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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   154 votes
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Creator:
Merwin Gerard
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 full episode list
Release Date:
20 January 1959 (USA) more
Tagline:
"What you are about to see is a matter of human record. Explain it: we cannot. Disprove it: we cannot. We simply invite you to explore with us the amazing world of the Unknown ... to take that One Step ... Beyond."
Plot:
Produced at the same time as the more well-known Twilight Zone, this series fed the nation's growing... more
User Comments:
The most Frightening television series ever !!!! more

Cast

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John Newland ... Himself - Host (79 episodes, 1959-1961)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Alcoa Presents" (USA)
"One Step Beyond" (USA) (syndication title)
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Runtime:
25 min (96 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
USA:Approved
Company:
ABC Films more

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Trivia:
Through an oversight, Worldvision didn't renew the copyrights on most episodes of this series when they expired in the late 1980s, and they thus fell into the public domain. Since royalties didn't have to be paid to Worldvision, the result was a revival of the series on UHF and cable television and on VHS and DVD. Since well-worn syndication prints were and are typically used by those media, the results often leave something to be desired, quality-wise. more
Quotes:
John Newland: [episode introduction] What you are about to see is a matter of human record. Explain it: we cannot. Disprove it: we cannot. We simply invite you to explore with us the amazing world of the Unknown... to take that One Step... Beyond. more
Movie Connections:
Followed by "The Next Step Beyond" (1978) more

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23 out of 25 people found the following comment useful:-
The most Frightening television series ever !!!!, 16 July 2003
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Author: penwil09 from Cerritos, CA.

I am a connoisseur of "horror" movies/series, and have seen them all since the 1950s, but One Step Beyond remains the scariest of all the series. The only one that came close was Boris Karloffs'-Thriller! John Newlands' beginning monologue reels you in, to have you gripping the arms of your chair during the story, too scared out of your wits to even move, then having the story ending to Mr.Newlands epilogue to further heighten your anxiety of being too fearful to go to sleep!! Unlike..Twilight Zone, Hitchcock, Night Gallery,Tales from the Crypt, Outer Limits and X-Files which ALL have humorous episodes which discount their "scare-quotient", and leaves you disappointed....however "O.S.B."satisfies the most discriminating of "scary-movie" tastes !!! O.S.B never had one "hokey" episode that would tickle your funny bone and that is what makes for excellent scare tactics. I wish they had this series on DVD !!!

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