The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits
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The Outer Limits

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7.8 / 10
1963
2 seasons
49 episodes
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end.

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Cast

Seasons

  • The Galaxy Being

    1.The Galaxy Being

    7.1
    16-09-196352m

    A radio station engineer named Allan Maxwell establishes contact with an alien being. But when the station's power is turned up, the alien is teleported to Earth where its radioact...

  • The Hundred Days of the Dragon

    2.The Hundred Days of the Dragon

    7.0
    23-09-196352m

    A sinister foreign power replaces the President of the United States with its own agent via the use of a powerful drug allowing the skin to be temporarily molded into any likeness.

  • The Architects of Fear

    3.The Architects of Fear

    7.1
    30-09-196352m

    A noble scheme goes horribly awry when a group of scientists plan an elaborate hoax designed to frighten and ultimately unite humankind.

  • The Man with the Power

    4.The Man with the Power

    7.0
    07-10-196351m

    A radical experiment gives a college professor incredible power, which his subconcious mind uses to destroy his enemies.

  • The Sixth Finger

    5.The Sixth Finger

    7.8
    14-10-196352m

    A scientist discovers a way to speed up evolution and tries out the process on a simple miner.

  • The Man Who Was Never Born

    6.The Man Who Was Never Born

    7.0
    28-10-196352m

    An astronaut travels to the 23rd Century, where he finds the Earth a blasted wasteland inhabited by monsters.

  • O.B.I.T.

    7.O.B.I.T.

    4.5
    04-11-196352m

    A new invention allows spying on anyone, anywhere.

  • The Human Factor

    8.The Human Factor

    7.0
    11-11-196352m

    At a military base far in the arctic, a man invents a machine which allows two minds to contact one another. An earthquake causes a malfunction and two men wake up to find that the...

  • Corpus Earthling

    9.Corpus Earthling

    7.0
    18-11-196352m

    A man with a steel plate in his head overhears conversations about global conquest. But where are the voices coming from?

  • Nightmare

    10.Nightmare

    7.3
    02-12-196352m

    In a war action with the planet Ebon, some soldiers are captured, interrogated and tortured.

  • It Crawled Out of the Woodwork

    11.It Crawled Out of the Woodwork

    7.0
    09-12-196352m

    An incredible being made of pure energy imperils the staff of a research lab and hides a deadly secret.

  • The Borderland

    12.The Borderland

    5.0
    16-12-196352m

    A scientist named Ian Fraser invents a machine which can pierce the borderland between this world and... The Afterlife? Maybe. Fraser convinces an industrialist to finance future e...

  • Tourist Attraction

    13.Tourist Attraction

    6.0
    23-12-196352m

    In a South American country a group of explorers discover a prehistoric monster in an ancient lake. The discovery leads them into conflict with the country's dictator.

  • The Zanti Misfits

    14.The Zanti Misfits

    7.3
    30-12-196352m

    Exiles from the planet Zanti arrive on Earth, and a startling truth is uncovered when two human renegades invade their privacy.

  • The Mice

    15.The Mice

    5.0
    06-01-196452m

    A convict serving a life sentence finds that he has an alternative: change places with an alien.

  • Controlled Experiment

    16.Controlled Experiment

    5.0
    13-01-196452m

    Two Martian investigators probe our custom of homicide.

  • Don't Open Till Doomsday

    17.Don't Open Till Doomsday

    5.0
    20-01-196452m

    A young couple's honeymoon is cut short by the horrifying contents of a mysterious box.

  • ZZZZZ

    18.ZZZZZ

    9.0
    27-01-196452m

    A queen bee assumes a human appearance in order to make an unwary scientist into her new mate.

  • The Invisibles

    19.The Invisibles

    5.0
    03-02-196452m

    A government agent infiltrates a secret criminal organization that uses alien parasites to control its members.

  • The Bellero Shield

    20.The Bellero Shield

    7.5
    10-02-196452m

    A scientist captures an alien that can protect itself with an unbreakable shield.

  • The Children of Spider County

    21.The Children of Spider County

    4.0
    17-02-196452m

    Four scientists disappear in one day. All were born in the same county, on the same day. A fifth scientist is in jail and a federal agent is assigned to the case. The fifth man is...

  • Specimen: Unknown

    22.Specimen: Unknown

    24-02-196452m

    Scientists on a space station discover an unusual and dangerous plant.

  • Second Chance

    23.Second Chance

    8.0
    02-03-196452m

    A group of people board an amusement park ride. Then they (and their surprised "captain") find that they're really going on a space jaunt.

  • Moonstone

    24.Moonstone

    8.0
    09-03-196452m

    Workers on a moon base find a mysterious rock that appears to be alive.

  • The Mutant

    25.The Mutant

    16-03-196452m

    A radioactive rainstorm at a scientific base on a distant planet mutates a scientist driving him insane and making him telepathic.

  • The Guests

    26.The Guests

    6.0
    23-03-196452m

    After discovering an elderly man dying by the side of the road, a young man finds a strange house where some people are kept prisoner and ageless by an alien intelligence.

  • Fun and Games

    27.Fun and Games

    7.5
    30-03-196452m

    Two Earth people are transported to an alien planet, along with two aliens. The are told by their abductors that they will fight each other to the death. The stakes are high: the h...

  • The Special One

    28.The Special One

    6.0
    06-04-196452m

    Parents of a gifted youngster discover that their son's new tutor is not quite human.

  • A Feasibility Study

    29.A Feasibility Study

    9.0
    13-04-196452m

    The people of Earth surprise their alien captors when an entire neighborhood is transported to another planet as part of a plan to enslave the human race.

  • Production and Decay of Strange Particles

    30.Production and Decay of Strange Particles

    20-04-196452m

    An accident in a nuclear research facility opens a dimensonal doorway and allows deadly creatures to emerge.

  • The Chameleon

    31.The Chameleon

    27-04-196452m

    A government agent faces a crisis of conscience when he infiltrates a band of aliens marooned aboard the wreckage of a flying saucer.

  • The Forms of Things Unknown

    32.The Forms of Things Unknown

    04-05-196452m

    Two women with a body in their car trunk come upon a house by chance wherein a crazed inventor has a machine that can bring back the dead.

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