Lights Out 

Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum... See full summary »

Stars:

Frank Gallop, Jack La Rue, Mercer McLeod

Cast

Series cast summary:
Frank Gallop	...	Narrator / ... 50 episodes, 1949-1952
Jack La Rue	...	Narrator 31 episodes, 1949-1950

Storyline

Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum. Versions of Lights Out aired on different networks, at various times, from January 1934 to the summer of 1947, and the series eventually made the transition to television.

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Plot Keywords:

based on radio show | cult favorite | horror host | male horror host | usa horror host | 

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The titles of the WNBT episodes were: "First Person Singular" (tx June 30, 1946), "Something in the Wind" (tx August 11, 1946), "DeMortius" (tx September 1, 1946), and "The Brave Man with a Cord" (tx October 13, 1946).

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Connections

Featured in Classic Sci-Fi TV: 150 Episodes (2009)

User Reviews

Very inconsistent. For every 3 or 4 bad episodes, there appears to be one good one.

It's hard to judge this show in its entirety as there are probably only about 12-20 episodes available today (at archive.org). Most of the early shows (from 1946) were never recorded and don't exist any more. Based on what I've seen, this isn't exactly a tragedy! Compared to another similar anthology series from about the same time ("Tales of Tomorrow"), "Lights Out" is pretty limp. Both shows suffered from very poor budgets and the crudeness of early live television--but "Tales of Tomorrow" worked despite this because the writing was so good. As for "Lights Out", for a horror series, it was seldom scary and often overplayed and was seldom subtle. However, a few of the shows are quite good--such as "Dead Man's Coat" and are so good that the horrible ones like "Jasper" might just be worth wading through despite this! Very uneven and mostly second (or third) rate.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 June 1946 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Admiral Corporation, Erwin, Wasey & Co. Inc., National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (160 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1