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

Lloyd Freidus
Director of Photography

Carl Norr
Director of Photography

Jack Donnelly
Director of Photography

Robert Liiv
Director of Photography

Bruce Paul Barbour
Stunts

Edgard Mourino
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

Armand Mastroianni
Director / Teleplay

Gerald Cotts
Director

Michael Gornick
Director

Richard Friedman
Director

Tom Savini
Director

Warner Shook
Director

Timna Ranon
Director / Teleplay

John Lewis
Director

John Hayes
Director

James Steven Sadwith
Director / Writer

Christopher T. Welch
Director / Editor

John Drury
Director

David Odell
Director / Writer

Terence Cahalan
Director

Eleanor Gaver
Director

Mark Jean
Director

Andrew Weiner
Director / Story

Karl Epstein
Director

Richard Blackburn
Director / Writer

Michael McDowell
Director / Writer

Anthony Santa Croce
Director

Jeffrey Wolf
Director / Editor

Katarina Wittich
Director

Bryan Michael Stoller
Director

Allen Coulter
Director / Writer

Jodie Foster
Director

Shelley Levinson
Director

Richard Glass
Director

Dusty Nelson
Director

Scott Vickrey
Editor

Greg Schorer
Editor

Bill Pankow
Editor

Deborah Shaffer
Editor

Brian Q. Kelley
Editor

Seth Gaven
Editor

Kristina Boden
Editor

Harvey Rosenstock
Editor

William Flicker
Editor

Mark S. Manos
Editor

Edmund Ferrell
Co-Editor

M. Edward Salier
Editor

Dov Gottesfeld
Editor

Sean Sullivan
Editor

Derek Parsons
Editor

Tom Crawford
Editor

Jule Selbo
Writer / Teleplay

Edithe Swensen
Writer

Haskell Barkin
Teleplay / Writer

Carole Lucia Satrina
Story / Writer

Scott Edelman
Story

Harvey Jacobs
Writer / Teleplay

Robert Bloch
Story / Writer

Michael P. Kube-McDowell
Writer

Mark Durand
Teleplay / Writer

Peter O'Keefe
Teleplay / Writer

James Houghton
Writer

Franco Amurri
Writer

Donald Wollner
Teleplay

Richard Benner
Writer

Stephen King
Story / Writer

David Gerrold
Writer

Ellen Sandhaus
Writer

Guy Gallo
Teleplay

Suzette Haden Elgin
Story

John Cheever
Story

Kenneth Wayne Hanis
Story

Joseph Payne Brennan
Short Story

Granville Burgess
Writer

Nancy Doyne
Teleplay

Barbara Paul
Story

Edward F. Shaver
Writer

Carl Jacobi
Story

Donald Olson
Story

Adam K. Jacobs
Story

John D. MacDonald
Story

Craig Mitchell
Story

Geoffrey Loftus
Teleplay

Brian Thomas Jones
Writer

Pamela Sargent
Story

Barbara Owens
Short Story

John Sladek
Writer

D.J. Pass
Writer

Harlan Ellison
Writer

Bob Balaban
Writer

Art Monterastelli
Writer

David Groh
Angel / Aldo Anderson

Ron Goulart
Story

John Drimmer
Teleplay

Thomas F. Monteleone
Story

Alison Sweeney
Karen

Charles L. Grant
Story

Farley Granger
Doctor Roebuck

Sydney J. Bounds
Story

Bobs Gannaway
Story

Ronee Blakley
Cassie Pines

Coleen Gray
Cecilia Matthews

Michael Bishop
Story

Mark Patrick Carducci
Writer

M. Coleman Easton
Story

Mabel King
Ruby Cuzzins

David Spiel
Writer

Jessica Harper
Prudence

Louis Haber
Story

Joseph Bova
Lew Feldman

Timothy Carhart
Richard

Ann MacKenzie
Story

Mary Louise Wilson
Ruby

Thomas Epperson
Writer

Clive Barker
Writer

Michael O’Hare
Jimmy

Alice Ghostley
Elinor Colander

Larry Fulton
Story

Fredric Brown
Short Story

Dick Shawn
Bo Gumbs

Dan Kleinman
Writer

Connie Stevens
Caroline Bright

Antony Carbone
Jack Polo

Zenna Henderson
Story

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

Vic Tayback
Alan Coombs / Tippy Ryan

Charles Ludlam
Bubba

Maria Manuche
Annabelle

Timothy Jenkins
Judge Jean Baptiste

Willie Reale
Bellhop

Neil Kinsella
Delivery Man / Voice-Over (voice) / Sid

Peter Webster
John

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
Young Man / Jim

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

Eric Jason
Buddy

Bradley Fisher
The Devil / Nicky

Bonnie Gallup
Beth Warren

Jenna von Oy
Stefa

E.G. Marshall
Father

Margaret Klenck
Mom

Jon Jacobs
Roger / Jerome (voice)

Sky Berdahl
Jimbo

Mark Capri
Uncle Michael

Jack Carter
Klaatzu

Jill Jaress
Ruthie

Thomas Newman
Quentin Karp / Beelzebub

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
Sir Edmund Halley / Dr. Fenner

Kelly Jean Peters
Sharon Coombs

Paul Jenkins
Brad Johnson

Keenan Wynn
Duncan Williams

George Petrie
Jack Blaine

Larry Manetti
Junior P. Harmon / Henry Hogan

Carolyn Seymour
Andrea Caldwell / Director / Aisha Candisha (voice)

Fay Sappington
Mrs. Anne Tracey

Robert Weil
Horace Chadway

Anthony Bishop
Phil the bartender

Kate McGregor-Stewart
May Rollins / Charlene Ames

Mario Todisco
Mafioso

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

Teri Keane
Esther

Paula Trueman
Great Grandma / Aunt Teresa

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
Telephone Caller (voice) / Lina Hagstrom

Ellen Winthrop
Ginger

Sam Anderson
Dr. Synapsis

Kelly Wolf
Greta Rollins

Richard Kuhlman
Jonathan Reed / Mark

Catherine Battistone
Person on Telephone (voice) / Phone (voice) / Voice-Over (voice) / Margery Bender / Jenny the Maid (voice) / Talk Show H...

Paul Avery
Frank Rollins

Ann Hillary
Wanda Sue

Bill Fiore
Horace X (voice)

Chuck McCann
Spiffy Remo / Mr. Personalities

John Marzilli
The Carny / Motu (voice) / Officer Kopec / Gad (voice)

Bobby Di Cicco
Dr. Coe

Jack Andreozzi
Pudgy

Michael Freeman
Richards / Harry Guilford (voice)

Claudia Templeton
Hoffgosh

Gene Borkan
Angel

Robert Riesel
Henry Harris

Samantha Harper
Mrs. Lianne Martin

Geneva Simmons
Donna Kern

Patsy Whitecotton
Kellie

Philip Roth
Wilson Farber / Sam Larchmont

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
Sheriff / Telephone Caller (voice)

Anthony Heald
Englebert Ames

Therese Pare
Helen Hogan / Cathy Osborne

Sarah Rush
Lara Burns

Howard Dayton
Salesman / Matthews

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
Edmund Alcott / Ram

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

Richard Portnow
Curtis

Philip Lenkowsky
Detective

Teresa L. Jones
Estelle

Sally Gracie
Mary Hobbs

Linda Thorson
Elizabeth Eaton

Robert Romanus
Rob the Apprentice

Talia Balsam
Gail

Leslie Chain
Laura Grant
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Details.
Release DateSeptember 30, 1984
StatusEnded
Seasons4
Episodes89
Running Time20m
Content RatingTV-14
Genres
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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.
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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