A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.
| Tagline | Four Ghoulish Fables In One Modern Nightmare! |
| Release Date: | May 03, 1990 |
| Genres: | Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror |
| Production Company: | Paramount Pictures, Laurel Productions, Darkside Movie, Laurel Entertainment |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Casts: | Debbie Harry, Matthew Lawrence, David Forrester, Christian Slater, Robert Sedgwick, Steve Buscemi, Donald Van Horn, Michael Deak, Julianne Moore, George Guidall, Ralph Marrero |
| Status: | Released |
| Budget: | $3500000 |
| Revenue: | 16324573 |
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**
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
