Tales From The Darkside, Best Of.
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1.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Trick or Treat (Pilot)
(1983)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Town miser Gideon Hackles spends Halloween hiding IOU's in his house, which he then rigs as haunted and invites local kids to search for the IOU's so he can scare them. This year, he gets his comeuppance.
Director: Bob Balaban | Stars: Barnard Hughes, I.M. Hobson, Max Wright, Joe Ponazecki
Votes: 647
2.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
I'll Give You a Million
(1984)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Wily millionaire Duncan Williams engages his longtime acquaintance Jack Blaine in a cat & mouse game ... by offering Jack one million dollars for his mortal soul.
Director: John Harrison | Stars: Keenan Wynn, George Petrie, Michael Freeman, Bradley Fisher
Votes: 513
3.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Odds
(1984)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Bookie Tom Vale never refuses a bet. Bettor Bill Lacey only bets long shots and beats impossible odds each time. Lacey's latest bet is that Vale will die of natural causes by 8:00 am tomorrow.
Director: James Steven Sadwith | Stars: Danny Aiello, Tom Noonan, Robert Weil, Anthony Bishop
Votes: 507
4.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Inside the Closet
(1984)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
What is scurrying around inside the closet of the upstairs room that grad student Gail Aynsley rents from veterinary school dean Dr. Fenner? Gail doesn't know, but she is determined to find out and Dr Fenner isn't telling.
Director: Tom Savini | Stars: Fritz Weaver, Roberta Weiss, Paul Sparer, Patrick Macnee
Votes: 679
5.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Word Processor of the Gods
(1984)
TV-14 | 20 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Struggling writer Richard Hagstrom receives an upgraded computer from his computer-whiz nephew Jonathan right before Jonathan dies in an accident. Thanks to Jonathan, this word processor ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Gornick | Stars: Bruce Davison, Karen Shallo, Patrick Piccininni, Bill Cain
Votes: 565
6.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
A Case of the Stubborns
(1984)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Jodie and his mum are grief-stricken by the passing away of Jodie's grandfather, but they soon find themselves with a lot more to be upset about when he gets determined not to stay dead.
Director: Gerald Cotts | Stars: Eddie Bracken, Bill McCutcheon, Tresa Hughes, Christian Slater
Votes: 559
7.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
In the Cards
(1985)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Soft-hearted Catherine makes a living as a tarot card reader but faces a crisis of conscience in the process.
Director: Theodore Gershuny | Stars: Dorothy Lyman, Carmen Mathews, Teri Keane, Wood Romoff
Votes: 385
8.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Snip, Snip
(1985)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Warlock Abe North and hairdresser Anne MacColl do battle over a winning lottery ticket.
Director: Terence Cahalan | Stars: Carol Kane, Bud Cort, Ed Kenney, Paul Micale
Votes: 382
9.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Answer Me
(1985)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Joan Matlin's an English actress living in a NYC sublet. She's unable to get any rest - being constantly annoyed by the sound of a ringing phone from the apartment next door.
Director: Richard Friedman | Stars: Jean Marsh, Paul Sparer
Votes: 387
10.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Bigalow's Last Smoke
(1985)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Chain smoker Frank Bigalow is imprisoned in a simulacrum of his apartment, then forced to quit smoking and punished each time he lights up.
Director: Timna Ranon | Stars: Richard Romanus, Sam Anderson, Howard Dayton, Catherine Battistone
Votes: 357
11.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Impressionist
(1985)
TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Nightclub impressionist Spiffy Remo is blackmailed into helping the government establish communication with Hoffgosh, a seemingly hostile alien who holds the secret to nuclear fusion.
Director: Armand Mastroianni | Stars: Chuck McCann, Bobby Di Cicco, Jack Andreozzi, Claudia Templeton
Votes: 310
12.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Parlour Floor Front
(1985)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
After Linda, a landlady, speaks to her tenant, Mars Gillis, who she wants to move out of the parlour floor front apartment, bad things start happening all over the apartment she and her husband live in, and suspect it's Mars's voodoo.
Director: Richard Friedman | Stars: Adolph Caesar, Rosetta LeNoire, Donna Bullock, John Calonius
Votes: 303
13.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Halloween Candy
(1985)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Nasty old Mr Killup uses Halloween to taunt kids. This year, he's in for a surprise, from which even his long-suffering son Michael cannot save him.
Director: Tom Savini | Stars: Roy Poole, Tim Choate, David K. Varney, John Edward Allen
Votes: 475
14.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Trouble with Mary Jane
(1985)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Mrs. Knudsen enlists the aid of bumbling occult students Jack and Nora Mills to exorcise Aisha Candisha, the demon who is possessing her now-goat-footed daughter Mary Jane. The price? Fifty thousand dollars.
Director: T.J. Castronovo | Stars: Phyllis Diller, Lawrence Tierney, Anita Dangler, Tanya Fenmore
Votes: 282
15.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Ursa Minor
(1985)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Richard and Joan's birthday gift for their daughter Susie is a large stuffed teddy bear ... or is it?
Director: Theodore Gershuny | Stars: Marilyn Jones, Timothy Carhart, Jamie Ohar, Malachy McCourt
Votes: 302
16.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Monsters in My Room
(1985)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Biff doesn't understand children well and winds up at odds with his new wife Helen's young son Timmy, whose life is already complicated by the monsters that Timmy finds in his bedroom.
Director: James Steven Sadwith | Stars: Greg Mullavey, Seth Green, Beth McDonald, Elia Braca
Votes: 337
17.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Last Car
(1986)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A pretty university student named Stacey (Begona Plaza) waits to board a train that will take her home for Thanksgiving. However Stacey soon discovers there is something unusual and terrifying about the last car of this train.
Director: John Strysik | Stars: Begonya Plaza, Mary Carver, Louis Guss, Scooter Stevens
Votes: 403
18.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
A Choice of Dreams
(1986)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Mobster Jake Corelli has terminal cancer. A stranger promises him his choice of dreams and power over death. The price is ten million dollars.
Director: Gerald Cotts | Stars: Abe Vigoda, David Chandler, Ralph Monaco, David Glen
Votes: 244
19.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Strange Love
(1986)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A doctor makes a house call and finds his patients are vampires
Director: Theodore Gershuny | Stars: Harsh Nayyar, Marcia Cross, Patrick Kilpatrick, Paul Sparer
Votes: 270
20.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Casavin Curse
(1986)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Beautiful Gina Casavin claims to be under the spell of a decades-old family curse, because everyone with whom she falls in love dies mysteriously.
Director: Frank De Palma | Stars: Joe Cortese, Catherine Parks, Scott Lincoln, Julie Ariola
Votes: 229
21.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Circus
(1986)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Newspaperman Bragg debunks charlatans as a way of "staying sane." His latest quarry is the obscure circus of Dr. Nis. When Bragg visits, Dr. Nis tries to prove its authenticity.
Director: Michael Gornick | Stars: William Hickey, Kevin O'Connor, Ed French, Jacques Sandulescu
Votes: 254
22.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Geezenstacks
(1986)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Sam Hummel notices eerie parallels between events in the life of his own family, and events in the lives of his daughter Audrey's dolls, the Geezenstacks.
Director: Bill Travis | Stars: Craig Wasson, Tandy Cronyn, Larry Pine, Lana Hirsch
Votes: 303
23.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Black Widows
(1986)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
On her wedding night, a young bride learns a secret about the women in her family.
Director: Karl Epstein | Stars: Margaret O'Brien, Theresa Saldana, Paul Eiding, Joe D'Angerio
Votes: 242
24.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Baker's Dozen
(1986)
TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Elderly cookie baker Ruby Cuzzins teams up with ad exec Henry Hogan to profit from her baking skills with a plan that includes greed, spousal abuse, and voodoo.
Director: John Harrison | Stars: Mabel King, Larry Manetti, Vernon Washington, Therese Pare
Votes: 238
25.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Seasons of Belief
(1986)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
On Christmas Eve, a father ends his two children's boredom by holding them spellbound with a scary story about a fearsome beast known as the Grither.
Director: Michael McDowell | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Margaret Klenck, Sky Berdahl, Jenna von Oÿ
Votes: 408
26.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Miss May Dusa
(1987)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Jimmy James is playing his saxophone in the New York City subway when he meets an enigmatic woman named May Dusa, who claims to suffer amnesia and to have caused several accidental deaths.
Director: Richard Blackburn | Stars: Sofia Landon Geier, Gary Majchrazak, Yolanda Childress, Steve Tracy
Votes: 249
27.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Milkman Cometh
(1987)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Ruth Cooley is curious as to the reason why her husband Garry leaves unusual written requests in their mailbox for the mail carrier to fulfill.
Director: John Strysik | Stars: Robert Forster, Seymour Cassel, Shannon Wilcox, Chad Allen
Votes: 253
28.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
My Ghostwriter - The Vampire
(1987)
TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Hack horror writer Peter Prentice receives an offer from Vampire Count Jeffrey Draco: nine hundred years of authentic vampire stories to use as material - in exchange for sanctuary in Peter's home.
Director: Frank De Palma | Stars: Jeff Conaway, Roy Dotrice, Jillie Mack, Chi Chi Navarro
Votes: 213
29.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Let the Games Begin
(1987)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Harry Carson suffers a heart attack and dies in a hotel room, prompting an angel and a devil to battle each other for possession of Harry's soul.
Director: John Lewis | Stars: David Groh, Jane Summerhays, Earl Hindman, Willie Reale
Votes: 191
30.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Beetles
(1987)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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.
Director: Frank De Palma | Stars: Rod McCary, Sirri Murad, Donald MacKechnie, Colm Meaney
Votes: 221
31.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Grave Robber
(1987)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Two archaeologists turned grave robbers are forced to play strip poker with an angry mummy that protects the tomb they broke into.
Director: Jeff Schiro | Stars: Arnold Stang, Polly Draper, Daren Kelly, Ed Kovens
Votes: 216
32.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Cutty Black Sow
(1988)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Young Jamie receives, and takes seriously, a deathbed warning from his great-grandmother to guard against the legendary Cutty Black Sow.
Director: Richard Glass | Stars: Huckleberry Fox, Paula Trueman, Mary Griffin, Timothy Landfield
Votes: 288
33.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Do Not Open This Box
(1988)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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.
Director: Jodie Foster | Stars: Eileen Heckart, William LeMassena, Richard B. Shull, Fay Gold
Votes: 262
34.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
No Strings
(1987)
TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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.
Director: David Odell | Stars: T.J. Castronovo, Barry Dennen, Cameron Milzer, Bradley Fisher
Votes: 221
35.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Moth
(1987)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Dying Sybil uses her last hours on Earth to curse her enemies and plan for the afterlife, much to the chagrin of her mother.
Director: Jeffrey Wolf | Stars: Debbie Harry, Jane Manning, Paul Sparer
Votes: 234
36.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Yattering and Jack
(1987)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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.
Director: David Odell | Stars: Phil Fondacaro, Antony Carbone, Tom Newman, Danielle Brisebois
Votes: 248
37.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Family Reunion
(1988)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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.
Director: Tom Savini | Stars: Stephen McHattie, Daniel Terrence Kelly, Patricia Tallman, Marilyn Rockafellow
Votes: 263
38.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Florence Bravo
(1986)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Dr. David McCall is cheating on his emotionally unstable wife Emily, who is visited by the specter of Florence Bravo, who murdered her own adulterous husband.
Director: John Lewis | Stars: Lori Cardille, David Hayward, Carol Levy, Lauren Klein
Votes: 223
39.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Red Leader
(1987)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A corrupt business man is offered a top position in Hell by the devil.
Director: John Harrison | Stars: Joe E. Tata, Carmine Caridi, Brioni Farrell, Peter Bromilow
Votes: 195
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