Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

"Four Ghoulish Fables In One Modern Nightmare!"

1990 1h 33m ★ 6.2 (417 votes) Released

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

Director

John Harrison

Screenplay

George A. Romero

Screenplay

Michael McDowell

Writer

Michael McDowell

Rating
6.2
Runtime
93 min
Budget
$3.5M
Revenue
$16.3M
Profit/Loss
+12.8M

Production

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures
Laurel Productions
Darkside Movie
Laurel Entertainment

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JPV852
★ 6/10 Aug 12, 2020

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**

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Dr_Nostromo
★ 5/10 Nov 18, 2025

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

Keywords

witchmonsterheart attackmummydark comedyanthologypaperboydecapitationgargoyledarksideblack catsevered handhorror anthology

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