Review of Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) by Jessi T — 02 Aug 2006

Fun segmented horror stories in the spirit of Creepshow and such.

This review of Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) was written by Jessi T on 02 Aug 2006.

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

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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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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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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 Andrew H (1,696) on 20 Jun 2015

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By Sylvester K (938) on 18 Nov 2013

Overall not entirely bad, the Black Cat segment was good, but the rest were boring as hell. An unnecessary spin off really…

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By Brandon L (411) on 04 Oct 2016

Loads of talented people acting in some very moronic tales. Nothing about this film is scary…

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By Corey W (745) 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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