A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.
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Debbie Harry
Betty (Wraparound Story)
Matthew Lawrence
Timmy (Wraparound Story)
David Forrester
Priest (Wraparound Story)
Christian Slater
Andy (segment ‘Lot 249’)
Robert Sedgwick
Lee (segment ‘Lot 249’)
Steve Buscemi
Bellingham (segment ‘Lot 249’)
Donald Van Horn
Moving Man (segment ‘Lot 249’)
Michael Deak
Mummy (segment ‘Lot 249’)
Julianne Moore
Susan (segment ‘Lot 249’)
George Guidall
Museum Director (segment "Lot 249")
Director
John Harrison
Screenplay
Michael McDowell
Tagline
"Four Ghoulish Fables In One Modern Nightmare!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$3,500,000
Revenue
$16,324,573
Production
Paramount Pictures, Laurel Productions, Darkside Movie, Laurel Entertainment
JPV852
August 12, 2020
Okay anthology horror movie, the first one, "Lot 249", was the best due to the cast (Slater, Buscemi, Moore) and also enjoyed "Lover's Vow" even if the animatronic effects weren't the best. However, "Cat from Hell" really dragged the film as a whole down, almost dozed off a couple of times during that segment, although the ending of that one was gross. The wrap-around story was fine with a fun con...
Dr_Nostromo
November 18, 2025
53/100 "Tales from the Darkside" was a fairly entertaining, tongue-in-cheek, horror anthology TV series. For a movie, however, you'd think they would have turned it up a few notches ...especially with the talent backing up the writing. But, basically what we have here is 3 stories that are no different than watching 3 episodes of the TV show. It's not bad - in fact, I enjoyed it for what it was...
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