"The Twilight Zone"
Spur of the Moment (1964)

Director:

Elliot Silverstein

Writers:

Richard Matheson (writer)
Rod Serling (creator)

TV Series:

"The Twilight Zone" (1959)

Original Air Date:

21 February 1964 (Season 5, Episode 21)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

An engaged heiress is terrorized by a middle-aged woman on a horse pleading with her not to go through with her impending marriage. |

Plot Keywords:

Horseback Chase | Horseback Riding | Older Version Of Self | Engagement | Surrealism

Cast

Diana Hyland	...	Anne Henderson
Marsha Hunt	...	Mrs. Henderson
Philip Ober	...	Mr. Henderson
Roger Davis	...	David Mitchell
Robert Hogan	...	Robert Blake

Runtime:

25 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Not bad

I thought I had seen most Twilight Zones until I caught this one on a Newfoundland station at 2:00 am. It surprised me...and in a good way. A frightening visual to start. A strong twist midway through (not at the end as usual with The Zone). Also the story took the characters outside the series usual sets and back-lots. The characters show Serling's usual level of humanism but with a disturbing realistic edge for the series. Finally, it becomes a very personal story and leaves out the moralizing which could sometimes bog down the series. In many ways a perfect short story with just enough to fill out 24 minutes. The only flaw...the direction was a bit heavy handed at times.