Tales of the Unexpected

- Season 1

(1978)

Investigative reporter Frank Harris has himself committed to death row under an assumed identify in order to probe the psychological impact of the death sentence. Suddenly his outside contacts disappear and he is left to the mercy of his jailer, an old enemy who only smiles and waits as Harris is strapped into the electric chair.

An isolated medical clinic boasting a "fountain of youth" treatment attracts the attention of film producer Alexander Rush. When he witnesses another patient age rapidly, Rush learns that the price of eternal rejuvenation may be more than he's willing to pay.

A small foothill community finds itself terrorized by a pack of vicious dogs following a satanic leader. Several people are killed and when farmer Jerry Colby fights back, he finds his family's own pups turning against him.

A Vietnam vet with a history of mental illness stumbles across a hidden colony of aliens and learns of their plot to take over the Earth. No one believes his claims of "seeing flying saucers," and he soon learns that the few people he can trust are not all they seem to be.

Major league baseball pitcher Sonny Blue loses his right hand in a traffic accident and successfully undergoes a limb transplant operation. The surgery is quick to heal, but Sonny discovers that to his horror the hand seems to have a will of its own. (Originally titled "A Hand for Sonny Gray.")

A paroled rapist-murderer returns to a small community to take revenge against a doctor whose testimony sent him to prison. The doctor and his family are driven to homicide, but their victim's reign of terror escalates leading to only one possible conclusion: the man has returned from the dead.

A businesswoman who moves into a high-rise apartment finds her privacy invaded and her lifestyle shattered by a voyeur with sophisticated equipment. He drives her to the brink of madness until she turns the tables on him with horrifying results.

Ex-Navy officer John Kelty unwittingly pilots his boat through a time warp in the Bermuda Triangle. He travels forward 25 years and finds that Fate has sent him to save his son from the same mistake that ruined his own life.