manipool
More than the episodes scaring me, the beginning of the show used to. In fact it scared the crap out of me. I think I used to turn it down and wait until the eerie music was over before I'd watch it. I was 22 at the time! This and Tales From The Crypt (which was scarier) were the kind of 80's era kitsch(?) I enjoyed. Not sure which episodes are from which show, but I think this one had the slaves taking over the plantation or mansion something like that? I don't think all of these stories were meant to be taken seriously, but more tongue in cheek. I'm watching "Deliver us from Goodness" right now and it's ridiculous. Anyway it was good fun for the times if you just avoid the really silly or nonsensical episodes.
ctomvelu-1
DARKSIDE proved to be a distinct step down from classic TV anthology
series like THE TWILIGHT ZONE and CHILLER. Episodes were shot on video
and a synthesizer was often the only musical accompaniment. Plots were
often all too predictable. Yet a handful of episodes stand out,and you
can read about them in detail here on IMDb. Familiar faces popped up in
most episodes, which was a definite plus. But if you watch a TWILIGHT
ZONE episode followed by a DARKSIDE episode, you are going to cringe at
the incredible cheapness of the latter. The show is constantly in
reruns on channels like The Sci-Fi Channel, for what it's worth. For
all its faults, I will recommend HBO's TALES FROM THE CRYPT over this.
Heck, I'll even recommend THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER or Roald Dahl's
short-lived series over DARKSIDE.
BittenSmitten
Some episodes are dull, some you will keep forever in memory and some will make you check under the bed (or in the closet, ha!) I used to watch this when I was younger and even the beginning intro scared me. Re-watching it again, it is still good but no where near "horror". Tales From the Darkside is more of a Twilight Zone type of show instead of something along the lines of Tales From the Crypt. I will not show nudity, sex or extreme gore but it still gets the point across and the story is told. I give it an 8 out of 10 only because some episodes I will forever be wondering what happened? What was THAT about? Some I absolutely loved. If you want to try it out, I have recommendations for a few episodes. If you are a horror lover, a scary story fan... watch season 1, "Inside the Closet". It's about an old teacher who lets a student sublet a room inside his creepy house. However, there's a catch. A small closet is in her room with the door bolted. She hears noises at night and almost obsesses over it. The conclusion to what's in the closet will make you re-check what's in there. If you are a mystery lover, like The Twilight Zone, watch "The Madness Room". A ghost story with a twist I never saw coming.
dokter_hew
As a teenager growing up in the 80's, I thought Tales from the Darkside was one of the scariest things on TV. Hell, even the opening scared me with its creepy music and its even creepier narration. Now, 20 some years later I've finally watched them again, thanks to the Sci-Fi channel, and I must say that it has not aged very well. There are a few gems (Trick or Treat, Halloween Candy, The Circus, The Cutty Black Sow), but for the most part, most of these stories come across as being just plain silly. And the low budget doesn't help matters either. It looks like some people at a local TV station decided to make an anthology series. Overall, it just doesn't pack the wallop that it did 20 years ago, but the opening is still creepy as hell. On the plus side, Darkside is way better than Showtime's crapfest Masters of Horror.
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