Berättelser från andra sidan
(1983)
Originaltitel: Tales from the Darkside
Release: 1983-10-19
TV-bolag: CBS
Längd per avsnitt: 30 min min
Status: AVSLUTAD
Man lives in the sunlit world of what he believes to be reality. But... there is, unseen by most, an underworld, a place that is just as real, but not as brightly lit... a Darkside. This 30-minute horror/fantasy anthology series follows in the vein of The Twilight Zone. Each week presents another standalone story of horror fantasy, and/or science fiction. Some episodes are gruesome, a few are of a lighter comedic style. Like many such shows, Tales... adapted the work of famous genre... (TheTVDB)
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The New Man
1984-09-30
The New Man
1984-09-30
A recovering alcoholic is disturbed to find a young boy who shows up at his office claiming to be his son Jerry. The man is further angered when the boy shows up at his house. While the other family members carry on as if Jerry is a regular member of the family, the man insists that he has never...
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I'll Give You a Million
1984-10-07
I'll Give You a...
1984-10-07
Two old, rich men like to wager among themselves on trivial matters for huge amounts. One of them, Williams, offers his friend a million dollars for his immortal soul. Blaine accepts but discovers that he is dying of cancer - frightened, he tries to buy his soul back. Williams holds out for more...
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Pain Killer
1984-10-14
Pain Killer
1984-10-14
Harvey goes to Dr. Roebuck with back pains and Roebuck prescribes a miraculous cure. Its not until later that Harvey finds the price he must pay...
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The Odds
1984-10-21
The Odds
1984-10-21
Tommy Vale, a barroom bookie finds himself in a curious predicament: a man comes in who cant lose. As the story unravels, he finds out that his opponent is Lacey, a man who went broke gambling with Vale in the past. Now Lacey is back from the dead, with tips from the other side, and is unbeatable....
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Mookie and Pookie
1984-11-04
Mookie and Pookie
1984-11-04
Twin siblings, Mookie and Pookie, are extremely close. But Mookie has a terminal illness. Later the scientific genius Mookie succesfully downloads his mind into the computer before he dies. But now that hes in there Pookie must convince her parents not to pull the plug.
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Slippage
1984-11-11
Slippage
1984-11-11
A young ad-design artist begins to literally slip out of reality. Slowly but surely he seems to be fading out of existence: first his payroll checks disappear, then his high school not only fails to mail him about their reunion, but has no records of his existence. The artist soon realizes that...
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Inside the Closet
1984-11-18
Inside the Closet
1984-11-18
A student takes a room with an abrupt, somewhat rude anthropology professor. He instructs her never to open the small door in the back of her closet. Hearing strange noises, she eventually opens the door and finds the chamber beyond occupied by a small, hairless-monkey sort of a creature. It kills...
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The Word Processor of the Gods
1984-11-25
The Word Processor...
1984-11-25
Richard Hagstrom is dismayed with the way life has treated him (a rude son, a shrewish wife). His nephew Jonathan gives him a birthday present: a homemade word processor. Hagstrom soon discovers that anything he types into the processor becomes real, and no one but him knows the difference. He...
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A Case of the Stubborns
1984-12-02
A Case of the...
1984-12-02
In the backwoods, a family patriarch dies...only to come back, unaware that hes dead. The townspeople are up in arms, but the old man is too stubborn to admit hes dead, despite his rigor mortis, lack of appetite, and bad smell. His grandson Jody eventually goes to an old voodoo woman for a...
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Djinn, No Chaser
1985-01-13
Djinn, No Chaser
1985-01-13
A couple inadvertently buy a magic lamp that contains a genie. Unfortunately, the genie is anything but amiably. Confined in the lamp for thousands of years and still trapped, he refuses to grant wishes and instead terrorizes the couples with plagues, rains of frogs, etc. The husband finally has...
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All a Clone by the Telephone
1985-01-20
All a Clone by the...
1985-01-20
Leon, a hapless TV writer, buys an answering machine that has a mind of its own - it initially helps him out by providing him with new material, but Leon soon finds that its taking over his life.
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In the Cards
1985-01-27
In the Cards
1985-01-27
A fake fortuneteller, Caterina, soon finds that every fortune she tells comes true...but she can only predict gruesome and horrific ends for her customers. She soon discovers that another cursed fortuneteller slipped her a cursed pack of cards, and Caterina can only get rid of them by giving them...
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Anniversary Dinner
1985-02-03
Anniversary Dinner
1985-02-03
A young girl fleeing her boyfriend finds herself in a small country home with a genial older couple. They take pity on her and invite her in, and even invite her to their special anniversary dinner. After getting her set up in the hot tub with plenty of wine, they start pouring vegetables in. As...
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Snip, Snip
1985-02-10
Snip, Snip
1985-02-10
A warlock and a witch get into a battle over a $10 million lottery ticket when each claims that the spirits gave them the winning number.
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Answer Me
1985-02-17
Answer Me
1985-02-17
Joan is apartment-sitting for a friend but finds herself tormented by a phone that wont stop ringing.
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The Tear Collector
1985-02-24
The Tear Collector
1985-02-24
Prudence is a young woman who cant stop crying, but finds a peculiar way to make a profit when she meets Ambrose Cavender, a man who collects tears.
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Madness Room
1985-05-05
Madness Room
1985-05-05
Cathy Osborne brings her husband up to a previously-unknown room in their house and along with her friend Michael, relates the tale of how the room is the madness room from which no one has ever stayed the night...and survived. In reality its a set up and Cathy and Michael plan to kill Cathys...
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If the Shoes Fit...
1985-05-12
If the Shoes Fit...
1985-05-12
Fast-talking politician Bo Gumbs finds himself in serious trouble when he arrives for a meeting and waits at a nearby hotel.
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Levitation
1985-05-19
Levitation
1985-05-19
A teenager enraptured with magicians goes to a flee-bitten circus to seek out one of the greater: Kharma. However, Kharma now does cheap magic for the crowds, and none of the great illusions the teenager believes him capable of. When Kharma refuses to do them, the kid heckles him until Kharma...
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It All Comes Out in the Wash
1985-05-26
It All Comes Out in...
1985-05-26
Henry, a greedy developers, stumbles upon a Chinese laundry that offers a unique service - it can wash out guilt. Henry employs their services but soon finds there is a unpleasant price to pay.
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Bigalow's Last Smoke
1985-06-09
Bigalow's Last Smoke
1985-06-09
Mr. Bigalow, a lifelong cigarette smoker, wakes up to find that his windows have bars on them and his door is sealed shut. A mysterious figure appears on Bigalows television, informing him that he will quit smoking. Bigalow scoffs at this notion and reaches for a morning cigarette. As soon as he...
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Grandma's Last Wish
1985-06-16
Grandma's Last Wish
1985-06-16
An elderly womans family considers committing her to a retirement community, but grandma has one last wish that will help the family understand exactly what she goes through.
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The False Prophet
1985-08-04
The False Prophet
1985-08-04
Cassie Pines is a woman travelling on her own who believes in astrology, tea leaves...everything. She comes into a diner with a most unusual mechanical fortune teller named Horace X. Horace is uncanny with his predictions but Cassie soon finds that Horace is demanding and possessive - despite her...
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