Artemis18
06-19-2003, 01:37 AM
I'm DESPERATELY seeking the better episodes of TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE. I know that there are six compilation tapes out there (produced by Republic in 1996) but only Volume 1 has any decent episodes on it. I will trade for episodes or will pay for copies. Either way I'd love to have them! Anyone with any of these please contact me at revenge2085@yahoo.com
Want List:
A Case of the Stubborns
The story takes place in a quaint southern-type house. The grandfather dies, but wakes up the next morning not believing he is dead. Even though he continues to rot he still thinks he is alive. Eventually, the family puts some pepper in his napkin which causes him to sneeze and blow his nose off into the napkin. Upon seeing this, the grandfather realizes everyone was right and he shuffles off to stay dead.
Anniversary Dinner
A young woman hiking through the woods comes upon an isolated house populated by an old couple. The Wife ininvites her to stay for a while because they haven't had visitors in a long while, and their anniversary is soon, but the husband is grumpy about the whole idea. While the couple is out during the day, the woman finds a hidden back room that contains some locked boxes and a jaccuzzi. The husband finds her in there and yells at her, but the wife smoothes things out. Later that night the woman is again in the jaccuzzi and the wife gives her some wine. While the woman is drinking the wine the husband and wife start cutting up vegetables and throwing them into the spa, which the woman at first finds amusing, but slightly less so as she starts to pass out. At this point, it is fairly obvious to the viewer that the old couple is, in fact, a pair of cannibals!!!!
Black Widows
A middle-aged woman has a daughter who's preparing to get married, but both share a curse: On the wedding night, the bride transforms into a human-sized Black Widow, and after becoming pregnant with the groom's child, drains his life. Though the change can be controlled, they still need to feed. After the birth of the daughter's child, she snares a minister in her web and eats him.
Cutty Black Sow, The[i]
A family watches over their dying matriarch. Before she dies, she explains the curse of the 'Cutty Black Sow' to her twelve year old grandson. She also tells him how to avoid the dread creature which appears on All Hallows Eve. The kid follows the rules, but makes a mistake near the end of the night. He learns the price of his mistake as he is killed while hugging his dad, who, in fact, was the 'Cutty Black Sow' in disgiuse.
A Case of the Stubborns: (3)
The story takes place in a quaint southern-type house. The grandfather dies, but wakes up the next morning not believing he is dead. Even though he continues to rot he still thinks he is alive. Eventually, the family puts some pepper in his napkin which causes him to sneeze and blow his nose off into the napkin. Upon seeing this, the grandfather realizes everyone was right and he shuffles off to stay dead.
A Choice of Dreams: (5*)
An aging gangster learns that he has terminal cancer. After a cold and callous life, he is visited by a mysterious doctor who offers to help him dream forever, but the cost is ten million dollars. He agrees, only to have his brain transplanted into a device, where he doesn't dream, but relive the "Darksides" of his past, until the day his brain will die.
A New Lease on Life: (3*)
A man finds an apartment with unbelievably cheap rent in the big city. All he has to do is get rid of excess food in the disposal, and not make any holes into the walls of the building. He tries hanging a picture by a nail, but the wall then bleeds. All the strange things cause the guy to freak out and he tries to kill the building. Of course, the building is larger than he is, so it only suffers from some minor indigestion, as it tries to digest both the poisons the man threw down the disposal, and the man himself.
A Serpent's Tooth: ( )
A mother, concerned about her family, warns them about their wasted efforts and then her warnings suddenly come true.
All a Clone by the Telephone: (2)
A jobless TV writer buys an answering machine that has a will of its own and gradually takes over his life.
Anniversary Dinner: (3)
A young woman hiking through the woods comes upon an isolated house populated by an old couple. The Wife ininvites her to stay for a while because they haven't had visitors in a long while, and their anniversary is soon, but the husband is grumpy about the whole idea. While the couple is out during the day, the woman finds a hidden back room that contains some locked boxes and a jaccuzzi. The husband finds her in there and yells at her, but the wife smoothes things out. Later that night the woman is again in the jaccuzzi and the wife gives her some wine. While the woman is drinking the wine the husband and wife start cutting up vegetables and throwing them into the spa, which the woman at first finds amusing, but slightly less so as she starts to pass out. At this point, it is fairly obvious to the viewer that the old couple is, in fact, a pair of cannibals!!!!
Answer Me: (5)
A woman moves into her new apartment in New York and is annoyed by the incessant ringing of a phone in the next apartment. She eventually breaks into the apartment and finds nothing in there except for a phone. She later finds out that the woman who used to live in the now-empty apartment 'committed suicide' by strangling herself with a telephone cord. The continued banging against her wall and ringing of the phone cause her to go over to the other apartment again, where she is attacked by the phone and strangled. The end was really funny as the phone was sliding along the floor and the rotary dial turned like a steering wheel when the attacking phone changed directions. The episode did a good job of portraying the rapid fraying of the character's sanity.
Apprentice, The: (5)
A coed is overjoyed to be hired by the Puritan museum until she finds out she is really back in time. Her innocent breach of the rules changes everything.
Auld Aquaintances: (2*)
Two witches from the Salem era meet at a museum where they relive episodes from their past. Each hates the other, but they had made an agreement to meet over the object both wanted, a mystical necklace. One witch surrenders the necklace to the other, but after placing the necklace around her neck, she is transformed into a cat. The woman who'd surrendered the necklace admits that she's tired of the typical black magic that's accociated with witches, and wants a new life. She reclaims the necklace, making sure it never falls into the wrong hands.
Baker's Dozen: ( )
In New Orleans, a woman sells 'magic' cookies in her bakery. An adman says he can increase her business, but she is not interested. She gives him cookies which give him power.
Barter: ( )
A woman craves quiet from her small drummer son, so when an alien knocks on her door and craves ammonia, she makes a deal.
Basher Malone: ( )
Wrestler faces a hellish opponent.
Beetles: ( )
An Egyptologist is warned about a curse if he continues to work on a sarcophogus and ignores it.
Bigalow's Last Smoke: (3*)
In the near-future, laws are stricter than one would believe. Bigelow smokes, and a firm basically jails him and tortures him into giving up the nicotine addiction. He eventually does, but before he can leave his prison, he has to give up caffeine, as that is also an illegal substance in this future.
Bitterest Pill, The: (3*)
A child is treated like dirt by his parents who ground him over petty things. A visit from the kid's uncle changes things, as the uncle has created a pill which, in addition to making one smarter, grants a photographic memory. Eventually, the uncle has a stroke as a side-effect of eating the pills. The pills have a different effect on the boy, whose growing brain is able to accept and deal with the changes to his mind, allowing him to tap into more than just knowledge. The end had the boy placing his parents under his care, and grounding them from watching tv, but gives them a book to read to make time pass quicker. The book, written by the boy: 'The Bitterest Pill'.
Black Widows: (3*)
A middle-aged woman has a daughter who's preparing to get married, but both share a curse: On the wedding night, the bride transforms into a human-sized Black Widow, and after becoming pregnant with the groom's child, drains his life. Though the change can be controlled, they still need to feed. After the birth of the daughter's child, she snares a minister in her web and eats him.
Casavin Curse, The: ()
The family has been cursed since great grandpa killed his wife and it won't be lifted until there are no more with his name.
Circus, The: (4*)
A cynical reporter visits a carnival which goes from town to town, entertaining all who have a fascination for the unknown. He encounters the ringmaster who shows him various mystical marvels, but the reporter thinks they are all hoaxes. Finally, an encounter with a mummy demonstrates the truth as the ringmaster explains the following: "Imagination is a child's tool. When raised with beliefs that border on unreal, images merely frighten. However, those NOT raised with those beliefs are unable to face the truth staring them down. It is that same fear which KILLS them". The reporter dies, but is salvaged as a new reanimated corpse.
Comet Watch: ( )
A man waiting for Halley's Comet to appear, meets a comet-riding woman who was keeping company with Halley, and Halley himself.
Cutty Black Sow, The: (4*)
A family watches over their dying matriarch. Before she dies, she explains the curse of the 'Cutty Black Sow' to her twelve year old grandson. She also tells him how to avoid the dread creature which appears on All Hallows Eve. The kid follows the rules, but makes a mistake near the end of the night. He learns the price of his mistake as he is killed while hugging his dad, who, in fact, was the 'Cutty Black Sow' in disgiuse.
[i]Devil's Advocate
A radio talk show host named Mandrake is full of hate and bitterness. He arrives for his daily midnight show, and announces that there was a dead man in his car as he made it to the studio. He promptly yells at each listener, until he begins to receive bizarre phone calls all throughout time and space. His appearance begins to change, and finally, his 'Boss' calls in to congratulate him on a job well done. Mandrake gave up on himself, and lashed out on his listeners over the years, making them as bitter as he... more for the 'Boss' to choose. The 'Boss' breaks for a news announcement, where it is revealed that 'Mandrake died in an auto accident earlier tonight'. The final scenes show Mandrake at a studio in Hell, where he'll be forced to continue his job for all eternity.
Halloween Candy
Another Halloween special episode. This one centered on some guy who poured slime and other nasty stuff into kids' bags when they came for candy. I remember something about bugs and a little gremlin type thing that harassed (and ended up, well, killing) the dude. The episode ended with some people finding him lying dead on the floor. There were some gruesome effects added here and there that made it a little more scary.
Inside The Closet
A college student rents a room from a college professor who has strict rules. The room the woman rents has a small closet, roughly the height of two and a half feet. Sometimes the closet is empty, other times, it is filled with clothes and toys. The woman suspects that there's an animal living inside the closet, but is unprepared for what really lives inside: A two-foot white demon with red eyes. The thing attacks the woman, kills her, and presumably eats her. We then discover, in a strange twist, that this thing is the daughter of the college professor, and he's lured people to their deaths before.
I Can't Help Saying Goodbye
A nine year old girl gains the ability to see peoples' deaths seconds before they occur, so she says 'Goodbye' to them. Her friend, and her mother die, and when her older sister's boyfriend begins to grow fearful of the girl, she says 'Goodbye' to him, too, before he dies of a heart attack. The older sister unravels and decides to 'teach' her sister how to swim. The girl stares at a mirror, and watches water rise, all the while saying 'Goodbye' to herself.
Seasons Of Belief
A mother and father tell an unfamiliar Christmas tale, not involving Santa Claus, but rather a monstrous creature known as 'the Grither'. Supposedly it could fly and had hands the size of basketballs. The children don't believe in the Grither, and yell its name aloud many times, which the parent's claim it can hear. Things grow very strange as Christmas Eve unfolds, but as the children grow more scared, their father tells them that 'the Grither is no more real than Santa Claus'. The mother chimes in that there's no such thing as the Grither, and then... All Hell breaks loose, as two long monstrous arms rip through the windows, gripping each parent's heads with it's hands, until it kills them. 'Silent Night' plays as the parents lay dead.
Trick Or Treat
One of the Halloween special episodes. The premise of this episode was that there was a rotten old man, Giddeon Hackle, who lived in a spooky house; and come Haloween, instead of giving out candy, he would hide a big stack of money & IOUs from people in the town somewhere in his house, and kids were welcome, 1 at a time, to come in and look for it. Being a rotten old man, he would hide in a control booth and activate scarry noises and robotic things that would freak out whoever was searching at the time. Of course, the darkside felt this was unfair, so gave him a taste of his own medicine while he was inspecting things, and "got him out of the way".
Want List:
A Case of the Stubborns
The story takes place in a quaint southern-type house. The grandfather dies, but wakes up the next morning not believing he is dead. Even though he continues to rot he still thinks he is alive. Eventually, the family puts some pepper in his napkin which causes him to sneeze and blow his nose off into the napkin. Upon seeing this, the grandfather realizes everyone was right and he shuffles off to stay dead.
Anniversary Dinner
A young woman hiking through the woods comes upon an isolated house populated by an old couple. The Wife ininvites her to stay for a while because they haven't had visitors in a long while, and their anniversary is soon, but the husband is grumpy about the whole idea. While the couple is out during the day, the woman finds a hidden back room that contains some locked boxes and a jaccuzzi. The husband finds her in there and yells at her, but the wife smoothes things out. Later that night the woman is again in the jaccuzzi and the wife gives her some wine. While the woman is drinking the wine the husband and wife start cutting up vegetables and throwing them into the spa, which the woman at first finds amusing, but slightly less so as she starts to pass out. At this point, it is fairly obvious to the viewer that the old couple is, in fact, a pair of cannibals!!!!
Black Widows
A middle-aged woman has a daughter who's preparing to get married, but both share a curse: On the wedding night, the bride transforms into a human-sized Black Widow, and after becoming pregnant with the groom's child, drains his life. Though the change can be controlled, they still need to feed. After the birth of the daughter's child, she snares a minister in her web and eats him.
Cutty Black Sow, The[i]
A family watches over their dying matriarch. Before she dies, she explains the curse of the 'Cutty Black Sow' to her twelve year old grandson. She also tells him how to avoid the dread creature which appears on All Hallows Eve. The kid follows the rules, but makes a mistake near the end of the night. He learns the price of his mistake as he is killed while hugging his dad, who, in fact, was the 'Cutty Black Sow' in disgiuse.
A Case of the Stubborns: (3)
The story takes place in a quaint southern-type house. The grandfather dies, but wakes up the next morning not believing he is dead. Even though he continues to rot he still thinks he is alive. Eventually, the family puts some pepper in his napkin which causes him to sneeze and blow his nose off into the napkin. Upon seeing this, the grandfather realizes everyone was right and he shuffles off to stay dead.
A Choice of Dreams: (5*)
An aging gangster learns that he has terminal cancer. After a cold and callous life, he is visited by a mysterious doctor who offers to help him dream forever, but the cost is ten million dollars. He agrees, only to have his brain transplanted into a device, where he doesn't dream, but relive the "Darksides" of his past, until the day his brain will die.
A New Lease on Life: (3*)
A man finds an apartment with unbelievably cheap rent in the big city. All he has to do is get rid of excess food in the disposal, and not make any holes into the walls of the building. He tries hanging a picture by a nail, but the wall then bleeds. All the strange things cause the guy to freak out and he tries to kill the building. Of course, the building is larger than he is, so it only suffers from some minor indigestion, as it tries to digest both the poisons the man threw down the disposal, and the man himself.
A Serpent's Tooth: ( )
A mother, concerned about her family, warns them about their wasted efforts and then her warnings suddenly come true.
All a Clone by the Telephone: (2)
A jobless TV writer buys an answering machine that has a will of its own and gradually takes over his life.
Anniversary Dinner: (3)
A young woman hiking through the woods comes upon an isolated house populated by an old couple. The Wife ininvites her to stay for a while because they haven't had visitors in a long while, and their anniversary is soon, but the husband is grumpy about the whole idea. While the couple is out during the day, the woman finds a hidden back room that contains some locked boxes and a jaccuzzi. The husband finds her in there and yells at her, but the wife smoothes things out. Later that night the woman is again in the jaccuzzi and the wife gives her some wine. While the woman is drinking the wine the husband and wife start cutting up vegetables and throwing them into the spa, which the woman at first finds amusing, but slightly less so as she starts to pass out. At this point, it is fairly obvious to the viewer that the old couple is, in fact, a pair of cannibals!!!!
Answer Me: (5)
A woman moves into her new apartment in New York and is annoyed by the incessant ringing of a phone in the next apartment. She eventually breaks into the apartment and finds nothing in there except for a phone. She later finds out that the woman who used to live in the now-empty apartment 'committed suicide' by strangling herself with a telephone cord. The continued banging against her wall and ringing of the phone cause her to go over to the other apartment again, where she is attacked by the phone and strangled. The end was really funny as the phone was sliding along the floor and the rotary dial turned like a steering wheel when the attacking phone changed directions. The episode did a good job of portraying the rapid fraying of the character's sanity.
Apprentice, The: (5)
A coed is overjoyed to be hired by the Puritan museum until she finds out she is really back in time. Her innocent breach of the rules changes everything.
Auld Aquaintances: (2*)
Two witches from the Salem era meet at a museum where they relive episodes from their past. Each hates the other, but they had made an agreement to meet over the object both wanted, a mystical necklace. One witch surrenders the necklace to the other, but after placing the necklace around her neck, she is transformed into a cat. The woman who'd surrendered the necklace admits that she's tired of the typical black magic that's accociated with witches, and wants a new life. She reclaims the necklace, making sure it never falls into the wrong hands.
Baker's Dozen: ( )
In New Orleans, a woman sells 'magic' cookies in her bakery. An adman says he can increase her business, but she is not interested. She gives him cookies which give him power.
Barter: ( )
A woman craves quiet from her small drummer son, so when an alien knocks on her door and craves ammonia, she makes a deal.
Basher Malone: ( )
Wrestler faces a hellish opponent.
Beetles: ( )
An Egyptologist is warned about a curse if he continues to work on a sarcophogus and ignores it.
Bigalow's Last Smoke: (3*)
In the near-future, laws are stricter than one would believe. Bigelow smokes, and a firm basically jails him and tortures him into giving up the nicotine addiction. He eventually does, but before he can leave his prison, he has to give up caffeine, as that is also an illegal substance in this future.
Bitterest Pill, The: (3*)
A child is treated like dirt by his parents who ground him over petty things. A visit from the kid's uncle changes things, as the uncle has created a pill which, in addition to making one smarter, grants a photographic memory. Eventually, the uncle has a stroke as a side-effect of eating the pills. The pills have a different effect on the boy, whose growing brain is able to accept and deal with the changes to his mind, allowing him to tap into more than just knowledge. The end had the boy placing his parents under his care, and grounding them from watching tv, but gives them a book to read to make time pass quicker. The book, written by the boy: 'The Bitterest Pill'.
Black Widows: (3*)
A middle-aged woman has a daughter who's preparing to get married, but both share a curse: On the wedding night, the bride transforms into a human-sized Black Widow, and after becoming pregnant with the groom's child, drains his life. Though the change can be controlled, they still need to feed. After the birth of the daughter's child, she snares a minister in her web and eats him.
Casavin Curse, The: ()
The family has been cursed since great grandpa killed his wife and it won't be lifted until there are no more with his name.
Circus, The: (4*)
A cynical reporter visits a carnival which goes from town to town, entertaining all who have a fascination for the unknown. He encounters the ringmaster who shows him various mystical marvels, but the reporter thinks they are all hoaxes. Finally, an encounter with a mummy demonstrates the truth as the ringmaster explains the following: "Imagination is a child's tool. When raised with beliefs that border on unreal, images merely frighten. However, those NOT raised with those beliefs are unable to face the truth staring them down. It is that same fear which KILLS them". The reporter dies, but is salvaged as a new reanimated corpse.
Comet Watch: ( )
A man waiting for Halley's Comet to appear, meets a comet-riding woman who was keeping company with Halley, and Halley himself.
Cutty Black Sow, The: (4*)
A family watches over their dying matriarch. Before she dies, she explains the curse of the 'Cutty Black Sow' to her twelve year old grandson. She also tells him how to avoid the dread creature which appears on All Hallows Eve. The kid follows the rules, but makes a mistake near the end of the night. He learns the price of his mistake as he is killed while hugging his dad, who, in fact, was the 'Cutty Black Sow' in disgiuse.
[i]Devil's Advocate
A radio talk show host named Mandrake is full of hate and bitterness. He arrives for his daily midnight show, and announces that there was a dead man in his car as he made it to the studio. He promptly yells at each listener, until he begins to receive bizarre phone calls all throughout time and space. His appearance begins to change, and finally, his 'Boss' calls in to congratulate him on a job well done. Mandrake gave up on himself, and lashed out on his listeners over the years, making them as bitter as he... more for the 'Boss' to choose. The 'Boss' breaks for a news announcement, where it is revealed that 'Mandrake died in an auto accident earlier tonight'. The final scenes show Mandrake at a studio in Hell, where he'll be forced to continue his job for all eternity.
Halloween Candy
Another Halloween special episode. This one centered on some guy who poured slime and other nasty stuff into kids' bags when they came for candy. I remember something about bugs and a little gremlin type thing that harassed (and ended up, well, killing) the dude. The episode ended with some people finding him lying dead on the floor. There were some gruesome effects added here and there that made it a little more scary.
Inside The Closet
A college student rents a room from a college professor who has strict rules. The room the woman rents has a small closet, roughly the height of two and a half feet. Sometimes the closet is empty, other times, it is filled with clothes and toys. The woman suspects that there's an animal living inside the closet, but is unprepared for what really lives inside: A two-foot white demon with red eyes. The thing attacks the woman, kills her, and presumably eats her. We then discover, in a strange twist, that this thing is the daughter of the college professor, and he's lured people to their deaths before.
I Can't Help Saying Goodbye
A nine year old girl gains the ability to see peoples' deaths seconds before they occur, so she says 'Goodbye' to them. Her friend, and her mother die, and when her older sister's boyfriend begins to grow fearful of the girl, she says 'Goodbye' to him, too, before he dies of a heart attack. The older sister unravels and decides to 'teach' her sister how to swim. The girl stares at a mirror, and watches water rise, all the while saying 'Goodbye' to herself.
Seasons Of Belief
A mother and father tell an unfamiliar Christmas tale, not involving Santa Claus, but rather a monstrous creature known as 'the Grither'. Supposedly it could fly and had hands the size of basketballs. The children don't believe in the Grither, and yell its name aloud many times, which the parent's claim it can hear. Things grow very strange as Christmas Eve unfolds, but as the children grow more scared, their father tells them that 'the Grither is no more real than Santa Claus'. The mother chimes in that there's no such thing as the Grither, and then... All Hell breaks loose, as two long monstrous arms rip through the windows, gripping each parent's heads with it's hands, until it kills them. 'Silent Night' plays as the parents lay dead.
Trick Or Treat
One of the Halloween special episodes. The premise of this episode was that there was a rotten old man, Giddeon Hackle, who lived in a spooky house; and come Haloween, instead of giving out candy, he would hide a big stack of money & IOUs from people in the town somewhere in his house, and kids were welcome, 1 at a time, to come in and look for it. Being a rotten old man, he would hide in a control booth and activate scarry noises and robotic things that would freak out whoever was searching at the time. Of course, the darkside felt this was unfair, so gave him a taste of his own medicine while he was inspecting things, and "got him out of the way".