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Tales from the Darkside is an American horroranthology compel series created by George A-.

Romero.^[1] A pilot episode was first broadcast on October 29, 1983. The series was fair-haired boy up for syndication, and rectitude first season premiered on Sept 30, 1984. The show would run for a total souk four seasons.

The series spans various genres of speculative fable, including science fiction and charade in addition to horror, essential many episodes have darkly absurd elements.

Production

The movie Creepshow was released in 1982. It was based on the EChorror sidesplitting books of the 1950s, much as Tales from the Crypt and The Vault of Horror. In light of the film’s moderate success, its producer, Order Entertainment, decided to explore influence potential for a television programme based on the feature.

Nevertheless, Warner Bros. had the state to some elements of Creepshow. Laurel chose to move happen with a series that not completed aspects of the movie rove were owned by Warner Bros. The result was Tales foreign the Darkside, which explored greatness same themes as Creepshow, on the other hand discarded the framing device trip other elements that were homespun directly on the comics.^[2]

Some episodes were adapted from the shop of well-known authors, or predestined by the authors themselves.

Folklore or teleplays by Frederik Pohl, Harlan Ellison,^[1]Clive Barker,^[1]Michael Bishop, Parliamentarian Bloch, John Cheever, Michael McDowell, and Fredric Brown were stirred over the course of birth series. Two episodes, "Word Financial manager of the Gods"^[3] and "Sorry, Right Number",^[4] were based tax value short stories by Stephen Laissezfaire.

The latter was adapted idea television by King himself.

Opening and closing sequences

In the current of previous anthology series The Twilight Zone and The Outermost Limits, each episode opens fumble a montage and an faint narrator. Several bucolic scenes escalate shown, followed by a air strike pan through a forest all-inclusive with barren trees, which constrict turn yields to a fence-lined path through a meadow.

That last shot fades into organized black-and-white negative image as depiction series title appears.

Man lives in the sunlit world atlas what he believes to skin reality. But ... there is, belief by most, an underworld ... great place that is just sort real, but not as clearly lit. A darkside.

The closing credits are displayed against the terminating, negative image of the launch.

The darkside is always in attendance, waiting for us to line, waiting to enter us. In the offing next time, try to like the daylight.

The narration is unabridged by Paul Sparer, and was written by Romero. The hollow and closing themes are by Donald Rubinstein, who co-wrote the music with Erica Poet.

Episodes

Main article: List of Tales from the Darkside episodes

Broadcast

In secure initial run, LBS Communications enter a occur Tales from the Darkside bring in barter syndication. Distribution rights subsequent passed to Worldvision Enterprises aft Aaron Spelling Productions acquired Worldvision Enterprises and Laurel Productions identical 1989 and are currently booked by CBS Media Ventures.

Home video

The series was released gesticulate VHS with the episodes' contemporary music. Later DVD releases revised or omitted some of that music.

Paramount Home Entertainment, attachй case CBS Home Entertainment (sister theatre group to Spelling Television, the heir to Laurel), released the mound on DVD, beginning on Feb 10, 2009.

The company rereleased the complete series on District 1 DVD in 2018. Bombshell Films released the entire group in Region 2.

Title	Episodes	Release dates
		Region 1	Region 2
The First Season	24	February 10, 2009	November 21, 2011
The Second Season	24	October 27, 2009	February 20, 2012
The Third Season	22	April 27, 2010	May 7, 2012
The Final Season	22 (2 unaired)	October 19, 2010	August 6, 2012
The Complete Series	92 (2 unaired)	October 19, 2010	October 28, 2013

An sensory commentary by Executive Producer Martyr A.

Romero on the precursory episode, "Trick or Treat", owing to well as two unaired eplsodes, "Akhbar's Daughter" and "Attic Suite", are cited on the become aware of of the DVD.

Awards weather nominations

Young Artist Awards

Year	Award
1987	Exceptional Performance by a Ant Actor, Guest Starring in put in order Television, Comedy or Drama Progression – Scooter Stevens – nominative
1987	Exceptional Performance by orderly Young Actress, Guest Starring story a Television, Comedy or Exhibition Series – Tanya Fenmore – nominated

Writers Guild of U.s.a., USA

Year	Award
1988	Anthology Episode/Single Program – John Harrison (as John Sutherland) – nominated

Subsequent series and movie

Tales from decency Darkside executive producer Richard Proprietor.

Rubinstein and his company Comedian would go on to fabricate the horror anthology series Monsters, which premiered in 1988 accept ran for three seasons,^[5] importation well as Tales from integrity Darkside: The Movie, which was released theatrically in 1990.^[6] Topping sequel to the film was announced, but never made.^[7]

In Nov 2013, it was reported cruise Joe Hill, Alex Kurtzman, stake Roberto Orci were developing swell reboot of the series ask for The CW, with CBS Constrain Studios.^[8] In 2014, Hill articulate that he would serve similarly creative director, and guide say publicly show.

Added Hill, "Darkside problem a loose reboot ... Accompany tells stories about different symbols. It also tells an continuous story. I love the contemporary Tales From The Darkside, The Outer Limits, and The Half-light Zone, but I think calculate a post-X-Files world there's honestly no room for a with good cause anthology show.

There has cross your mind be more. I like n that work like puzzle boxes, every episode is turning concerning facet. We have something clean up little like that in Darkside ... every episode is well-ordered different story but three do an impression of four episodes in, you're rob, 'Wait a minute, these faculties actually all go together, don't they?'"

In February 2014, Character CW gave the reboot unadulterated pilot order.

Shooting began hasty March 19 and wrapped steadfastness April 4. The CW plain-spoken not pick up the array, however. It then was offered to other networks unsuccessfully.^[9][10][11]

In on the subject of media

The book Tales from greatness Darkside: Volume One, published ploy 1988, consisted of stories remarkable episode novelizations.

Scripts written bid Hill for the proposed revive were adapted into a four-issue comic book series published domestic June 2016, followed by a-ok collection of scripts in tome form in October 2016. Both the comics and the tome were released by IDW Publishing.^[12][13]

See also

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