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Tales From The Darkside: Season 4

Tales from the Darkside

Tales From The Darkside: Season 4

Paramount (1987)
DVD
TV Series | Drama | Horror | Suspense
USA | English | Color | 07:12

"Man lives in the sunlit world of what he believes to be reality. But... there is, unseen by most, an underworld, a place that is just as real, but not as brightly lit... a Darkside." This 30-minute horror/fantasy anthology series follows in the vein of The Twilight Zone. Each week presents another standalone story of horror fantasy, and/or science fiction. Some episodes are gruesome, a few are of a lighter comedic style. Like many such shows, Tales... adapted the work of famous genre authors of the period such as Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, and Clive Barker. Many episodes also featured veteran actors of the 40's and 50's that saw very little work in their later years. "The Darkside is always there waiting for us to enter; waiting to enter us. Until next time, try to enjoy the daylight."


Episodes View details

1 Beetles 22 min | Sep 27, 1987

Archaeologist Arthur Hartley is accused of stealing expensive artifacts from a museum, is warned of a curse that befalls those who touch the artifacts, but won't be stopped in his quest for wealth.

2 Mary, Mary 30 min | Oct 04, 1987

A lonely single woman hides behind a mannequin.

3 The Spirit Photographer 30 min | Oct 11, 1987

A man invents a camera which can make ghosts disappear and use it in a room haunted by a violent spirit.

4 The Moth 30 min | Oct 18, 1987

Dying Sybil uses her last hours on Earth to curse her enemies and plan for the afterlife, much to the chagrin of her mother.

5 No Strings 23 min | Oct 25, 1987

Mobster Eddie Minelli plans a private performance by a famous puppeteer, but with a ghoulish new puppet: the bloody remains of Don Paulie, the man Eddie has just murdered.

6 The Grave Robber 30 min | Nov 01, 1987

Two archaeologists turned grave robbers are forced to play strip poker with an angry mummy that protects the tomb they broke into.

7 The Yattering and Jack 22 min | Nov 08, 1987

Happy-go-lucky salesman Jack Polo receives a yuletide visit from the 3.5-foot-tall Yattering, a snarling horned demon that wants to claim Jack's soul.

8 Seymourlama 30 min | Nov 15, 1987

On a bitter cold night, Henry and Ellen Strand's home is visited by exotic Himalayan strangers who claim that son Seymour Strand has been chosen to replace the recently deceased Lama of their faraway country Lo Pu.

9 Sorry, Right Number 30 min | Nov 22, 1987

A woman is troubled by a mysterious phone call and tries desperately to help the person on the other end of the line.

10 Payment Overdue 30 min | Feb 14, 1988

A callous collection agent discovers that she herself has an overdue payment involving Rita Valdez, a client who took drastic steps to end her financial woes.

11 Love Hungry 22 min | Feb 21, 1988

Desperate to lose weight in order to please an old boyfriend from high school, compulsive eater Betsy Cowland uses mysterious, and possibly unsafe, products that she receives in the mail.

12 The Deal 22 min | Feb 28, 1988

Starving screenwriter Tom Dash claims he would give anything to sell a script in Hollywood. His acquaintance Donald has the means to help him give anything.

13 The Apprentice 30 min | May 01, 1988

College sophomore Sarah McBride accepts a job at Colonial Village, a tourist attraction that recreates Puritan life in 1692 Salem and allows nothing from the 20th century. But things aren't quite what they seem.

14 The Cutty Black Sow 22 min | May 08, 1988

Young Jamie receives, and takes seriously, a deathbed warning from his great-grandmother to guard against the legendary Cutty Black Sow.

15 Do Not Open This Box 22 min | May 15, 1988

Charles is a meek inventor living with his greedy nagging wife Rose. The mail brings them a misdirected box saying "Do Not Open This Box". Then the postman comes looking for it and says there will be Hell to pay if he doesn't get it back.

16 Family Reunion 30 min | May 22, 1988

Janice Perry claims that her husband Robert has kidnapped their son Bobby, but Robert maintains that the boy needs to be cured of an illness. After all, Bobby hasn't been himself lately.

17 Going Native 30 min | Jun 19, 1988

An alien on Earth who is studying humans in a therapy group envies them and wants to be one.

18 Hush 22 min | Jul 10, 1988

On a seemingly "ordinary night", a teenage babysitter, and a young boy, are terrorized by the boy's latest invention, that's gone awry: a "noise eater", which -- in reality -- sucks the life out of its victims!

19 Barter 30 min | Jul 17, 1988

Harried housewife Ruthie receives a visit from bizarre salesman Klaatzu, whose mechanical device may help her shut out the sound of her son Nicky's constant drum-playing... in a way that Ruthie never imagined.

20 Basher Malone 30 min | Jul 24, 1988

Professional wrestler Basher Malone fights Trog, a demon wrestler summoned by unscrupulous promoter Tippy Ryan for a private match in Tippy's gym.

Cast View all

Paul Sparer Narrator
Catherine Battistone Voice-Over
Neil Kinsella Sid
Stephen McHattie Robert Perry
Colm Meaney Constable
Bradley Whitford Tom Dash
Robert Costanzo Vincent Dessari
Phil Fondacaro The Yattering
Barry Dennen Aldo De Calasuro
Allen Garfield Donald
John Aprea Lee
Paula Trueman Great Grandma
Patricia Tallman Janice Perry
Wanda De Jesus Telephone
Vic Tayback Tippy Ryan
Deborah Harry Sybil
Haviland Morris Sarah McBride
Kim Greist Claire
Katherine Britton Polly
Margaret Whitton Mary Jones
Rhonda Dotson Dawn
Eileen Heckart Rose Pennywell
Arthur Taxier Bill Weiderman
Sharon Madden Betsy Cowland
Wayne Tippit Magistrate Thomas Branford

Edition details

Nr Discs 1
Layers Single side, Single layer

Personal

Owner Don Hawkins
Location DVD Library
Watched
Quantity 1
Index 3659
Added Date Aug 06, 2015 18:05:45
Modified Date Jul 16, 2024 09:19:09