Tales from the Darkside 1984
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.
Episodes
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S1·E1 The New ManA recovering alcoholic is disturbed to find a young boy who shows up at his office claiming to be his son Jerry. The man is further angered when the boy shows up at his…
S1·E2 I'll Give You a MillionTwo old, rich men like to wager among themselves on trivial matters for huge amounts. One of them, Williams, offers his friend a million dollars for his immortal soul.…
S1·E3 Pain KillerHarvey goes to Dr. Roebuck with back pains and Roebuck prescribes a miraculous cure. It's not until later that Harvey finds the price he must pay...
S1·E4 The OddsTommy Vale, a barroom bookie finds himself in a curious predicament: a man comes in who can't lose. As the story unravels, he finds out that his opponent is Lacey, a man…
S1·E5 Mookie and PookieTwin siblings, Mookie and Pookie, are extremely close. But Mookie has a terminal illness. Later the scientific genius Mookie succesfully downloads his mind into the…
S1·E6 SlippageA young ad-design artist begins to literally "slip" out of reality. Slowly but surely he seems to be fading out of existence: first his payroll checks disappear, then…
S1·E7 Inside the ClosetA student takes a room with an abrupt, somewhat rude anthropology professor. He instructs her never to open the small door in the back of her closet. Hearing strange…
S1·E8 The Word Processor of the GodsRichard Hagstrom is dismayed with the way life has treated him (a rude son, a shrewish wife). His nephew Jonathan gives him a birthday present: a homemade word…
S1·E9 A Case of the StubbornsIn the backwoods, a family patriarch dies...only to come back, unaware that he's dead. The townspeople are up in arms, but the old man is too stubborn to admit he's…
S1·E10 Djinn, No ChaserA couple inadvertently buy a magic lamp that contains a genie. Unfortunately, the genie is anything but amiably. Confined in the lamp for thousands of years and still…
S1·E11 All a Clone by the TelephoneLeon, a hapless TV writer, buys an answering machine that has a mind of its own - it initially helps him out by providing him with new material, but Leon soon finds that…
S1·E12 In the CardsA fake fortuneteller, Caterina, soon finds that every fortune she tells comes true...but she can only predict gruesome and horrific ends for her customers. She soon…
S1·E13 Anniversary DinnerA young girl fleeing her boyfriend finds herself in a small country home with a genial older couple. They take pity on her and invite her in, and even invite her to…
S1·E14 Snip, SnipA warlock and a witch get into a battle over a $10 million lottery ticket when each claims that the spirits gave them the winning number.
S1·E15 Answer MeJoan is apartment-sitting for a friend but finds herself tormented by a phone that won't stop ringing.
S1·E16 The Tear CollectorPrudence is a young woman who can't stop crying, but finds a peculiar way to make a profit when she meets Ambrose Cavender, a man who collects tears.
S1·E17 Madness RoomCathy Osborne brings her husband up to a previously-unknown room in their house and along with her friend Michael, relates the tale of how the room is the "madness room"…
S1·E18 If the Shoes Fit...Fast-talking politician Bo Gumbs finds himself in serious trouble when he arrives for a meeting and waits at a nearby hotel.
S1·E19 LevitationA teenager enraptured with magicians goes to a flee-bitten circus to seek out one of the greater: Kharma. However, Kharma now does cheap magic for the crowds, and none…
S1·E20 It All Comes Out in the WashHenry, a greedy developers, stumbles upon a Chinese laundry that offers a unique service - it can "wash out" guilt. Henry employs their services but soon finds there is…
S1·E21 Bigalow's Last SmokeMr. Bigalow, a lifelong cigarette smoker, wakes up to find that his windows have bars on them and his door is sealed shut. A mysterious figure appears on Bigalow's…
S1·E22 Grandma's Last WishGiven one last wish to enliven her days before she is moved into the Tranquil Gardens retirement home, elderly Grandma sees to it that her self-centered family finds out…
S1·E23 The False ProphetCassie Pines is a woman travelling on her own who believes in astrology, tea leaves...everything. She comes into a diner with a most unusual mechanical fortune teller…Cast
P
Paul Sparer
Narrator (voice)
C
Catherine Battistone
Margery Bender
N
Neil Kinsella
Delivery Man
T
Thomas Newman
Beelzebub
K
Karen Shallo
Telephone Caller (voice)
R
Richard Kuhlman
Jonathan Reed
M
Michael Freeman
Harry Guilford (voice)
P
Patrick Farrelly
Sheriff
T
Therese Pare
Helen Hogan
H
Howard Dayton
Salesman
D
Don Peoples
Lt. Mann
Crew
- Creator
- George A. Romero
- Executive Producers
- George A. Romero
Details
- First air date
- Sep 30, 1984
- Last air date
- Jul 23, 1988
- Seasons
- 4
- Episodes
- 89
- Episode runtime
- 20 min
- Network
- Syndication
- Status
- Ended
- Studios
- JayGee Productions, Laurel Productions, Tribune Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
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