{"id":33385,"date":"2023-07-29T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=33385"},"modified":"2025-08-28T17:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:23:07","slug":"the-twilight-zones-scariest-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=33385","title":{"rendered":"The Twilight Zone&#8217;s Scariest Monsters!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z072923tz_scariestmonsters.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"305\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The MeTV staff came up with their list of The 7 Scariest Monsters That Spooked Us On <em>&#8216;The Twilight Zone&#8221;<\/em>.\u00a0 I decided to play along.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve commented on each of their choices and provided my list of the seven best <em>Twilight Zone<\/em> monsters.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>MeTV<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Zablo<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<h2 class=\"western\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">1. <i>&#8220;Nightmare at 20,000 Feet&#8221;<\/i> (<b>Excellent choice. Also made my list. &#8211; CZ)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"western\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">2. <i>&#8220;The Eye of the Beholder&#8221; <\/i><b>(Great design, but were they really monsters? Misguided, yes. But monsters? &#8211; CZ)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"western\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">3.<i> &#8220;The Fear\u201d <\/i><b>(Scary at first, maybe. Then you find out what the \u201calien\u201d really is. &#8211; CZ)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">4. <i>&#8220;The Invaders&#8221; <\/i><b>(Almost made my list. &#8211; CZ)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"western\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">5.<i> &#8220;The Living Doll&#8221; <\/i><b>(This episode didn&#8217;t resonate with me. The doll was just irritating. &#8211; CZ)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"western\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">6. <i>&#8220;Hocus-Pocus and Frisby&#8221; <\/i><b>(Loved the alien design but the episode was a comedy so not scary. &#8211; CZ)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"western\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #252525;\">7.<\/span><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><i> &#8220;The Masks&#8221; <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><b>(The faces were well designed. The people getting the new faces weren&#8217;t nice, but were more victims than monsters. &#8211; CZ)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">1. <i>\u201cThe Howling Man\u201d <\/i><b>(Great design. What monster is scarier than the devil? &#8211; CZ)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">2. <i>\u201cIt&#8217;s a Good Life\u201d <\/i><b>(Little Billy Mumy is one of the scariest monsters ever in this episode. &#8211; CZ)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">3. <i>\u201cTo Serve Man\u201d <\/i><b>(Nine foot tall aliens that eat humans? Yeah, that&#8217;s scary. &#8211; CZ)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">4. <span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><i>&#8220;Nightmare at 20,000 Feet&#8221;<\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><b>(Features <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><i><b>The Twilight Zone<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><b>&#8216;s best jump scare! &#8211; CZ)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\">5. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><i>\u201cThe Monsters Are Due on Maple Street\u201d <\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><b>(One of the scariest <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><i><b>Twilight Zone<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><b> episodes because we are the monsters. &#8211; CZ)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\">6. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><i>\u201cWill the Real Martian Please Stand Up?\u201d <\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><b>(Although this episode features humor, it&#8217;s scary to think that an invading alien force is already living among us. &#8211; CZ)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\">7. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><i>\u201cNick of Time\u201d <\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: Work Sans, sans-serif;\"><b>(A fortune telling maching that may provide you a glimpse of the future. Do you dare look? &#8211; CZ)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MeTV staff came up with their list of The 7 Scariest Monsters That Spooked Us On &#8216;The Twilight Zone&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[53,65,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-horror","category-trivia","category-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33385"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39806,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33385\/revisions\/39806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}