Lights Out: A Knock at the Door (1942) | Home Invasion Horror Radio
NBC Radio, 1942. Lights Out was the show that proved radio could terrify. This is “A Knock at the Door” — classic horror from the golden age of broadcast.
NBC Radio, 1942. Lights Out was the show that proved radio could terrify. This is “A Knock at the Door” — classic horror from the golden age of broadcast.
One word. One act. One point of no return. Lights Out strips horror down to its most elemental — the single act of killing — and examines the psychological machinery that makes ordinary people capable of it. Originally broadcast April 20, 1943. Arch Oboler at wartime at his most uncompromising. This is not about monsters….
The jeep came back from somewhere it should not have been. Lights Out sets its supernatural horror against the backdrop of World War II — a military vehicle that returns from the front carrying something other than soldiers. Originally broadcast May 4, 1943. Horror and wartime are natural partners in the Oboler universe. This recording…