Though probably best known as the film that killed Vic Morrow, this movie does have a couple of other notable points. Directors John “See You Next Wednesday” Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante and George Miller serve up four reheated versions of old episodes from the famous Rod Serling series, led off with a vignette featuring Dan Akroyd and Albert Brooks. My personal favorite was the remake of the episode where Billy Mumy (who has a cameo in the movie version) held a town in terror with his psychic powers, augmented in the big screed adaptation by child-spawned nightmare effects created by Rob Bottin. Also featured are the episode where a guy (William Shatner on TV, John Lithgow here) sees a gremlin on the wing of an airplane, the overly-sentimental “Kick the Can” episode, and the tale of a bigot dropped into a time-hopping tour of racist hell (featuring Morrow’s final performance). Mildly amusing
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