The Twilight Zone

You unlock this door with the key of imagination.

Beyond it is another dimension...

A dimension of sound,

a dimension of sight,

a dimension of mind.

Of things and ideas.

You've just crossed over into the twilight zone.

Oh, I didn't hear you.

Are you sick, young man?

No.

You look sick.

My husband looked like that

just before he died...

All white and pasty.

No, no, I'm all right.

Just what he said;

just those words... "I'm all right."

Went to bed.

Next morning, went to wake him up...

There he was, sprawled out dead.

You don't drink, do you?

No.

Well, that's what killed my Jack.

I told him it was the devil's work

but he wouldn't listen to me.

And you can see where he is now.

Oh, the devil's all around us, mister;

all around us, everywhere we go.

If we don't fight him,

if we don't stand up to him,

we suffer eternal torment.

Yeah, I'm sure you're right.

I know I'm right

AND I'll TELL YOU HOW I KNOW.

It was on a Sunday.

I was ironing, if you please,

and that's when it came out of a clear blue sky.

Oh, the dear good lord's own sweet breath

and his voice like an electric shock...

I was revelated!

Oh, praise him, mister, and praise his good works!

Do you read the book?

What book is that?

Why, the good book!

Oh, yes, all the time.

You sure you're telling the truth now?

We may be a mile underground, but he hears every word.

Yes, it's the truth!

All right, leviticus, chapter five, verse two.

PERFECT, YOU'RE PERFECT.

Well?

Lady, please!

"Or if a soul touch any unclean thing

"whether it be a carcass of an unclean beast

"or a carcass of unclean cattle

"or a carcass of unclean creeping things

"and if it be hidden from him

he shall also be unclean and guilty."

Lady, go away!

Don't you want to be saved?

No, I just want to be left alone!

We're never alone, young man!

Don't you know that?

He's always with us,

and he'll help us if we only let him.

But we've got to be saved first.

Here, read this.

Take it, read it!

It'll change your life.

Oh, the devil means to have you, mister,

but I won't let him.

I'll FIGHT WITH YOU, AND WE'LL WIN.

Listen to me, mister,

it's salvation I'm talking about!

No, no, no!

What you have just witnessed could be the end

of a particularly terrifying nightmare.

It isn't.

It's the beginning.

Although Alan Talbot doesn't know it,

he's about to enter a strange new world,

too incredible to be real, too real to be a dream.

It's called the twilight zone.

I'm sorry to bother you, ma'am,

but, uh, like, I belong to the junior woodchucks,

to the ladies' home companion,

I get a genuine toy typewriter, free.

Now, what do you say?

No, thank you very much.

Hi.

You ready?

And willing.

You disappointed?

No; I'm a little surprised.

I told you that there were lines

that I did not cross.

I know.

I was going to wait till after we got married,

but something came over me.

I lost my self-control.

Well, you look around for it,

AND I'll GET YOU SOME COFFEE.

How come so late?

Who's late?

Who's late? You're late.

What, five minutes?

No, 45 minutes.

Honey, I keep telling you, get rid of that sundial.

Okay, so you overslept.

Just remember, it wasn't my idea

to leave at 5:00 in the morning.

Look, I did not oversleep.

I left the hotel at 4:30 A.M.,

I got on the subway, I got off the subway,

I came here, therefore...

Therefore, you must've stopped someplace

and had a few short beers,

because now it's almost 6:00.

See?

Yeah, I see, but I don't understand.

Alan, you're going to be very proud of me.

Why?

You wanted to take a lunch, huh?

So I roasted us a chicken.

Oh, great!

Jess...

Yeah?

Are you sure?

What do you mean?

I mean, do you know what you're doing?

Yes, I do.

I am a spinster, well over 20 years old.

And I am sound of mind

and sound of body.

I'm going to visit a town

that I have never seen before

for the purpose of meeting and impressing

a woman I've never heard of before

for the purpose of marrying a guy

I've known for exactly four days.

Now what's so odd about that?

No, I'm serious.

Well, so am I.

Well, shouldn't you...

Shouldn't you know more about me or something?

Like what?

I know your name is Alan Talbot.

I know that you come from coeurville, New York

that you live in a big white house

surrounded by rosebushes and trees

and that you do scientific research on a bomb.

Not a bomb, a computer, electronics.

Now, you see, you're romanticizing me already.

Don't interrupt.

You're visiting New York City

for the pure, morbid pleasure of it.

You make $600 a month.

You're very kind to small animals

and very nice to old Chestnut vendors.

And now you're very lonely.

And you're desperately in need

of a woman who's five foot three

who answers to the name of Jessica Connelly, right?

Right.

And you are single.

At the present.

Alan...

Do you think I'm going to like coeurville?

Only if you happen to like

great little towns

full of warm friendly people.

You've only been gone a week

and already you're homesick.

Well, I better like it.

You will, and you'll love aunt Mildred.

Now, come on, quit stalling!

Walter!

Walter...

Alan...

Alan...

Alan...

You were having a nightmare.

What, in the middle of the morning?

Who's Walter?

Who's who?

You kept saying "Walter."

Oh, well, this is a poor time to tell you,

but he happens to be my brother.

Oh?

Yes, it's a tragic situation.

We keep him locked in the cellar.

I don't like to think about it.

Oh, Alan, you idiot!

I don't know any Walter.

Well, maybe awake you don't know any Walter

but asleep you're scared to death of him!

I said I don't know any Walter.

Okay...

Okay, you big grouch.

You want me to drive?