Original Airdate: February 22, 1974

Episode 0044 "The Horla"

Original Story by Guy de Maupassant, Adapted by Sam Dann

Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall

A man becomes obsessed with a ship in the harbor he is convinced harbors a terrible evil that is the doom of mankind.

At one time, the great cold-blooded reptiles ruled supreme on the face of this earth,but they sickened and died. And dominion was seized by savage, ferocious, hot-blooded killers with hideous fangs and terrible claws. Today, the undisputed Lord and Master of the planet is man. Yet, in the fullness of time, every victor is finally vanquished. Will we, in our turn, also be conquered? Who waits to make of us what we have made?