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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

"Four Ghoulish Fables In One Modern Nightmare!"

A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.

Top Cast

  • Debbie Harry

    Debbie Harry

    Betty (Wraparound Story)

  • Matthew Lawrence

    Matthew Lawrence

    Timmy (Wraparound Story)

  • David Forrester

    David Forrester

    Priest (Wraparound Story)

  • Christian Slater

    Christian Slater

    Andy (segment ‘Lot 249’)

  • Robert Sedgwick

    Robert Sedgwick

    Lee (segment ‘Lot 249’)

  • Steve Buscemi

    Steve Buscemi

    Bellingham (segment ‘Lot 249’)

  • Donald Van Horn

    Donald Van Horn

    Moving Man (segment ‘Lot 249’)

  • Michael Deak

    Michael Deak

    Mummy (segment ‘Lot 249’)

  • Julianne Moore

    Julianne Moore

    Susan (segment ‘Lot 249’)

Overview

A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.

Rating

6.2 / 10
428 Reviews
2 Popular

2 Reviews

  • JPV852
    JPV852
    6 Aug 12, 2020

    Okay anthology horror movie, the first one, "Lot 249", was the best due to the cast (Slater, Buscemi, Moore) and also enjoyed "Lover's Vow" even if the animatronic effects weren't the best. However, "Cat from Hell" really dragged the film as a whole down, almost dozed off a couple of times during that segment, although the ending of that one was gross. The wrap-around story was fine with a fun conclusion I guess. **3.5/5**

  • Dr_Nostromo
    Dr_Nostromo
    5 Nov 18, 2025

    53/100 "Tales from the Darkside" was a fairly entertaining, tongue-in-cheek, horror anthology TV series. For a movie, however, you'd think they would have turned it up a few notches ...especially with the talent backing up the writing. But, basically what we have here is 3 stories that are no different than watching 3 episodes of the TV show. It's not bad - in fact, I enjoyed it for what it was - it just wasn't anything special. - DrNostromo.com

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