Review of Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) by Bethany F — 03 Dec 2007

The Gargoyle story is the best one of the 3 stories.

This review of Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) was written by Bethany F on 03 Dec 2007.

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

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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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By Mark H (1,764) on 10 Sep 2017

One of my favorite memories from growing up in the 80s is seeing this movie with my best friend. Fun horror movie…

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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 Phil H (1,145) on 21 Sep 2014

The alternative (competitor?) to the Twilight Zone movie but not quite in the same league in my opinion…

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By Bill Cosford (281) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 15 Jun 2017

Definitely an improvement on the lamentable Creepshow or Cat's Eye, but Harrison never quite transcends the inherently limited format…

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By Michael W (3,003) on 17 Oct 2016

I wanted to like it, but I couldn't. The first adjectives that come to mind are old/outdated, hokey, and ridiculous…

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By Jarrad B (134) 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 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 Allan C (2,173) on 07 Jun 2014

Entertaining horror anthology film in the mold of Creepshow/Tales from the Crypt, mixing horror and dark humor…

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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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