Four Ghoulish Fables In One Modern Nightmare!
A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$3,500,000
Revenue
$16,324,573
Release Date
May 3, 1990
Popularity
2
Director
John Harrison
Writer
Michael McDowell
Writer
George A. Romero
Producer
Mitchell Galin
Producer
Richard P. Rubinstein
Where to Watch
Cast
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")
Ralph Marrero
Cabbie (segment "Lot 249")
Kathleen Chalfant
Dean (segment ‘Lot 249’)
David Johansen
Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
Paul Greeno
Cabbie (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
William Hickey
Drogan (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
Alice Drummond
Carolyn (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
Dolores Sutton
Amanda (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
Mark Margolis
Gage (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
James Remar
Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
Ashton Wise
Jer (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
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Reviews
JPV852
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 conclusion I guess. **3.5/5**
Dr_Nostromo
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 - it just wasn't anything special. - DrNostromo.com
