Pilot film for an anthology series called "The Veil."Pilot film for an anthology series called "The Veil."Pilot film for an anthology series called "The Veil."
Boris Karloff
- Host
- (archive footage)
- …
Denise Alexander
- Ruth Cooper
- (archive footage)
Whit Bissell
- Dr. Will Madison
- (archive footage)
Olive Blakeney
- Martha Perry
- (archive footage)
Frances O'Farrell
- Nurse
- (archive footage)
Shirley Mitchell
- Ellie Cooper
- (archive footage)
Iphigenie Castiglioni
- Madame Naidu
- (archive footage)
George Hamilton
- Krishna Vernoy
- (archive footage)
Julius Johnson
- Rama Mukerjee
- (archive footage)
Tod Andrews
- John Prescott
- (archive footage)
Eve Brent
- Lila Kirby
- (archive footage)
Ron Hagerthy
- Pete Wade, Jr.
- (archive footage)
Myron Healey
- Bill Tighe
- (archive footage)
Lee Torrance
- Santha Naidu
- (archive footage)
Jean Del Val
- Armand Vernoy
- (archive footage)
Rusty Lane
- Sheriff
- (archive footage)
Pitt Herbert
- Garage Attendant
- (archive footage)
- Directors
- Paul Landres
- Herbert L. Strock(uncredited)
- George Waggner(uncredited)
- Writers
- Ellis Marcus
- Stanley H. Silverman(uncredited)
- George Waggner(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaComprised of 4 episodes from the unsold TV series The Veil (1958) - "Whatever Happened to Peggy," "Destination Nightmare," "The Return of Madame Vernoy," and "Girl on the Road.
- Alternate versionsOriginally produced as 3 episodes of the unbroadcast series "Veil, The" (1958). Released on video in their original half-hour formats in the 1990s.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Veil (1958)
Featured review
No thrills and chills to be found here.
It's easy to see why this never became a successful show, even with Boris Karloff attached to it.
"Destination Nightmare" is actually a collection of four TV episodes of about 25 minutes apiece. The writers apparently had very little creativity when compared to such classics as "Twilight Zone" or "Amazing Stories".
The first episode is about a teenage girl who goes to visit her mother's childhood home. When she gets there, she is overcome with the spirit of a girl who had died ten years earlier. This is the best out of the four, but that really isn't saying much.
The second episode is about a young man who sees a ghost while he is flying a plane. The ghost tries to make him crash.
The third episode is too similar to the first. A young Indian woman has been reincarnated and she remembers her past life. She shocks people by knowing things that only her previous incarnation could possibly know. The fact that white people are trying to portray Hindu Indians adds to the tackiness.
The final episode is kind of hard to explain because it is so utterly illogical. In general, a gentleman encounters a young blonde woman having car trouble. He senses that she is in some sort of imminent danger. I won't spoil the "twist" for you but it makes everything that occurred earlier in the episode lack any sense whatsoever.
If these stories were the best that they could come up with at the start, then I would hate to see what they would've come up with if the show was around for a while. 2/10
"Destination Nightmare" is actually a collection of four TV episodes of about 25 minutes apiece. The writers apparently had very little creativity when compared to such classics as "Twilight Zone" or "Amazing Stories".
The first episode is about a teenage girl who goes to visit her mother's childhood home. When she gets there, she is overcome with the spirit of a girl who had died ten years earlier. This is the best out of the four, but that really isn't saying much.
The second episode is about a young man who sees a ghost while he is flying a plane. The ghost tries to make him crash.
The third episode is too similar to the first. A young Indian woman has been reincarnated and she remembers her past life. She shocks people by knowing things that only her previous incarnation could possibly know. The fact that white people are trying to portray Hindu Indians adds to the tackiness.
The final episode is kind of hard to explain because it is so utterly illogical. In general, a gentleman encounters a young blonde woman having car trouble. He senses that she is in some sort of imminent danger. I won't spoil the "twist" for you but it makes everything that occurred earlier in the episode lack any sense whatsoever.
If these stories were the best that they could come up with at the start, then I would hate to see what they would've come up with if the show was around for a while. 2/10
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- BrettErikJohnson
- May 5, 2003
Details
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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