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[[File:Nightgallery 1970series.png|thumb|200px|right|Rod Serling, hosting ''Night Gallery (1970 series)''...]]

''Night Gallery''

==Summary==


[[Jack Laird]]'s 1970s anthology Weird/fantasy/horror series, hosted by [[Rod Serling]] as our guide through the "Night Gallery", a collection of bizarre and unsettling paintings, sculptures, and anthology TV teleplays.

==Details==

* Release Date: 1970-1973
* Country/Language: USA, English
* Genres/Technical: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, anthology television series
* Starring: various guest stars
* Director: various
* Writer: [[Jack Laird]], [[Rod Serling]], et.al.
* Producer/Production Co: [[Jack Laird]], [[Rod Serling]]

==Ratings==
===[http://www.mpaa.org/film-ratings/ MPAA Ratings]===

* Rated: TV-PG (mild 1970s TV violence, gore, and creepiness)

===Tentacle Ratings===
A rough [[Tentacle Ratings|measure]] of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
* SS___ (Two Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian; could be a very loose adaptation)

The series as a whole was not particularly "Lovecraftian", but two of Lovecraft's stories were adapted for the series, as well as a number of stories from other members of the "Lovecraft Circle", resulting in a series that had a relatively large number of weird fiction stories in it.

''Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.''

===Reviews===

Review Links:
* (needs review!)

==Suggested Episodes/Segments==
* "[[Cool Air (1971 short)]]", by [[H.P. Lovecraft]]
* "[[Pickman's Model (1971 short)]]", by [[H.P. Lovecraft]]
* "[[Return of the Sorcerer (1972 short)]]", by [[Clark Ashton Smith]] - "A sorcerer ([[Vincent Price]]) hires a translator to decode an ancient Arabic manuscript that's connected to his twin brother's death."
* "Miss Lovecraft Sent Me" - "A comedic vignette about a vampire count who hires a babysitter."
* "Professor Peabody's Last Lecture" - "A comedic vignette about a professor who gives a lecture on ancient cults that turn out to be real."
* "Brenda" - "A lonely girl falls in love with a slimy creature she traps in a quarry."
* "Big Surprise", by [[Richard Matheson]] - "A strange old man persuades a group of boys to dig for a big surprise."
* "The Dead Man", by [[Fritz Leiber]] - "A physician's experiment in hypnosis comes to a terrifying conclusion."
* "The Sins of the Fathers" - "A young man must cleanse his father's sins by feasting in front of the father's corpse."
* "The Phantom Farmhouse", by [[Seabury Quinn]] - "A psychiatrist falls for a woman (Linda Marsh) whose last visitor was supposedly killed by animals."
* "Silent Snow, Secret Snow" - "A boy's fascination with snow lures him into a fantasy world."
* "The Dark Boy", by [[August Derleth]] - "A teacher tries to reach a strange fourth-grader."
* "The Painted Mirror", by [[Donald Wandrei]] - "An antique dealer uses a mirror reflecting an alien landscape to get rid of his hateful business partner."
* "Lindemann's Catch" - "A strange metamorphosis occurs when a sea captain captures a mermaid."
* "The Doll", by [[Algernon Blackwood]] - "A hideous doll is used for revenge against an officer in the colonial forces of Queen Victoria."
* "The Caterpillar" - A British expatriate in Borneo plots a gruesome assassination of a romantic rival.
* "Last Rites for a Dead Druid" - "A woman is tempted to buy a statue that resembles her husband ...and is modeled after a satanic sorcerer."

==Notes==

===Comments, Trivia, Dedication===


===Associated Mythos Elements===
* fiction: "[[Cold Air (fiction)]]"
* fiction: "[[Pickman's Model (fiction)]]"


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 ** "The Dark Boy", by [[August Derleth]] - A teacher tries to reach a strange fourth-grader.
 ** "The Painted Mirror", by [[Donald Wandrei]] - An antique dealer uses a mirror reflecting an alien landscape to get rid of his hateful business partner.
-** "Lindemann's Catch" - A strange metamorphosis occurs when a sea captain captures a mermaid.
+** "Lindemann's Catch" - A strange metamorphosis occurs when a sea captain captures a mermaid.  (Similar to "[[The Fisherman of Falcon Point (fiction)]]".)
 ** "The Doll", by [[Algernon Blackwood]] - A hideous doll is used for revenge against an officer in the colonial forces of Queen Victoria.
 ** "The Caterpillar" - A British expatriate in Borneo plots a gruesome assassination of a romantic rival.

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 [[File:Nightgallery 1970series.png|thumb|200px|right|Rod Serling, hosting ''Night Gallery (1970 series)''...]]
-''Night Gallery'' (1970), AKA ''Rod Serling's Night Gallery''; ''The Sixth Sense'' is sometimes included in syndication
+''Night Gallery'' (1970), AKA ''Rod Serling's Night Gallery''; ''The Sixth Sense'' (1972) is sometimes included in syndication; the anthology film ''Encounters with the Unknown'' (1973, narrated by Rod Serling) is similar in tone and content
 ==Summary==
 <!-- Short, Spoiler-Free Summary; tag-line or elevator pitch. -->
 [[Jack Laird]]'s 1970s anthology Weird/fantasy/horror series, hosted by [[Rod Serling]] as our guide through the "Night Gallery", a collection of bizarre and unsettling paintings, sculptures, and anthology TV teleplays based on stories written by [[H.P. Lovecraft]], [[Clark Ashton Smith]], [[Fritz Leiber]], [[August Derleth]], and others.
 ==Details==
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 * Writer:  [[Jack Laird]], [[Rod Serling]], et.al.
 * Producer/Production Co:  [[Jack Laird]], [[Rod Serling]]
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 ==Suggested Episodes/Segments==
-* "[[Cool Air (1971 short)]]", by [[H.P. Lovecraft]]
+* ''Night Gallery'':
-* "[[Pickman's Model (1971 short)]]", by [[H.P. Lovecraft]]
+** "[[Cool Air (1971 short)]]", by [[H.P. Lovecraft]]
-* "[[Return of the Sorcerer (1972 short)]]", by [[Clark Ashton Smith]] - A sorcerer ([[Vincent Price]]) hires a translator to decode an ancient Arabic manuscript that's connected to his twin brother's death.
+** "[[Pickman's Model (1971 short)]]", by [[H.P. Lovecraft]]
-* "[[Miss Lovecraft Sent Me (1971 short)]]" - A comedic vignette about a vampire count who hires a babysitter."
+** "[[Return of the Sorcerer (1972 short)]]", by [[Clark Ashton Smith]] - A sorcerer ([[Vincent Price]]) hires a translator to decode an ancient Arabic manuscript that's connected to his twin brother's death.
-* "[[Professor Peabody's Last Lecture (1971 short)]]" - "A comedic vignette about a professor who gives a lecture on ancient cults that turn out to be real.
+** "[[Miss Lovecraft Sent Me (1971 short)]]" - A comedic vignette about a vampire count who hires a babysitter."
-* "Brenda" - A lonely girl falls in love with a slimy creature she traps in a quarry.
+** "[[Professor Peabody's Last Lecture (1971 short)]]" - "A comedic vignette about a professor who gives a lecture on ancient cults that turn out to be real.
-* "Big Surprise", by [[Richard Matheson]] - A strange old man persuades a group of boys to dig for a big surprise.
+** "Brenda" - A lonely girl falls in love with a slimy creature she traps in a quarry.
-* "The Dead Man", by [[Fritz Leiber]] - A physician's experiment in hypnosis comes to a terrifying conclusion.
+** "Big Surprise", by [[Richard Matheson]] - A strange old man persuades a group of boys to dig for a big surprise.
-* "The Sins of the Fathers" - A young man must cleanse his father's sins by feasting in front of the father's corpse.
+** "The Dead Man", by [[Fritz Leiber]] - A physician's experiment in hypnosis comes to a terrifying conclusion.
-* "Silent Snow, Secret Snow" - A boy's fascination with snow lures him into a fantasy world.
+** "The Sins of the Fathers" - A young man must cleanse his father's sins by feasting in front of the father's corpse.
-* "The Dark Boy", by [[August Derleth]] - A teacher tries to reach a strange fourth-grader.
+** "Silent Snow, Secret Snow" - A boy's fascination with snow lures him into a fantasy world.
-* "The Painted Mirror", by [[Donald Wandrei]] - An antique dealer uses a mirror reflecting an alien landscape to get rid of his hateful business partner.
+** "The Dark Boy", by [[August Derleth]] - A teacher tries to reach a strange fourth-grader.
-* "Lindemann's Catch" - A strange metamorphosis occurs when a sea captain captures a mermaid.
+** "The Painted Mirror", by [[Donald Wandrei]] - An antique dealer uses a mirror reflecting an alien landscape to get rid of his hateful business partner.
-* "The Doll", by [[Algernon Blackwood]] - A hideous doll is used for revenge against an officer in the colonial forces of Queen Victoria.
+** "Lindemann's Catch" - A strange metamorphosis occurs when a sea captain captures a mermaid.
-* "The Caterpillar" - A British expatriate in Borneo plots a gruesome assassination of a romantic rival.
+** "The Doll", by [[Algernon Blackwood]] - A hideous doll is used for revenge against an officer in the colonial forces of Queen Victoria.
-* "Last Rites for a Dead Druid" - A woman is tempted to buy a statue that resembles her husband ...and is modeled after a satanic sorcerer.
+** "The Caterpillar" - A British expatriate in Borneo plots a gruesome assassination of a romantic rival.
-* "Whisper" - A young wife in a remote country house finds herself in thrall to strange and insistent voices of the dead.
+** "Last Rites for a Dead Druid" - A woman is tempted to buy a statue that resembles her husband ...and is modeled after a satanic sorcerer.
+** "Whisper" - A young wife in a remote country house finds herself in thrall to strange and insistent voices of the dead.
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 ===Comments, Trivia, Dedication===
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-* ''The Sixth Sense'', an unrelated (and almost entirely non-Lovecraftian) 1972 Anthology series about ESP hosted by Gary Collins, is sometimes packaged with ''Night Gallery'' in syndication; episodes were originally an hour long and had to be edited down to fit into the ''Night Gallery'' half-hour time slot.  (Studios find it easier to sell programs in syndication when they have more episodes in the package, as local stations know audiences are more likely to grow tired of a program is the same episodes are repeated over and over again within a short period of time, so adding the edited Sixth Sense programs made syndicating the program easier.)
+* ''The Sixth Sense'', an unrelated (and almost entirely non-Lovecraftian) 1972 Anthology series about ESP hosted by Gary Collins  (Rod Serling hosted only five episodes), is sometimes packaged with ''Night Gallery'' in syndication; episodes were originally an hour long and had to be edited down to fit into the ''Night Gallery'' half-hour time slot.  (Studios find it easier to sell programs in syndication when they have more episodes in the package, as local stations know audiences are more likely to grow tired of a program is the same episodes are repeated over and over again within a short period of time, so adding the edited Sixth Sense programs made syndicating the program easier.)

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 * "[[Pickman's Model (1971 short)]]", by [[H.P. Lovecraft]]
 * "[[Return of the Sorcerer (1972 short)]]", by [[Clark Ashton Smith]] - A sorcerer ([[Vincent Price]]) hires a translator to decode an ancient Arabic manuscript that's connected to his twin brother's death.
-* "Miss Lovecraft Sent Me" - A comedic vignette about a vampire count who hires a babysitter."
+* "[[Miss Lovecraft Sent Me (1971 short)]]" - A comedic vignette about a vampire count who hires a babysitter."
-* "Professor Peabody's Last Lecture" - "A comedic vignette about a professor who gives a lecture on ancient cults that turn out to be real.
+* "[[Professor Peabody's Last Lecture (1971 short)]]" - "A comedic vignette about a professor who gives a lecture on ancient cults that turn out to be real.
 * "Brenda" - A lonely girl falls in love with a slimy creature she traps in a quarry.
 * "Big Surprise", by [[Richard Matheson]] - A strange old man persuades a group of boys to dig for a big surprise.

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	* "The Caterpillar" - A British expatriate in Borneo plots a gruesome assassination of a romantic rival.		* "The Caterpillar" - A British expatriate in Borneo plots a gruesome assassination of a romantic rival.
	* "Last Rites for a Dead Druid" - A woman is tempted to buy a statue that resembles her husband ...and is modeled after a satanic sorcerer.		* "Last Rites for a Dead Druid" - A woman is tempted to buy a statue that resembles her husband ...and is modeled after a satanic sorcerer.
		+	* "Whisper" - A young wife in a remote country house finds herself in thrall to strange and insistent voices of the dead.

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 * "The Dead Man", by [[Fritz Leiber]] - A physician's experiment in hypnosis comes to a terrifying conclusion.
 * "The Sins of the Fathers" - A young man must cleanse his father's sins by feasting in front of the father's corpse.
 * "Silent Snow, Secret Snow" - A boy's fascination with snow lures him into a fantasy world.
 * "The Dark Boy", by [[August Derleth]] - A teacher tries to reach a strange fourth-grader.

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