Tales from the Darkside_
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.
Created By
George A. Romero
Network
Syndication
Episodes
89
Updated Feb 16, 2026
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Overview
Tales from the Darkside has 4 seasons with 89 episodes spanning 1984-1988.
Year context
Tales from the Darkside first aired 42 years ago in 1984.
CAST (1)
SEASONS (4 seasons, 89 episodes)
SEASON 1
01
The New Man
A recovering alcoholic is disturbed to find a young boy who shows up at his office claiming to be his son Jerry. The man is…
02
I'll Give You a Million
Two old, rich men like to wager among themselves on trivial matters for huge amounts. One of them, Williams, offers his friend a million dollars…
03
Pain Killer
Harvey goes to Dr. Roebuck with back pains and Roebuck prescribes a miraculous cure. It's not until later that Harvey finds the price he must…
04
The Odds
Tommy Vale, a barroom bookie finds himself in a curious predicament: a man comes in who can't lose. As the story unravels, he finds out…
05
Mookie and Pookie
Twin siblings, Mookie and Pookie, are extremely close. But Mookie has a terminal illness. Later the scientific genius Mookie succesfully downloads his mind into the…
06
Slippage
A young ad-design artist begins to literally "slip" out of reality. Slowly but surely he seems to be fading out of existence: first his payroll…
07
Inside the Closet
A student takes a room with an abrupt, somewhat rude anthropology professor. He instructs her never to open the small door in the back of…
08
The Word Processor of the Gods
Richard Hagstrom is dismayed with the way life has treated him (a rude son, a shrewish wife). His nephew Jonathan gives him a birthday present:…
09
A Case of the Stubborns
In the backwoods, a family patriarch dies...only to come back, unaware that he's dead. The townspeople are up in arms, but the old man is…
10
Djinn, No Chaser
A couple inadvertently buy a magic lamp that contains a genie. Unfortunately, the genie is anything but amiably. Confined in the lamp for thousands of…
11
All a Clone by the Telephone
Leon, a hapless TV writer, buys an answering machine that has a mind of its own - it initially helps him out by providing him…
12
In the Cards
A fake fortuneteller, Caterina, soon finds that every fortune she tells comes true...but she can only predict gruesome and horrific ends for her customers. She…
13
Anniversary Dinner
A young girl fleeing her boyfriend finds herself in a small country home with a genial older couple. They take pity on her and invite…
14
Snip, Snip
A warlock and a witch get into a battle over a $10 million lottery ticket when each claims that the spirits gave them the winning…
15
Answer Me
Joan is apartment-sitting for a friend but finds herself tormented by a phone that won't stop ringing.
16
The Tear Collector
Prudence is a young woman who can't stop crying, but finds a peculiar way to make a profit when she meets Ambrose Cavender, a man…
17
Madness Room
Cathy Osborne brings her husband up to a previously-unknown room in their house and along with her friend Michael, relates the tale of how the…
18
If the Shoes Fit...
Fast-talking politician Bo Gumbs finds himself in serious trouble when he arrives for a meeting and waits at a nearby hotel.
19
Levitation
A teenager enraptured with magicians goes to a flee-bitten circus to seek out one of the greater: Kharma. However, Kharma now does cheap magic for…
20
It All Comes Out in the Wash
Henry, a greedy developers, stumbles upon a Chinese laundry that offers a unique service - it can "wash out" guilt. Henry employs their services but…
21
Bigalow's Last Smoke
Mr. Bigalow, a lifelong cigarette smoker, wakes up to find that his windows have bars on them and his door is sealed shut. A mysterious…
22
Grandma's Last Wish
Given one last wish to enliven her days before she is moved into the Tranquil Gardens retirement home, elderly Grandma sees to it that her…
23
The False Prophet
Cassie Pines is a woman travelling on her own who believes in astrology, tea leaves...everything. She comes into a diner with a most unusual mechanical…
SEASON 2
01
The Impressionist
An impressionist, "Mr. Personalities," is brought in by the government to try to help them communicate with an alien. Mr. Personalities is at first stumped…
02
Lifebomb
Ben Martin, a rich businessman, is contacted by a special medical firm, "Lifebomb" which offers him an expensive policy that will let him live forever.…
03
Ring Around the Redhead
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…
04
Parlour Floor Front
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…
05
Halloween Candy
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…
06
The Satanic Piano
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…
07
The Devil's Advocate
A hate-style radio host, Mandrake, spews out venom at anyone who calls in. He soon discovers, however, after receiving calls across all of time that…
08
Distant Signals
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 had…
09
The Trouble with Mary Jane
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 their…
10
Ursa Minor
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…
11
Effect and Cause
Kate wakes up and discovers that for unknown reasons, her life is now running backwards.
12
Monsters in My Room
A little boy, Timmy, tries to convince his skeptical parents that there is a horrible monster beneath his bed - they learn too late that…
13
Comet Watch
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 "his"…
14
Dream Girl
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…
15
A New Lease On Life
A man is overjoyed to find a nice apartment with all the modern conveniences at an incredibly cheap price. The eccentric landlady asks nothing more…
16
Printer's Devil
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…
17
The Shrine
A young woman, Christine, returns home to find her mother cold and distant, and living isolated from everyone else. The woman soon discovers that her…
18
The Old Soft Shoe
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…
19
The Last Car
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…
20
A Choice of Dreams
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…
21
Strange Love
Dr. Carrol visits the Alcotts and discovers that they are vampire and that wife Marie wants an escape.
22
The Unhappy Medium
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…
23
Fear of Floating
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,…
24
The Casavin Curse
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 there…
SEASON 3
01
The Circus
A skeptical journalist travels on assignment to a sideshow. Seated in a small theatre, he is greeted by a perverse caretaker/M.C. who promises (in seemingly…
02
I Can't Help Saying Goodbye
A young girl develops a talent for seeing the fate of those about to die and develops the habit of saying "Goodbye" to them when…
03
The Bitterest Pill
A boy treated poorly by his parents gets the upper hand when an eccentric uncle shows up and tries to convince the parents to finance…
04
Florence Bravo
The ghost of a feminist torments the woman who buys her home.
05
The Geezenstacks
A little girl, Audrey, discovers she can control her family by manipulating her doll family, the Geezenstacks, within her dollhouse.
06
Black Widows
Audrey Webster is concerned about her reclusive mother, but when she pursues the matter discovers exactly why her mother stays away from others, and what…
07
Heretic
A rich art collector buys a stolen painting from a thief. The painting portrays a man before the Spanish Inquisition. The collector, Harte, is soon…
08
A Serpent's Tooth
A kibbitzing mother, Pearl, warns her unlistening family but her warnings start to come true.
09
Baker's Dozen
Ruby Cuzzins, a New Orleans baker, sells "magic" cookies and gives unscrupulous Henry adman a sample of her wares. Convinced, Henry tries to get her…
10
Deliver Us from Goodness
Valeria is a saint - literally - and finds it more then she can bear. She seeks out a way to fall from Grace but…
11
Seasons of Belief
On Christmas Eve, a couple decide to preoccupy their restless children by telling them a fable concerning a massive, winged creature called "The Grither". The…
12
Miss May Dusa
A robber accidentally brings a mannequin to life - its gaze turns him into a statue. The now-living mannequin flees into the night, unaware of…
13
The Milkman Cometh
A man, Garry, hears from his neighbor a bizarre tale of how the unseen neighborhood milkman grants wishes to anyone who leaves their request in…
14
My Ghostwriter: The Vampire
Hack writer Peter, writing worse and worse vampire stories, buys a coffin for inspiration and finds it occupied by Count Draco. Peter manages to protect…
15
My Own Place
Laura, a desperate woman, tries to get an apartment by herself but is forced to take in Ram, an immigrant from Calcutta. When Ram dies…
16
Red Leader
A crooked tycoon makes a deal with the Devil in return for power and wealth.
17
Everybody Needs a Little Love
Robert, a lonely divorced man, fixated on a mannequin, but the question soon becomes - is the mannequin alive?
18
Auld Acquaintances
Two long-lived witches, Elizabeth and Mary, vie once more over an amulet in the modern day that they agreed to share hundreds of years ago.
19
The Social Climber
A shoemaker's apprentice discovers a strange power when he finds he can step into other peoples' lives simply by putting on their shoes.
20
The Swap
Anna Belle's plot to murder her husband to gain his money backfires with unpleasant results.
21
Let the Games Begin
When Harry Carson has a heart attack, an angel and a devil fight for who will get his soul and it's up to Harry to…
22
The Enormous Radio
Irene and Jim discover that a new radio they buy lets them overhear the neighbors, but Irene soon turns paranoid as she wonders whether they…
SEASON 4
01
Beetles
An Egyptologist working on a sarcophogus ignores a curse and meets a horrific fate when he ignores it.
02
Mary, Mary
A woman who lives with mannequins because she is unable to deal with real people gets a rude awakening.
03
The Spirit Photographer
Despite the discouragement of his friend, a middle-aged photographer, Algernon, tries to captures spirits on film.
04
The Moth
Sybil, a woman on the verge of death, is obsessed with the thought that after she dies her soul will dwell within a moth, and…
05
No Strings
A mobster who has finally defeated his old rival hires a reluctant puppeteer to string up his rival and make it dance for him. The…
06
The Grave Robber
In this comedic episode, two treasure hunters discover a lost Egyptian tomb and accidentally revive a mummy. The mummy, Tapok, doesn't try to strangle them,…
07
The Yattering and Jack
A normal, everyday, plain-as-day man, Jack Polo, lives a normal, everyday life...despite the fact that strange poltergeist-like events occur around him. He seems oblivious to…
08
Seymourlama
Much to his parents' frustration, a spoiled young boy, Seymour, is declared the High Lama by a group of monks.
09
Sorry, Right Number
Katie receives a mysterious phone call from a woman warning about her husband's death...but he isn't dead yet. Katie ignores the phone call, and her…
10
Payment Overdue
Michael, a heartless collection agent, finds out that Jeanette doesn't quite understand the rules of going into debt, and has some unpleasant problems as a…
11
Love Hungry
Betsy, an overweight woman, receives an anonymous package with an earpiece that will supposedly help her diet. It transmits the "voices" of her food as…
12
The Deal
Screenwriter Tom Dash unwittingly makes a deal with the Devil and finds he must get out of it by finding a new victim or offer…
13
The Apprentice
Jane is hired by a Puritan museum but ends up mysteriously going back in time where she is forced to work as a near slave…
14
The Cutty Black Sow
On her deathbed, Jamie's great grandmother tells him the tale of a Celtic demon, the Cutty Black Sow, that comes to claim the soul of…
15
Do Not Open This Box
An aged inventor and his wife come into possession of a box marked "Do not open this box." The wife opens it and finds it…
16
Family Reunion
Janice, a young mother, swears to a social worker, Trudy, that her husband Robert kidnapped their son Bobby six months ago and she hasn't seen…
17
Going Native
An alien is sent to Earth to study the nature and behavior of human beings. The alien, who resembles a normal Earth female, meticulously studies…
18
Hush
A babysitter is called in to take care of a sick boy. As a game, the two make up a pretend creature out of household…
19
Barter
A mother tries to get a reprieve from her noisy drums-practicing son by making a deal with an ammonia-seeking alien. Spoofs the I Love Lucy…
20
Basher Malone
A wrestler seeking one great opponent finds himself tricked into fighting a demon from Hell.
SERIES INFO
4
Seasons
89
Episodes
20 min/ep
Per Episode
Ended
Status
CREW
Creator
George A. Romero
NETWORKS (1)
Syndication
DETAILS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is Tales from the Darkside about?
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.
How many seasons does Tales from the Darkside have?
Tales from the Darkside has 4 seasons with 89 episodes total.
Who created Tales from the Darkside?
Tales from the Darkside was created by George A. Romero.
Who stars in Tales from the Darkside?
The cast of Tales from the Darkside includes Paul Sparer.
What is the rating of Tales from the Darkside?
Tales from the Darkside has a rating of 7.2 out of 10 based on 89 votes on TMDB.
Is Tales from the Darkside still running?
Tales from the Darkside has ended. The final episode aired on .
GENRES (2)
Drama
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
