Nick of Time.

Fun fact, they built the Mystic Seer out of an old Swami machine. I was able to grab one about ten years ago and build a functioning Mystic Seer. Still sitting on my bar!

“Do you risk finding out?”

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Five Characters in Search of an Exit? Bad? You guys are ca-razy, that one rocks.

My favorite hour long episode is the museum guy that has the wax figures in his basement. Super creepy.

Yeah but they were *all* toys! And probably dead.

Not to be blasphemous, but the 80s Twilight Zone had some incredible episodes.

Shadow Man… a kid has something under his bed that may or may not be responsible for murders in his neighborhood

To See the Invisible Man… convicted of being cold, a man is sentenced to invisibility for a year

Button Button… press the button, get a million dollars, but someone you don’t know will die

Examination Day… in the future, each child must take a test to determine his future

Many, many more. Some clunkers, but a really good series.

The intro alone used to scare the shit out of me. That one and Tales From the Darkside.

I’m surprised Midnight Sun hasn’t been mentioned, a total classic.

A woman slowly cooks to death as the sun moves closer to the earth. She passes out and wakes up to find… she’s a toy, and she’s been dead the whole time!

Marshaaaaa…

Talky Tina was great because the twist is that she’s not a doll, and also not dead. However, if you stay until the after credits scene, the real twist is that she was really a doll, and dead.

Another plug for the 80s Twilight Zone. I’ve been rewatching them recently and caught a few I missed the first time.

The Toys of Caliban hit really hard, and it’s not something they would make today. It’s about a boy with severe developmental disabilities who can create things at whim, but with no capability to understand the consequences. It’s tough to watch, and the ending is a gut punch.