Amazing Stories

24min

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Drama

Comedy

Family

Mystery

Crime

A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.

Production Companies

Universal Television

Amblin Entertainment

Episodes

Cast

Ghost Train

1. Ghost Train

25min

29th Sep 1985

Ohpa Globe is happy to see his son's new house, but when he sees that the home is built on ghost train tracks, he changes his focus. To his family's chagrin, he is convinced it is his destiny to die in those cornfields, to board a train he inadvertently caused to crash 75 years ago! He tells his nine-year old grandson he still has his ticket for the old "Highball Express", and that arriving train will careen through their house!

The Main Attraction

2. The Main Attraction

25min

6th Oct 1985

Big Man on Campus Brad Bender has no problem attracting people to his charms. But when a meteorite crashes in his neighborhood, his magnetism gets even stronger, sometimes attracting the wrong people... and things.

Alamo Jobe

3. Alamo Jobe

25min

20th Oct 1985

During the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, 15-year-old messenger Jobe H. Farnum is about to be killed. He is transported forward in time to San Antonio in 1985. The 1980s prove to be too much for Jobe to handle.

Mummy Daddy

4. Mummy Daddy

25min

27th Oct 1985

An actor who's playing a mummy in a horror film learns that his wife has gone into labor and rushes to be with her – without removing his costume.

The Mission

5. The Mission

47min

3rd Nov 1985

During World War II, men in an air force bomber are caught in a no win scenario when their belly gunner (an amateur artist) is trapped in his seat and the plane has no wheels for landing.

The Amazing Falsworth

6. The Amazing Falsworth

25min

5th Nov 1985

A psychic showman realizes that during a performance that someone in the audience wants to commit murder. Frightened, he calls the police, and the detective shows up to investigate.

Fine Tuning

7. Fine Tuning

25min

10th Nov 1985

Three high-school kids build an antenna that can catch signals from outer space. They learn that the aliens are big fans of 1950s American television and are coming to Hollywood to meet some of their favorite Earth stars.

Mr. Magic

8. Mr. Magic

25min

17th Nov 1985

A fading illusionist has a last shot at greatness thanks to a deck of magic playing cards.

Guilt Trip

9. Guilt Trip

25min

1st Dec 1985

The emotion Guilt feels overworked. He takes a vacation cruise and falls for the emotion Love.

Remote Control Man

10. Remote Control Man

25min

8th Dec 1985

A henpecked man finds comfort in a unique television set that bring lifelike images to him.

Santa '85

11. Santa '85

25min

15th Dec 1985

A little boy helps Santa when the legendary man is thrown in jail while delivering presents.

Vanessa in the Garden

12. Vanessa in the Garden

25min

29th Dec 1985

When an artist is devastated by the death of his wife, he finds a way for her to live on in his painting.

The Sitter

13. The Sitter

25min

5th Jan 1986

Two young boys get the best of every sitter in town, until they meet one who uses voodoo to settle them down.

No Day at the Beach

14. No Day at the Beach

25min

12th Jan 1986

A GI tries to be a hero during an amphibious assault in Italy during World War II.

One For the Road

15. One For the Road

25min

19th Jan 1986

During the Depression, several bar patrons hope to get insurance money by tricking a man into signing a policy with the hope that he will drink himself to death.

Gather Ye Acorns

16. Gather Ye Acorns

25min

2nd Feb 1986

On the advice from a mysterious little man, an 18-year-old boy begins to collect rare comics and toys. When he sells them as an old man, he gains wealth and happiness.

Boo!

17. Boo!

25min

16th Feb 1986

Ghosts in an attic try to get rid of a couple who move into their house.

Dorothy and Ben

18. Dorothy and Ben

25min

2nd Mar 1986

After 40 years in a coma, Ben Dumpfy awakens and discovers that he can communicate with a seven-year-old girl who is in a coma after a bike accident.

Mirror, Mirror

19. Mirror, Mirror

25min

9th Mar 1986

A popular horror novelist is terrorized by a strange figure in his bathroom mirror.

Secret Cinema

20. Secret Cinema

25min

6th Apr 1986

Young everyday woman Jane becomes convinced that someone is recording and influencing her everyday life and that she's become the unwilling star of a secret cinema.

Hell Toupee

21. Hell Toupee

25min

13th Apr 1986

Defense attorney Harry Ballentine is understandably nervous when his client is mild-mannered accountant Murray Bernstein - who after investing in a strange toupee had felt compelled to murder the first lawyer he saw. Harry goes after it.

The Doll

22. The Doll

25min

4th May 1986

The lonely, loveless life of a shy bachelor takes an astounding turn when he buys a special doll, exquisitely hand-crafted by a mysterious German toymaker. He tries to track down the woman who modeled for it.

One For the Books

23. One For the Books

25min

11th May 1986

An elderly college janitor amazes himself, his wife and the scientific community when his brain turns into a sponge that soaks up more and more incredible knowledge of every subject taught at the school - until a shocking event changes everything.

Grandpa's Ghost

24. Grandpa's Ghost

25min

25th May 1986

Edwin's grandpa died in his sleep last night. So why is the old man still hanging around the apartment, playing the piano and swapping stories with Edwin's grandma?

First air date

29th Sep 1985

Last air date

10th Apr 1987

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks