For us younger horror fans Syfy’s annual New Year’s marathon was the first exposure we got to “The Twilight Zone”, arguably the most influential, and I would say the best, science fiction show ever made.
Really, there’s nothing I can tell you about it you don’t already know; the twists, the horror, Rod Sterling’s perfect narration. And while it’s a lot easier nowadays to check out “Twilight Zone” due to Netflix and the internet and what not, New Years Syfy used to be one of the only ways to catch it.
If for tradition if nothing else, I’ll be tuning in this New Years to watch some of the best television ever made. Part one of the schedule has already been released via The Night Gallery.
Sunday, December 31, 2017
- 4:00am – The Howling Man
- 4:30am – Where is Everybody?
- 5:00am – The Thirty-Fathom Grave
- 6:00am – Mirror Image
- 6:30am – The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank
- 7:00am – A Piano in the House
- 7:30am – The Bard
- 8:30am – The Rip Van Winkle Caper
- 9:00am – Escape Clause
- 9:30am – Shadow Play
- 10:00am – The Obsolete Man
- 10:30am – The Mirror
- 11:00am – The Little People
- 11:30am – A Quality of Mercy
- 12:00pm – Valley of the Shadow
- 1:00pm – The Prime Mover
- 1:30pm – Back There
- 2:00pm – The Lateness of the Hour
- 2:30pm – The Fever
- 3:00pm – The Midnight Sun
- 3:30pm – The Arrival
- 4:00pm – The Grave
- 4:30pm – Five Characters in Search of an Exit
- 5:00pm – Nothing in the Dark
- 5:30pm – The Lonely
- 6:00pm – The Bewitchin’ Pool
- 6:30pm – Person or Persons Unknown
- 7:00pm – Hocus Pocus and Frisby
- 7:30pm – Stopover in a Quiet Town
- 8:00pm – It’s a Good Life
- 8:30pm – A Kind of Stopwatch
- 9:00pm – I Sing the Body Electric
- 9:30pm – The Invaders
- 10:00pm – The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
- 10:30pm – The Dummy
- 11:00pm – Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
- 11:30pm – The Masks
Monday, January 1, 2018
- 12:00am – Of Late I Think of Cliffordville
- 1:00am – The After Hours
- 1:30am – A Hundred Yards Over the Rim
- 2:00am – The Silence
Out of all the episodes revealed so far, my personal favorite is “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” at 10, although few episodes aren’t worth watching. Happy New Years everyone; hope your year went off without a twist.
