Darkroom

Darkroom

1981
Darkroom
Darkroom

Darkroom

7.2 | en | Drama

Darkroom is an American television thriller series which ABC transmitted from November 27, 1981 to January 15, 1982. It was an anthology horror/thriller series, similar in style to Rod Serling's Night Gallery. Each 60-minute episode featured two or more stories of varying length with a new story and a new cast, but each of the episode wraparound segments was hosted by James Coburn. Among the performers who appeared on the series were Steve Allen, Esther Rolle, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, David Carradine, Billy Crystal, and June Lockhart.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP16  The Rarest of Wines
Jan. 15,1982
The Rarest of Wines

Son (Henry Polic II) is unhappy about what he received in the will of his recently deceased mother.

EP15  Who's There?
Jan. 15,1982
Who's There?

A husband (Michael Lembeck) sets a trap for his unfaithful wife (Dianne Kay).

EP14  Exit Line
Jan. 15,1982
Exit Line

An aspiring actor (Stan Shaw) takes revenge on an acerbic critic (Samantha Eggar).

EP13  Guillotine
Jan. 08,1982
Guillotine

A 19th-century Frenchwoman tries to save her lover from the guillotine.

EP12  Lost in Translation
Jan. 08,1982
Lost in Translation

An archaeology professor (Andrew Prine) seeks power over others through a magic formula.

EP11  Catnip
Dec. 25,1981
Catnip

A ruthless young man (Cyril O'Reilly) is stalked by a demonic black cat.

EP10  Daisies
Dec. 25,1981
Daisies

A filandering botanist develops a machine that reads the thoughts of daisies. His wife, finding out from the daisies about the affair with his assistant, shoots him to death.

EP9  The Partnership
Dec. 25,1981
The Partnership

An old man's eerie partnership allows him to live well in a crumbling town.

EP8  Make Up
Dec. 18,1981
Make Up

A magic makeup case transforms a loser (Billy Crystal) into a winner.

EP7  A Quiet Funeral
Dec. 18,1981
A Quiet Funeral

A quiet funeral is the setting for a double-crossed forger's revenge.

EP6  Siege of 31 August
Dec. 11,1981
Siege of 31 August

A farmer (Ronny Cox) is tormented by his memories of war when his son's toy soldiers come to life.

EP5  Needlepoint
Dec. 11,1981
Needlepoint

A woman (Esther Rolle) uses voodoo to avenge her granddaughter's death.

EP4  Uncle George
Dec. 04,1981
Uncle George

A poor couple (Claude Akins, June Lockhart) try to find someone to pose as their late uncle, whose pension they can't afford to lose.

EP3  The Bogeyman Will Get You
Dec. 04,1981
The Bogeyman Will Get You

A teenager (Quinn Cummings) believes she's discovered a vampire (Randolph Powell).

EP2  Stay Tuned, We'll Be Right Back
Nov. 27,1981
Stay Tuned, We'll Be Right Back

A man (Lawrence Pressman) discovers his child's crystal radio is receiving clear broadcasts -- from 1942.

EP1  Closed Circuit
Nov. 27,1981
Closed Circuit

A TV newsman (Robert Webber) finds he is being replaced -- by his projected image.

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Released: 1981-11-27 | Released Producted By: , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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Darkroom is an American television thriller series which ABC transmitted from November 27, 1981 to January 15, 1982. It was an anthology horror/thriller series, similar in style to Rod Serling's Night Gallery. Each 60-minute episode featured two or more stories of varying length with a new story and a new cast, but each of the episode wraparound segments was hosted by James Coburn. Among the performers who appeared on the series were Steve Allen, Esther Rolle, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, David Carradine, Billy Crystal, and June Lockhart.

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AaronCapenBanner James Coburn hosted this short-lived anthology series where he presented each tale literally from a darkroom, where he would develop pictures that would relate in some way to the story. This only ran for 7 episodes, and the reason may have been because it so relentlessly cynical and downbeat, with rarely a happy ending for anyone. This might work once or twice, but for most of the 16 segments it must wear the viewer down, and make them turn it off. Did feature future stars like Helen Hunt and Billy Crystal. "Night Gallery" did this sort of thing better. Not yet on DVD, but was on YouTube for awhile. Universal studios owns it, so perhaps Shout/Scream Factory will release it?
ecwaenigma Fun little EC-ish horror anthology series that lasted only seven episodes on ABC in 1981/82. Each episode had 2 to 3 short stories in it with a total of 16 stories in all. The best of these being the 1-2 punch of "Needlepoint", a VERY short voodoo revenge story that scared the living hell out of me when I was 4 years old (no V-chip back then), and "Siege of 31 August" with Ronny Cox as a Vietnam vet who gets his just desserts for terrible war crimes. Too bad it only ran half of a season. Universal really needs to release this on DVD soon as stars like Billy Crystal, Helen Hunt, Brian Dennehey, Claude Akins, and more gave this short lived series some much needed future star power. Here's hoping they're reading this.
RipCity Only lasting six episodes, Darkroom proved why anthology series can work, and why they can't.Way too many of the short segments were clichéd (oh no, yet another 'man has a chance to change the past' story), obvious and dull. And then they'll throw in a story like "The Boogieman Will Get You", or the one with Billy Crystal to tease you into watching again, hoping for one good moment to make sitting through the bad moments worthwhile. Every so often they delivered, but not enough to work on a whole.James Coburn tried to give the show a presence, but a show like this lives and dies by it's writing, and all too often it died.
Theo Robertson If you love films like TALES FROM THE CRYPT or shows like THE NIGHT GALLERY you`ll like DARKROOM . But if you hate these types of shows then there`s unfortunately nothing here that will endear DARKROOM to you , the only real difference between this and its predecessors in the anthology series is that it stars James Coburn , well stars maybe isn`t the word because he`s only used as a links man to introduce the stories . As for the stories themselves they`re not at all different to anything THE TWILIGHT ZONE or NIGHT GALLERY had already done , and you do get the feeling the idea was well past its sell by date by 1981