Twilight Zone episodes that were remade in subsequent revivals of the series
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- DirectorDouglas HeyesStarsRod SerlingAnne FrancisElizabeth AllenA woman is treated badly by some odd salespeople on an otherwise empty department store floor.The episode was remade in 1986 for The New Twilight Zone. It starred Terry Farrell as Marsha. The plot is similar but the emphasis is more on suspense. In addition, the Marsha in the remake is in denial of her identity and doesn't want to be a mannequin - she wants to be truly human, unlike the Marsha in the original, who simply just forgot who she was and actually felt human.
- DirectorDouglas HeyesStarsMaxine StuartWilliam D. GordonJennifer HowardA young woman lying in a hospital bed, her head wrapped in bandages, awaits the outcome of a surgical procedure performed by the State in a last-ditch attempt to make her look "normal."This episode was remade for the 2002–03 UPN revival of the series using Serling's original script.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsArt CarneyJohn FiedlerRobert P. LiebAfter derelict Santa Claus Henry Corwin is fired from his department store on Christmas Eve, he finds a mysterious bag that gives out presents and fulfills his wish to help the less fortunate inherit the bounties of Christmas.The episode was remade in 1986 for The New Twilight Zone with Richard Mulligan as Henry Corwin.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsDennis WeaverHarry TownesWright KingConvicted killer Adam Grant is trapped in a recurring nightmare in which he is sentenced to death by electrocution. He tries to convince those around him that they are imaginary and will cease to exist if he is executed.This episode was remade for the '80s version of The Twilight Zone. The X-Files episode "Monday" was also inspired by this story.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsJack KlugmanJonathan WintersDee SharonFrustrated pool champion Jesse Cardiff has beaten everyone except for the deceased James Howard "Fats" Brown. Jesse can only curse his name. But guess who just walked into the pool room on Randolph Street?This episode was remade in 1989, during the first revival of The Twilight Zone. The second version used writer George Clayton Johnson's alternate ending for the story.
- DirectorJames SheldonStarsJohn LarchCloris LeachmanDon KeeferOn an isolated family farm in Peakesville, Ohio, young Anthony Fremont, who has vast mental powers but lacks emotional development, holds his terrified family and neighbors in thrall to his every juvenile wish.An updated remake of this episode with a lighter ending written by Richard Matheson and directed by Joe Dante, was featured as the third segment of 1983's Twilight Zone: The Movie. Bill Mumy also made a cameo appearance in the segment.
- DirectorMontgomery PittmanStarsWarren StevensRichard DevonJoan MarshallHomeless Nathan Edward Bledsoe steals expensive shoes off of dead gangster Dane's abandoned body, steps into Dane's life, and plans third-party revenge on Dane's killer, his traitorous former business partner Daggett.This episode was remade for the 1985 revival of The Twilight Zone as “Dead Woman’s Shoes” and in the second revival as “Dead Man’s Eyes”. It is the only original episode to be remade in both revival series.
- DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsErnest TruexRussell CollinsJohn MarleyCharles Whitley living in the Sunnyvale Rest Home thinks he's found the secret of youth in playing child's games and exhorts his fellow seniors into joining in. His friend Ben Conroy and facility superintendent Cox want this stopped.This episode was remade as a segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie directed by Steven Spielberg.
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsWilliam ShatnerChristine WhiteEd KemmerA man, newly recovered from a nervous breakdown, becomes convinced that a monster only he sees is damaging the plane he's flying in.The episode was remade in 1983, as a segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie.
- 1959–196425mTV-PG8.9 (6.2K)TV EpisodeDirectorRon WinstonStarsRod SerlingClaude AkinsBarry AtwaterOn a peaceful suburban street, strange occurrences and mysterious people stoke the residents' paranoia to a disastrous intensity.A 2003 remake of the episode was created in the UPN edition of The Twilight Zone, but it was renamed "The Monsters Are on Maple Street". The difference between the two is that the remake is more about the fear of terrorism in America and how it drives people apart.