Tales from the Darkside: Djinn, No Chaser starts as Danny Squires (Charles Levin) & his wife Connie (Colleen Camp) are out shopping for their new apartment when a large tent appears out of nowhere full of odd curios, inside Connie takes a liking to an old Arabian style lamp which they buy for $10. Back home Connie can't resist rubbing the lamp just in case all the stories, films & books about Genie's are true which it turns out they are because there is a troublesome Genie stuck in the lamp & starts to take it's bad mood out on Connie & Danny...
Episode 10 from season 1 this Tales from the Darkside story originally aired in the US during January 1985, directed by Shelley Levinson this was an extremely silly tale with little point & an even sillier ending involving a can opener. The script by Haskell Barkin has a decent enough premise which could have made an effective little horror short but the script goes for out-and-out comedy which doesn't really work because it isn't funny. It moves along at a nice pace only lasting for 20 minutes but it's just not that good, there's no twist apart from a really dumb end punchline to a running joke & this isn't an episode that I'd be in any hurry to watch again.
As usual this is well made but the sight of 7 foot plus ex-basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in a grey suit as a Genie at the end is just plain stupid. There isn't a single horror element in this one & it's not scary in the slightest. The acting is pretty good with Camp & Levin as the unlucky couple putting in decent performances.
Djinn, No Chaser (I don't get that title at all...) is a pretty lame kids fantasy comedy that I'm not sure belongs in a show called Tales from the Darkside, not recommended.
Episode 10 from season 1 this Tales from the Darkside story originally aired in the US during January 1985, directed by Shelley Levinson this was an extremely silly tale with little point & an even sillier ending involving a can opener. The script by Haskell Barkin has a decent enough premise which could have made an effective little horror short but the script goes for out-and-out comedy which doesn't really work because it isn't funny. It moves along at a nice pace only lasting for 20 minutes but it's just not that good, there's no twist apart from a really dumb end punchline to a running joke & this isn't an episode that I'd be in any hurry to watch again.
As usual this is well made but the sight of 7 foot plus ex-basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in a grey suit as a Genie at the end is just plain stupid. There isn't a single horror element in this one & it's not scary in the slightest. The acting is pretty good with Camp & Levin as the unlucky couple putting in decent performances.
Djinn, No Chaser (I don't get that title at all...) is a pretty lame kids fantasy comedy that I'm not sure belongs in a show called Tales from the Darkside, not recommended.