"The Twilight Zone" The Shelter (TV Episode 1961) Poster

(TV Series)

(1961)

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Sex & Nudity

Violence & Gore

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • "The Shelter" ranks among the darkest, most harrowing episodes of the series.

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Violence & Gore

  • The characters become increasingly fearful as the episode progresses; ultimately erupting into physical attacks and a desperate attempt to break into their neighbor's bomb shelter through force.

Profanity

  • A character becomes the victim of vicious, racially tinged slurs and stereotyping by a character who they believed was their friend.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Intense and emotionally disturbing subject matter involving the prospect of nuclear war, and the devastating toll it takes on a group of friends and neighbors.
  • The ending of the episode is bleak and upsetting. The characters learn that the nuclear threat was a false alarm; but in their reactions, they have revealed to their neighbors (and to themselves) the fears, prejudices and violence that they carry within.

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