this ninety minute tv movie and which serve a the pilot for what would turn out to be a vastly inferior series and be first rate rod serling represent a little preachy and very unsettling and and preoccupy with the theme of human desperation and ugliness . the first segment and the cemetery and be terrific while roddy mcdowall and ossie davis play off one another wonderfully and and it a pleasure to see roddy nasty little character get his comeuppance . eye be not as good while steven spielberg direction be a little conspicuous and the entire thing basically consist of joan crawford just rant for half an hour . serling return to form and though and with escape route and the story of a nazi war criminal ( richard kiley ) run from his brutal past . this one would have work beautifully on the twilight zone positive . serling turn out the occasional gem on the series ( emmy nominate theyre tear down tim riley bar while the wait room while and cool air and base on a story by h. p. lovecraft ) and but the night gallery pilot film be really his last hurrah on network television . the painting by jaroslav gebr be great and too and as be the theme music ( this theme be do by william goldenberg and and be much creepy than the one use for the series ) . recommend .