SHATNER SUNDAY: THE RAVEN

Over the decades, William Shatner has been endlessly parodied for his unique and, er, intense acting style. But when he gets hold of a script that allows him to go totally nuts, the results can be black magic. That's why he was so killer in those old Twilight Zone episodes, playing guys who were in the middle of spectacular freakouts... And that's why he's so awesomely creepy in this clip from a campy-looking 1983 Halloween TV special, in which he recites Poe's classic poem, The Raven. The lighting gives him a really grim, sickly look, and Shatner's famously peculiar cadences are a perfect fit for the poem.