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Darkroom (1981)

Darkroom poster
Genre
anthology series
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 16 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Each episode of this anthology series tells two or more different stories, all introduced by a host. The tales range across suspense and thriller genres with a rotating cast of actors.

suspensefulmysteriouscreepyunpredictabletenseuneventwistyatmospheric

What happens

Darkroom is an American thriller anthology television series produced by Universal Television that aired on ABC from November 27, 1981, to July 8, 1982. Each 60-minute episode featured two or more stories of varying length with a new story and a new cast, but each of the episode wraparound segments was hosted by James Coburn. Among the performers who appeared on the series were Esther Rolle, Helen Hunt, Claude Akins, Richard Anderson, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Carole Cook, David Carradine, Billy Crystal, Pat Buttram, Brian Dennehy, Lawrence Pressman, Dub Taylor, Rue McClanahan, Lloyd Bochner, Ronny Cox, R. G. Armstrong, Jack Carter, and June Lockhart. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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