SeriesTV-PGSupernatural Ghosts & Haunting Comedy Horror

Amazing Stories1985

Name: Amazing Stories
Genre: Supernatural, Ghosts & Haunting, Comedy Horror, Sci-Fi Horror
Released: 1985-09-29
Rating: 7.3

Created by Steven Spielberg, John Falsey

7.3

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 7.4TMDB 7.5

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Year

1985

Seasons

Network

NBC

Status

Ended

Box Office

🏆 Won 5 Primetime Emmys. 8 wins & 11 nominations total

The premise

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.

Horror Vault's take

Steven Spielberg's anthology series delivers a new standalone tale each episode, spanning the full spectrum from chilling and supernatural to warmly comic and quietly heartbreaking. Guest appearances from a rotating cast of familiar faces keep each installment fresh and surprising, while the anthology format ensures no two episodes feel alike. Some stories lean into genuine unease and ghostly encounters, while others embrace the absurd or the sentimental — making it appointment viewing for fans of imaginative genre storytelling.

Content: Mild Horror Imagery, Supernatural Themes, Some Emotionally Intense Moments

Episode Guide

🏆 Best Episode Overall

S2.E16 · Family Dog

8.3

⭐ Highest Rated This Season

S1.E22 · The Doll

7.8

★ 6.8 avg· 10h 22m total· Sep 1985 → May 1986

S1.E1 · Ghost TrainPremiere
6.7
Sep 29, 1985 · 25 min · Dir: Steven Spielberg
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
S1.E2 · The Main Attraction
6.1
Oct 6, 1985 · 25 min · Dir: Matthew Robbins
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.
S1.E3 · Alamo Jobe
6.6
Oct 20, 1985 · 25 min · Dir: Michael D. Moore
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.
S1.E4 · Mummy Daddy
7.1
Oct 27, 1985 · 25 min · Dir: William Dear
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.
S1.E5 · The Mission
7.0
Nov 3, 1985 · 47 min · Dir: Steven Spielberg
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.