Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
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Tales from the Darkside is a 1990 movie based on the anthology television series Tales from the Darkside. The film, shot in anthology style, depicts a kidnapped paperboy who tells three stories of horror to the suburban witch who is preparing to eat him, a la hansel and gretel.
Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the inspiration for "Lot 249", which concerns a reanimated mummy menacing a trio of college students. George A. Romero adapted Stephen King's "Cat From Hell", which recounts the bloody rampage of the titular feline. The third story depicts the fall-out that results from a man's promise to a gargoyle-like creature.
[edit] Main cast
- Deborah Harry (in the wrap-around segments between stories as Betty, the witch)
- Christian Slater
- James Remar
- Steve Buscemi
- Julianne Moore
- William Hickey
- Robert Klein
- Rae Dawn Chong
Deborah Harry, Christian Slater and William Hickey also appeared on the television program.
[edit] Trivia
Paramount Pictures' (which distributed this movie) television division would later gain distribution rights to the Tales from the Darkside TV series.
The original basis of this film was to be at one point the 2nd sequel in the "Creepshow" franchise. It didn't come to be, and with the popularity of the Tales From the Darkside television series, producers opted to add the title of that show to the film.
