Horror History: Friday, December 25, 1959: “The Twilight Zone” episode “What You Need” premiered

Season 1 Episode 12

A two-bit thug thinks he’s found the key to a better life in an old sidewalk salesman who has the uncanny ability to tell people what they need the most.

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Horror History: Wednesday, December 16, 1959: The Mummy was released in theaters

Three English archaeologists find the tomb of an Egyptian high priestess buried nearly four thousand years before. They discover a guard who had been buried alive with her.

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Horror History: Friday, December 11, 1959: “The Twilight Zone” episode “And When the Sky Was Opened” premiered

Season 1 Episode 11

Three astronauts have returned from this first space flight. Major Gart is hospitalized with a broken leg. The other two, Colonels Harrington and Forbes head for a bar. Harrington gets a strange feeling…

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Horror History: Friday, December 4, 1959: “The Twilight Zone” episode “Judgment Night” premiered

Season 1 Episode 10

In 1942, a German wonders why he’s on the deck of a British steamship, with no memory of how he got there, and an overwhelming sense of impending doom.

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