“Kif, I’m bored. What say you go out on the wing and pretend you’re a gremlin.” In the 2015 sketch "Airplane Continental" of sketch comedy show Key & Peele, Peele's character encounters a gremlin while looking out the airplane window. Interestingly, Peele would later produce a non-parodic remake of this story for the 2019 Twilight Zone series, although omitting the gremlin (see above). Other references American band Anthrax made a video (directed by Marcos Siega) for their 1998 song Inside Out inspired by this episode. UK band Pop Will Eat Itself's 1990 album Cure for Sanity include the song "Nightmare at 20,000 feet". The track is said to be inspired by singer Clint Mansell's fear of flying. The episode inspired the opening sequence of the 2000 slasher movie Urban Legends: Final Cut, directed by John Ottman. In the 2014 horror film Flight 7500, a character watches the episode as part of the in-flight services, paralleling their own dire situation. A 1973 made-for-television horror film, unrelated to this episode of The Twilight Zone, similarly titled The Horror at 37,000 Feet, also co-stars William Shatner. References Notes Bibliography DeVoe, Bill. Trivia from The Twilight Zone. Albany, Georgia: Bear Manor Media, 2008. . Grams, Martin. The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic. Churchville, Maryland: OTR Publishing, 2008. . Groening, Matt, Ray Richmond and Antonia Coffman, eds. The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family. New York: HarperPerennial, 1997. . Zicree, Marc Scott. The Twilight Zone Companion. Los Angeles: Sillman-James Press, 1982 (second edition). . External links 1963 American television episodes Adaptations of works by Richard Matheson Television episodes written by Richard Matheson Television shows based on short fiction The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series season 5) episodes Short stories about aviation Gremlins