Fantasy Island (Seasons 1–7)

Fantasy Island (1978) is the cult ABC anthology series you can watch online on iFILM. Every week a fresh batch of guests steps off the seaplane, and the enigmatic Mr. Roarke promises to make each of their wishes come true.

Ricardo Montalbán plays the white-suited host; beside him stands Tattoo (Hervé Villechaize), whose cry of "The plane! The plane!" became a national catchphrase. Wishes here are always granted to the letter — and almost never the way the guest pictured them. One wants to relive the past, another to play the hero, a third to find love; the island delivers, with a moral attached. The format let every episode run as its own self-contained tale packed with guest stars.

Airing on ABC from 1977 to 1984, the show became a fixture of its television era — part fairy tale, part morality play, part gentle horror, all set at a tropical resort. Dated now, sure, but the charm holds up. Stream Fantasy Island online on iFILM.