With Halloween fast upon us and — even scarier — a Presidential Election here in the U.S., I thought I’d share a list of science fiction, fantasy, and horror (SFFH) television episodes have scared the bejesus out of me over the years. Most folks like to rent hack-n-slash movies this time of year, but I’ve always been drawn to the ole idiot box.

- “Home” — The X-Files
- “Dragon’s Domain” — Space:1999
- “Living Doll” — The Twilight Zone
- “The Hitchhiker” — The Twilight Zone
- “It’s a Good Life” — The Twilight Zone
- “Pilot, Part 1” — Lost
- “The Doomsday Machine” — Star Trek (TOS)
- “It Crawled out of the Woodwork” — The Outer Limits
- “Corpus Earthling” — The Outer Limits
- “Bushwhacked” — Firefly
- “Beyond Life and Death” — Twin Peaks
- IT — The miniseries based on the Stephen King novel
- “The Playground” — Ray Bradbury Theater
Now, here’s the list of TV episodes that I have not seen. You might call it a “bucket list” I’ll get to beyond the grave … bwa ha ha.
A very grave list, indeed.
- “Blink” — Doctor Who
- “Shatterday” — Twilight Zone (1980s)
- “Hush” — Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- “The Final Escape” — Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- “Cool Air” — The Night Gallery
- “Sylvia” — Little House on the Prairie
Did you notice that one of the shows is an episode of Space:1999?
That episode is a weird — and deeply disturbing — re-telling of the “Saint George and the Dragon” myth. And while the series itself sucks-ass (as did most 70s SF) “Dragon’s Domain” will give you nightmares into old age … and probably turn you into a vegetarian as well.

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So … these are mine.
Do agree? Disagree? Not care?
I’d like to hear what you think.
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As always,
Peace, from Keith
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Copyright © 2012 Alan Keith Parker. All Rights Reserved. If you steal my stuff I’ll scare the crap out of you.
I just watched “Hush.” While I really enjoyed it (I loved the first 2-3 seasons of Buffy, and have always been a fan of Joss Whedon) the episode was not particularly frightening. The premise — a town struck by laryngitis — is a fantastic idea and would make an excellent and potentially unnerving novel. As an episode of Buffy, I’d give “Hush” an A-. As a scary episode, I’d give it a B.
Have not been on here in awhile….gotta catch up ! Good stuff!