Creepiest TV show ever?

[XemaSab]

:shrug:

[philosophie_en_rose]

1. Praise the Lord - Starring Jan Crouch.

:scared:

[ghostsofgiants]

2. Oddly I can't think of many really creepy shows. Carnivale, maybe?

[kentauros]

3. Twin Peaks

or was it just plain weird? ;)

[XemaSab]

6. I got the DVD for Christmas

Damn good show, and pretty damn creepy in spots. :thumbsup:

[applegrove]

42. Twin peaks was very odd. Laughably so.

[kentauros]

53. I know; it was like quirkiness

throttled up 110% ;)

I still loved the show, even if I watched it from a friend's archive after it had all aired.

Sheriff Truman: Jelly donuts?
Dale Cooper: Harry, that goes without saying.

imdb.com rates Twin Peaks at 9.5 out of 10. I've never seen anything, movie or TV show, that high!

[XemaSab]

57. Let's have a look...

AT THE NEW GIRL! :scared:

[pokerfan]

4. The 700 Club?

[ThomCat]

11. That has my vote.

:scared:

[kineneb]

5. Night Gallery.

stuff of nightmares...

[Dr. Strange]

27. Either Night Gallery or Lidsville.

Those were way creepy, especially when seen through the eyes of a kid.

[Hissyspit]

7. Deliberately creepy or inadvertently creepy?

[XemaSab]

8. Either one

:D

[Hissyspit]

America's Home Videos was pretty creepy a lot of the time.

[Hissyspit]

9. Dupe.

[Fox Mulder]

10. I'd have to say the original "Twilight Zone" was the creepiest show.

But for weird creepy, I'd have to say The 700 Club.

[Robeson]

12. That religious show with the old guy with the wife who had lavender hair...

...that was pretty creepy.

[deucemagnet]

13. Captain Scarlet

'60s science fiction puppet show. :scared:

[mikeytherat]

24. All "SuperMarionation" was really creepy:

Here's a group portrait of the Tracey Family:


mikey_the_rat

[enigmatic]

14. Profit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profit_(TV_series)

[TexasBushwhacker]

79. i loved that show! N/T

[Juche]

15. Either of these

Intro from tales to the darkside

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnE3-0X-174

Adventures of Mark Twain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak3z2Pm7Iwg

[Enrique]

16. Small Wonder

[Frank Cannon]

18. My God, I was about to post the same thing

On the few times I happened to come across that show, it made my skin crawl. And I can't for the life of me explain why!

[Enrique]

26. me neither

it might be the funky acting.

Ever see it dubbed in Spanish?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=85AbqaFHXBw&feature=related

:rofl:

[Frank Cannon]

28. That adds a whole new dimension of strange to it

Maybe the reason the show is so disturbing is a combination of the over-the-top acting, the minimal set and lighting design, the anachronistic clothing, and the exaggerated laugh track for jokes that aren't funny. They combine to make a show that is almost dreamlike.

[Aristus]

31. Man, that show was the apotheosis of bad television.

Any hope of it not being a bad show went out the window when they cast Edie McClurg. If she is in a show, it is by definition bad television.

[XemaSab]

39. I think the idea of a mechanical girl is a little creepy

Like, it almost seemed more of a kind with "I Dream of Jeannie" than ALF, ya know?

[devilgrrl]

66. ...

:spray:

[Orsino]

17. There was also Millennium.

That was creepy.

[GCP]

19. I'd forgotten that - good show for a while

[SeattleGirl]

56. I thought it kind of went downhill after the wife died.

Before that, though, I really liked it.

[annonymous]

20. Twin Peaks

[skygazer]

21. Barney

That freaky dinosaur totally creeped me out. :scared:

[TreasonousBastard]

22. Teletubbies. I don't give a damn...

if they're gay or not, they wierd me out and I'm positive they are responsible for the sad state of youth today.

Take 'em off the air and watch the school shootings stop. And get rid of that SpongeBob asshole, too.

For more normal creepiness, what was that cartoon with Preemie, the clam woman, and other gross characters? Made "Drawn Together" look like a class act.

[quip]

32. Correct!

:thumbsup: :hi:

[JCMach1]

23. Rewatching X-files... there is some creepy shit there

[mainegreen]

25. The 4am morning chair exercises with old people show.

Scared me silly as a kid.

[Gormy Cuss]

33. The 5:00 AM farm report was much scarier.

:D

[mainegreen]

35. That whole block of tv back then was horrifying.

:scared:

[tainted_chimp]

29. Love Boat

eek!

[mitchum]

30. Hands down it's "Queen For A Day"

[triguy46]

49. I remember watching this, I was probably 4 or 5 years old....

a truly bizarre show, blubbering, crying, depressed, oppressed women yearning for a new refrigerator. It was just so uncomfortable. Maybe thats why I have difficulty physically comforting those who are hurting, they must be after my appliances.

[TexasBushwhacker]

80. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is Queen For A Day

on steroids!

[ceile]

34. American Gothic

Gary Cole as the devil(?) and that little boy w/ the thick Southern accent. Gave me chills on more than one occasion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gothic_(TV_series)

[XemaSab]

41. "NEVER let your conscience be your guide."

:thumbsup:

[XemaSab]

47. Apparently it's out on DVD

but the video quality sucks. :(

[ceile]

64. Huh?

How is that possible?

[XemaSab]

69. How is what possible?

I mean, the DVDs themselves are poorly made, so the quality of the images is fine, but they skip and freeze. PLUS they're not in order on the DVD. :(

[BurtWorm]

36. Family Affair

[QueenOfCalifornia]

37. This is the WINNER

My Mother The Car

It's 1965 - It's creepy......

Rein-CAR-nation at its worst. Jerry VanDyke played Dave Crabtree. Dave's mother dies. Mother returns (reincarnates) as a 1928 Porter Convertible... He finds the car on a used car lot on Mother's Day.

Everything about this show from Jerry VanDyke's terrible acting to Ann Sothern's playing the voice of the car who, coincidentally, will only speak to Dave when he is alone... It is pretty much the same as the Mr. Ed effect.

Here is a clip from the show - the theme song with the lyrics and bouncing ball : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__xQl55xVzo&feature=related

[LynneSin]

38. Everybody Loves Raymond.....

...all that plastic surgery that Patricia Heaton got was pretty damn creepy!

[QueenOfCalifornia]

40. Patricia Heaton

is creepy period.

damned freeper.

[LynneSin]

46. Her freaking "anti-choice 'feminist' " group

What a joke.

She has some website where they try to make themselves out to be feminist but they don't mind giving the rights of their bodies away to men.

[Chan790]

77. "Feminists For Life"

headed by Serrin Foster. Sweet woman, really believes in the work she's doing. I met her when I was in college and she came to speak on campus. She's out of her friggin' gourd though.

Lectures follow a theme: <:Feminism is anti-abortion, all those feminists who are for abortion are misled, because abortion hurts women, no woman would choose abortion willingly, even the founders of feminism such as Susan B. Anthony were anti-abortion:>

BTW. These symbols (<:,:>) mean repeat. She talks in circles over and over and over.

/threadjack.

[pink-o]

81. I hate Patricia Heaton

...Everyone loved Everyone Loves Raymond, and I had to keep my lunch down when my friends and family had it on the box. I don't know if she's just a bad actress, or I just can't stand her idiot politics.

[Mad_Dem_X]

43. Dark Shadows?

I was just little when it was on, but I remember it scared me.

In Search Of...with Leonard Neimoy (sp?) used to scare me, too.

[Dr. Strange]

55. I think it was too corny to be creepy.

I'm looking forward to seeing Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, though.

[Mad_Dem_X]

84. I was a kid, though

If I watched it now I'd probably laugh.

[Akoto]

44. Unsolved Mysteries used to creep me the hell out.

Especially the shows about alien abductions and UFOs, with Robert Stack's deliberately eerie narration in the background. :P

[ghostsofgiants]

58. And the theme song...

Ahh,I loved that show, haha.

[leftofthedial]

45. The 700 Club

by far

[The Straight Story]

48. Daytime soaps

:)

[triguy46]

50. I always watched "The young and the Useless" when I was in college...

It was so touching how Victor fell for Nicky when she was a stripper.

[sarge43]

51. My Mother, the Car

The Brady Bunch

Any post midnight infomercial

Most Sunday morning religious programs

Not a program, but the "Smiling Bob" boner ads

[Cabcere]

78. My little brother had a teacher who he swore was the female version of "Smiling Bob."

:scared: Definitely creepy, I'd say.

[elshiva]

52. Twilight Zone, of course.

Especially, the ones with aliens.
"To Serve Man" It's a cookbook.

[pink-o]

82. Twilight Zone gets my vote

I was 10 in 1965 when it was on, and I slept under my bed or in my closet when I could sleep at all! My parents eventually cut me off, much to my distress.

Now when I watch it, I can only marvel at how well it caught the zeitgeist. Rod Serling used brilliant symbolism to mirror the social issues of his day, and his melodramatic narrations just added to the creepiness, anxiety and unease the show evoked. Young people can dismiss it as corny; but if you were there, it had a profound affect on you.

[libnnc]

54. I used to watch old reruns of The Outer Limits

late, late at night. Scared the hell out of me as a kid.

[Lethe]

59. Friday the 13th, the Series was pretty creepy

and i actually own one of those antiques they were trying to acquire...

[XemaSab]

62. Good call.

Interesting premise, not too complicated, good execution.

I had almost forgotten about that one.

[Lethe]

63. check this out:

my nieces are so terrified of this thing they won't come in the same room with it after dark.

[XemaSab]

65. Dig it.

I've got stuff in my house that would scare ME... :P

[Orrex]

60. Jack van Impe Presents

or whatever it's actually called.


IMO, for raw creepiness it beats The 700 Club by a mile.

[alphafemale]

61. That Big Brother House thing. That is horrendous. nt

[BeachBaby]

67. Twin Peaks - DEFINITELY Twin Peaks. :) n/t.

[njdemocrat106]

68. I vote for Dark Shadows

Also, when Port Charles went supernatural, it became pretty creepy.

[Political Heretic]

70. Millenium all the way!

Darkest show on TV.

Season 1 was gold. Unfortunately, Chris Carter handed it over so he could focus on x-files and after that it went downhill. Season 2 was a pale reflection of the glory days of Season 1. Season 3 was like watching a completely different - crappy - show.

[TheMightyFavog]

71. Hellsing.

Blood+

Certain episodes of Bleach are really goddamn creepy.

Nobody's mentioned Dexter yet?

[Wabbajack_]

72. 7th Heaven

[Tabasco_Dave]

73. Donny And Marie

Overt overtones of incest on that show and they would sing love songs to each other.:scared:

[yy4me]

74. From the '50's and I'm the only one who remembers the show.

"Lights Out".

I was a kid of about 10 or so and it was on just before bedtime. Think it was 8PM or so.
TV was new, we had just three channels and test patterns, remember those?

[mikeargo]

75. Benny Hinn

We are blessedly free of most religious programming here in the godless northeast, but one cable station insists on carrying this faith-healing charlatan in a Nehru jacket

[WinkyDink]

76. BAD: Morris Cerullo. GOOD: Zacherle. LINKS:

http://www.helplinetv.com/

http://www.broadcastpioneers.com/johnzacherle.html

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

83. Life is Worth Living w/bishop fulton j sheen