Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Sanjeev Waters A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Mogul Cast A great little TV series starting off the thriller TV genre leading to other greats such as the Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. The main difference is this show stated each episode was based on 'facts'.It is clear there is a difference of opinion as to the merits of The Twilight Zone and One Step Beyond, but I don't agree that difference keeps one from being a true television fan or historian. There are going to be die hard fans of any show for many different reasons and I would see it as a stretch to take any difference as rising to the value of someone not being able to see past the nose on his or her face. As I see it, anyone might have a vast knowledge of television heritage, digested both shows and just feels a bit different than someone else might.Each show had a different premise; one stating it is based on fact and the other a made up story. If one did a little research on the 'facts' of each OSB episode, one might find it hard to find the scientific and government reports behind each episode. One might even feel a few gimmicks were thrown in to make the show more interesting.Going against the grain with one review on this one, I don't see being a television historian, former business owner in classic TV video sales and a Professor of Media Arts, rises ones take on the shows to necessarily being worth more than that of anyone else.This type of TV programing was new ground at the time and part of OSBs mission had to have been to just make sure it stayed on the air to be viewed again the following week. I might add that with any enjoyable discussion, there is never "Enough said!" However, after watching both TV programs you might agree that OSB is the truly better show to watch and rate as the clear supernatural TV champ.

calvinnme Some have called this show a forerunner of "The Twilight Zone", but that is not exactly true. Each segment in this series was based on paranormal events or situations that defied logical explanation. In that sense, this show was much more similar in style to "The X-Files", except without the long story arcs. "The Twilight Zone" episodes, on the other hand, were pure fiction, often written to explore some current social issue that, due to the conventions of the times, would have been impossible to talk about in a straightforward manner without igniting a controversy. Also, this show ran in parallel with "The Twilight Zone" rather than preceding it, running for three seasons from 1959 until 1962.I first saw this series in the 1980's when it was running on the then-new "Nick at Nite", and I was fascinated by it. I have one of the old public domain packages that has about half of the total 97 episodes in it. The video and audio were passable, but you got what you paid for. The one episode that really sticks in my mind is "Father Image", which is from season two. This episode concerned a man whose father has left him some property, including an old boarded-up burlesque house. Nobody can understand why he never sold the place, until an accident causes the son to see images from his dead father's life that include his murder of a girl he was having an affair with and the disposal of her body in the burlesque house, which he closed shortly after the murder and left abandoned. The son finds the body, and would have some explaining to do to the police if it was not obvious that the girl had died years before the son was born. The episode dealt with the issue of children inheriting memories from their parents. I just mention this episode as an example of the interesting episodes that occurred in every season of the show.You'll notice lots of guest appearances by not-yet famous stars such as Elizabeth Montgomery, Charles Bronson, Jack Lord, Warren Beatty, and Pernell Roberts. I highly recommend it.

aaronmocksing1987 ****SPOILER****Sometime ago my mother and I were in Wal-Mart looking around the DVD bins and stumbled upon a four-disc set for "One Step Beyond" for cheap. We also found a couple more for cartoons, Alfred Hitchcock, but my mom remembered this show at least once or twice in her lifetime more than the others (we did still take the cartoons, despite the rather below average quality of that collection). With nothing else better to do we decided to give a few of the shows a watch. Now mind you that even though I'm 20 years old, I live with my mom and sister and my mother has a very DEEP sense of nostalgia... most of the movies or television show collections she picks up at the DVD are never movies made from 1980 into the present. She usually decides what seems appropriate only for herself, without me or my younger sister's say for that matter, and for this reason we were/are with "One Step Beyond". Let's just say she wants us to relive her childhood, which is fun sometimes yet also utterly painfully to recreate.But enough about that. As of right now we'd have watched just about every episode on our DVD collection of this show, and I'm afraid on the contrary of most here who've posted positive comments about this show, I felt the need to express my feelings that I'm not quite sure I feel the same wavelength of approval. The episodes seem to constantly consist of yelling matches amongst the characters now and then, while seem so completely out of the ordinary (and not in the "pyschic phenomenon" (sp?) that John Newland states) that it kinda makes me feel like the characters from Mystery Science Theater 3000. Maybe I'm just not getting it, or someone needs to guide me through the episodes carefully. Some of the acting varies from good to pretty laughable, considering the times these were created. At one point a woman repeats "MY CHILD IS DEAD! DEAD! DEAD!" over and over again, that now we use it whenever our computer internet service conks out.Don't get me wrong there are a few episodes that intrigue me, but if I had to watch an episode about a very awkward boyfriend abusing his (younger than him) girlfriend for no apparent reason until a clown gets his revenge. Sorry, I'll take Rod Serling's living doll instead.

carygrantskills This Would make a excellent remake, just a remarkable story. The acting is wonderful as well as the direction. I first saw this episode in 1995, and it has haunted me ever since. It has created a fascination with ww1 and I now collect ww1 artifacts. This story could easily be adapted in to a feature film or even a mini serious. It states at the end of the story that it is based on actual events. Its hard to believe that it has never been mentioned since. I am currently working on trying to track down actual historical data about the event. This is a powerful story, please keep in mind the time and,low budget this was filmed in. Wish me luck on my research. Scott