I loved the Twilight Zone as a kid. Every year one of the local stations would put on a Twilight Zone marathon and play episodes back to back, 24×7, for the entire memorial day weekend. I used to try staying up all night to watch every episode. I usually made it about 18-20 hours before finally drifting off on the couch.

The Outer Limits was also known for tales of the strange and unusual, but I found they weren’t nearly as compelling (If I’m honest, half of the Twilight Zone episodes weren’t really compelling either). But recently I ran across this episode titled ‘It Crawled Out Of The Woodwork‘ and I have to say that it’s incredible. The story could easily be made into a full-length movie and be pretty terrifying. The antagonist was frightening – and even for it’s era.

The story is based on a great question – likely based on the strange and frightening discoveries occurring during the nuclear age. Namely, while delving into the secret depths of the universe, we may find or unleash terrifying things. Even more, those things might just ‘crawl out of the woodwork’ of our experiments in unexpected and uncontrollable ways.

Definitely worth a watch.