The Outer Limits (Classic)

The Outer Limits (Classic)

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Exciting original science fiction that extrapolates from known facts possible future events that are memorable, strange, and sometimes terrifying.
IMDb 8.1/1019632 seasons
IMDb 8.1/1019632 seasons
18+
32 episodes
  • 1. The Galaxy Being

    1. The Galaxy Being

    Adventurous radio station operator contacts a fellow experimenter in another galaxy. The operator locks in 3D communication, but a DJ who wants to impress his girlfriend with the station's range, boosts the signal all the way up, unknowingly sucking the alien, who's composed of electricity, into the remote desert town.
    Adventurous radio station operator contacts a fellow experimenter in another galaxy. The operator locks in 3D communication, but a DJ who wants to impress his girlfriend with the station's range, boosts the signal all the way up, unknowingly sucking the alien, who's composed of electricity, into the remote desert town.
    13+
    51min
    Sep 16, 1963
  • 2. 100 Days Of The Dragon

    2. 100 Days Of The Dragon

    When a scientist in the Orient invents a serum that permits human flesh to be remolded and shaped at will, the Premier sees a way of overtaking the world.
    When a scientist in the Orient invents a serum that permits human flesh to be remolded and shaped at will, the Premier sees a way of overtaking the world.
    13+
    52min
    Sep 23, 1963
  • 3. The Architects Of Fear

    3. The Architects Of Fear

    Robert Culp is chosen to undergo a painful and bizarre mutation from human to Thetan.
    Robert Culp is chosen to undergo a painful and bizarre mutation from human to Thetan.
    13+
    51min
    Sep 30, 1963
  • 4. The Man With The Power

    4. The Man With The Power

    Donald Pleasence plays a college professor who devises a method of harnessing cosmic energy into an undetectable beam that can devastate humans.
    Donald Pleasence plays a college professor who devises a method of harnessing cosmic energy into an undetectable beam that can devastate humans.
    7+
    51min
    Oct 7, 1963
  • 5. The Sixth Finger

    5. The Sixth Finger

    David McCallum is a coal miner who is transformed into a futuristic man with a grotesquely enlarged brain, a sixth finger and tremendous mental powers.
    David McCallum is a coal miner who is transformed into a futuristic man with a grotesquely enlarged brain, a sixth finger and tremendous mental powers.
    7+
    51min
    Oct 14, 1963
  • 6. The Man Who Was Never Born

    6. The Man Who Was Never Born

    Martin Landau portrays a time-traveller desperately trying to stop the birth of an inventor whose bacterium turns humans into mutants.
    Martin Landau portrays a time-traveller desperately trying to stop the birth of an inventor whose bacterium turns humans into mutants.
    13+
    51min
    Oct 28, 1963
  • 7. O.B.I.T.

    7. O.B.I.T.

    At the top secret Cypress Hills Research Center, scientists are kept under constant watch through O.B.I.T., Outer Bank Individuated Teletracer, a mysterious electronic device that tunes in on the different wave lengths of the human body
    At the top secret Cypress Hills Research Center, scientists are kept under constant watch through O.B.I.T., Outer Bank Individuated Teletracer, a mysterious electronic device that tunes in on the different wave lengths of the human body
    13+
    51min
    Nov 4, 1963
  • 8. The Human Factor

    8. The Human Factor

    At an isolated military installation in Greenland, Major Brothers (Harry Guardino) has allowed one of his men to die after falling in a crevasse.
    At an isolated military installation in Greenland, Major Brothers (Harry Guardino) has allowed one of his men to die after falling in a crevasse.
    13+
    52min
    Nov 11, 1963
  • 9. Corpus Earthling

    9. Corpus Earthling

    Dr. Jonas Temple, geologists, and his assistant Laurie have been examining some unusual rocks which seem unlike any they have studied. Later, when Temple is alone, the rocks assume the forms of black, living, pulsating creatures
    Dr. Jonas Temple, geologists, and his assistant Laurie have been examining some unusual rocks which seem unlike any they have studied. Later, when Temple is alone, the rocks assume the forms of black, living, pulsating creatures
    13+
    52min
    Nov 18, 1963
  • 10. Nightmare

    10. Nightmare

    A group of astronauts are captured on the planet Ebon and made prisoners of war. The Ebonites interrogate all of the prisoners using such special methods to get information as torture and drugs.
    A group of astronauts are captured on the planet Ebon and made prisoners of war. The Ebonites interrogate all of the prisoners using such special methods to get information as torture and drugs.
    13+
    52min
    Dec 2, 1963
  • 11. It Crawled Out Of The Woodwork

    11. It Crawled Out Of The Woodwork

    At the Norco Energy Research Commission, a cleaning lady is finishing her midnight chores. As she vacuums her machine picks up a small inanimate black mass. It is sucked into the chamber of the cleaner and there it feeds on the energy motor.
    At the Norco Energy Research Commission, a cleaning lady is finishing her midnight chores. As she vacuums her machine picks up a small inanimate black mass. It is sucked into the chamber of the cleaner and there it feeds on the energy motor.
    13+
    51min
    Dec 9, 1963
  • 12. The Borderland

    12. The Borderland

    Ian Russell, Director of Research at Arrex Electronics, is conducting an experiment on a small magnetic field cell when he accidentally drops his pencil.
    Ian Russell, Director of Research at Arrex Electronics, is conducting an experiment on a small magnetic field cell when he accidentally drops his pencil.
    13+
    52min
    Dec 16, 1963
  • 13. Tourist Attraction

    13. Tourist Attraction

    Tycoon John Dexter spears a dolphin-like sea creature off San Blas in the Caribbean. It appears to be dead but, on shore, it comes to life and begins to make shrill, whistling sounds, which have a pattern and can be decoded.
    Tycoon John Dexter spears a dolphin-like sea creature off San Blas in the Caribbean. It appears to be dead but, on shore, it comes to life and begins to make shrill, whistling sounds, which have a pattern and can be decoded.
    18+
    51min
    Dec 23, 1963
  • 14. The Zanti Misfits

    14. The Zanti Misfits

    Throughout history society has been faced with the problem of what to do with malcontents and misfits whose behavior undermines and destroys the foundations of civilizations.
    Throughout history society has been faced with the problem of what to do with malcontents and misfits whose behavior undermines and destroys the foundations of civilizations.
    7+
    51min
    Dec 30, 1963
  • 15. The Mice

    15. The Mice

    Dr. Thomas Kellander, Director of Neo-Kinematics, is in charge of a machine that will break down matter to electrical waves so it can be transmitted like radio and reassembled at the reception point.
    Dr. Thomas Kellander, Director of Neo-Kinematics, is in charge of a machine that will break down matter to electrical waves so it can be transmitted like radio and reassembled at the reception point.
    13+
    52min
    Jan 6, 1964
  • 16. Controlled Experiment

    16. Controlled Experiment

    The inhabitants of Mars and its satellites, worried by the fact that Earth's warlike humans might spread their ways to other planets, send two messengers to research the peculiar phenomenon known only to the human race -- murder.
    The inhabitants of Mars and its satellites, worried by the fact that Earth's warlike humans might spread their ways to other planets, send two messengers to research the peculiar phenomenon known only to the human race -- murder.
    13+
    52min
    Jan 13, 1964
  • 17. Don't Open Until Doomsday

    17. Don't Open Until Doomsday

    On the night of her marriage in 1929, Mrs. Harvey Kry's husband suddenly disappeared. He made the mistake of unwrapping a gift labeled "Don't Open Till Doomsday."
    On the night of her marriage in 1929, Mrs. Harvey Kry's husband suddenly disappeared. He made the mistake of unwrapping a gift labeled "Don't Open Till Doomsday."
    13+
    51min
    Jan 20, 1964
  • 18. Zzzzzz

    18. Zzzzzz

    Entomologist, Ben Fields, has been specializing in the study of bees. His lab contains a system of recorders and computers which allow him to talk to the insects and thereby learn of their society and lives.
    Entomologist, Ben Fields, has been specializing in the study of bees. His lab contains a system of recorders and computers which allow him to talk to the insects and thereby learn of their society and lives.
    13+
    52min
    Jan 27, 1964
  • 19. The Invisibles

    19. The Invisibles

    After a billion, billion years, the strange forces of cosmic energy have put together nameless nuclei that met and fell to Earth where, although deformed by the fall, they plan to rule by infesting the bodies of powerful and influential humans.
    After a billion, billion years, the strange forces of cosmic energy have put together nameless nuclei that met and fell to Earth where, although deformed by the fall, they plan to rule by infesting the bodies of powerful and influential humans.
    13+
    51min
    Feb 3, 1964
  • 20. The Bellero Shield

    20. The Bellero Shield

    Richard Bellero's experiments with a laser beam gun capture a traveler from a "world" of light. This LASER CREATURE has the power, in emergency, encase itself in a bell-shaped, clear plastic like shell that is impervious to anything on Earth.
    Richard Bellero's experiments with a laser beam gun capture a traveler from a "world" of light. This LASER CREATURE has the power, in emergency, encase itself in a bell-shaped, clear plastic like shell that is impervious to anything on Earth.
    13+
    51min
    Feb 10, 1964
  • 21. The Children Of Spider County

    21. The Children Of Spider County

    Four of the nations' leading young scientists simultaneously vanish and the succeeding investigation reveals they were all born in Spider County within the same month, each delivered two months premature, and each carried the same middle name...Eros.
    Four of the nations' leading young scientists simultaneously vanish and the succeeding investigation reveals they were all born in Spider County within the same month, each delivered two months premature, and each carried the same middle name...Eros.
    13+
    51min
    Feb 17, 1964
  • 22. Specimen: Unknown

    22. Specimen: Unknown

    Dabney Coleman discovers a strange alien life form on the walls of a space lab which is capable of maturing into flowers that emit a universally lethal toxin.
    Dabney Coleman discovers a strange alien life form on the walls of a space lab which is capable of maturing into flowers that emit a universally lethal toxin.
    13+
    52min
    Feb 24, 1964
  • 23. Second Chance

    23. Second Chance

    An amusement park joy ride becomes an unexpected trip into space by an Empyrian from another planet. The passengers are unwilling and are chosen by the Empyrian because they have little to leave behind.
    An amusement park joy ride becomes an unexpected trip into space by an Empyrian from another planet. The passengers are unwilling and are chosen by the Empyrian because they have little to leave behind.
    13+
    51min
    Mar 2, 1964
  • 24. Moonstone

    24. Moonstone

    An expeditionary force on the moon finds a strange spherical stone. It turns out to be a space craft from another planet containing a number of beings who appear to be eyes floating in a gelatinous substance.
    An expeditionary force on the moon finds a strange spherical stone. It turns out to be a space craft from another planet containing a number of beings who appear to be eyes floating in a gelatinous substance.
    13+
    52min
    Mar 9, 1964
  • The Outer Limits (Classic)
    IMDb 8.1/1019632 seasons
    Exciting original science fiction that extrapolates from known facts possible future events that are memorable, strange, and sometimes terrifying.
    Creators and Cast
    Directors
    Leslie StevensByron HaskinLaslo BenedekJames GoldstoneLeonard HornGerd OswaldAbner BibermanJohn ErmanJohn BrahmPaul StanleyRobert FloreyAlan Crosland Jr.Charles HaasLeon BensonFelix Fiest
    Producers
    Leslie Stevens
    Cast
    Bob JohnsonBen WrightWilliam Douglas
    Studio
    © 1963 Estate of Leslie Stevens-Villa Di Stefano-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.. All Rights Reserved
    Content advisory
    18+
    violencealcohol usesmokingfoul languageFlashing lights and strobing patterns might affect photosensitive viewers
    Audio languages
    English
    Subtitles
    English [CC]
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