Movie has Debbie Harry as a suburban cannibal who has a young kid under lock and key (played by 10 year old Matthew Laurence) preparing to kill and eat him. He starts reading tales out of a book named "Tales of the Darkside" (of course) to stop her from eating him.
First up is "Lot 249" in which a student revives a mummy to kill his enemies. The story by Bram Stoker is a quick eerie read. The segment here is slow, silly and chock-full of terrible acting and fake gore. What's surprising is we have three great actors--Christian Slater, Steve Buscemi and Julianne Moore (!!!) giving their all time worst performances.
"Cat from Hell" (from a Stephen King Story) is a real stupid tale of an old man (William Hickey) hiring a professional killer (David Johanssen) to kill a cat that is after him. It's boring and stupid but does have a real gory cool ending.
"Lover's Vow" has an artist (a pumped up James Remar) who has a strange encounter with a real cool demon. Then it switches tracks and turns into a love story (with Rae Dawn Chong thrown in). It leads to a frustrating and predictable ending.
The movie looks cheaply made and is never really scary. It plays like three episodes of the TV series stitched together with R rated swearing, gore and violence thrown in. Still I like it in a strange sort of way. The cast alone makes it worth seeing and it's only 90 minutes long. Horror fans should take a look.
First up is "Lot 249" in which a student revives a mummy to kill his enemies. The story by Bram Stoker is a quick eerie read. The segment here is slow, silly and chock-full of terrible acting and fake gore. What's surprising is we have three great actors--Christian Slater, Steve Buscemi and Julianne Moore (!!!) giving their all time worst performances.
"Cat from Hell" (from a Stephen King Story) is a real stupid tale of an old man (William Hickey) hiring a professional killer (David Johanssen) to kill a cat that is after him. It's boring and stupid but does have a real gory cool ending.
"Lover's Vow" has an artist (a pumped up James Remar) who has a strange encounter with a real cool demon. Then it switches tracks and turns into a love story (with Rae Dawn Chong thrown in). It leads to a frustrating and predictable ending.
The movie looks cheaply made and is never really scary. It plays like three episodes of the TV series stitched together with R rated swearing, gore and violence thrown in. Still I like it in a strange sort of way. The cast alone makes it worth seeing and it's only 90 minutes long. Horror fans should take a look.