Tales from the Darkside

  • Premiered: Sep 1984
  • Episodes: 90
  • Followers: 19
  • Ended
  • CBS
  • Unknown
  • Comedy Drama Fantasy Horror Science-fiction Suspense Thriller

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Season 4
4x1
Beetles
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 27, 1987
An Egyptologist working on a sarcophagus ignores a curse and meets a horrific fate.
4x2
Mary, Mary
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Air date
Oct 04, 1987
A woman who lives with mannequins because she is unable to deal with real people gets a rude awakening.
4x3
The Spirit Photographer
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Air date
Oct 11, 1987
Despite the discouragement of his friend, a middle-aged photographer, Algernon, tries to captures spirits on film.
4x4
The Moth
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 18, 1987
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 she begs her mother to hold the moth until she can be restored to life.
4x5
No Strings
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 25, 1987
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 mobster is unaware that puppet and puppeteer both have agendas of their own...
4x6
The Grave Robber
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 01, 1987
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, but rather challenges the .. show full overview
4x7
The Yattering and Jack
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Air date
Nov 08, 1987
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 everything .. show full overview
4x8
Seymourlama
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Air date
Nov 15, 1987
Much to his parents' frustration, a spoiled young boy, Seymour, is declared the High Lama by a group of monks.
4x9
Sorry, Right Number
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Air date
Nov 22, 1987
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 husband dies. At the funeral, a .. show full overview
4x10
Payment Overdue
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 14, 1988
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 result.
4x11
Love Hungry
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Air date
Feb 21, 1988
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 is being eaten, but Betsy still .. show full overview
4x12
The Deal
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Air date
Feb 28, 1988
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 up his soul.
4x13
The Apprentice
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Air date
May 01, 1988
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 in the past.
4x14
The Cutty Black Sow
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Air date
May 08, 1988
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 anyone dying that night, and Jamie vows to protect her soul from the beast.
4x15
Do Not Open This Box
Episode overview
Air date
May 15, 1988
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 empty. The next day a man comes to claim the box and the lady .. show full overview
4x16
Family Reunion
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Air date
May 22, 1988
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 either of them since. Trudy agrees to find .. show full overview
4x17
Going Native
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Air date
Jun 19, 1988
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 photographs of still life from large .. show full overview
4x18
Hush
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Air date
Jul 10, 1988
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 parts, one that eats sounds. The creature comes to life, sucking the .. show full overview
4x19
Barter
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Air date
Jul 17, 1988
A mother tries to get a reprieve from her noisy drums-practicing son by making a deal with an ammonia-seeking alien.
4x20 Show finale
Basher Malone
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 23, 1988
A wrestler seeking one great opponent finds himself tricked into fighting a demon from Hell.

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