- Language: English, French
- Subtitles: English
- Number of discs: 1
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By Mark Wayman
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In the 70's and 80's there was a lot of these horror anthologies made, usually having between 3 and 5 stories. I watch this film recently and was pleasantly surprised, as some of the others I've seen were disappointing.
The disc has no extras and the picture is fullframe, but very clear.
I won't go into details of the various plots, as I would be here allday, but I enjoyed each one of them, and I was surprised at the gore in some of them. In the 80's a lot of American horror movies where very tame gore wise, I think under pressure from the government at the time.
There is a good cast, including, Steve Buscemi (Reservoir Dogs), Julianne Moore (Boogie Nights) and Christian Slater (True Romance) amongst others.
Interestingly there is a tale called 'Cat From Hell'. This is based on a short story by Stephen King, and the screenplay is written by 'Night of the Living Dead' director George A. Romero. I'm sure this story also turns up in 'Two Evil Eyes' and is directed by Romero himself.
This anthology is well worth a watch.
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The movie version of the popular series, a collection of four gory stories;
Lot 249 is loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle's original tale. It has an excellent cast of then-rising-stars Christian Slater, Julianne Moore and Steve Buscemi, who play college archeologists who unearth an egyptian mummy in a crate. Needless to say, mummy madness follows, with the creature pulling a brain out of the nose with a long hook, then popping it in the fruit bowl [for some reason]. This is fun, and its worth it for the cast and the gory, but tongue in cheek, effects.
Cat From Hell is written by Stephen King, and has David Hickey as a strange old-timer who has hired a hitman to kill a troublesome cat. Again, this is enjoyable, and I think my kitten was a bit scared of the noises coming from the TV. Watch for the part where the cat is swallowed then regurgitated later. Messy, but interesting, and it reminded me very much of the early 80's portmanteau film THE UNCANNY.
Lovers Vow is about an artist who makes a deal with a demon. It has a clever, but guessable, twist at the end and some greart stop-motion and model work for the demon, which resembles the creature from the 50's classic NIGHT OF THE DEMON. James Remar and Rae Dawn Chong star here.
The framing story has Deborah Harry, who has lured a kid into her house and is going to cook him. He tells the other stories to pass the time and stall her.
The film as a whole is very enjoyable, with a superb cast, and some classic 80's horror effects.
Lot 249 is loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle's original tale. It has an excellent cast of then-rising-stars Christian Slater, Julianne Moore and Steve Buscemi, who play college archeologists who unearth an egyptian mummy in a crate. Needless to say, mummy madness follows, with the creature pulling a brain out of the nose with a long hook, then popping it in the fruit bowl [for some reason]. This is fun, and its worth it for the cast and the gory, but tongue in cheek, effects.
Cat From Hell is written by Stephen King, and has David Hickey as a strange old-timer who has hired a hitman to kill a troublesome cat. Again, this is enjoyable, and I think my kitten was a bit scared of the noises coming from the TV. Watch for the part where the cat is swallowed then regurgitated later. Messy, but interesting, and it reminded me very much of the early 80's portmanteau film THE UNCANNY.
Lovers Vow is about an artist who makes a deal with a demon. It has a clever, but guessable, twist at the end and some greart stop-motion and model work for the demon, which resembles the creature from the 50's classic NIGHT OF THE DEMON. James Remar and Rae Dawn Chong star here.
The framing story has Deborah Harry, who has lured a kid into her house and is going to cook him. He tells the other stories to pass the time and stall her.
The film as a whole is very enjoyable, with a superb cast, and some classic 80's horror effects.
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Tales From the Darkside is a very creepy and enjoyable movie split into three stories.
Forget the boast that there are four stories, as the fourth one involves the traditional intro and ending
to which most if not all anthology films boasted.
The first segment about a mummy is perhaps the weakest. And that is ironic given the fact that it stars both Christian Slater and Steve Busemi. Perhaps they are let down by a timid script and bad actors around them that look as if they had just starred in Freddy's Nightmares or something very similar.
The climax to this segment is very good though.
The next story is about a hitman whose next job is to kill a cat. It's owner believes the cat is responsible for three deaths. This is quite an effective and creepy tale and the climax is pretty gory.
The final story is my favourite and any story that boasts the acting talent of James Remar will be lifted.
Here we have a winged monster that makes a promise with Remar. I won't go into too many details, but this is a great story.
Overall then Tales From the Darkside is certaintly worth the purchase. It's not of course the best anthology series you could get, but once you get past the first story it is highly enjoyable. Ultimately it works because it retains it's sheer creepiness until the final reel.
Forget the boast that there are four stories, as the fourth one involves the traditional intro and ending
to which most if not all anthology films boasted.
The first segment about a mummy is perhaps the weakest. And that is ironic given the fact that it stars both Christian Slater and Steve Busemi. Perhaps they are let down by a timid script and bad actors around them that look as if they had just starred in Freddy's Nightmares or something very similar.
The climax to this segment is very good though.
The next story is about a hitman whose next job is to kill a cat. It's owner believes the cat is responsible for three deaths. This is quite an effective and creepy tale and the climax is pretty gory.
The final story is my favourite and any story that boasts the acting talent of James Remar will be lifted.
Here we have a winged monster that makes a promise with Remar. I won't go into too many details, but this is a great story.
Overall then Tales From the Darkside is certaintly worth the purchase. It's not of course the best anthology series you could get, but once you get past the first story it is highly enjoyable. Ultimately it works because it retains it's sheer creepiness until the final reel.
By tango
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just watch it. done really well. and very creepy stories. for its price its a must for horror fans. i enjoyed it .......
By West25
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Tales From The Darkside is the movie Tom Savini called "the real Creepshow 3", it's a fun film in similar vein to that of Creepshow 1 and 2 and had Stephen King and George A. Romero involved. In truth it was never intended to be Creepshow 3, it was actually based on the television show Tales From The Darkside that ran between 1983-1988, and King and Romero were only involved in one of the three stories.
The film opens with the wraparound story that stars Blondie's Deborah Harry as a woman who is planning on cooking a young boy in a nod to Hansel and Gretel, in a bid to stall her the young boy tells her three ghastly tales. The first tale is about revenge involving a Mummy and it stars a young looking Steve Buscemi, Christian Slater and Julianne Moore. Secondly there is the Stephen King based story with George Romero doing the screenplay, it's another take on Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat and stars William Hickey in his usual "cantankerous old man" role and David Johansen as a hitman. James Remar gives a good performance in the third and best of the tales, he stars as a struggling artist who meets the Rae Dawn Chong character and his life seems to be perfect, it will stay that way if he can keep a promise he made. This tale is very similar to one of the segments in the wonderful Japanese horror anthology called Kwaidan. The wraparound story ends the film nicely with a touch of humour that is sprinkled throughout the movie.
It isn't particularly scary or humorous, but it does mix enough of both to work. There's enough well known faces in the movie to ensure the acting is of a pretty high standard, Deborah Harry did well considering she's far better known for her singing.... Read more ›
The film opens with the wraparound story that stars Blondie's Deborah Harry as a woman who is planning on cooking a young boy in a nod to Hansel and Gretel, in a bid to stall her the young boy tells her three ghastly tales. The first tale is about revenge involving a Mummy and it stars a young looking Steve Buscemi, Christian Slater and Julianne Moore. Secondly there is the Stephen King based story with George Romero doing the screenplay, it's another take on Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat and stars William Hickey in his usual "cantankerous old man" role and David Johansen as a hitman. James Remar gives a good performance in the third and best of the tales, he stars as a struggling artist who meets the Rae Dawn Chong character and his life seems to be perfect, it will stay that way if he can keep a promise he made. This tale is very similar to one of the segments in the wonderful Japanese horror anthology called Kwaidan. The wraparound story ends the film nicely with a touch of humour that is sprinkled throughout the movie.
It isn't particularly scary or humorous, but it does mix enough of both to work. There's enough well known faces in the movie to ensure the acting is of a pretty high standard, Deborah Harry did well considering she's far better known for her singing.... Read more ›
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Tales from the Darkside (The Movie) aka Creepshow 3
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie was originally slated to be the third installment of the Creepshow series (no evidence but Tom Savini has often referred to it as just that). Read more
Published 7 months ago by Ghost
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Lightweight fun.
"Tales From The Darkside The Movie" consists of 3 stories plus a wraparound story featuring Debbie Harry. Read more
Published 9 months ago by M. Crossman
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the real creepshow 3
tales from the darkside the movie is pretty good! and if you like creepshow dont bother buying the lame 3rd movie just buy this. Read more
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great movie, its four stories all gruelsome in their own way, the story begins when a little boy is saving time by reading stories for a witch so that he has more time to figure... Read more
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