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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

6.2

Released May 03, 1990Runtime 1h 33min

Four Ghoulish Fables In One Modern Nightmare!

A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.

Genres

Thriller

Comedy

Fantasy

Horror

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Laurel Productions

Darkside Movie

Laurel Entertainment

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $3,500,000
Revenue: $16,324,573
Profit/Loss: $12,824,573

Stream

Rent

Buy

Videos

Cast

Debbie HarryBetty (Wraparound Story)

Matthew LawrenceTimmy (Wraparound Story)

David ForresterPriest (Wraparound Story)

Christian SlaterAndy (segment ‘Lot 249’)

Robert SedgwickLee (segment ‘Lot 249’)

Steve BuscemiBellingham (segment ‘Lot 249’)

Donald Van HornMoving Man (segment ‘Lot 249’)

Michael DeakMummy (segment ‘Lot 249’)

Julianne MooreSusan (segment ‘Lot 249’)

George GuidallMuseum Director (segment "Lot 249")

Ralph MarreroCabbie (segment "Lot 249")

Kathleen ChalfantDean (segment ‘Lot 249’)

David JohansenHalston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

Paul GreenoCabbie (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

William HickeyDrogan (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

Alice DrummondCarolyn (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

Dolores SuttonAmanda (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

Mark MargolisGage (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

James RemarPreston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)

Ashton WiseJer (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)

Philip LenkowskyMaddox (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)

Robert KleinWyatt (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)

Rae Dawn ChongCarola (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)

Joe DabenignoCop #1 (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)

Larry SilvestriCop #2 (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)

Donna DavidgeGallery Patron (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)

Nicole LeachMargaret (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)

Daniel HarrisonJohn (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)

Crew

John HarrisonDirector

Marybeth HagnerFirst Assistant Director

Amelia VilleroSecond Assistant Director

Rosemary C. CremonaSecond Assistant Director

Stephen KingStory

Arthur Conan DoyleStory

Michael McDowellScreenplay

George A. RomeroScreenplay

Michael McDowellWriter

Ruth AmmonProduction Designer

Victoria WestheadUnit Production Manager

Mitchell GalinProducer

Brian ChavanneCasting

Richard P. RubinsteinProducer

Julie MossbergCasting

David R. KappesCo-Producer

Kelley BakerSound Editor

Michael DeakStunts

Drew JiritanoSpecial Effects

Lynn WalshStunts

Ida GearonCostume Designer

Jacqueline Jacobson ScarfoSet Decoration

Edgard MourinoStunt Coordinator

Donald RubinsteinOriginal Music Composer

Greg NicoteroMakeup Effects

Harry B. Miller IIIEditor

Robert DraperDirector of Photography

John HarrisonOriginal Music Composer

Howard BergerMakeup Effects

Pat ReganOriginal Music Composer

Jocelyne BeaudoinArt Direction

Jim ManzieOriginal Music Composer

Robert KurtzmanMakeup Effects

Chaz JankelOriginal Music Composer

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Reviews

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 t...