Tales from the darkside opening narrative man lives in the sunlit world of what he believes to be reality. Trick or treat 1983 pilot written by romero himself, this story is basically the halloween version of a christmas carol. Tales from the darkside s1 trick or treat saturday, 29th october 1983. Upon answering the door late at night there is an unexpected trick or treater this time, one that isnt human at all. In fact, more than once, i have been lucky enough to catch a tales from the darkside marathon on there. Tales from the darkside season 1 subtitles 27 subtitles. Tales from the darkside intro talesfromthedarkside wiki. Nevertheless, halloween candy employs many effective horror tropes and therefore earns its reputation as a classic tales from the darkside entry. Trick or treat from season 1 at join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Id also recommend abcs of death 2 the first one is okay but the second is much better imo, it is a collection of very short films. Though marred by a nonsensical twist ending, this episode balances dark humor and frightening situations in such a way that will appeal to tales. This is tales from the darkside halloween candy by alex s on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Tell me about tales from the crypt, creepshow, and tales from the darkside posted by tylerdurden24 on 10814 at 5. A miser taunts his neighbors by daring them to send their children in to find their debt records inside of his haunted.
The tv show very rarely dipped into comedy, whereas the movie is fully aware of its cheesiness embraces it actually. Tales from the darkside is an anthology horror tv series created by george a. Why this particular halloween episode of tales from the darkside is a must every october is because its terrifically atmospheric in both a creepy way and a halloweeney way. Rent tales from the darkside 1984 on dvd and bluray dvd. This year, hes in for a surprise, from which even his longsuffering son michael cannot save him.
Tales from the darkside lasted four seasons and stretched between campy horror and dark. Watch tales from the darkside season 2, episode 5 halloween candy. The darkside is always there waiting for us to enter. I never really got into halloween candy, and i think that the main reason is because while ive always felt that you should happily give trick ortreaters their treats on halloween night as we got them when we were kids, its okay if you choose not. Tales from the darkside was a horror anthology show that ran 4 seasons and 90 episodes, from 1984 to 1988.
Kings of pressure tales from the darkside lyrics genius. Tales from the darkside trick or treat part 1 part 2 part 3. Vhs, creepshow, tales from the crypt, cats eye, tales from the darkside, necronomicon, southbound, and holidays are all great to good anthology horror films. The unhappy medium 9232015 0 comments written by john edward betancourt. The openingclosing theme to the series was performed by donald rubinstein who cowrote the theme with erica lindsay.
Town miser gideon hackles spends halloween hiding ious in his. This 30minute horrorfantasy anthology series follows in the vein of the twilight zone. Essentially, the film is homage to 1950s horror comics like tales from the crypt, and is similar to films like creepshow and tales from the darkside. Now that im grown, i take a more agnostic approach to such tales. One year after creepshow hit theaters, tales from the darkside was born, the pilot premiering in october of 1983. Romeros commentary on trick or treat covers the shows conception and his.
Tales from the darkside is a 1980s american anthology horror tv series created by george a. Tales from the darksideymmv all the tropes wiki fandom. On november 17, 2008, cbs home entertainment distributed by paramount released the first season of tales from the darkside on dvd on february 10, 2009, complete with audio commentary by producer george romero on the episode trick or treat. Donald brother of laurel productions founder, richard p. Tales from the darkside pilot trick or treat 102983 boob tube chronicles. Its the middle of the night, and a college student named stacy is heading home for thanksgiving is waiting for a train. Trick or treat this is coincidentally the first episode of tales from the darkside that has ever aired, and its also the first episode ive ever actually seen. Trick or treat is the pilot episode of the television anthology series tales from the darkside, cowritten by george a. Title original air date trick or treat october 29, 1983. A hated and spiteful old man with an obsession for documenting and exploiting debts owed to him, offers trick ortreaters the chance to search his house for their parents mortgages, only to terrify them with animatronic spirits. A horror anthology series where the viewer is taken through ghost stories, science fiction adventures, and creepy, unexplained events. Romeros creative genius could, on rare occasions, extend beyond his contributions to the zombie genre. Tales from the darkside pilot trick or treat 102983. Goosebumps will trick you in attack of the jack olanterns.
Tales from the darkside invites you into a house of horrors in trick or treat. May 19, 2018 with a pilot episode airing on october 29, 1983 as trick or treat, tales from the darksideseason 1 was a syndicated horrorfantasy series airing from september 30, 1984 to august 4, 1985. Tales from the darkside halloween wiki fandom powered. Seven tales from the darkside episodes that are still creepy. Frankly, it never really does get better than this. Each week presents another standalone story of horror fantasy, and or science fiction. Tales from the darkside the halloween episodes books to film. Kids are trick or treating and getting plenty of candy. I think its important to touch on the nature of folklore and how one should. Tales from the darkside halloween candy tv episode 1985.
The 10 best tales from the darkside episodes to stream. A rich and spiteful old man named gideon hackles whose obsession for documenting and exploiting debts owed to him, annually offers trick ortreaters the chance to search his house on halloween night for their parents ious, only to terrify them with animatronic ghosts. It is also the shows pilot episode, written by show creator george a. Pros though less entertaining than the miserly old man from trick or treat, mr. Tales from the darkside, tv, 80s, halloween, trick or treat, candy, halloween candy, holiday, october cw, phish, guest christopher tupa, and i celebrate halloween with tales from the darkside s trick or treat and halloween candy. Rent tales from the darkside 1984 starring paul sparer on dvd and bluray. Trick r treat, a 2007 horror film directed by michael dougherty. Debuting in october 1983 with a pilot episode and then be. As they are crunching numbers, the three men talk about hackless business practices. Tell me about tales from the crypt, creepshow, and tales from. Trick or treat is a halloweenthemed episode of the horror anthology tv series tales from the darkside. Man lives in the sunlit world of what he believes to be reality.
Whoever wins gets his or her parents debts expunged. Synopsis gideon hackles barnard hughes, an old man who is as rich as he is. Apparently, this was before it became tales from the darkside. Rent tales from the darkside 1984 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. But there is unseen by most, an underworld, a place that is just as real, but not as brightly lit, a darkside. Oct 29, 2009 essentially, the film is homage to 1950s horror comics like tales from the crypt, and is similar to films like creepshow and tales from the darkside. I fondly recall watching this at least a dozen times in the nineties and being enamored by it every single time. Hackles are the exact same order as the children who trick ortreated him. A mean old man harboring an intense hatred for the celebration of halloween is left alone by his son to hand out candy t. Collected are the first three scripts from a failed attempt at a remake of the 80s tv anthology, tales from the darkside, this time for cw. The shows premiere episode, titled trick or treat was fittingly halloweenthemed, and romero penned the tale of an old man who attempts to spook trick or treaters on halloween night only to have the tables turned on him. Its the last train of the night, and shes waiting by the sign indicating where the last car is going to stop. Killup tells his son that he hates halloween and kids begging for candy.
The visuals are very good and the bad guy is very unlikable. You have outmoded ideas in some, a feel for how technology was seen at the time, creature effects, cheesiness, and so much more there. Tales from the darkside trick or treat pilot tv episode. Tales from the darkside episodes tv series 1983 1988.
Al storm tales from the darkside mix feat nikkita by 247 hardcore al storm from desktop or your mobile device. I just wish that willy tanner would have gotten off his ass and pounded hackles into hamburger. It was originally aired in syndication by tribune broadcasting on october 29, 1983. The last car its the middle of the night, and a woman heading home from college for thanksgiving is waiting for a train.
This is the sort of episode that must have scared a lot of kids and some adults. Tales from the darkside, the uniquely terrifying, frighteningly popular horror anthology series, is back. See also trick or treat for a complete list of references to clarify differences between these closely named or closely related articles. Beginning the series with an episode as good as this one, is extremely. Trick or treat october 29, 1983 19831029 a rich and spiteful old man named gideon hackles whose obsession for documenting and exploiting debts owed to him, annually offers trick or treaters the chance to search his house on halloween night for their parents ious, only to terrify them with animatronic ghosts. Unfortunately for him, the old man finds himself the victim of a particularly frightening trick ortreater, namely a real demon. Tales from the darkside shares its name with a great old creepy 80s horror tv show. Trick or treat tales from the darkside trick or treat. Rubinstein had worked on scores for laurel productions in the past, such as the films. Trick or treat the new man ill give you a million pain killer the odds mookie and pookie slippage. This is tales from the darkside trick or treat by alex s on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. This is tales from the darkside halloween candy by alex s on vimeo, the home for high quality.
Tales from the darkside trick or treat pilot tv episode 1983 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Packed with haunting stories that at first light appear to be about normal situations, these tales are gradually twisted until they become something sinister, shocking and totally unsettling. A cranky old man who owns a lot of his neighbors debt invites children into his home every year to find and destroy their familys ious, only to scare them away with three animatronic monsters the one that freaked me out the most as a kid was the witch. Gideon hackles barnard hughes is an elderly miser who keeps the residents of his rural town mired in debt. Trick or treat is the first halloween episode of the anthology series tales from the darkside. See more ideas about tales from the crypt, horror and scary shows.
Jul 06, 2015 tales from the darkside is one of the best horror anthology series ever made. Romeros involvement with creepshow and was meant to tie in to horror comics like ec comics classics like tales from the. The last car is an episode of tales from the darkside. Town miser gideon hackles spends halloween hiding ious in his house, which he then rigs as haunted and invites local kids to search for the ious so he can scare them.
Bundle, and gideon hackles are sitting around a table doing accounting. Tales from the darkside trick or treat 1983 i know halloween isnt for another 5 months, but, heres the pilot episode from this long running tv series, its all about the town miser, gideon hackles played by barnard hughes, who spends halloween hiding ious in his house he has rigged up to scare the local kids that search for them to pay. Trick r treat 2007 the craft 1996 a disney halloween. The series originally aired as a pilot in october 1983 as trick or treat starring barnard hughes. Trick or treat a quite fitting title for a horror series, if you ask me is the first taste of what kind of horror tales from the darkside will productively portray. The tales from the darkside introduction is one of the most famous and iconic opening narrations in the history of television. In trick or treat, you notice that the monsters that confront mr. Similar to amazing stories, the twilight zone, night gallery, the outer limits, tales from the crypt, and lee martins the midnight hour, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. Tales from the darkside was a 1980s tv show that lasted four seasons, and from what ive heard, is reasonably good. This episode the pilot involves rich but bitter old man holding a contest in his haunted house every year for trick ortreaters. Tales from the darkside hidden horrors you must see page 2. Romero, most famous for his night of the living dead and its followup sequels, which singlehandedly created the modern day zombie film and is often considered the primary contributor to the creation of modern. Shudder, a wonderland of obscure and new horror titles, will start streaming the complete series on oct.
On tales from the darkside, the show is a stellar 1980s showcasetype series, with some awesome twilight zonefriday the th the seriesmonstersothers kind of feel to it. Tales of halloween would fit what you are looking for. Feel the groove of dr phibe here we go with tales of the darkside you love this creepy mix fiending for horror, yes kid heres your fix in the zones. The original broadcast wasnt intended as a episode of it until the tales from the darkside intro was tacked on future repeats of it. I prefer trick or treat, although i think that the ending was rushed and could have been done a little better see my other thread on that. The format of this show was pretty standard fare, we would get a half hour of twisted tales that involved strange occurrences, horrible monsters, horrible people and scares that did manage to keep me up at night. The second was a pirate, just like one of the twin trick ortreaters. Trick or treat is an amazing episode and a wonderful introduction, its just a shame tales from the darkside rarely ever met this level of quality again. Tales from the darkside closing narrative the darkside is always there, waiting for us to enter, waiting to enter us. Tales from the darkside is an american horror anthology show that premiered on october 29, 1983 with the pilot episode trick or treat. List of tales from the darkside episodes wikipedia. Oct 02, 2017 tales from the darkside pilot trick or treat 102983 boob tube chronicles. It originally aired in the united states in syndication on october 29, 1983.