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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

1990 · R · 1h 33m

Four Ghoulish Fables In One Modern Nightmare!

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In theaters
May 4, 1990

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

Plot summary via TMDB

Genres

horrorcomedy

Tags

Audience

Cult classic

Production

Anthology
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Details

Budget$3.5M
Box office$16.3M

Directed by

John Harrison

Written by

Michael McDowell, George A. Romero

Cinematography

Robert Draper

Music

Donald Rubinstein, John Harrison, Pat Regan, Jim Manzie, Chaz Jankel

Starring

Debbie Harry as Betty (Wraparound Story) · Matthew Lawrence as Timmy (Wraparound Story) · David Forrester as Priest (Wraparound Story) · Christian Slater as Andy (segment ‘Lot 249’) · Robert Sedgwick as Lee (segment ‘Lot 249’) · Steve Buscemi as Bellingham (segment ‘Lot 249’) · Donald Van Horn as Moving Man (segment ‘Lot 249’) · Michael Deak as Mummy (segment ‘Lot 249’)

Production

Darkside Movie, Laurel Entertainment, Laurel Productions, Paramount Pictures

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