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Tales From The Darkside: The Movie (1990)
Spinning off from the TV show of the same name (itself a spin-off of the 1982 film Creepshow), Tales From The Darkside: The Movie is a horror anthology movie produced by George Romero, directed by John Harrison, and featuring performances by Steve Buscemi, Christian Slater, Deborah Harry, William Hickey, David Johansen, Rae Dawn Chong, James Remar, and (in her movie debut) Julianne Moore. Moderately successful at the box office, Tales From The Darkside: The Movie enjoyed a lengthy afterlife as a perennial on basic cable broadcasts and, alongside the TV program, has attracted a decently-sized fanbase among horror movie nerds.
Ryan is joined by Cheryl and Sylvan for a discussion about this campy, enjoyable feature. Thematic topics in the discourse include the "mixed flavors" approach that's inherent to the anthology format, the movie's indirect roots in Japanese folklore, Tales From The Darkside's knack for giving talented actors their first big break, why puppets are better than CGI every time, and why this movie would've been better if Patrick Swayze was in it.
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Spinning off from the TV show of the same name (itself a spin-off of the 1982 film Creepshow), Tales From The Darkside: The Movie is a horror anthology movie produced by George Romero, directed by John Harrison, and featuring performances by Steve Buscemi, Christian Slater, Deborah Harry, William Hickey, David Johansen, Rae Dawn Chong, James Remar, and (in her movie debut) Julianne Moore. Moderately successful at the box office, Tales From The Darkside: The Movie enjoyed a lengthy afterlife as a perennial on basic cable broadcasts and, alongside the TV program, has attracted a decently-sized fanbase among horror movie nerds.
Ryan is joined by Cheryl and Sylvan for a discussion about this campy, enjoyable feature. Thematic topics in the discourse include the "mixed flavors" approach that's inherent to the anthology format, the movie's indirect roots in Japanese folklore, Tales From The Darkside's knack for giving talented actors their first big break, why puppets are better than CGI every time, and why this movie would've been better if Patrick Swayze was in it.