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TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE

1990 • US HMDB
May 3, 1990

A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.

Directors

John Harrison

Cast

Debbie Harry

Matthew Lawrence

David Forrester

Christian Slater

Robert Sedgwick

Steve Buscemi

Donald Van Horn

Michael Deak

Julianne Moore

George Guidall

Ralph Marrero

Kathleen Chalfant

David Johansen

Paul Greeno

William Hickey

Alice Drummond

Dolores Sutton

Mark Margolis

James Remar

Ashton Wise
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REVIEWS (1)

Marco Castellini •
A boy is captured by a witch; to try to distract her and avoid ending up "roasted", he tells her three horror-themed stories. The first features a mummy, the second a cat with paranormal powers, and the third a particular oath. Inspired by a successful US TV series "Tales from the Darkside" (original title), it is a decent episodic film. Directed by a (then) debutant John Harrison (a great horror enthusiast, collaborator and actor for Romero's "Zombi"), the film is based on three tales signed, in order, by Arthur Conan Doyle, Stephen King, and Michael McDowell. Fun and very fluid, it does not skimp on blood and semi-splatter scenes; it is best to avoid watching it broadcast on television because it is "inevitably" censored, get it on rental.
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COMMUNITY REVIEWS (2)

JPV852

JPV852

6 /10

Okay anthology horror movie, the first one, "Lot 249", was the best due to the cast (Slater, Buscemi, Moore) and also enjoyed "Lover's Vow" even if the animatronic effects weren't the best. However, "Cat from Hell" really dragged the film as a whole down, almost dozed off a couple of times during that segment, although the ending of that one was gross. The wrap-around story was fine with a fun conclusion I guess. 3.5/5

Dr_Nostromo

Dr_Nostromo

5 /10

53/100

"Tales from the Darkside" was a fairly entertaining, tongue-in-cheek, horror anthology TV series. For a movie, however, you'd think they would have turned it up a few notches ...especially with the talent backing up the writing. But, basically what we have here is 3 stories that are no different than watching 3 episodes of the TV show. It's not bad - in fact, I enjoyed it for what it was - it just wasn't anything special. - DrNostromo.com

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