‘Twilight Zone’ celebrates 50th at the Apollo

October 20, 2009
By Billy Dennis

Note: These are classic science fiction tales. I highly recommend “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.” It’s a cold war tale, but it speaks to our response to the events of 9/11.

TZ Monsters are due on Maple Street posterHalloween will be in “a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind – a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination,” as downtown Peoria’s Apollo Theater shows four classic episodes of “The Twilight Zone” to mark the holiday – and the 50th anniversary of Rod Serling’s great prime-time-TV suspense series.

As extra attraction will be a screening of the late Michael Jackson’s groundbreaking music video “Thriller,” from 1983.

“The Twilight Zone” – which aired on CBS-TV from 1959-1964, with 156 episodes – will be represented by four early entries in the legendary series: “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” (1960) stars Claude Akins, “The Invaders” (1961) stars Agnes Moorehead, “The Odyssey of Flight 33” (1961) stars John Anderson, and “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” (1963) stars William Shatner.

“That’s the signpost up ahead — your next stop, the Twilight Zone.”

Showtime is at 7 p.m., and the Apollo’s suggested donation is $5 and $4 for kids, students and seniors. For details call (309) 673-4343.

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3 Responses to “ ‘Twilight Zone’ celebrates 50th at the Apollo ”

  1. Marty Wombacher on October 20, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    They had me at Twilight Zone but lost me with Thriller.

  2. MAWB on October 20, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    Oh! I loved The Twilight Zone! My favorite episode was “Little Girl Lost,” where this girl falls out of bed and rolls into another dimension!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Girl_Lost

    What a great show that was!

  3. C. J. Summers on October 20, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    Is the Apollo still showing DVDs on an LCD projector? If so, no thanks. The last time I did that, it felt more like going to see a PowerPoint presentation than a movie.