Way Out was a 1961 fantasy and science fiction television anthology series hosted by writer Roald Dahl. The macabre 25-minute shows were introduced by Dahl's dry delivery of a brief introductory monologue, sometimes explaining a method of murdering a spouse without getting caught.
The taped series began because CBS suddenly needed a replacement for a Jackie Gleason talk show that network executives were about to cancel, and producer David Susskind contacted Dahl to help mount a show quickly. The series was paired by the network with the similar The Twilight Zone for Friday evening broadcasts, running from March through July 1961 at 9:30 p.m. Eastern time, under the primary sponsorship of Liggett & Myers. Writers included Philip H. Reisman, Jr. and Sumner Locke Elliott.
The premiere episode, "William and Mary", adapted from a Roald Dahl short story, told of a wife getting revenge on her husband.
In "Dissolve to Black", an actress cast as a murder victim at a television studio goes through a rehearsal, but the dra
Passage is an episodic paranormal sci-fi drama centered around Janus Agent Ali Prader. This queer mom is a top paranormal operative for a secret division called Caelus within the government. Ali is able to balance her professional and personal life – that is until she starts to unravel a thread that opens the door to a new crucial shift in power.
Yun Yao Yao accidentally traveled through time and space and became a cannon fodder in the novel of Tyrant, but after assassinating the tyrant Tu Shan Jin, she exchanged souls with him.
It’s mind-bending meta-metaphysical mayhem meets a soulful comedic meditation on the zeitgeist —where secret agents, techno-future-post-pre-humanistic science, and modern-day existential angst collide and create a new future for us -- and you!
Dramatic recreations from impressive testimonie that no one can explain yet. Exploring themes and paranormal events such as forces from beyond, ghosts, poltergeist, pyrokinesis, telekinesis, telepathy, among others.
Set in the year 2025, it tells the story of a group of youths who enter an e-sports school to study and become elites of their respective gaming teams.
A story that follows Ji Yichuan, a gifted young warrior of the Ji clan who encounters all kinds of hardships yet ultimately relies on his own strength to defend his home.
While under orders to guard a monster, Ji Yichuan chances upon a sacred beast. Along the way, he meets Yu Chixue. Ji Yichuan must face punishment for his infraction as the monster escaped. Yu Chixue gets seriously injured in her attempt to help him capture the monster. He secures the help of Lan Lingyu, a disciple of the Medicine King. Ji Yichuan embarks on a journey with Yu Chixue and Lan Lingyu in search for the immortal land. They cross paths with Shao Yan Wang who has assumed the pseudonym Wang Yan. Shao Yan Wang feigns kindness while pulling the strings from the background. Through many trials and tribulations, they discover the mastermind.
How far can a father go to guarantee a world of happiness to his daughter? On the day when everything changes and the past emerges, a family adrift and its network of unlikely friends will be reunited in Lisbon. A Blue Lisbon, full of undoing knots.
A seemingly ordinary but collapsing town becomes a chessboard for various powers, where the humble youth Chen Ping’an uses his pure heart and ultimate sword mastery to defy destiny and carve a path to survival amid the falling heavens.
In the kingdom of Ramal, (a modern version of the 1001 Nights) where jet-powered flying carpets meet legendary beings straight out of Middle Eastern legends. Zayn is a young boy who has always dreamt of having an imago, and his wish will be granted if he can free Azrokh, an all-powerful imago who has been imprisoned in a magic lamp! But with great power comes great responsibility. Zayn and his friends (Shazemine, Zora and Bo) are about to be plunged into a super-dangerous adventure – the quest of the 21 Ultimagos – their only hope if they are to vanquish the Queen of the Shadows, their kingdom’s greatest enemy but whom they have accidentally released...
Soviet live-action film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring, aired once in 1991 by Leningrad Television and then thought lost. It was rediscovered in 2021. It includes scenes of Tom Bombadil and the Barrow-wight omitted from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogy.