The Twilight Zoneis one of the most influential television shows of all time.

Usfollows a family who is being hunted by doppelgangers who are intent on replacing them in the real world.

In an interview forRolling Stone, Peele cited the episode as his main inspiration for the film.

Characters from The Twilight Zone and Child’s Play

Denton’s monologue where he recounts his past was copied almost verbatim byGene Wilder’s Waco Kid inBlazing Saddles.

The episode was written by sci-fi writerRichard Matheson, who has claimed the filmPoltergeistwas inspired by it.

The production ofPoltergeistis notoriously messy with bothTobe HooperandSteven Spielbergsharing authorship and plagued with rumors of in-fighting.

Neighbors gossip and stare at viewer in The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street in The Twilight Zone

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They sort of used that idea and made their own concept of it."

An ex-heavyweight boxer manages an older model robot but decides to disguise himself and step back into the ring.

AfterPoltergeist, Spielberg wasn’t taking any more chances.

Vera Miles smirking out a bus window in Mirror Image on The Twilight Zone

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It did, and I told him so.

So then they paid me money for it, which they probably wouldnt have done otherwise."

The film’s twist ending was famously the inspiration forM.

Martin Landau and cowboys laugh in front of a saloon in Mr Denton on Doomsday from The Twilight Zone.

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Night Shyamalan’sThe Sixth Sense, but it is most directly the basis of the 1990 filmJacob’s Ladder.

Donnie Darko’sRichard KellytoldRotten Tomatoeshe optioned Matheson’s short story and took six years to write it.

The short story was also thebasis for the 2014 filmMercy.

A man draws with chalk on a wall in Little Girl Lost Twlight Zone

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The boys uncover their grandmother possesses supernatural powers that make her dangerous.

The film was met with mixed reviews despite its source material being popular at the time of its release.

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The Talky Tina Doll in the Twilight Zone episode Living Doll.

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A couple debates using the box in Button Button The Twilight Zone

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Boy with glowing red eyes in Gramma The Twilight Zone

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