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

Four Ghoulish Fables In One Modern Nightmare!
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User Score428 ratings
TMDB 6.216+19901h 33mEnglish
ThrillerComedyFantasyHorror

Synopsis

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

Director
John HarrisonFrom TMDB credits
Studio
Paramount Pictures4 production companies
Release
May 3, 1990Released
Box Office
$16MBudget $4M

Top Cast

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Debbie Harry
Debbie Harry
Betty (Wraparound Story)
Matthew Lawrence
Matthew Lawrence
Timmy (Wraparound Story)
David Forrester
Priest (Wraparound Story)
Christian Slater
Christian Slater
Andy (segment ‘Lot 249’)
Robert Sedgwick
Robert Sedgwick
Lee (segment ‘Lot 249’)
Steve Buscemi
Steve Buscemi
Bellingham (segment ‘Lot 249’)
Donald Van Horn
Moving Man (segment ‘Lot 249’)
Michael Deak
Michael Deak
Mummy (segment ‘Lot 249’)

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Reviews

From TMDB users
JPV852
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**

Dr_Nostromo
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

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