History YMMV / TwilightZoneTheMovie

** The fact that an actor and two children died in production of this film.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the "Good Life" segment, one of the characters is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5pQfOMkhmQ trapped in cartoon land]]. The character is played by Nancy Cartwright, a voice-actress then only a few years away from [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons her most notable role]]. And just to hammer it home, the second "TreehouseOfHorror" episode would spoof this story, with Bart as the all-powerful boy.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The film will be forever tainted by that helicopter crash which killed Morrow and those kids. Steven Spielberg ''never'' forgave John Landis and the two have not been on speaking terms since. Creator/EddieMurphy distanced himself at first as well, but eventually agreed to later work with Landis on ''Film/ComingToAmerica'' and ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII''.

* TearJerker: The fact that an actor and two children died in production of this film.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The film will be forever tainted by that helicopter crash which killed Morrow and those kids. Steven Spielberg ''never'' forgave John Landis and explicitly refused to work with him ever again. Creator/EddieMurphy distanced himself at first as well, but eventually agreed to later work with Landis on ''Film/ComingToAmerica'' and ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII''.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The film will be forever tainted by that helicopter crash which killed Morrow and those kids.
** Steven Spielberg and Eddie Murphy ''never'' forgave John Landis and both explicitly refused to work with him ever again (Murphy would later work with Landis on ''Film/ComingToAmerica'' and ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII'').

* HilariousInHindsight: In the "Good Life" segment, one of the characters is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5pQfOMkhmQ trapped in cartoon land]]. The character is played by Nancy Cartwright, a voice-actress then only a few years away from [[TheSimpsons her most notable role]]. And just to hammer it home, the second "TreehouseOfHorror" episode would spoof this story, with Bart as the all-powerful boy.

** When WilliamShatner was given a recurring role on ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'', it was inevitable that both he and Creator/JohnLithgow would claim they each saw a man on the wing of their plane, and no one believed them.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Jennifer Warnes' "Nights Are Forever" in the soundtrack.
** The ''entire score''. JerryGoldsmith, people! Highlighted by "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqIqDN5MA80 Kick the Can]]".

** Steven Spielberg and Eddie Murphy ''never'' forgave John Landis and both explicitly refused to work with him ever again.

** When WilliamShatner was given a recurring role on ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'', it was inevitable that both of them would claim they each saw a man on the wing of their plane, and no one believed them.

** Steven Spielberg ''never'' forgave John Landis.

** In this same segment, the boy has the family eat hamburgers with peanut butter on them, which they evidently find unappetizing. Nowadays, peanut butter is a common hamburger topping at certain restaurants.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the "Good Life" segment, one of the characters is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5pQfOMkhmQ trapped in cartoon land]]. The character is played by Nancy Cartwright, a voice-actress then only a few years away from [[TheSimpsons her most notable role]]. [[UpToEleven And just to hammer it home,]] the second "TreehouseOfHorror" episode would spoof this story, with Bart as the all-powerful boy.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the "Good Life" segment, one of the characters is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5pQfOMkhmQ trapped in cartoon land]]. The character is played by Nancy Cartwright, a voice-actress then only a few years away from [[TheSimpsons her most notable role]]. And just to hammer it home, the second "TreehouseOfHorror" episode would spoof this story, with Bart as the all-powerful boy.

** The ''entire score''. JerryGoldsmith, people!

* Much is made of Halley's Comet's return, which would happen three years later, and was a big disappointment.

** Not to mention the "Kick the Can" segment, which can be considered this for some older fans. Particularly Mr. Conroy's heartbroken reaction near the beginning when his son rudely brushes him off.

** Not to mention the "Kick the Can" segment, which can be considered this for some older fans.

* TearJerker: The "Kick the Can" segment can be considered this for some older fans.
** Not to mention the fact that an actor and two children died in production of this film.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Jennifer Warnes' "Nights Are Forever" in the soundtrack of TheMovie.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The mixture of light fantasy and horror leaves the film as a mixed bag.

* SoOkayItsAverage

* NightmareFuel: Dan Akroyd demon, ItsAGoodLife sketch taken UpToEleven with its cartoon hell and its Burton-eque cartoons and the Gremlin.