For this final week of high lighting alternative Halloween viewing choices I have decide to focus on live action children shows.
Adventures of Superman: The Deserted Village-A real creeper from the classic George Reeves show. Lois Lane and Clark Kent go to visit Lois’ hometown and find it virtually deserted and a masked man trying to kill the few residents who haven’t left yet with a poison gas.
Flash Gordon: The Forbidden Experiment–One of the better episodes of the syndicated 50’s show. Dr Zarkov is called away from Earth by an old friend and doesn’t return. Tracking him down they discover Zarkov’s friend had started changing a lion into a man, but died with only half the process completed and the creature is forcing Zarkov to finish the job.
The Ghost Busters: The Maltese Monkey–One of the all time great Saturday morning adventure/ comedy shows. Forest Tucker and Larry Storch of F Troop fame team up with Bob Burns in a gorilla suit to track down ghosts and send them back where they belong. This episode has two gangsters bringing back the ghost of their old boss, who looks just like Storch, to pull a big heist. Slap stick mayhem ensues when both Strochs are mistaken for the other.
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Eye of the Gorgon–Best of the Doctor Who spin offs and starring one of the most popular companions in the show’s history. This adventure has Sarah and her teenage friends investigating the strange happenings at a nursing home, where they discover that a secret order of nuns are guarding the ancient Gorgon, an alien entity stuck on Earth, who has decided Sarah will be her next host body.
The Secrets of Isis: Lights of Mystery Mountain–Before Wonder Woman or The Bionic Woman, there was Isis, TV’s first live action, female superhero. In this episode Isis and her teenage friends investigate the strange sightings of glowing UFOs spotted around Mystery Mountain which are causing residents to move away.
