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Tales From The Darkside - The Movie on DVD (1990)

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Average rating: 54%
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Starring: Deborah Harry, Christian Slater, David Johansen, William Hickey, James Remar, Rae Dawn Chong, Julianne Moore, Robert Klein
Director: John Kent Harrison
Studio: PRISM LEISURE
Run time: 89 mins
Certificate: 18
Genres: Horror
Languages: English
Released: 16/09/2002

Brief synopsis of Tales From The Darkside - The Movie

George Romero's (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD) popular television becomes a feature film, with some help from Stephen King and Michael McDowell (screenwriter of BEETLEJUICE), in the form of three chilling tales with a connecting story. In "Lot 249" is a college student (Christian Slater) is menaced by a mummy. "Cat From Hell" finds the millionaire owner of the titular feline hiring a hitman to kill the pet. Finally, in "Lover's Vow" an artist suffers severe retribution after taking a vow of silence after witnessing the murder of a friend.

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Rating of 3 stars out of 5 Radio Times

A 3,000-year-old mummy, a malignant moggy and a gruesome gargoyle take their monstrous turns in a taut, tight and fun trio of terror tales drawn from the work of authors Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Stephen King, adapted by George Romero and Michael McDowell, the Beetle Juice co-writer. High on creepy atmosphere, low on boring exposition, this well-crafted movie version of its duff namesake TV series is an agreeably ambitious and solidly shocking outing. Watch out for Christian Slater in shorts, Debbie Harry as a housewife from hell and, especially, the jolting Cat from Hell episode!

Time Out

An anthology featuring stories adapted by George Romero and Michael McDowell. The latter also wrote the neat... Read more on www.timeout.com

Halliwell's Film Guide

Bloody anthology of horrific anecdotes that fails to cohere.

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Rated - 4 starsGood for a bit of a laugh and harmless horror

A horror fan from Mars , 20/05/2004

If you like your short stories in the style of those in the vaults of horror or creepshow check this film out its brill. If your after a serious horror though i would like to warn you its a bit short of serious horror.

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Rated - 4 starsgreat

glen norcup from hemsworth england , 07/09/2005

harmless horror with something for most classic nostalgia trip

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Rated - 2 starsWas this a comedy or what?

A customer from South Wales , 30/03/2006

Debbie Harry should stick to singing as her acting will never earn her an oscar.

My favourite was the story of the cat where the cat got the upper hand - for a change. Good story line that one!

Don't go expecting any nightmares with this film, but tongue in cheek humour - yes!

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Rated - 5 starsan OK film

Jon Sparey from Bristol , 11/04/2006

if you're into horror anthologies, this is one to watch. The cat from hell story was pretty good, but the best of all is the 'love' story at the end. It gets pretty chilling and weird as the twist at the end unfolds. Well worth renting.

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Rated - 5 starsan OK film

Jon Sparey from Bristol , 11/04/2006

if you're into horror anthologies, this is one to watch. The cat from hell story was pretty good, but the best of all is the 'love' story at the end. It gets pretty chilling and weird as the twist at the end unfolds. Well worth renting.

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Rated - 3 starsFun little horror

xanadu xanadu from London [Highly rated reviewer] , 16/07/2008

Quite a good horror movie with several tales strung together.I would say this is worth a look.If you were a fan of the series you will like this.

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