Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

MWNiese *****Five Out Of Ten Stars***** What made me scared as an 80's child, now just mostly makes me laugh. George Romero and Richard Rubenstein spearheaded TFTD, which is really one of the main reasons I still enjoy watching an occasional episode. I pretty much enjoy everything Romero has produced in his career, but am honest with myself about much of his work; in that some of Romero's work just isn't that good. Let's just be honest here folks, a lot of Romero's work is just plain hammy. Don't get me wrong, I still love most of it. It's hard to judge TFTD because every episode was different and unique. So I kind of averaged all the episodes out and gave it five out of ten stars or two stars out of four; which I feel is more than fair. I'm guessing some of the inflated ratings are based mostly on nostalgia. My estimate is that 25% of the episodes were above average, another 25% were average, another 25% were below average, and the remaining episodes were just plain terrible. I do plan on eventually purchasing the DVD box set, so don't get me wrong. On a closing note, the guest stars were almost always great to watch and opening and closing credits are a stroke of genius.

Aaron1375 This was one of my favorite horror shows as it was very watchable and enjoyable. There were many shows of this type during the time it ran and one can say it was probably the inspiration for a couple of the other ones that came on during this time such as "Monsters" and ever the one that Freddy Krueger had as the stories from those two shows I sometimes think came from this one. However, this one was around first and it is the best of the bunch. Granted, the episodes on Tales from the Crypt got a little darker and you could sometimes get lucky and see some nudity this one had by far the better stories. It also had one of the coolest openings of the bunch as well, for it may have been simple it was also effective in telling the viewer that they were on a trip to the darkside. Many good episodes are to be found, one of my favorite involved a woman renting a room in a place or something and there is a hole in the wall and something seems to be living there. I also remember one about some old lady who treated her father horribly and was good at making cookies, but she gets what is coming to her in the end. All in all one of the best horror shows out there.

BittenSmitten Some episodes are dull, some you will keep forever in memory and some will make you check under the bed (or in the closet, ha!) I used to watch this when I was younger and even the beginning intro scared me. Re-watching it again, it is still good but no where near "horror". Tales From the Darkside is more of a Twilight Zone type of show instead of something along the lines of Tales From the Crypt. I will not show nudity, sex or extreme gore but it still gets the point across and the story is told. I give it an 8 out of 10 only because some episodes I will forever be wondering what happened? What was THAT about? Some I absolutely loved. If you want to try it out, I have recommendations for a few episodes. If you are a horror lover, a scary story fan... watch season 1, "Inside the Closet". It's about an old teacher who lets a student sublet a room inside his creepy house. However, there's a catch. A small closet is in her room with the door bolted. She hears noises at night and almost obsesses over it. The conclusion to what's in the closet will make you re-check what's in there. If you are a mystery lover, like The Twilight Zone, watch "The Madness Room". A ghost story with a twist I never saw coming.

poe426 It was late 1978, and HALLOWEEN and DAWN OF THE DEAD had just exploded across movie screens all over the world. Things were never going to be the same again. Both movies were inspirational to those of us who had no money but ideas aplenty. Unfortunately, the camcorder was still several years away from easy access. Some of us took up our pens and began to write. I wrote a number of letters to the horror magazines of the day: FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND, FANTASTIC FILMS, FANGORIA, STARLOG, et al, and was gratified to see many of them in print. I even placed two short stories (one in FANGORIA and one in STARLOG), both in 1980. Prior to "the double event," as I came to think of it, I contacted FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND editor Forrest J. Ackerman, who put me in touch with QUASAR editor Bob Michelucci, who literally handed my script for a zombie film (titled DAY OF THE DEAD) to DAWN OF THE DEAD writer-director George A. Romero. Romero would eventually turn down my script "due to legal considerations," but he was kind enough to return it, along with a note of apology.Years later, the pilot for TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE aired. That very night, I typed up three scripts and mailed them to Romero and Company the very next day. Along with the scripts, I sent two or three short story anthologies I'd self-published over the years (GENRE #1 and #2 and NIGHTFALL #1). (My "ace in the hole," as I saw it, was an episode titled VAMPYRE, about an undercover cop who went all the way and was a possible pilot episode for a spin-off series. It was deemed "too expensive.") Again, Romero let me down gently, though I followed up with three more scripts that story editor Tom Allen kindly rejected. For me, to have written for a series overseen by George Romero would've been the highlight of a life otherwise lacking in highlights- but I did end up with a letter from The Man that maintains a place of honor in a display case to this day; a letter in which he says (regarding my stories and artwork that I submitted): "You have a wide-ranging imagination and a wider-ranging talent." For some reason, I feel really good today.