Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie is a 1990 American comedy horror anthology film directed by John Harrison, serving as a spin-off of the anthology television series Tales from the Darkside. The film depicts the frame story of a kidnapped paperboy who tells three stories of horror to the suburban witch who is preparing to eat him.
Plot
Betty, an affluent suburban housewife and modern-day witch, plans a dinner party for her fellow witches. The main dish is to be Timmy, a young boy whom she has captured and chained up in her pantry. To stall her from cooking him, the boy tells her three stories from a book she gave him, titled Tales from the Darkside.
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| author | George A. Romero Michael McDowell |
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| director | John Harrison |
| editor | Harry B. Miller III |
| events | supernatural |
| genre | comedy horror science fiction |
| keywords | bar owner black cat breaking the fourth wall build capture chain climb cook creature attack dinner party end exact cosmic revenge fly forced to kill frame gargoyle heart attack help karma kill meet mummy necromancy old man one by one reanimate run away scream search struggling artist tenth anniversary test three stories turned to stone win young boy |
| musicBy | John Harrison |
| producer | Mitchell Galin Richard P. Rubinstein |
| productionCompany | Richard P. Rubinstein#Laurel Entertainment |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| theme | anthology comedy horror monster movie science fiction horror sequel urban |