Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)

Directed by

John Harrison

Genre

horror film, monster film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

R

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 432 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A kidnapped paperboy tells three horror stories to a witch who plans to cook him. The tales involve a cursed mummy, a killer cat, and a supernatural revenge plot.

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What happens

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie is a 1990 American comedy horror anthology film directed by John Harrison and written by Michael McDowell and George A. Romero, serving as a spin-off of the anthology television series Tales from the Darkside (1984–1988) created by Romero. The film is structured around a frame story of a kidnapped paperboy who relates three tales of horror to a suburban witch who is preparing to eat him. Its cast includes Deborah Harry, Christian Slater, David Johansen, William Hickey, James Remar, Rae Dawn Chong, Matthew Lawrence, Robert Sedgwick, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore (in her film debut), and Robert Klein. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie was released theatrically by Paramount Pictures on May 4, 1990. It was a moderate commercial success and received mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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