The Forms of Things Unknown

"The Forms of Things Unknown" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 4 May 1964, and was the final episode of the first season. It was originally filmed as a pilot episode for a series called just "The Unknown". The opening and closing narration listed here are only in the pilot version and not in the version broadcast on The Outer Limits. There are plot differences between the two versions as well. Ther... more

"The Forms of Things Unknown" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 4 May 1964, and was the final episode of the first season. It was originally filmed as a pilot episode for a series called just "The Unknown". The opening and closing narration listed here are only in the pilot version and not in the version broadcast on The Outer Limits. There are plot differences between the two versions as well. There is a fear that is unlike all other fears. It has a special, clammy chill, a deadly gift for inspiring deeper, darker dread. It is the fear of unentered rooms, of bends in lonely roads. It is the fear of the phone call in the middle of the night, of the stranger you recognize, perhaps from a nightmare. It is the fear of the unexpected, the unfamiliar. It is the fear of... THE UNKNOWN. The plot involves two women who kill a blackmailer. Driving through the countryside with the body in the trunk, looking for a good place to bury him, they take... less