This review is for the pilot for "Fantasy Island". And, like some pilots, it's a made for TV movie and runs about 90 minutes (the IMDB time for this show is incorrect). It's also quite different from the later show as Mr. Rourke seems to be almost god-like with his powers AND the three folks whose fantasies are acted out aren't exactly likable.
Fantasy one involves a WWII romance where Arnold Greenwood (Bill Bixby) wants to re-experience this as well as figure out what happened to the woman he loved. Fantasy two is a reworking of the famous story "The Most Dangerous Game" where a hunter (Hugh O'Brian) wants to be the quarry in order to see if he can outwit other hunters and survive. Fantasy two has a woman (Eleanor Parker) wanting to fake her own death and watch how her family and others deal with her supposed death.
Each of the three quest stars play characters who are either evil...or at least not especially nice or likable. You really are rooting for bad things to happen to them and Rourke seems much like judge, jury and executioner in the stories! I liked this amoral and rather fantastic version of Rourke....though the show toned it down a bit and made him much sweeter. Overall, well made and interesting. My only complaint is the casting of Sandra Dee, as she was all wrong for the role she played and her accent just didn't fit.