Tales from the Darkside (1984)

An impressionist, "Mr. Personalities," is brought in by the government to try to help them communicate with an alien. Mr. Personalities is…

Ben Martin, a rich businessman, is contacted by a special medical firm, "Lifebomb" which offers him an expensive policy that will let him l…

As Billy is waiting to be executed in the electric chair, he relates the bizarre tale of how he came to be in his predicament at the hands…

A woman becomes concerned when she discovers that a man that she and her husband rent a room to has been practicing voodoo. Although the ma…

A mean old man harboring an intense hatred for the celebration of Halloween is left alone by his son to hand out candy to the neighborhood…

Pete Bancroft is a talented pianist who has lost his inspiration, but is contacted by a mysterious inventor who gives him a piano that lets…

A hate-style radio host, Mandrake, spews out venom at anyone who calls in. He soon discovers, however, after receiving calls across all of…

A famous director is surprised when he is approached by a mysterious investor who wants him to finish up a "Fugitive"-like series that he h…

Two occultists are offered $50,000 if they can rid a girl of the multiple demons possessing her, but they soon find themselves in over thei…

When Joan finds a new teddy bear in her son's room no one seems to know where it came from. Then night after night huge claw marks are foun…

Kate wakes up and discovers that for unknown reasons, her life is now running backwards.

A little boy, Timmy, tries to convince his skeptical parents that there is a horrible monster beneath his bed - they learn too late that he…

Englebert Ames, an astronomer, is watching Hailey's Comet and is in for a shock when Sir Edmond Hailey himself arrives - he's been riding "…

A group of people find themselves trapped in a scenario with Otto, only to discover that he is a stagehand and they are a theater group all…

A man is overjoyed to find a nice apartment with all the modern conveniences at an incredibly cheap price. The eccentric landlady asks noth…

Junior Harman is a third-rate writer who discovers that his new agent, Mr. Kellaway, can make things happen for him. All it requires is a l…

A young woman, Christine, returns home to find her mother cold and distant, and living isolated from everyone else. The woman soon discover…

Salesman Chester checks into a motel and makes an off-hand pass at a woman. She rejects him, but soon another, jealous woman shows up to ha…

Stacey is on her way home from college and rides the last car on a train. She is soon perplexed by the bizarre behavior of her fellow passe…

A mob boss suffering from a terminal illness is visited by an odd man who claims that he has the ability to offer the dying a choice of dre…

Dr. Carrol visits the Alcotts and discovers that they are vampire and that wife Marie wants an escape.

The family of a dead preacher show up for a reading of the will but discovers he left them nothing specific. Rather, he warns them on his v…

A hapless yokel, Arnold, runs into an Army recruiting office and asks for help, claiming to float. It turns out that he's telling the truth…

A family finds themselves cursed because of their great grandfather killing his wife, and the curse won't die until they all die too and th…