Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside is an anthology TV series from the 1980s produced by George A. Romero. Similar to The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. Unlike these other series, which frequently had science fiction stories, Tales from the Darkside centered mostly around horror stories. However, the series also contained some comical episodes as well to lighten up the mood.

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TV series - 1980s - George A. Romero - The Twilight Zone - The Outer Limits - Short story - Science fiction - Horror

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Coincidentally, it was the moderate success of George Romero's horror anthology film Creepshow (itself a Laurel Production like Darkside and was distributed by Warner Brothers) which led to initial inquiries about the possibilities of a Creepshow series. Because Warner Brothers owned certain aspects of Creepshow, Laurel Productions opted to take their potential series into a similar, yet separate, direction, including changing the name of the potential series to Tales From The Darkside (the new name reflected Creepshows focus, that of a live-action EC Comics-based horror comic book of the 1950s like Tales from the Crypt or Vault Of Horror, but the episodes of the series served more like short horror stories than a horror-style comic book).

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George Romero - Creepshow - Warner Brothers - EC Comics - Tales from the Crypt

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Some episodes of the series were written by or adapted from the works of famous authors. Stephen King's short stories Word Processor of the Gods and Sorry, Right Number were amongst them. Works by Harlan Ellison and Clive Barker were also featured.

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Stephen King - Harlan Ellison - Clive Barker

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The series was followed by ' in 1990. Stephen King also contributed a short story to this film, The Cat From Hell. The film starred Deborah Harry, Christian Slater, William Hickey, Steve Buscemi, and Julianne Moore (the former three previously appeared in episodes of the TV series).

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Deborah Harry - Christian Slater - William Hickey - Steve Buscemi - Julianne Moore

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