Review of Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) by Michelle L — 07 Sep 2006

Think this is the one with gargoyle decapitation scene, great for late nights and alchohol.

This review of Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) was written by Michelle L on 07 Sep 2006.

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie has generally received mixed reviews.

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Having never seen the TV show upon which this is based I can only guess that its fans were extremely disappointed in the terrible acting, awful…

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Too dated and silly to enjoy now, but what a cast from 1990. Steve Buscemi, Julanne Moore, Christian Slater…

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As a horror show, it's a cut--or a slash or a bloody whack--above most movies of this type: cleverly written, cleverly cast…

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