Blu-ray Release: Night Gallery: Season One

Blu-ray Release Date: Nov. 23, 2021
Price: Blu-ray $49.95
Studio: Kino Lorber

The good people of Kino Lorber have done their usual bang-up job in preparing 1969’s Night Gallery: Season One, created and hosted by the incomparable Rod Serling.

The series first season of this creepy anthology series features such  Hollywood greats including Joan Crawford, Ossie Davis, Larry Hagman, Diane Keaton, Roddy McDowall, Burgess Meredith and Agnes Moorehead, and it’s got an episode directed by cinematic master Steven Spielberg (Jaws)!

Joan Crawford stars in “Eyes” a segment on TV’s Night Gallery directed by Steven Spielberg.

Available for the first time in HD (from 2K scans of the interpositives!), Night Gallery: Season 1 also features star turns by such familiar names as by John Astin, Diane Baker, Martine Beswick, Tom Bosley, Jack Cassidy, Godfrey Cambridge, Bert Convy, Phyllis Diller, Louis Hayward, George Macready, Raymond Massey, Joanna Pettet, John Randolph, Barry Sullivan, Torin Thatcher and William Windom.

Here’s a breakdown of the collection’s bonus features, which include a number of commentaries:

-Brand NEW 2K Master for the 2-Hour Pilot and Six Season 1 Episodes
-NEW Audio Commentary for the PILOT by Screenwriter/Historian Gary Gerani
-NEW Audio Commentary for THE DEAD MAN/THE HOUSEKEEPER by Night Gallery Authors/Historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton
-NEW Audio Commentary for ROOM WITH A VIEW/THE LITTLE BLACK BAG/THE NATURE OF THE ENEMY by Night Gallery Authors/Historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton
-NEW Audio Commentary for THE HOUSE/CERTAIN SHADOWS ON THE WALL by Film Historian Tim Lucas
-NEW Audio Commentary for THE HOUSE/CERTAIN SHADOWS ON THE WALL by Author/Historian Amanda Reyes
-NEW Audio Commentary for MAKE ME LAUGH/CLEAN KILLS AND OTHER TROPHIES by Filmmaker/Historian Constantine Nasr and Night Gallery Book Publisher Taylor L. White
-NEW Audio Commentary for PAMELA’S VOICE/LONE SURVIVOR/THE DOLL by Novelist/Critic Kim Newman and Writer/Editor Stephen Jones
-NEW Audio Commentary for THEY’RE TEARING DOWN TIM RILEY’S BAR/THE LAST LAUREL by Film Historian Craig Beam
-THE SYNDICATION CONUNDRUM: A Look at the Show’s Troubled Second Life in Reruns – A NEW Featurette by Film Historian Craig Beam
-Episode Guide Insert Booklet
-Optional English Subtitles