Outer Limits, The (1963)

In July 2005 the original season of the classic American science-fiction programme The Outer Limits was finally released on DVD. The box set contains 8 discs featuring 32 episodes varying in quality. Some episodes have stood the test of time well but others haven't. Here's my take on the best and the worst of season one of the Outer Limits. The Best: The Sixth Finger in which David McCallum is used as a guinea pig in a professor's experiments with evolution. McCallum ends up with a huge head and becomes a brilliant pianist. The Bellero Shield sees Martin Landau star as a frustrated inventor whose new laser machine fails to impress his father. Landau's ...  Read the complete review

THE OUTER LIMITS was an anthology series in a similar mould to THE TWILIGHT ZONE, running from 1963-1965 for a total of 49 episodes. However, unlike THE TWILIGHT ZONE this series primarily focused on horror stories, and featured a monster in every episode. The show was created by Leslie Stevens, but a primary mover and shaker in the background of the series was Joseph Stefano, who had written the script for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic movie PSYCHO. The show featured a number of guest appearances by actors who went on to become household names, including David McCallum in the episode THE SIXTH FINGER. McCallum would soon become famous in the show ...  Read the complete review