Tales from the Darkside (1984)
Tales from the Darkside (1984)
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Plot.
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.
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Cast & Crew.
Paul Sparer
Narrator (voice)
George A. Romero
Creator / Executive Producer / Writer
Patrick Macnee
Self - Host (only UK version)
Gideon Porath
Director of Photography
Joseph D. Urbanczyk
Director of Photography
Robert Draper
Director of Photography
Steven Ross
Director of Photography
Karen Grossman
Director of Photography
Ernest R. Dickerson
Director of Photography / Director
Jon Fauer
Director of Photography
Michael Cardone
Director of Photography
Carl Norr
Director of Photography
Jack Donnelly
Director of Photography
Lloyd Freidus
Director of Photography
Robert Liiv
Director of Photography
Edgard Mourino
Stunts
Bruce Paul Barbour
Stunts
Lisa Cain
Stunts
John Harrison
Director / Writer / Story
Frank De Palma
Director / Editor
John Strysik
Director
Theodore Gershuny
Director / Writer / Teleplay
Bill Travis
Director
Gerald Cotts
Director
Michael Gornick
Director
Armand Mastroianni
Director / Teleplay
Timna Ranon
Director / Teleplay
Richard Friedman
Director
John Lewis
Director
Tom Savini
Director
Warner Shook
Director
James Steven Sadwith
Director / Writer
John Drury
Director
John Hayes
Director
David Odell
Director / Writer
Christopher T. Welch
Director / Editor
Shelley Levinson
Director
Terence Cahalan
Director
Michael McDowell
Director / Writer
Jeffrey Wolf
Director / Editor
Richard Glass
Director
Bryan Michael Stoller
Director
Richard Blackburn
Director / Writer
Dusty Nelson
Director
Andrew Weiner
Director / Story
Eleanor Gaver
Director
Allen Coulter
Director / Writer
Karl Epstein
Director
Mark Jean
Director
Katarina Wittich
Director
Anthony Santa Croce
Director
Jodie Foster
Director
Scott Vickrey
Editor
Greg Schorer
Editor
Bill Pankow
Editor
Deborah Shaffer
Editor
Seth Gaven
Editor
Brian Q. Kelley
Editor
Kristina Boden
Editor
William Flicker
Editor
Harvey Rosenstock
Editor
Edmund Ferrell
Co-Editor
Tom Crawford
Editor
M. Edward Salier
Editor
Derek Parsons
Editor
Mark S. Manos
Editor
Sean Sullivan
Editor
Dov Gottesfeld
Editor
Jule Selbo
Teleplay / Writer
Edithe Swensen
Writer
Haskell Barkin
Teleplay / Writer
Mark Durand
Teleplay / Writer
Michael P. Kube-McDowell
Writer
Scott Edelman
Story
Harvey Jacobs
Writer / Teleplay
Peter O'Keefe
Writer / Teleplay
Robert Bloch
Writer / Story
James Houghton
Writer
Carole Lucia Satrina
Writer / Story
Franco Amurri
Writer
Richard Benner
Writer
Stephen King
Story / Writer
David Gerrold
Writer
Donald Wollner
Teleplay
Ellen Sandhaus
Writer
Bobs Gannaway
Story
Granville Burgess
Writer
Michael Bishop
Story
Craig Mitchell
Story
John Cheever
Story
Guy Gallo
Teleplay
Suzette Haden Elgin
Story
Clive Barker
Writer
Carl Jacobi
Story
Kenneth Wayne Hanis
Story
Dan Kleinman
Writer
Art Monterastelli
Writer
David Spiel
Writer
Ann MacKenzie
Story
Fredric Brown
Short Story
Larry Fulton
Story
Barbara Paul
Story
Brian Thomas Jones
Writer
Ron Goulart
Story
John D. MacDonald
Story
Thomas Epperson
Writer
Charles L. Grant
Story
John Drimmer
Teleplay
Joseph Payne Brennan
Short Story
David Groh
Angel / Aldo Anderson
Nancy Doyne
Teleplay
Alison Sweeney
Karen
John Sladek
Writer
Barbara Owens
Short Story
Farley Granger
Doctor Roebuck
Bob Balaban
Writer
Ronee Blakley
Cassie Pines
Donald Olson
Story
Thomas F. Monteleone
Story
Coleen Gray
Cecilia Matthews
Zenna Henderson
Story
Louis Haber
Story
Mabel King
Ruby Cuzzins
Pamela Sargent
Story
Jessica Harper
Prudence
Harlan Ellison
Writer
Joseph Bova
Lew Feldman
Sydney J. Bounds
Story
Timothy Carhart
Richard
M. Coleman Easton
Story
Mary Louise Wilson
Ruby
Michael O’Hare
Jimmy
Adam K. Jacobs
Story
Geoffrey Loftus
Teleplay
Alice Ghostley
Elinor Colander
Edward F. Shaver
Writer
Dick Shawn
Bo Gumbs
Connie Stevens
Caroline Bright
Mark Patrick Carducci
Writer
D.J. Pass
Writer
Antony Carbone
Jack Polo
Craig Wasson
Sam Hummel
Roberta Weiss
Gail Aynsley
Tim Choate
Michael Killup
Susan Strasberg
Kate Collins
Greg Mullavey
Biff
Albert Hague
Anthony
Colleen Camp
Connie Squires
Phyllis Diller
Nora Mills
Dominic Chianese
Correlli's Father
Jared Rushton
Richie
James Wlcek
Claude Altoose
Barry Dennen
Aldo D
Catherine Parks
Gina Casavin
Seymour Cassel
Howard
Marie Windsor
Madame Angler
Perry Lang
Sandy Darhaus / Writer
Don Peoples
Lt. Mann
Gregory Itzin
Newton
Danny Aiello
Tommy Vale
Bill Macy
Ben Martin
Adolph Caesar
Mars Gillis
Stuart Whitman
Edward Osborne
Haviland Morris
Sarah McBride
Philip Casnoff
Chris Wood
Richard Romanus
Frank Bigalow
Margaret Whitton
Mary Jones
Patricia Tallman
Janice Perry
William Hickey
Dr. Nis
Jeff Conaway
Peter Prentice
Carol Kane
Anne MacColl
Deborah Harmon
Katie Weiderman
Margaret O'Brien
Mildred Webster
Bill McCutcheon
Dr. Snodgrass
Richard B. Shull
Postman
Dorothy Lyman
Catherine
Tippi Hedren
Ruth Anderson
Vince Edwards
Henry Gropper
Allen Garfield
Donald / Kingsley Diamond / Michael Rudnick / The Devil
Darren McGavin
Van Conway
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The Djinn, Jan Bin Jan
Kate O'Toole
Clare
Billy Jayne
Petey Coombs
Bud Cort
Abe North
Bradley Whitford
Tom Dash
Ed French
Creature / Vampire
Jane Connell
Grandma
John Brandon
Lt. Wright
Brinke Stevens
Cindy
Rosetta LeNoire
Miss Gillis
Peggy Cass
Nadine Turman
Nancy Travis
Laura
Alan Scarfe
Mysterious Man
Tom Noonan
Bill Lacey
Christian Slater
Jody Tolliver
Theresa Saldana
Audrey Webster
Justin Deas
Heat Jones
Lou Jacobi
Harvey Turman
Eddie Bracken
Grandpa Titus Tolliver
Earl Hindman
Harry Carson
Julie Ariola
Miranda Dean
Victor Garber
Ambrose Cavender
Chris Hebert
Jerry
Lawrence Tierney
Jack Mills
Christine Estabrook
Irene
Brent Spiner
Reverend Peabody
Jane Summerhays
Devil / Doris Kramer
Eric Bogosian
Junkie
Charles Ludlam
Bubba
Vic Tayback
Alan Coombs / Tippy Ryan
Maria Manuche
Annabelle
Timothy Jenkins
Judge Jean Baptiste
Willie Reale
Bellhop
Peter Webster
John
Neil Kinsella
Delivery Man / Sid / Voice-Over (voice)
Rod McCary
Arthur Hartley
Sirri Murad
Hammid Bey
Donald MacKechnie
Detective Richards
Colm Meaney
Constable
Angelo Grisanti
Bert
A.C. Weary
David
Fred Burstein
Scott
Frank Hamilton
Algernon Colesbury
Richard Clarke
Harry Bainbridge
Terres Unsoeld
Lenore
Phil Fondacaro
The Yattering
Danielle Brisebois
Amanda Polo
Arthur Taxier
Bill Weiderman
Rhonda Dotson
Dawn
Katherine Britton
Polly
Brandon Stewart
Jeff
Nicole Huntington
Connie
Scott Lincoln
Dr. Jeffrey Webster
Joe Cortese
Nicholas Casavin
T.J. Castronovo
Eddie Minelli / Director
Cameron Milzer
Tiffany
Derek Loughran
Don Paulie's Corpse
Maura Swanson
Jeanette Simpson
Lewis Arlt
Michael Nelson
Wanda De Jesus
Telephone (voice)
Sharon Madden
Betsy Cowland
Larry Gelman
Elmo Shroud
Diana Hale
Landlady
John Romo
Delivery Man
Robert Costanzo
Vincent Dessari
Elyssa Paternoster
Cassie Smith
Kristine Greco
Vincent's Secretary
Wayne Tippit
Magistrate Thomas Branford
Katherine Elizabeth Neuman
Jane Branford
Gary Lahti
Peter
Huckleberry Fox
Jamie
Mary Griffin
Gloria
Timothy Landfield
Father
Sharon Ullrick
Mother
Eileen Heckart
Rose Pennywell
John Rothman
Jim / Young Man
William LeMassena
Charles Pennywell
Fay Gold
Clarissa Sanderson
Stephen McHattie
Robert Perry
Daniel Terrence Kelly
Bobby
Marilyn Rockafellow
Trudy
Kim Greist
Claire
John Aprea
Lee
Cynthia David
Amy
Pamela Kenny
Janine
Nile Lanning
Jennifer
Bradley Fisher
Nicky / The Devil
Eric Jason
Buddy
Bonnie Gallup
Beth Warren
Jenna von Oy
Stefa
E.G. Marshall
Father
Margaret Klenck
Mom
Jon Jacobs
Jerome (voice) / Roger
Sky Berdahl
Jimbo
Mark Capri
Uncle Michael
Jack Carter
Klaatzu
Jill Jaress
Ruthie
Thomas Newman
Beelzebub / Quentin Karp
Michael Santiago
Nicky
Miguel Alamo
Little Nicky
Marie Denn
Ma Malone
Marlene Casamento
Ursula
Steve Strong
Basher Malone
Scott St. James
Announcer
Magic Schwarz
Trog
Jack 'Wildman' Armstrong
Lockjaw Lukasig
Gregory Uhland
Hurt wrestler
Fritz Weaver
Dr. Fenner / Sir Edmund Halley
Kelly Jean Peters
Sharon Coombs
Paul Jenkins
Brad Johnson
Keenan Wynn
Duncan Williams
George Petrie
Jack Blaine
Larry Manetti
Junior P. Harmon / Henry Hogan
Fay Sappington
Mrs. Anne Tracey
Carolyn Seymour
Andrea Caldwell / Director / Aisha Candisha (voice)
Robert Weil
Horace Chadway
Anthony Bishop
Phil the bartender
Mario Todisco
Mafioso
Kate McGregor-Stewart
May Rollins / Charlene Ames
Michael Quill
Lacey's Man
William Magerman
Drunk
Dave Johnson
Announcer
Justine Bateman
Susan 'Pookie' Anderson
Ron Asher
Kevin 'Mookie' Anderson
George Sims
Harold Anderson
David Patrick Kelly
Richard Hall
Kerry Armstrong
Elaine Anderson Hall
Harriet Rogers
Mrs. Hall
David Lipman
Mr. Blake
Ruth Miller
Secretary
Bruce Davison
Richard Hagstrom
Patrick Piccininni
Seth Robert Hagstrom
Bill Cain
Tom Nordhoff
Jon Matthews
Jonathan
Miranda Beeson
Belinda
Tresa Hughes
Voodoo Woman
Barbara Eda-Young
Ma Tolliver
Charles Levin
Danny Squires
Nate Esformes
Mohandus Mukhar
Harry Anderson
Leon
Marcie Barkin
Dolores
Dick Miller
Seymour Furman
David Eastman
The Driver
Carmen Mathews
Madame Marlena
Paula Trueman
Aunt Teresa / Great Grandma
Teri Keane
Esther
Wood Romoff
Isaac
Johann Carlo
Iris
Arthur Pierce
Mugger
Mario Roccuzzo
Henry Colander
Fredrica Duke
Sybil
Michael Cedar
Mark
Ed Kenney
The Announcer
Paul Micale
Phil
Jean Marsh
Joan Matlin
Linda Lee Johnson
Gretchen
Kay Walbye
Young Woman
Nick Benedict
Michael Fox
Harry Goz
Louie Farnum
John Zarchen
Peter
Catherine Anne Hayes
Mimi
Joe Turkel
Kharma
Brad Cowgill
Frank
Cynthia Frost
Flora
Anthony Thompkins
Ernie
James Hong
Chow Ting
Karen Shallo
Lina Hagstrom / Telephone Caller (voice)
Ellen Winthrop
Ginger
Sam Anderson
Dr. Synapsis
Kelly Wolf
Greta Rollins
Catherine Battistone
Person on Telephone (voice) / Ms. Garcia / Secretary (voice) / Phone (voice) / Talk Show Hostess / Margery Bender / Voic...
Richard Kuhlman
Mark / Jonathan Reed
Paul Avery
Frank Rollins
Ann Hillary
Wanda Sue
Bill Fiore
Horace X (voice)
Chuck McCann
Spiffy Remo / Mr. Personalities
John Marzilli
The Carny / Officer Kopec / Motu (voice) / Gad (voice)
Bobby Di Cicco
Dr. Coe
Michael Freeman
Harry Guilford (voice) / Richards
Jack Andreozzi
Pudgy
Claudia Templeton
Hoffgosh
Gene Borkan
Angel
Robert Riesel
Henry Harris
Samantha Harper
Mrs. Lianne Martin
Geneva Simmons
Donna Kern
Philip Roth
Sam Larchmont / Wilson Farber
Patsy Whitecotton
Kellie
Lainie Miller
Nurse
John Heard
Billy Malone
Penelope Ann Miller
Keena
Caris Corfman
Adele
Greg Thornton
Jimbo
John Snyder
Guard
Donna Bullock
Linda
John Calonius
Doug
Tiffani Caesar
Annette
Roy Poole
Mr. Killup
David Varnay
Medical Examiner
John Edward Allen
Goblin
Gary Pratt
Children
Michael Warren
Pete Bancroft
Lisa Bonet
Justine
Felice Orlandi
Tony
Jerry Stiller
Luther Mandrake
Todd Oleson
Engineer
Barbara Holmes
Telephone Caller (voice)
David Early
Telephone Caller (voice)
Anita Dangler
Mrs. Nugent
Tanya Fenmore
Mary Jane
Charlotte von Vogt
Miss Brinkly
Marilyn Jones
Joan
Jamie Ohar
Susie
Malachy McCourt
Dr. Stillman
Lenny Von Dohlen
Mr. Smith
David Margulies
Gil Hurn
Sheila King
Amy
John Bennes
Loomis
Dog Thomas
Grip
Ben Marley
David
Judith Marie-Bergan
Janet
Gary Hershberger
Jeff
Jay Scorpio
Paramedic I
Chip Heller
Paramedic II
Seth Green
Timmy
Beth McDonald
Helen
Elia Braca
Nana
Leona Cyphers
Witch
George Kyle
Boogie Man
Patrick Farrelly
Telephone Caller (voice) / Sheriff
Anthony Heald
Englebert Ames
Sarah Rush
Lara Burns
Therese Pare
Cathy Osborne / Helen Hogan
Howard Dayton
Matthews / Salesman
Jon Cedar
Syd Grossinger
Lou Cutell
Otto Schrog
Shannon Kriska
Didi
Dawson Mays
Joe D'Amico
Robert Rothman
Archie Fenton
Ben Frank
Al
Robert Sutton
Mac
Patricia Pelham
Helen Tanner
Charles Knapp
Alex Kellaway
Kate Charleson
Brenda Hardcastle
Tony Montesion
Julio
Lorna Luft
Christine Matthews
Virginya Keehne
Chrissie
Janet Wood
Toni
Larry Gilman
Chuck Matthews
Paul Dooley
Chester Caruso
John Fiedler
Arthur the hotel manager
Kathy McLain
Carol
Dorothy Parke
Glenda
Begonya Plaza
Stacey
Mary Carver
Mrs. Crane
Louis Guss
Old Man
Scooter Stevens
Boy
Bert Williams
Conductor
Abe Vigoda
Jake Corelli
David Chandler
Michaelson
Ralph Monaco
Angelo
David Glen
Ross
Tracy Kolis
Marie Corelli
Marcia Cross
Marie Alcott
Patrick Kilpatrick
Dr. Philip Carrol
Carolyn Ann Clark
Jenny
Peter Miller
Farley Bright
Sherman Howard
Arnold Barker
Anne Lange
Cpl. Marcia Smith
Leon Russom
Sgt. Buzz Caldwell
Yeardley Smith
Betty Ann Cooper / Good Time Rita
John Ridge
Mr. Cooper
Kevin O'Connor
Bragg
Jacques Sandulescu
Nanoosh
David Thornton
Werewolf
Brian Benben
Max Smith
Loren Cedar
Libby
Helen Duffy
Flora
LaGloria Scott
Susie Allen
Mark Blankfield
Tinker
Joe Carafello
Harlan Bender
Jason Horst
Jonathan
Lori Cardille
Emily McCall
David Hayward
Dr. David McCall
Carol Levy
Juliann Hanratty
Lauren Klein
Florence Bravo
Tandy Cronyn
Edith Hummel
Larry Pine
Uncle Richard
Lana Hirsch
Audrey Hummel
Paul Eiding
Reverend Joy
Harsh Nayyar
Ram / Edmund Alcott
Joe D'Angerio
Robert
Roberts Blossom
Inquisitor
Bruce MacVittie
Harte
Dominic Marcus
Inquisitor's Assistant
Renée Taylor
Pearl King
Louis Quinn
Myron
JoAnn Willette
Madlene King
Brett Marx
Marc King
Ron Sloan
Barry
Vernon Washington
Aloysius Cuzzins
Kaiulani Lee
Mrs. Valeria Cantrell
Albert Macklin
Young Priest
Steve Vinovich
Julian Cantrell
Bill McIntyre
Mr. Tabbitt
Jane Adams
Charlotte Rose Cantrell
Sofia Landon Geier
Miss May Dusa
Gary Majchrazak
Jimmy James
Yolanda Childress
Bag Lady
Steve Tracy
Robber
Robert Forster
Garry Cooley
Chad Allen
Sandy
Barbara Sloane
Edna
Shannon Wilcox
Ruth Cooley
Roy Dotrice
Vampire Count Jeffrey Draco
Jillie Mack
Jayne
Chi Chi Navarro
Carla, Cleaning Lady
Bina Sharif
Maya
Caryn West
Cynthia
Joe E. Tata
Alex Hayes
Carmine Caridi
Jake Caine
Brioni Farrell
Amanda Caine
Peter Bromilow
Red Leader
Joseph Della Sorte
Minion
Jerry Orbach
Roberts
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 30, 1984
StatusEnded
Seasons4
Episodes89
Running Time20m
Content RatingTV-14
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
anthology
horror anthology
Scripted
Wiki.
Tales from the Darkside is an American horror anthology television series created by George A. Romero. A pilot episode was first broadcast on October 29, 1983. The series was picked up for syndication, and the first season premiered on September 30, 1984. The show would run for a total of four seasons.
Each episode is a self-contained story. The series spans various genres of speculative fiction, including science fiction and fantasy in addition to horror, and many episodes have darkly comic elements.
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