Review of Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) by Zach M — 09 Jan 2008

Not a bad horror movie in the same vein as Creepshow.

This review of Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) was written by Zach M on 09 Jan 2008.

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

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By David T (1,513) on 16 Jun 2013

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By Sean Michael S (76) on 26 Dec 2012

Its sad that a bevy of great actors in Tale from the Darkside: The Movie can't save the boring and laughably non-frightening stories within…

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By Felix Vasquez Jr. (1,949) for Cinema Crazed (1,907) on 21 Oct 2012

Suffers from being a very grim and bleak anthology film with a narrative structure that never lives up to the innovation of Creepshow…

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Lover's Vow was the only decent story, but the title gives away the twist and creates a plot hole in itself…

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One of my favorite anthologies from when I was a kid. Not for the Squamish, very violent but very fun…

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By Al M (1,263) on 09 Nov 2012

This is really three shorter movies, bound together by a fourth tale in which the other three stories are read…

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There is the chessy goodness of 80's films which is a sort of cult classics then there is this puke that should be flushed…

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By Samuel M (745) on 12 Feb 2016

Decent movie, some stories were better than others but overall it was cool. 3/5 OR 6/10…

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