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Tales from the Darkside

Sun, Sep 30, 1984
  • Drama
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

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.

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    Syndication↗
Cast

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    Paul Sparer
    as Narrator (voice)
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Episodes

4 seasons · 89 episodes

Ended · 89 aired
Season 1
23 episodes · 23 aired
▾
  • E1
    The New Man
    Aired · Sun, Sep 30, 1984 · 30m
  • E2
    I'll Give You a Million
    Aired · Sun, Oct 7, 1984 · 30m

    A millionaire makes his fellow millionaire a deal: a million dollars for his soul. But when the second man dies, the Devil comes to collect what is due him.

  • E3
    Pain Killer
    Aired · Sun, Oct 14, 1984 · 30m
  • E4
    The Odds
    Aired · Sun, Oct 21, 1984 · 30m

    An aging bookie finds himself in a battle of wills against a gambler who can't seem to lose.

  • E5
    Mookie and Pookie
    Aired · Sun, Nov 4, 1984 · 30m

    A bed-ridden boy with an interest in computers dies... and his twin sister discovers that he left instructions to let her bring him back as a computer.

  • E6
    Slippage
    Aired · Sun, Nov 11, 1984 · 30m

    A young advertising executive discovers that he is slowly slipping out of reality as people forget him.

  • E7
    Inside the Closet
    Aired · Sun, Nov 18, 1984 · 30m

    A college anthopology professor takes on a female student a a boarder, and warns her to never open the closet.

  • E8
    The Word Processor of the Gods
    Aired · Sun, Nov 25, 1984 · 30m

    An semi-professional writer receives a homemade word processor from his dying nephew... and soon realizes that the boy has endowed it with the power to change the world.

  • E9
    A Case of the Stubborns
    Aired · Sun, Dec 2, 1984 · 30m

    A family's grandfather decides that he's not dead... even though he is.

  • E10
    Djinn, No Chaser
    Aired · Sun, Jan 13, 1985 · 30m

    A young couple find a magical lamp that contains a genie... but he is onyl interested in making their lives miserable.

  • E11
    All a Clone by the Telephone
    Aired · Sun, Jan 20, 1985 · 30m
  • E12
    In the Cards
    Aired · Sun, Jan 27, 1985 · 30m

    A disreputable fortuneteller finds herself cursed with a card that predicts death... and she can't get rid of it.

  • E13
    Anniversary Dinner
    Aired · Sun, Feb 3, 1985 · 30m

    An elderly country couple invite a young hitchhiker to dinner.

  • E14
    Snip, Snip
    Aired · Mon, Feb 11, 1985 · 30m

    A warlock discovers the limits of his power when he seeks revenge on the winner of a lottery jackpot he had hoped to claim.

  • E15
    Answer Me
    Aired · Sun, Feb 17, 1985 · 30m
  • E16
    The Tear Collector
    Aired · Sun, Feb 24, 1985 · 30m
  • E17
    Madness Room
    Aired · Sun, May 5, 1985 · 30m
  • E18
    If the Shoes Fit...
    Aired · Sun, May 12, 1985 · 30m
  • E19
    Levitation
    Aired · Sun, May 19, 1985 · 30m

    Two teenagers go to the circus to see a magician with a unique levitation act.

  • E20
    It All Comes Out in the Wash
    Aired · Sun, May 26, 1985 · 30m
  • E21
    Bigalow's Last Smoke
    Aired · Sun, Jun 9, 1985 · 30m
  • E22
    Grandma's Last Wish
    Aired · Sun, Jun 16, 1985 · 30m
  • E23
    The False Prophet
    Aired · Sun, Aug 4, 1985 · 30m
Season 2
24 episodes · 24 aired
▾
  • E1
    The Impressionist
    Aired · Sun, Sep 29, 1985 · 30m
  • E2
    Lifebomb
    Aired · Sun, Oct 6, 1985 · 30m
  • E3
    Ring Around the Redhead
    Aired · Sun, Oct 13, 1985 · 30m
  • E4
    Parlour Floor Front
    Aired · Sun, Oct 20, 1985 · 30m
  • E5
    Halloween Candy
    Aired · Sun, Oct 27, 1985 · 30m

    A miser who refuses to give out Halloween candy finds himself trapped in his house with no escape... and the food running out.

  • E6
    The Satanic Piano
    Aired · Sun, Nov 3, 1985 · 30m

    An inventor offers a fading composer a way to create the music that he's always dreamed of... at a price he may not wish to pay.

  • E7
    The Devil's Advocate
    Aired · Sun, Nov 10, 1985 · 30m

    An abrasive radio talk show host discovers that he's been selected to broadcast to a unique audience.

  • E8
    Distant Signals
    Aired · Sun, Nov 17, 1985 · 30m

    A mysterious investor attempts to revive an obscure TV show from the 60s... and is willing to pay in gold bars to do it.

  • E9
    The Trouble with Mary Jane
    Aired · Sun, Nov 24, 1985 · 30m

    Two bickering occultists could be $50,000 richer, that is, if they can work together successfully to exorcise a possessed girl.

  • E10
    Ursa Minor
    Aired · Sun, Dec 1, 1985 · 30m
  • E11
    Effect and Cause
    Aired · Sun, Dec 8, 1985 · 30m
  • E12
    Monsters in My Room
    Aired · Sun, Dec 22, 1985 · 30m

    A stepfather believes that his son is making up stories about the monsters hiding in his room.

  • E13
    Comet Watch
    Aired · Sun, Jan 12, 1986 · 30m
  • E14
    Dream Girl
    Aired · Sun, Jan 19, 1986 · 30m
  • E15
    A New Lease on Life
    Aired · Sun, Jan 26, 1986 · 30m

    A young man moves into an apartment that later takes on a frightening characteristics whenever he breaks the landlady's rules.

  • E16
    Printer's Devil
    Aired · Sun, Feb 2, 1986 · 30m
  • E17
    The Shrine
    Aired · Sun, Feb 9, 1986 · 30m
  • E18
    The Old Soft Shoe
    Aired · Sun, Feb 16, 1986 · 30m
  • E19
    The Last Car
    Aired · Sun, Feb 23, 1986 · 30m
  • E20
    A Choice of Dreams
    Aired · Sun, May 4, 1986 · 30m
  • E21
    Strange Love
    Aired · Sun, May 11, 1986 · 30m
  • E22
    The Unhappy Medium
    Aired · Sun, May 18, 1986 · 30m
  • E23
    Fear of Floating
    Aired · Sun, May 25, 1986 · 30m
  • E24
    The Casavin Curse
    Aired · Sun, Jul 13, 1986 · 30m
Season 3
22 episodes · 22 aired
▾
  • E1
    The Circus
    Aired · Sun, Sep 28, 1986 · 30m

    A journalist tries to prove that the freaks at a sideshow are fakes.

  • E2
    I Can't Help Saying Goodbye
    Aired · Sun, Oct 5, 1986 · 30m

    A young girl is cursed: anyone she says goodbye to soon dies.

  • E3
    The Bitterest Pill
    Aired · Sun, Oct 12, 1986 · 30m
  • E4
    Florence Bravo
    Aired · Sun, Oct 19, 1986 · 30m
  • E5
    The Geezenstacks
    Aired · Sun, Oct 26, 1986 · 30m
  • E6
    Black Widows
    Aired · Sun, Nov 2, 1986 · 30m
  • E7
    Heretic
    Aired · Sun, Nov 9, 1986 · 30m

    A mysterious monk comes to visit an art dealer who has picked up a painting of the Inquisition on the black market.

  • E8
    A Serpent's Tooth
    Aired · Sun, Nov 16, 1986 · 30m
  • E9
    Baker's Dozen
    Aired · Sun, Nov 23, 1986 · 30m
  • E10
    Deliver Us from Goodness
    Aired · Sun, Nov 30, 1986 · 30m
  • E11
    Seasons of Belief
    Aired · Mon, Dec 29, 1986 · 30m

    A grandfather entertains his grandchildren on Christmas Eve with the tale of a creature that comes from the North Pole looking for bad boys and girls.

  • E12
    Miss May Dusa
    Aired · Sun, Jan 18, 1987 · 30m
  • E13
    The Milkman Cometh
    Aired · Sun, Jan 25, 1987 · 30m
  • E14
    My Ghostwriter: The Vampire
    Aired · Sun, Feb 1, 1987 · 30m
  • E15
    My Own Place
    Aired · Sun, Feb 8, 1987 · 30m
  • E16
    Red Leader
    Aired · Sun, Feb 15, 1987 · 30m
  • E17
    Everybody Needs a Little Love
    Aired · Sun, Feb 22, 1987 · 30m
  • E18
    Auld Acquaintances
    Aired · Sun, Mar 1, 1987 · 30m
  • E19
    The Social Climber
    Aired · Sun, Mar 8, 1987 · 30m
  • E20
    The Swap
    Aired · Sun, May 3, 1987 · 30m
  • E21
    Let the Games Begin
    Aired · Sun, May 10, 1987 · 30m
  • E22
    The Enormous Radio
    Aired · Sun, May 17, 1987 · 30m
Season 4
20 episodes · 20 aired
▾
  • E1
    Beetles
    Aired · Sun, Sep 27, 1987 · 30m
  • E2
    Mary, Mary
    Aired · Sun, Oct 4, 1987 · 30m
  • E3
    The Spirit Photographer
    Aired · Sun, Oct 11, 1987 · 30m
  • E4
    The Moth
    Aired · Sun, Oct 18, 1987 · 30m
  • E5
    No Strings
    Aired · Sun, Oct 25, 1987 · 30m
  • E6
    The Grave Robber
    Aired · Sun, Nov 1, 1987 · 30m
  • E7
    The Yattering and Jack
    Aired · Sun, Nov 8, 1987 · 30m

    The daughter of a pickle salesman is surprised when he denies the strange phenomenon happening in his house... caused by a Yatterling, a demon sent from Hell to drive the salesman to renounce God.

  • E8
    Seymourlama
    Aired · Sun, Nov 15, 1987 · 30m
  • E9
    Sorry, Right Number
    Aired · Sun, Nov 22, 1987 · 30m
  • E10
    Payment Overdue
    Aired · Sun, Feb 14, 1988 · 30m
  • E11
    Love Hungry
    Aired · Sun, Feb 21, 1988 · 30m
  • E12
    The Deal
    Aired · Sun, Feb 28, 1988 · 30m
  • E13
    The Apprentice
    Aired · Sun, May 1, 1988 · 30m
  • E14
    The Cutty Black Sow
    Aired · Sun, May 8, 1988 · 30m
  • E15
    Do Not Open This Box
    Aired · Sun, May 15, 1988 · 30m
  • E16
    Family Reunion
    Aired · Sun, May 22, 1988 · 30m
  • E17
    Going Native
    Aired · Sun, Jun 19, 1988 · 30m
  • E18
    Hush
    Aired · Sun, Jul 10, 1988 · 30m
  • E19
    Barter
    Aired · Sun, Jul 17, 1988 · 30m
  • E20
    Basher Malone
    Aired · Sat, Jul 23, 1988 · 30m