Looking back on it now, it was a pretty gangster move to be out there fishing alone on the pier at age 4 with the bologna sandwich he probably prepared and packed himself that morning.
In the pilot of the television series Night Gallery (1969), Rod Serling introduces three separate paintings, each with its own story of uncanny vengeance against evil to tell. The first, "The Cemetery", involves a black sheep nephew (Roddy McDowall) who murders his rich uncle to inherit his fortune - both much to the detriment of the uncle's butler (Ossie Davis) - only to find that vengeance extends beyond the grave.
Moe Howard was asked what his favorite Three Stooges short was. Without hesitating he said You Nazty Spy! 1940 making fun of Hitler and the Nazis at a time when the US government strictly forbid any Studio making a political satire of the Germans.
Moe was insistent.
Jonathan Harris and Lou Costello in "Blaze of Glory" on G.E. Theater. It's on YouTube if you'd like to watch. Great episode. The two are fantastic together in this.
When a Stranger Calls (1979) masterfully builds suspense through silence, isolation, and the fear of an unseen caller who delivers one of horror's most unforgettable lines.