Have you ever seen a great twist in a TV episode, only to see it shamelessly copied in a movie? Looking back on some of the old anthology series, I've noticed that many of the twists and bizzare concepts of newer films were already covered by the twilight zone and others of its kind:
Episode Movie
Are You Afraid of the Dark: Tale of the Dream Girl The Sixth Sense
Tales from the Darkside: The Moth The Skeleton Key
Monsters: Pillow Talk Death Bed
Twilight Zone: The Living Doll Child's Play
Granted, this is only a few examples, but I'd be willing to bet there are others.
The old X-men cartoon ripped off every successful movie from the 80's ... but maybe the comic did it first.
Numerous episodes of Boris Karloff's Thriller were the first to adapt writings by Robert Bloch.
Quote from: Fausto on November 07, 2007, 12:34:21 AM
Have you ever seen a great twist in a TV episode, only to see it shamelessly copied in a movie? Looking back on some of the old anthology series, I've noticed that many of the twists and bizzare concepts of newer films were already covered by the twilight zone and others of its kind:
Episode Movie
Are You Afraid of the Dark: Tale of the Dream Girl The Sixth Sense
Tales from the Darkside: The Moth The Skeleton Key
Monsters: Pillow Talk Death Bed
Twilight Zone: The Living Doll Child's Play
Granted, this is only a few examples, but I'd be willing to bet there are others.
Actually....the Living Doll movie had been done in the old antholgy British film from 1945...DEAD OF NIGHT! A CLASSIC!!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFk8gjRek3s