The Ray Bradbury Theater



An author anthology series in the grand tradition of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Ray Bradbury Theater featured television adaptations of the stories of - unsurprisingly - Ray Bradbury. The series ran on two different networks between 1985 and 1992. Sixty-five of Bradbury's stories were adapted for the series, though some episodes mixed in elements and themes from more than one tale.

Early episodes feature a surprising number of well-known actors including Drew Barrymore, Jeff Goldblum, and even The Shat.

This series provides examples of:

 * Age Without Youth : "Hail and Farewell"
 * The Aloner : "The Long Years"
 * After the End : "To The Chicago Abyss"
 * Amusement Park of Doom : "The Black Ferris"
 * Buried Alive : "The Screaming Woman"
 * Cassandra Truth : "The Screaming Woman", "The Man Upstairs", "The Black Ferris"
 * Character Filibuster : "To The Chicago Abyss"
 * Creepy Circus Music : "The Black Ferris"
 * Enfant Terrible : "The Small Assassin", "Let's Play Poison" and "The Veldt"
 * Evil Phone : "The Wind"
 * Fountain of Youth : "The Black Ferris"
 * Future Me Scares Me : "Touch of Petulance"
 * Holodeck Malfunction : "The Veldt"
 * Kids Are Cruel : "Let's Play Poison" and "The Playground"
 * Mood Whiplash : "Gotcha!"
 * My Future Self and Me : "Touch of Petulance"
 * Our Vampires Are Different : "The Man Upstairs"
 * Replacement Goldfish : "The Long Years"