I loved Night Gallery when it was first run just as I loved the reruns (was too young for first run) of The Twilight Zone. And while I've seen endless reruns of The Zone on cable, including the SyFy marathon every year I hadn't seen an episode of Night Gallery in years.
Two episodes of the series always stuck with me over the years though, the one in the pilot about the man scaring his father to death with paintings of the graveyard adjacent to their house and this one; A Question of Fear.
Since I couldn't find the series streaming anywhere I bought the first three seasons on DVD and just watched this episode for the first time in decades. A lot of these old shows don't hold up well over time, something we don't realize until we finally watch them again. The Zone is NOT one of those shows, it holds up perfectly. And I have to say that while I haven't watched any others yet this episode of Night Gallery has also held up very well.
Yes, the special effects are rudimentary compared to today but that really doesn't matter because everything else; the acting, and most of all the story, are just as good as I remembered them to be. And even though I already knew the plot twist at the end it didn't matter. It was a joy to finally watch this episode again and I look forward to working my way through all three seasons I have on DVD.
I highly recommend this series. It's aged very well and still provides great entertainment. The likes of Rod Serling will not pass this way again, mores the pity.