The Ray Bradbury Theater
(1985)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 6
The Tombstone
Episode 23 - 10-30-1992
A bickering couple checks into the last available room in a small hotel only to discover that the previous occupant left a tombstone in the room. No one gets any sleep as the wife is now convinced the room is haunted.
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Great Wide World Over There
Episode 22 - 10-29-1992
Cora Gibbs is an illiterate woman living on an isolated farm with her much older husband. When her educated nephew Benjy visits for the summer, she sees her opportunity to connect with the "great wide world over there" by sending and receiving mail.
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Fee Fie Foe Fum
Episode 21 - 10-28-1992
A vicious prankster convinces his wife's mean old grandmother that he is planning to kill her and her pets and grind them up in the new garbage disposal that he bought for her.
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The Handler
Episode 20 - 10-27-1992
A small town mortician takes a perverse delight in exacting postmortem revenge against his enemies, until his day of reckoning arrives.
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Some Live Like Lazarus
Episode 19 - 10-24-1992
A young couple falls in love but his domineering mother comes between them; when the old woman finally dies--forty years later--the next step is not very clear.
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Downwind from Gettysburg
Episode 18 - 10-17-1992
Walter Bayes has devoted his life to creating a robot duplicate of Abraham Lincoln to inspire the American people to recommit themselves to the nation's ideals. On the night of its unveiling, however, a maniac named Booth plots to assassinate the Presidential automaton.
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Silent Towns
Episode 17 - 10-10-1992
A technician accidentally stranded on Mars by a sudden evacuation searches desperately for another human being on the desolate world. When he finds an equally lonely woman, she is not what he was expecting.
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Sun and Shadow
Episode 16 - 10-03-1992
An American film crew arrives in a Mexican village to shoot a TV commercial; Ricardo, a townsman, interferes with the filming because he resents his life being treated as a colorful prop by these arrogant interlopers.
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The Dead Man
Episode 15 - 9-26-1992
23m
A lonely middle-aged woman moves to a small town to take a job as a manicurist and finds she is strangely drawn to local eccentric Odd Martin--who claims to be dead.
5.5/10Where to watch
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The Long Rain
Episode 14 - 9-19-1992
22m
When an army spaceship crash lands on a world where it never stops raining, the four survivors try to reach the Sundome that has been erected on the planet and provides the only shelter. But exhaustion hits and predatory plants await.
7/10Where to watch
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By the Numbers
Episode 13 - 9-11-1992
22m
The manager of a hotel pool drills his young son with military precision, leading to tragedy.
6.4/10Where to watch
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The Anthem Sprinters
Episode 12 - 8-21-1992
21m
An American author on a visit to Dublin stops by a pub where he is caught up in the excitement over a local sporting event known as "anthem sprinting." In this challenge runners compete to see who can get out of the theater fastest during the pause between the end of the film and the start of the Irish national anthem and this time the stakes are the American's first edition of Joyce versus the pub's Sean O'Casey autographed playbill.
5.8/10Where to watch
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Tomorrow's Child
Episode 11 - 8-14-1992
22m
An experimental childbirth procedure results in a couple's baby being born into another dimension. The child's non-human appearance puts a lot of strain on the new parents and threatens to send the wife into madness.
6/10Where to watch
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The Happiness Machine
Episode 10 - 7-17-1992
22m
A family man, incorrigible dreamer and small-town inventor is inspired to build a machine that can create happiness. However, his wife makes him realize the irony of such concept.
5.6/10Where to watch
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The Lonely One
Episode 9 - 7-10-1992
22m
After discovering the body of the latest victim of the serial killer known as The Lonely One, Lavinia persuades her friends to go to the movies to take their minds off the tragedy. The result is a long, scary midnight walk home for the increasingly terrified Lavinia.
5.6/10Where to watch
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The Martian
Episode 8 - 2-21-1992
22m
A Martian welcomes grieving parents who move to Mars.
5.3/10Where to watch
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Let's Play Poison
Episode 7 - 2-14-1992
23m
After witnessing a student's accidental death because of bullying, a teacher vows to put children in their place but they plan to do the same to him.
6.6/10Where to watch
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The Utterly Perfect Murder
Episode 6 - 2-07-1992
23m
As a boy, piano prodigy, Douglas, was tormented by a gang of bullies, led by Ralph. Now, fifty years later, Doug looks for closure in his life, by traveling back to his hometown and getting his revenge.
5.8/10Where to watch
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The Concrete Mixer
Episode 5 - 1-31-1992
23m
A Martian's reluctance to attack Earth stems from what he read in his alien comic books.
6.7/10Where to watch
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Colonel Stonesteel and the Desperate Empties
Episode 4 - 1-24-1992
24m
A boy and a neighbor invent a fake mummy to stir up the townspeople and relieve the boredom of the last days of summer.
4.8/10Where to watch
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The Jar
Episode 3 - 1-17-1992
23m
A farmer impresses the townsfolk with a mysterious jar bought from a traveling carnival sideshow.
5.7/10Where to watch
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Zero Hour
Episode 2 - 1-10-1992
23m
In the near future, young children are persuaded to help an imaginary friend named "Drill" to play a game called "Invasion".
5.7/10Where to watch
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The Earthmen
Episode 1 - 1-03-1992
23m
A crew of a spaceship return to Mars after a 20-year absence to discover a scientist and his family unaffected by their stay.
6.7/10Where to watch
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Season 5
Here There Be Tygers
Episode 12 - 11-30-1990
Astronauts from Earth land on a remote planet and find a pastoral paradise, where all their wishes come true.
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The Long Years
Episode 11 - 11-16-1990
A family of Earth colonists was stranded on Mars twenty years ago when they missed the order to evacuate. Now, after their long wait, a ship from Earth arrives to take them home, but the rescuers notice something odd.
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The Day It Rained Forever
Episode 10 - 11-09-1990
In a desert town, three old men wait for rain that never comes.
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Exorcism
Episode 9 - 11-02-1990
The charming Clara Goodwater has been the president of the town's Ladies Honeysuckle Harmony Lodge for as long as anyone can remember. Her nosy rival Elmira Brown is convinced Clara maintains her position through witchcraft and plans to exorcise her at the upcoming Lodge election.
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The Toynbee Convector
Episode 8 - 10-26-1990
22m
A man time travels to the future and returns to show the people what they have to look forward to.
5.8/10Where to watch
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And the Moon Be Still as Bright
Episode 7 - 10-19-1990
23m
Space explorers on a Martian expedition are faced with problems when one of their members becomes obsessed with the planet's former residents.
5.5/10Where to watch
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Touch of Petulance
Episode 6 - 10-12-1990
23m
A man encounters another claiming to be his future self.
5.8/10Where to watch
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Usher II
Episode 5 - 8-17-1990
23m
When the government bans works of fiction, a millionaire rebels and builds a robot haunted house based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe... and plots revenge.
5.4/10Where to watch
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The Black Ferris
Episode 4 - 8-10-1990
23m
Hank Walterson sneaks into the carnival at night and watches the owner, Mr. Cooger, ride the Ferris wheel backward until he becomes a young boy... who sets out to rob the local widow of her jewels.
5.8/10Where to watch
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Touched with Fire
Episode 3 - 8-03-1990
23m
Two men who theorize that murder only happen in hot weather, try to stop one.
6.2/10Where to watch
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The Murderer
Episode 2 - 7-27-1990
23m
Albert Brock loathes noise and prefers perfect silence. He goes around destroying the instruments of sound: radios, wrist watches, faxes, etc. His destruction of sound-infected environments at work and home lands him in a psychiatric institution.
6.3/10Where to watch
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Mars Is Heaven
Episode 1 - 7-20-1990
23m
As the first successful mission to Mars touches down, the men stare through the mists of the Martian dawn and finds something strange: a small town straight out of the American Midwest, filled with their long-lost loved ones.
6.1/10Where to watch
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Season 4
Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms In Your Cellar!
Episode 12 - 11-17-1989
23m
A worried father starts to believe that his son's mushroom garden is taking over the neighborhood.
6.3/10Where to watch
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The Veldt
Episode 11 - 11-10-1989
23m
Two parents begin to worry when their children's high-tech holographic nursery fixates on a single landscape: an African veldt filled with savage lions.
6.9/10Where to watch
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Hail and Farewell
Episode 10 - 9-29-1989
23m
Willie, a young boy who cannot grow up, has been spending his life going from family to family, staying for a few years, then leaving before anyone finds out. As he is ready to leave his latest home, he tells his "parents" the story of his life, and of all the people he met in the way.
5.9/10Where to watch
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To the Chicago Abyss
Episode 9 - 9-22-1989
23m
In the near future, an old man is sought after for his memories of the past, a past that the government forbids people from remembering.
5.1/10Where to watch
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The Haunting of the New
Episode 8 - 9-15-1989
23m
A man's old flame calls him up and asks him if he wants her manor. The only condition is that the manor has to decide if it wants him.
6.8/10Where to watch
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The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone
Episode 7 - 8-18-1989
23m
When an unsuccessful author comes to murder him, a famous and prolific writer decides to make things easy for him.
5.9/10Where to watch
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A Sound of Thunder
Episode 6 - 8-11-1989
22m
Time Safari, Inc., uses time travel to allow big game hunters the ultimate thrill: killing dinosaurs.
6.5/10Where to watch
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The Pedestrian
Episode 5 - 8-04-1989
23m
A man's night-time walks are considered subversive in a world of the future.
7.2/10Where to watch
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The Wind
Episode 4 - 7-28-1989
23m
After he learns their secret, a man is followed by violent winds.
6.1/10Where to watch
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The Lake
Episode 3 - 7-21-1989
23m
An artist returns to the lake where years before he had a childhood sweetheart who drowned. Now he must try and bring her back.
5.7/10Where to watch
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A Miracle of Rare Device
Episode 2 - 7-14-1989
23m
Two drifters sell views to a desert mirage, a mirage that provides miraculous views, but a rival tries to buy the land and shut them down.
7.6/10Where to watch
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The Dwarf
Episode 1 - 7-07-1989
23m
A dwarf uses his writing and the distorted image of a funhouse mirror to escape the prison of his own body, but an evil showman decides to have some fun at the man's expense.
7.2/10Where to watch
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Season 3
And So Died Riabouchinska
Episode 12 - 5-28-1988
23m
A police detective investigates a murder at a theater and questions ventriloquist John Fabian, his wife, and his agent. However, he discovers a fourth witness: Fabian's dummy. Riabouchinska, who has a mind of her own.
6.3/10Where to watch
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There Was an Old Woman
Episode 11 - 5-21-1988
23m
Elderly Matilda isn't ready to die when Death arrives to carry her off in a wicker basket.
6.4/10Where to watch
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Tyrannosaurus Rex
Episode 10 - 5-14-1988
23m
A film animator sculpts a dinosaur for a tyrannical movie producer's latest film, but the man isn't satisfied unless it's the most terrifying beast of all.
6.9/10Where to watch
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The Coffin
Episode 9 - 5-07-1988
23m
An aging inventor builds a custom designed casket as his final creation... and to inflict revenge on a greedy brother.
6.2/10Where to watch
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On the Orient, North
Episode 8 - 4-30-1988
23m
A nurse gives aid to a ghost on a transcontinental train trip and escorts him to his final destination.
5.5/10Where to watch
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Punishment Without Crime
Episode 7 - 4-16-1988
23m
A man contracts to have an android made to look exactly like the wife he hates... so he can murder it.
6.5/10Where to watch
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The Small Assassin
Episode 6 - 4-09-1988
23m
A woman is terrorized by her newborn infant.
7.2/10Where to watch
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The Man Upstairs
Episode 5 - 3-05-1988
24m
An American boy living with his grandmother in Paris for the summer takes an interest in a new boarder.
6.2/10Where to watch
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Gotcha!
Episode 4 - 2-20-1988
23m
A man discovers that his new girlfriend is obsessed with a game called Gotcha!... and will go to any lengths to win.
5.5/10Where to watch
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The Emissary
Episode 3 - 2-13-1988
24m
A lonely, bedridden boy sends his dog on a quest to locate a companion for him.
6.5/10Where to watch
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Skeleton
Episode 2 - 2-06-1988
30m
A hypochondriac goes to a bone specialist for a cure to his latest ailment.
6.3/10Where to watch
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The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl
Episode 1 - 1-23-1988
23m
A hasty murderer tries to wipe off the fingerprints that he left at the crime scene... and realizes the overwhelming nature of his task.
6.1/10Where to watch
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Season 2
Banshee
Episode 3 - 2-22-1986
25m
An eccentric film director plays pranks on his screenwriter, only to discover the story of a local Banshee is terrifyingly true.
6.3/10Where to watch
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The Screaming Woman
Episode 2 - 2-22-1986
25m
A girl can't convince anyone that she hears a screaming woman buried in the forest near her house.
6.2/10Where to watch
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The Town Where No One Got Off
Episode 1 - 2-22-1986
25m
A city writer learns a lesson when he takes an idealistic view of rural life, but discovers the truth is far different when he impulsively leaves a train to explore a small town.
6.5/10Where to watch
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Season 1
The Crowd
Episode 3 - 7-02-1985
27m
A neon sign artist named Joe Spelliner is injured in a car crash and sees a crowd of onlookers quickly gather. Days later he sees another car crash and notices that again the same crowd quickly gathers. He begins to investigate a series of accidents and news footage reveals that the same crowd arrives at every scene. What's more, Joe notices that the faces in the crowd match photographs of people at the city morgue.
6.9/10Where to watch
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The Playground
Episode 2 - 6-04-1985
28m
When Charles Underhill was a boy, he was tormented by neighborhood bullies. When his son begins playing in a local playground, he becomes deeply disturbed when he sees a bully from his youth.
6.2/10Where to watch
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Marionettes, Inc.
Episode 1 - 5-21-1985
30m
John Raleigh Braling is a computer salesman who receives a cryptic message on his computer screen. Later he receives the same message in a newspaper and on a lunch bill. He tracks down source of the messages and meets a man who offers to sell him a robot replica of himself.
6.8/10Where to watch
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A Miracle of Rare Device
Episode 2 - 7-14-1989
23m
Two drifters sell views to a desert mirage, a mirage that provides miraculous views, but a rival tries to buy the land and shut them down.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Haven't Seen
The Small Assassin
Episode 6 - 4-09-1988
23m
A woman is terrorized by her newborn infant.
7.2/10Where to watch
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The Dwarf
Episode 1 - 7-07-1989
23m
A dwarf uses his writing and the distorted image of a funhouse mirror to escape the prison of his own body, but an evil showman decides to have some fun at the man's expense.
7.2/10Where to watch
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Haven't Seen
The Pedestrian
Episode 5 - 8-04-1989
23m
A man's night-time walks are considered subversive in a world of the future.
7.2/10Where to watch
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The Long Rain
Episode 14 - 9-19-1992
22m
When an army spaceship crash lands on a world where it never stops raining, the four survivors try to reach the Sundome that has been erected on the planet and provides the only shelter. But exhaustion hits and predatory plants await.
7/10Where to watch
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