Watch Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) Free Online

Release Date: 1990

Cast: Donald Van Horn, Matthew Lawrence, Julianne Moore, Robert Klein, Christian Slater, William Hickey, Debbie Harry, Steve Buscemi, Rae Dawn Chong, James Remar, David Johansen

Categories: Movies, Monster Movie, Creature Film, Supernatural, Horror

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie is a 1990 movie directed by John Harrison based on the anthology television series Tales from the Darkside. The film, shot in anthology style, depicts a kidnapped paperboy who tells three stories of horror to the suburban witch who is preparing to eat him, à la Hansel and Gretel. The film is sometimes confused to have been intended as Creepshow 3, a sequel to George A. Romero and Stephen King's popular horror anthology, Creepshow. However, this is not supported by any real evidence. However, Tom Savini has been quoted as saying that this film is the real... MORE

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie is a 1990 movie directed by John Harrison based on the anthology television series Tales from the Darkside. The film, shot in anthology style, depicts a kidnapped paperboy who tells three stories of horror to the suburban witch who is preparing to eat him, à la Hansel and Gretel. The film is sometimes confused to have been intended as Creepshow 3, a sequel to George A. Romero and Stephen King's popular horror anthology, Creepshow. However, this is not supported by any real evidence. However, Tom Savini has been quoted as saying that this film is the real "Creepshow 3" which may be the start of the rumor, though he may just be referring to the shared legacy of both properties and the involvement of both King and Romero. The movie opens with Betty, a housewife (Deborah Harry) planning a dinner party. The main dish is to be Timmy (Matthew Lawrence), a young boy whom she had captured earlier and chained up in her pantry. To stall her from stuffing and roasting him, the boy tells her three horror stories from the book "Tales from the Darkside". In the first segment, Michael McDowell adapts Arthur Conan Doyle's short story, "Lot No. 249". A graduate LESS