Four Ghoulish Fables In One Modern Nightmare!
A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.
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’)
Director
John Harrison
Writers
Michael McDowell, George A. Romero, Michael McDowell, Arthur Conan Doyle
Harry B. Miller III
Editor
Robert Draper
Director of Photography
John Harrison
Original Music Composer
Chaz Jankel
Original Music Composer
Jim Manzie
Original Music Composer
Pat Regan
Original Music Composer
JPV852
8/12/2020
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 conclusion I guess. **3.5/5**
Dr Nostromo
11/18/2025
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 - it just wasn't anything special. - DrNostromo.com
