Anthology TV series, where each episode, or perhaps each season, is a distinct story
Room 104 S4E1 begins with Logan (Logan Miller) receiving a keg in the room. The delivery guy (Ricarlo Flanagan) thinks it’s weird that he doesn’t have any of the other accoutrements for a party, and thus we get to wondering from the get-go just what strange story Room 104 is going to deliver us this […] More
After an impressive opening salvo of “Meet in the Middle” and “Downtime”, The Twilight Zone hits the first snag of its second season with the action-packed, but intellectually light, “The Who of You”. Written by Win Rosenfeld (writer of the upcoming Candyman reboot and executive producer for BlacKkKlansman), “The Who of You” borrows heavily from […] More
Michelle Weaver is a woman who’s worked her entire life to get where she is in the world. Now, as this new chapter begins, it’s the world itself that’s about to change. She’s about to take a break from life as she knows it and book an extended stay here… in the Twilight Zone. Though […] More
“What kind of compromise goes into connecting with another human being? Is it meeting in the middle? Or going all the way to the end of the line? Philip Hayes found connection, but only with the darkest part of his soul. A region of self that he’ll inhabit for the rest of his life. Here, […] More
Portrait of a TV fan. Name: Joe Britt. Occupation: cab driver. Tonight, Mr. Britt is going to watch ‘a really big show,’ something special for the cabbie who’s seen everything. Joe Britt doesn’t know it, but his flag is down and his meter’s running and he’s in high gear—on his way to the Twilight Zone. […] More
Two men alone in an attic, a young Japanese-American and a seasoned veteran of yesterday’s war. It’s twenty-odd years since Pearl Harbor, but two ancient opponents are moving into position for a battle in an attic crammed with skeletons, souvenirs, mementos, old uniforms, and rusted medals. Ghosts from the dim regions of the past, that will […] More
The Twilight Zone episode “The Howling Man” seems to fit the traditional “bottle episode” model: virtually one set being used, no special effects, limited casting and not the most elaborate script. A lot of bottle episodes exist to save the production company money so they can attribute more budget to another episode or grab that […] More
Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused always had a major effect on me as a young film viewer. Not just because it was emotionally honest and hilariously funny but because at the end of the film the main protagonist Mitch (Wiley Wiggins) goes into his room at the end of one very long day, puts on […] More
“We know that a dream can be real, but whoever thought that reality could be a dream? We exist, of course, but how, in what way? As we believe, as flesh-and-blood human beings, or are we simply parts of someone’s feverish, complicated nightmare? Think about it, and then ask yourself, do you live here, in […] More
Rod Serling managed to tap into the essence of human nature and boil it down so simply that decades and decades after his work was released, new generations are still learning from him the psychological construction of the human spirit and will to survive. And he’s relayed that message, time and time again, without pulling […] More
Patrick Brice is back for his second turn at directing this season with Room 104 S3E3 “Itchy”, but this time around he’s paired off with his old running buddy Mark Duplass, who wrote this episode. Given that they were responsible for the psychological thriller/horror that was Creep and Creep 2, you’d expect something in that […] More
Following last week’s period horror origin story from Macon Blair, Room 104 S3E2: “Animal For Sale” is one of the lighter, quirkier pieces that pop up on Room 104 sporadically. Everything in Room 104 is about the connections between the people who pass through the room, the meanings they find in each other and in themselves, […] More
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