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The Twilight Zone: The New Exhibit

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The curator of a murderers' row in a soon-to-be-defunct wax museum persuades the owner to let him keep the figures for awhile. When his wife attempts to destroy them, a new murderous rampage begins... Read full recap »

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Writers:: Jerry Sohl

Director:: John Brahm

Stars:: Rod Serling (Narrator/Host); Martin Balsam (Martin Lombard Senescu)

Recurring Role:: Robert L. McCord (Burke)

Guest Star:: Will Kuluva (Mr. Ferguson); Maggie Mahoney (Emma Senescu); William Mims (Dave); Milton Parsons (Henri Desire Landru); David Bond (Jack the Ripper); Bob Mitchell (Albert W. Hicks); Billy Beck (Hare); Phil Chambers (Gas Man); Leonard Bremen (Van Man); Eddie Barth (Sailor (as Ed Barth)); Marcel Hillaire (Guide); Craig Curtis (2nd Sailor)

Jerry Sohl wrote this episode, but, the screen credit is given to Charles Beaumont only. Sohl was serving as a ghost writer to Beaumont who had taken on too many jobs near the end of his life. He had farmed out ideas to other writers to do the actual scripting. On this story, Beaumont plotted it along with Sohl, who wrote the screenplay. edit »

Included on volume 36 of Image-Entertainment's DVD collection. edit »
This episode, as with all in Season 4, is an hour in running time. All episodes in Season 1-3 & 5 were only 30 minutes. edit »

(Closing Narration)
Narrator: The new exhibit became very popular at Marchand's, but of all the figures none was ever regarded with more dread than that of Martin Lombard Senescu. It was something about the eyes, people said. It's the look that one often gets after taking a quick walk through the Twilight Zone. edit »
(Opening Narration)
Narrator: Martin Lombard Senescu, a gentle man, the dedicated curator of murderers' row in Ferguson's Wax Museum. He ponders the reasons why ordinary men are driven to commit mass murder. What Mr. Senescu does not know is that the groundwork has already been laid for his own special kind of madness and torment--found only in the Twilight Zone. edit »

This episode has shades of Alfred Hitchcock's horror classic Psycho (1960), which co-starred Martin Balsam as a private investigator. This time, Balsam portrays a character much like Norman Bates, while the wax figures are featured in a role similar to that of Bates' mother. edit »