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Release Date
• USA: May 4, 1990
DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 25, 2001
Budget USD 3,500,000
Running Time
1 hour, 33 minutes
Country USA
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Other Titles
• Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
• Geschichten aus der Schattenwelt (1990)
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Murder, Revenge, Gore
Plot: George Romero's (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD) popular television becomes a feature film, with some help from Stephen King and Michael McDowell (screenwriter of BEETLEJUICE), in the form of three chilling tales with a connecting story. In "Lot 249" is a college student (Christian Slater) is menaced by a mummy. "Cat From Hell" finds the millionaire owner of the titular feline hiring a hitman to kill the pet. Finally, in "Lover's Vow" an artist suffers severe retribution after taking a vow of silence after witnessing the murder of a friend.
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 Overall this is an entertaining, if not overly spectacular, flick that's steadily directed and has enough fun moments to make it a good timewaster on a dull afternoon.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
This was the last decent anthology horror film and a must-see for Romero/King fans.-- (eSplatter.com)
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Stephen King
The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Shining |
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| Cast |
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 | Christian Slater
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, True Romance, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves |
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 | Mark Margolis
Requiem for a Dream, Scarface, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective |
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| Music By |
| Jim Manzie
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, Krocodylus, Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings | | |
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