Outer Limits episodes are available on video and on DVD from Amazon.com"Don't Open Till Doomsday"
On the night of her marriage in 1929, Mrs. Harvey Kry's husband suddenly disappeared. He made the mistake of unwrapping a gift labeled "Don't Open Till Doomsday." The box inside gave off a strange electronic hum, and when Harvey peeked in the tiny window he was consumed by the Doomsday Creature living in its vast, hopeless terrain, a place of timelessness and spacelessness.
Thirty-five years later, the aged Mrs. Kry waits for another mortal to come look into the box and thus free her husband in exchange. But the creature, whose world of void has been threatened by the existence of our universe, demands the entire destruction of ours.
NOTES: In this wonderful example of the Joseph Stefano-Gerd Oswald-Conrad Hall collaboration, filled with enough atmosphere to span decades, Miriam Hopkins is splendid as the reclusive and idiosyncratic Mrs. Kry. Among her many films are 1931's Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, The Heiress, Fanny Hill and The Chase with Marlon Brando and Robert Redford (who himself guest-starred in an episode of the original Twilight Zone tv-series).
Original Airdate: January 20, 1964Guest Cast: Miriam Hopkins (Mrs. Mary Kry), Buck Taylor (Gard Hayden), Melinda Plowman (Vivia Hayden/Balfour), John Hoyt (Emmett Balfour), Russell Collins (Justice of the Peace), Nellie Burt (Justice's Wife), David Frankham (Harvey Kry), Anthony Joachim (Dr. Mordecai Spazman), Frank Delfino (Box Creature), Robert C. Johnson (voice of Box Creature), Vic Perrin (Voice of Spazman)
Directed by Gerd Oswald
Written by Joseph Stefano
