Don't live near a television for most of my life. Didn't realise it had been previously aired. Unless it gets better, and please tell me it does (or doesn't), it's simply another failed Twilight Zone. Nonetheless, the producers, I presume, chose this ep as the 'pilot' and indicates the likely quality of the rest of the series.
I'll grant that The Outer Limits was hit & miss -- mostly miss, but...