativity of Rod Serling and reminiscent of the Twilight Zone series. Once again ....... you are dealing with the supernatural and unknown. Great entertainment and wonderful addition to my DVD collection.

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Nice set of episodes! Some are great! Some not. Balanced audio and video quality. Highly recommend.

Rod Serling worked---and smoked---himself to death. He was a VERY prolific writer! This ISN'T "a color version of 'The Twilight Zone'..." like SOME people have implied, but, these episodes have some VERY familiar faces such as Vincent Price; Mickey Rooney; Sally Field... Sure, it's an old series: I, originally, bought them via that Columbia House way that sent you a VHS-video-cassette-tape-cartridge to your mailbox----regularly----like a magazine subscription. Columbia House went out of business before I got the entire series [a few episodes at-a-time] so, I waited. And waited. The next commercial-version was a few episodes on DVDs; remember get- ting The Stooges; Twilight Zone; and, even, X-Files THAT way? Then, the complete S-E-A-S-O-N collections came out; "double-dipping" became a new term for those of you younger than me [69]. Night Gallery---by the season---was PRICEY. I bought the first season, that took up a lot less space than the tapes; I waited for a price drop that never happened. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT SERIES, not a perfect one, AT AN EXCELLENT PRICE! _______________________________________________________________________________ This [new]---10 disc---release (I've not seen all of it as of yet) has BONUS content I've not seen: Disc 3 ---- BONUS episodes: The Diary; A Matter of Semantics; Big Surprise; Professor Peabody's Last Lecture;; Return of the Sorcerer; Whisper. Disc 4 ---- Night Gallery Season Two: Episode 4 Podcast Commentary: "A Fear of Spiders" with Authors and Night Gallery Historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton Episode 4 Podcast Commentary: "Junior" with Authors and Night Gallery Historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton Episode 4 Podcast Commentary: "Marmalade Wine" with Authors and Night Gallery Historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton Episode 4 Podcast Commentary: "The Academy" with Authors and Night Gallery Historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton Disc 5 ---- Night Gallery Season Two: Episode 5 Audio Commentary: "The Phantom Farmhouse" with Guillermo Del Toro Episode 5 Audio Commentary: "Silent Snow, Secret Snow" with Guillermo Del Toro (+) "Revisiting the Art Gallery: A Look Back" (+) "The Art Gallery: The Paintings..." (+) NBC's Night Gallery TV Promos Disc 6 ----- Night Gallery Season Two: Episode 12 Podcast Commentary: "Cool Air" with Authors and Night Gallery Historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton Episode 12 Podcast Commentary: "Camera Obscura" with Authors and Night Gallery Historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton Episode 12 Podcast Commentary: "Quoth the Raven" with Authors and Night Gallery Historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton Episode 13 Audio Commentary: "The Messiah on Mott Street" wtih Guillermo Del Toro Episode 13 Audio Commentary: "The Painted Mirror" wtih Guillermo Del Toro Disc 7 ---- Night Gallery Season Two: Episode 16 Podcast Commentary: "Lindemann's Catch" with Authors and Night Gallery Historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton Episode 16 Podcast Commentary: "The Late Mr. Peddington" with Authors and Night Gallery Historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton Episode 16 Podcast Commentary: "A Feast of Blood" with Authors and Night Gallery Historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton Disc 8 ----- Night Gallery Season Two: Revisiting the Gallery: A Look Back Art Gallery: The Paintings in "Rod Serling's Night Gallery" NBC TV Promos Episode 22 Audio Commentary: "The Caterpillar" with Guillermo Del Toro Episode 22 Audio Commentary: "Little Girl Lost" with Guillermo Del Toro The Night Gallery Disc 9 ---- Night Gallery Season Three: The Return of the Sorcerer Commentary with Night Gallery Historians Scott Skelton & Jim Benson Disc 10 ---- Night Gallery Season Three: Lost Tales from Season 2 Commentary with Night Gallery Historians Jim Benson & Scott Skelton for: (+) Die Now, Pay Later (+) Room For One Less (+) Witches' Feast (+) Little Girl Lost ****************************************************************************************************************** Okay. I live on the Bavarian/Hessian border and have to suit up for Frankenstein Castle. THIS 333 lb, 6'9" senior citizen stands out in a crowd-----like this collection-----"Happy Howl-0-we'en boys'n'ghouls!

It has been great watching this show again. I've never seen them on any streaming service like Prime or Netflix, so when I saw this box set at this price, I had to jump on it. They look great, the audio is fine, and the bonus material is excellent. I particularly like the audio commentary by Guillermo del Toro. I could listen to him for hours (and have). Anyway, if you're a fan of the show, you can't go wrong with this set. I think I've seen them sold on Blu-ray, but as separate seasons. You'd pay double the DVD set price for one season on Blu-ray (last I checked). Besides, if you have a decent disc player, and an excellent smart TV, the image and audio gets a good boost. Just buy this and be happy.

Excellent T.V.Series keeps you entertained much like the Twilight Zone

Only problem with this item was broken case ,which is why I only gave it 4 stars

The postal logistics is excellent nowadays. I ordered this item on the 30th of June and it arrived on the 8 th of July. It is a great pleasure to watch these Night Gallery episodes. I am afraid of that my early sensations are from the winter 1972 when I was alone in the house of my grandmother very late in the evening. TV was the only company to kill time with and I obviously spent exciting moments with an episode of the Night gallery. Now almost 55 years later I try my vibrations and there are still very well done stories to enjoy. The 60's and the 70's were a great time to create horror and sci-fi tv series. The fiction and the scientific reasoning have been growing together. I compare this tv serie with the Twiligth Zone and both of the series are very good in the field of the art they represent. SK.

Interesting short stories. While "strange", they are NOT the Twilight zone interest or quality.

Discos se reproducen perfectamente y llegaron en buen estado incluyendo el estuche en su parte interior en donde se fijan los discos, donde normalmente se rompen.

En Detalles del producto se dice que lleva subtítulos en español y francés. Estos subtítulos sólo están en la 1ª Temporada de las 3 que forman el pack. No recomiendo la adquisición a aquellos que no dominen el inglés puesto que tampoco lleva audio en castellano. Me veo obligado a devolver el producto.