Occasionally, I think about revisiting Ray Bradbury Theater. My original takes were pretty negative. As mentioned yesterday, maybe my expectations were too high. Maybe I was in a rush to post every day back then. Maybe it was due to … Continue reading
Screenwriter Douglas Rogers is taking a cab to meet with renowned Irish director John Hampton. The cabbie says that Hampton left one wife to take another. He continues, “We know all about him, and can tell far more than we … Continue reading
Drew Barrymore is in bed screaming. Unfortunately, this is 1986, not 1996; and she is reading a copy of Tales from the Crypt. Unlike her real childhood, she apparently has parents in this episode. Her mother sends 11 year old … Continue reading
It’s hard to believe these first few episodes of Ray Bradbury Theater are part of the same series I grew so contemptuous of while watching the later episodes. Maybe, in some sense they are not, in the same way you … Continue reading
After midnight, Spelliner leaves a party and is driving his white Datsun 280-Z home when a dog runs in front of him. Not being a bike messanger, he actually swerves to avoid it and flips the car. He tries to … Continue reading