Review of Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) by Stewart S — 10 Dec 2007

An evil cat jumps down Buster Poindexter's throat to kill him.

This review of Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) was written by Stewart S on 10 Dec 2007.

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

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By Kara H (196) on 12 Feb 2014

Terrible acting. Maybe that's the style of the movie. But this I can't tolerate. Didn't watch the whole thing or even close to it…

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By Bill S (2,971) on 29 Jun 2017

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 Dylan K (291) on 03 Mar 2014

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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By Leslie A (297) on 15 Jul 2015

A fun little nostalgic horror anthology, that saves the best skit for last, and has a fun wraparound tale…

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By Andrew H (1,696) on 20 Jun 2015

A tad underrated. It's no Creepshow but it'll do…

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By Cem "Regi" "Pixelmannen" . (315) on 22 Jul 2012

Very good compilation of three stories put together for the fourth and finial ending! Scared me as a child but I love the film now…

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By Mike M (2,387) on 29 Sep 2014

Mildly-amusing 80s horror anthology featuring appearances by Deborah Harry, Steve Buschemi and Christian Slater…

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By Jay Scott (240) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 15 Jun 2017

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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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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By Tony M (660) on 10 Feb 2014

Tales From The Darkside is an enjoyable anthology film. Many consider this movie to be the real Creepshow 3. I give this flick 3 stars…

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