Mysterious Monsters on Maple Street Imagine the horror and fear of finding out that there is an alien in your neighborhood. That is what happened in the fictional teleplay, “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”, written by Rod Serling in 1960. As well as the remake of the teleplay, “Monsters on Maple Street”, in 2003. The 1960 version is about neighbors pointing fingers at others for being aliens that caused the power outage. Similarly to the 2003 version were neighbors find scapegoats for the mysterious power outage. Fear of the unknown can cause people to turn on each other. In the original teleplay, a power outage occurs and a little boy named Tommy tells a story about aliens living among them. The story creates fear and chaos on Maple
