TFTC retold the stories from the Vault Of Horror comics which had been around before all these other shows.Twilight Zone. The rest of them were just retelling those OG TZ stories with an updated look, with the minor exception of Hitchcock who had some original stuff of his own, but even he bit. Rod Sterling was king.
Rod Serling hated that show, he wasn't granted a more creative role and was just the presenter..it surely shows that it lacked something.Twilight Zone is the GOAT. Shout out to Night Gallery as well.
outer limits
the episode where a guy got kidnapped in some woods ended up in some werid cult and tried to escape but he couldnt escape because he really was on a spaceship on his way to be as slave
plenty of horror films took inspiration from these classic episodes.I'm watching "Nightmares as a Child" ep right now legit shook these new horror movies could take note from the Twilight Zone the erie tone was the truth