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The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits

Season 1 · Episode 1
IMDb7.8
Released
9/16/1963
Duration
0h 52m
Genre
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Country
United States of America
Cast
N/A

Overview

The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end.

Episodes

The Galaxy BeingEP 1AvailableNow playing

The Galaxy Being

52m·9/16/1963·7.1

A radio station engineer named Allan Maxwell establishes contact with an alien being. But when the station's power is turned up, the alien is teleported to Earth where its radioactive nature causes havoc.

The Hundred Days of the DragonEP 2Available

The Hundred Days of the Dragon

52m·9/23/1963·6.8

A sinister foreign power replaces the President of the United States with its own agent via the use of a powerful drug allowing the skin to be temporarily molded into any likeness.

The Architects of FearEP 3Available

The Architects of Fear

52m·9/30/1963·7.0

A noble scheme goes horribly awry when a group of scientists plan an elaborate hoax designed to frighten and ultimately unite humankind.

The Man with the PowerEP 4Available

The Man with the Power

51m·10/7/1963·7.0

A radical experiment gives a college professor incredible power, which his subconcious mind uses to destroy his enemies.

The Sixth FingerEP 5Available

The Sixth Finger

52m·10/14/1963·7.7

A scientist discovers a way to speed up evolution and tries out the process on a simple miner.

The Man Who Was Never BornEP 6Available

The Man Who Was Never Born

52m·10/28/1963·6.9

An astronaut travels to the 23rd Century, where he finds the Earth a blasted wasteland inhabited by monsters.

O.B.I.T.EP 7Available

O.B.I.T.

52m·11/4/1963·5.0

A new invention allows spying on anyone, anywhere.

The Human FactorEP 8Available

The Human Factor

52m·11/11/1963·6.7

At a military base far in the arctic, a man invents a machine which allows two minds to contact one another. An earthquake causes a malfunction and two men wake up to find that their minds have switched bodies.

Corpus EarthlingEP 9Available

Corpus Earthling

52m·11/18/1963·6.7

A man with a steel plate in his head overhears conversations about global conquest. But where are the voices coming from?

NightmareEP 10Available

Nightmare

52m·12/2/1963·7.0

In a war action with the planet Ebon, some soldiers are captured, interrogated and tortured.

It Crawled Out of the WoodworkEP 11Available

It Crawled Out of the Woodwork

52m·12/9/1963·6.0

An incredible being made of pure energy imperils the staff of a research lab and hides a deadly secret.

The BorderlandEP 12Available

The Borderland

52m·12/16/1963·5.5

A scientist named Ian Fraser invents a machine which can pierce the borderland between this world and... The Afterlife? Maybe. Fraser convinces an industrialist to finance future experiments with the possibility of contacting the rich man's dead son.

Tourist AttractionEP 13Available

Tourist Attraction

52m·12/23/1963·6.3

In a South American country a group of explorers discover a prehistoric monster in an ancient lake. The discovery leads them into conflict with the country's dictator.

The Zanti MisfitsEP 14Available

The Zanti Misfits

52m·12/30/1963·6.8

Exiles from the planet Zanti arrive on Earth, and a startling truth is uncovered when two human renegades invade their privacy.

The MiceEP 15Available

The Mice

52m·1/6/1964·5.5

A convict serving a life sentence finds that he has an alternative: change places with an alien.

Controlled ExperimentEP 16Available

Controlled Experiment

52m·1/13/1964·6.3

Two Martian investigators probe our custom of homicide.

Don't Open Till DoomsdayEP 17Available

Don't Open Till Doomsday

52m·1/20/1964·5.0

A young couple's honeymoon is cut short by the horrifying contents of a mysterious box.

ZZZZZEP 18Available

ZZZZZ

52m·1/27/1964·8.3

A queen bee assumes a human appearance in order to make an unwary scientist into her new mate.

The InvisiblesEP 19Available

The Invisibles

52m·2/3/1964·5.0

A government agent infiltrates a secret criminal organization that uses alien parasites to control its members.

The Bellero ShieldEP 20Available

The Bellero Shield

52m·2/10/1964·7.0

A scientist captures an alien that can protect itself with an unbreakable shield.

The Children of Spider CountyEP 21Available

The Children of Spider County

52m·2/17/1964·5.0

Four scientists disappear in one day. All were born in the same county, on the same day. A fifth scientist is in jail and a federal agent is assigned to the case. The fifth man is sprung from jail by a mysterious stranger who says he's the young man's father.

Specimen: UnknownEP 22Available

Specimen: Unknown

52m·2/24/1964·6.0

Scientists on a space station discover an unusual and dangerous plant.

Second ChanceEP 23Available

Second Chance

52m·3/2/1964·7.5

A group of people board an amusement park ride. Then they (and their surprised "captain") find that they're really going on a space jaunt.

MoonstoneEP 24Available

Moonstone

52m·3/9/1964·7.0

Workers on a moon base find a mysterious rock that appears to be alive.

The MutantEP 25Available

The Mutant

52m·3/16/1964·5.0

A radioactive rainstorm at a scientific base on a distant planet mutates a scientist driving him insane and making him telepathic.

The GuestsEP 26Available

The Guests

52m·3/23/1964·6.0

After discovering an elderly man dying by the side of the road, a young man finds a strange house where some people are kept prisoner and ageless by an alien intelligence.

Fun and GamesEP 27Available

Fun and Games

52m·3/30/1964·6.7

Two Earth people are transported to an alien planet, along with two aliens. The are told by their abductors that they will fight each other to the death. The stakes are high: the homeworld of the losers will be destroyed slowly, for the further amusement of their captors.

The Special OneEP 28Available

The Special One

52m·4/6/1964·5.5

Parents of a gifted youngster discover that their son's new tutor is not quite human.

A Feasibility StudyEP 29Available

A Feasibility Study

52m·4/13/1964·7.5

The people of Earth surprise their alien captors when an entire neighborhood is transported to another planet as part of a plan to enslave the human race.

Production and Decay of Strange ParticlesEP 30Available

Production and Decay of Strange Particles

52m·4/20/1964·6.0

An accident in a nuclear research facility opens a dimensonal doorway and allows deadly creatures to emerge.

The ChameleonEP 31Available

The Chameleon

52m·4/27/1964·7.0

A government agent faces a crisis of conscience when he infiltrates a band of aliens marooned aboard the wreckage of a flying saucer.

The Forms of Things UnknownEP 32Available

The Forms of Things Unknown

52m·5/4/1964·7.0

Two women with a body in their car trunk come upon a house by chance wherein a crazed inventor has a machine that can bring back the dead.

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