Tales from the Darkside - Season 1

Tales from the Darkside - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes23
DatesSep 30, 1984 - Aug 4, 1985
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Episodes

The New Man
Season 1Episode 130 min

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 further angered when the boy shows up at his house. While the other family members carry on as if Jerry is a regular member of the family, the man insists that he has never seen the boy before in his life. The man's wife assumes that he has begun drinking again and is harboring delusions brought on by his inebriated state. The family, disgusted by the father's unwillingness to acknowledge Jerry as his son, ultimately leaves him. Driven back to drinking by the ordeal, the previously sober father ends up in a state of emotional ruin. In the final scene, Jerry visits another man, claiming to be HIS son, as the nightmarish pattern continues.
Sep 30, 1984
I'll Give You a Million
Season 1Episode 230 min

I'll Give You a Million

A millionaire makes his fellow millionaire a deal: a million dollars for his soul. But when the second man dies, the Devil comes to collect what is due him.

Oct 7, 1984
Pain Killer
Season 1Episode 330 min

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 pay...
Oct 14, 1984
The Odds
Season 1Episode 430 min

The Odds

An aging bookie finds himself in a battle of wills against a gambler who can't seem to lose.

Oct 21, 1984
Mookie and Pookie
Season 1Episode 530 min

Mookie and Pookie

A bed-ridden boy with an interest in computers dies... and his twin sister discovers that he left instructions to let her bring him back as a computer.

Nov 4, 1984
Slippage
Season 1Episode 630 min

Slippage

A young advertising executive discovers that he is slowly slipping out of reality as people forget him.

Nov 11, 1984
Inside the Closet
Season 1Episode 730 min

Inside the Closet

A college anthopology professor takes on a female student a a boarder, and warns her to never open the closet.

Nov 18, 1984
The Word Processor of the Gods
Season 1Episode 830 min

The Word Processor of the Gods

An semi-professional writer receives a homemade word processor from his dying nephew... and soon realizes that the boy has endowed it with the power to change the world.

Nov 25, 1984
A Case of the Stubborns
Season 1Episode 930 min

A Case of the Stubborns

A family's grandfather decides that he's not dead... even though he is.

Dec 2, 1984
Djinn, No Chaser
Season 1Episode 1030 min

Djinn, No Chaser

A young couple find a magical lamp that contains a genie... but he is onyl interested in making their lives miserable.

Jan 13, 1985
All a Clone by the Telephone
Season 1Episode 1130 min

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 with new material, but Leon soon finds that it's taking over his life.
Jan 20, 1985
In the Cards
Season 1Episode 1230 min

In the Cards

A disreputable fortuneteller finds herself cursed with a card that predicts death... and she can't get rid of it.

Jan 27, 1985
Anniversary Dinner
Season 1Episode 1330 min

Anniversary Dinner

An elderly country couple invite a young hitchhiker to dinner.

Feb 3, 1985
Snip, Snip
Season 1Episode 1430 min

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 number.
Feb 10, 1985
Answer Me
Season 1Episode 1530 min

Answer Me

Joan is apartment-sitting for a friend but finds herself tormented by a phone that won't stop ringing.
Feb 17, 1985
The Tear Collector
Season 1Episode 1630 min

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 who collects tears.
Feb 24, 1985
Madness Room
Season 1Episode 1730 min

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 room is the ""madness room"" from which no one has ever stayed the night...and survived. In reality it's a set up and Cathy and Michael plan to kill Cathy's husband by scaring him to death. They succeed by faking some supernatural activities, but soon find that the curse of the room is all too real...
May 5, 1985
If the Shoes Fit...
Season 1Episode 1830 min

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.
May 12, 1985
Levitation
Season 1Episode 1930 min

Levitation

Two teenagers go to the circus to see a magician with a unique levitation act.

May 19, 1985
It All Comes Out in the Wash
Season 1Episode 2030 min

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 soon finds there is a unpleasant price to pay.
May 26, 1985
Bigalow's Last Smoke
Season 1Episode 2130 min

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 figure appears on Bigalow's television, informing him that he will quit smoking. Bigalow scoffs at this notion and reaches for a morning cigarette. As soon as he lights up, a deafening alarm sounds, demanding that he extinguish the cigarette immediately. Bigalow is subjected to various endurance tests and is further tempted to smoke when thousands of cigarettes materialize in the room, only to disappear. After being driven to the edge of sanity, he wakes up to find that he no longer has a desire to smoke. Believing that the whole ordeal was a dream, Biaglow reaches for a cup of coffee, at which time the mysterious figure reappears on the television screen, insisting that Bigalow now work on his caffeine addiction.
Jun 9, 1985
Grandma's Last Wish
Season 1Episode 2230 min

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 self-centered family finds out what it's like to grow old.
Jun 16, 1985
The False Prophet
Season 1Episode 2330 min

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 fortune teller named Horace X. ""Horace"" is uncanny with his predictions but Cassie soon finds that Horace is demanding and possessive - despite her misgivings she enters the booth one more time...and disappears.
Aug 4, 1985

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