The Elevator (The Twilight Zone)
"The Elevator" is the first segment of the sixteenth episode from the first season (1985–86) of the television series The Twilight Zone.
| "The Elevator" | |
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| The Twilight Zone episode | |
.jpg) Scene from "The Elevator" | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 16a |
| Directed by | R.L. Thomas |
| Written by | Ray Bradbury |
| Production code | 46 |
| Original air date | January 31, 1986 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
Stephen Geoffreys: Will | |
Plot
Late at night, brothers Will and Roger arrive at a closed factory in search of their missing father, who is undertaking secret experiments to solve world hunger. Though Roger is skeptical of his father, William defends his experiments.
Upon entering the building, they follow a set of footprints in the dust to a room that Will was warned never to enter. Going inside, they find a trail of gigantic dead rats - each larger than the last. These are followed by the bodies of a house cat and a dog, which are both also of enormous size. Roger begins believes that whatever food their father created must have increased the size of the animals once they ate it. So, anything that eats the super food will do the same. Will turns on the lights to see a mass of white strands in one corner that apparently are pure protein.
Concluding that something even larger killed the cat and the dog, Will and Roger follow the footsteps to an old elevator. Roger thinks that the elevator is broken but then the lights indicate that it is changing floors. When it reaches the ground, the doors open to reveal a huge spider that has grown in size due to the effects of their father's experiment. This, however, is much larger than all of the other dead animals and snatches them up. It takes both brothers upward into the dark. When the elevator reaches the top, the screaming stops and one of their flashlights drop to the bottom of the shaft. Its lens is cracked and blood drips onto the floor below.